You have an extraordinarily distinctive and very inventive style @Malone. Although I fear that some of your creations are born of American movies - like the ubiquitous ‘super’ which prefaces every other adjective these days.
I blame movies (I struggle even to bring myself to use the word) for the proliferation of violence (and the apparent acceptance of it in every other film or TV drama) as well as the all-pervading, totally unedifying use of the ‘f’ word which has completely lost the useful impact it used to have (and still does when someone of my generation uses it, which I occasionally do).
mrs micra and I have friends who enjoy a police “drama” set in the Shetlands so we decided to give it a whirl. Half an episode was enough for us to make up our minds. Pedestrian, dated, wooden and predictable (although in fairness that latter judgement is a bit unfair without knowing the outcome!)
So we returned to Responder - latterday Liddipool police/drug dealer drama starring the estimable Martin Freeman - and were brought back to a very different world. A world in which few if any of the characters are able to utter more than a couple of sentences without using the ‘f’ word. I suppose these are authentic representations of that particular demographic. The action is fast, fairly complex and challenging. It certainly draws you in and forces us to accept that our daughter’s description of us as living in a bubble is fully justified.
I don’t recall you having prefaced an adjective with super or having used the word at all. But it has become super common and I assume its origins were American, and not necessarily from “movies” alone.
Love the idea of you counting all those words of choice.
It's a joy to push the boundaries of language in a modern day world where people largely seem incapable of identifying when to use run or ran and many other examples.
Thanks for the explanation @drcongo. I don't understand but cheers anyway.
@Malone, I'm aware that copy and paste would work. In fact for YouTube links if you highlight the entire link there is an option to Play (using Chrome on an Android phone).
I’ll have to get one of the grandchildren to show me. That bloody highlight thing you posted (later than the above) only comes up elsewhere when I don’t want it to.
I can live without it but thanks for trying to help the helpless.
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Being handsome is definitely a curse.
I erm would imagine.
Come on son we know he likes going to Revs a lot but it's harsh to say he lives there!
As one of the most sensible 7 or 8 posters on here I expected betterings of you.
Good angle. My wife informs me that Joe Low is good looking too though, and @glasshalfempty didn't say he was medioc....oh, wait.
Tafazolli is consistently brilliant. I think he slips under the radar of a lot of you.
Low and Tafa are excellent defenders but they are both liable to be caught out by pace. Hence Lonwijk and Forino started against Posh.
I hope the new guy is quick, if not I’d like us to sign someone with a bit of pace
Great point.
You’ve got us all wondering if we’re included in your list, Malone.
Can’t decide if “betterings” is a word or a rare typo.
It's a word now. @Malone has a way with them!
You have an extraordinarily distinctive and very inventive style @Malone. Although I fear that some of your creations are born of American movies - like the ubiquitous ‘super’ which prefaces every other adjective these days.
I blame movies (I struggle even to bring myself to use the word) for the proliferation of violence (and the apparent acceptance of it in every other film or TV drama) as well as the all-pervading, totally unedifying use of the ‘f’ word which has completely lost the useful impact it used to have (and still does when someone of my generation uses it, which I occasionally do).
mrs micra and I have friends who enjoy a police “drama” set in the Shetlands so we decided to give it a whirl. Half an episode was enough for us to make up our minds. Pedestrian, dated, wooden and predictable (although in fairness that latter judgement is a bit unfair without knowing the outcome!)
So we returned to Responder - latterday Liddipool police/drug dealer drama starring the estimable Martin Freeman - and were brought back to a very different world. A world in which few if any of the characters are able to utter more than a couple of sentences without using the ‘f’ word. I suppose these are authentic representations of that particular demographic. The action is fast, fairly complex and challenging. It certainly draws you in and forces us to accept that our daughter’s description of us as living in a bubble is fully justified.
Apologies for thread derailment (yet again).
I thought it was basic knowledge that betterings is a shortened form of better things.
I'll say to you what I say to others, there's no beneficiality of making up words, but a language is an evolving being.
Actually i've never said that to anyone, but might start.
I appreciate the sentimonies.
However, I know a couple of pals who are American film obsessives and they love stuff like "awesome" which I hate.
I need your analysis on how often I use the word super as I don't consider it one of my go to 5,000 words of choice.
Have you noticed how many of our politicians now start a sentence with the word ‘look’, when answering a question?
Look and the insufferable "listen" from such lyrical dons like Paul Ince are bloody annoying.
Listen...
We are doing you plum. Though wish we weren't.
Did you?
I don’t recall you having prefaced an adjective with super or having used the word at all. But it has become super common and I assume its origins were American, and not necessarily from “movies” alone.
Love the idea of you counting all those words of choice.
Stay zany mate.
It's a joy to push the boundaries of language in a modern day world where people largely seem incapable of identifying when to use run or ran and many other examples.
https://youtu.be/aGX0YFiUGbI?si=0eGzG_eYXiIhkYIT
@micra
Sorry @Twizz. Only links in blue work on this phone.
Frustrating.
Any chance of someone popping round to @micra’s to show him how to copy and paste?
Sometimes they are clickable links and sometimes not, I don't know why.
Is it me or something to do with the way the gasroom is set up?
https://youtu.be/aGX0YFiUGbI?si=0eGzG_eYXiIhkYIT
@micra
Even on your phone you should be able to highlight a non blue link, press copy, then go to the address bar and paste the link in.
It’s a bug in the Gasroom’s link parser that I can’t be arsed to try to fix because it would involve trying to remember PHP.
Thanks for the explanation @drcongo. I don't understand but cheers anyway.
@Malone, I'm aware that copy and paste would work. In fact for YouTube links if you highlight the entire link there is an option to Play (using Chrome on an Android phone).
Come on son, surely you can see i'm quoting your post to micra to tell him how to do it, not you 😄
On an iPhone, just do this.
I’ll try!
This came up when I used old Malone’s blue link. A very fine Northern Island traditional jazz band. Probably long deceased.
https://youtu.be/tZooeOgVWVw?si=SVOAhk6XsNoO0hco
Hey, @micra. Are you sticking with the Responder? I hope so. It's not uplifting, I guess, but it is brilliant.
Yes, we’re plodding on trying to get to grips with it! Certainly challenging.
I’ll have to get one of the grandchildren to show me. That bloody highlight thing you posted (later than the above) only comes up elsewhere when I don’t want it to.
I can live without it but thanks for trying to help the helpless.