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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: SW on January 12, 2011, 12:00:39 AM
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Sorry if I'm a fussy old bastard but I keep seeing this on here and it rankles. No one is regarded as being before the mother of Jesus, or perhaps being celebrated prior to a certain American pop singer's appearance.
It is Prima Donna, from the Latin, now used sarcastically as in you think you are special but you are not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_donna
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My use of it last night was ironic if you read the post properly.
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Sorry if I'm a fussy old bastard but I keep seeing this on here and it rankles. No one is regarded as being before the mother of Jesus, or perhaps being celebrated prior to a certain American pop singer's appearance.
It is Prima Donna, from the Latin, now used sarcastically as in you think you are special but you are not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_donna
I really don't get it, I spell loosely and use words loosely as todays language socially is pretty loose in reality anyway, Facebook, Twitter and forums should never turn into dictionary wars imo
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[old fart] I'm with SW. I may be old school but all my texts and emails use proper spelling and grammar, whether on forums or not. A person who rushes to make a point, using text speak or, tends to make me think that they're speaking first and thinking later, which tends to blunt the force of any argument they might be making. [/old fart]
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And don't even get me started on aberrant apostrophes! :o
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And don't even get me started on aberrant apostrophes! :o
Now you're really hitting the important subjects of the day. I hate aberrants apostrophe's!
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Are we not in the period of Pre Maradonna ?
He is coming to England in February to a big club to discuss options.
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Have a Goodwin, Sir!
Now, if we could turn to the page marked There, Their and They're...
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Jacko, I hope that you're cv never land's on my de'sk if that's you're attitude to spealling and grammer.
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Jacko, I hope that you're cv never land's on my de'sk if that's you're attitude to spealling and grammer.
:D :D :D
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Jacko, I hope that you're cv never land's on my de'sk if that's you're attitude to spealling and grammer.
lol you lot are grammar rammers bet you know loads about street graffiti ;D ;D
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[old fart] I'm with SW. I may be old school but all my texts and emails use proper spelling and grammar, whether on forums or not. A person who rushes to make a point, using text speak or, tends to make me think that they're speaking first and thinking later, which tends to blunt the force of any argument they might be making. [/old fart]
I "should of" thought I was the only one left who texted in the Queen's English ! Another pet hate of mine is the phrase "ten to the dozen" which makes no sense whatsover since ten is less than twelve. "Nineteen to the dozen" on the other hand........
I also hate textspeak, which is killing our language. Rant over, CUL8R.....................
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I "should of" thought I was the only one left who texted in the Queen's English
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You're not (though as a Republican I don't think its Mrs. Windsors English). I type in each letter, every time. I do it because some people find it annoying. Personally I find it damn hard to decipher what some 'textspeak' means e.g. "SMH" and "gr8".
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The English language should be cherished.
I agree that a forum isn't the place to police it but pre madonna drives me mad.
I also hate 'revert back', just revert is enough. The more extreme example being permeate through. Just permeate ffs!
Twitter and texts limit characters, but forums don't. Why the rush? I'm not arsed about spelling and grammar. Just make sense please
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One last pet peeve: any book subtitled "my autobiography". Whose else is it going to be?
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It's not even about relaxed spelling and grammar, it's a completely different word/phrase with a different meaning!
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Londoners say "off of"
eg, I got off of the bus
I borrowed a quid off of him.
Sheer nonsense and abuse of the language.
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(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii189/bighairedmike/516fd2eb_eb92_3285.jpg)
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"Quite original!"
Its either original or not!!!!!!
Grrrr!
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"Quite original!"
Its either original or not!!!!!!
Grrrr!
In the same vein "almost exactly" ! I also hate managers who refer to "the football club" - what other sort of club might they be talking about in a football interview ? D-oh ! !
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A golf club?
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Near miss. If you nearly missed something then surely you hit it?
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Arsed its a football forum innit not a teachers forum yanow
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Arsed its a football forum innit not a teachers forum yanow
Tut tut. Let me correct that for you.
Arsed. It's a football forum, isn't it? It's not a teachers' forum, you know.
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Arsed its a football forum innit not a teachers forum yanow
The thing that makes no sense is that you wish to communicate something and the medium you have chosen is the world wide web. This means you should be thinking about how your message can be understood by the people across the world, which logically is clear English (or Chinese Mandarin).
Anyway - complaint over now - you do your thing and I'll do mine.
COME ON ALTY
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Arsed its a football forum innit not a teachers forum yanow
The thing that makes no sense is that you wish to communicate something and the medium you have chosen is the world wide web. This MENAS you should be thinking about how your message can be understood by the people across the world, which logically is clear English (or Chinese Mandarin).
Anyway - complaint over now - you do your thing and I'll do mine.
COME ON ALTY
lol u spelt means wrong!!! Grammer and football just don't go together!!!!
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Arsed its a football forum innit not a teachers forum yanow
The thing that makes no sense is that you wish to communicate something and the medium you have chosen is the world wide web. This MENAS you should be thinking about how your message can be understood by the people across the world, which logically is clear English (or Chinese Mandarin).
Anyway - complaint over now - you do your thing and I'll do mine.
COME ON ALTY
lol u spelt means wrong!!! Grammer and football just don't go together!!!!
make me a dumbo!