A guy I work with spells field as "filed" so often that I've come to automatically read it as field in my head, so I genuinely wondered what this accounts field was for a second!
The one I see the most is 'defiantly' for 'definitely'. Surely not auto-correct, as definitely is the more common word. It's especially funny if someone says something like "I am defiantly a mellow person."
When to use ran v run seems to really confuse most people, before we even get to the classics.
Although I dare say thrashing tonnes of posts into laid back internet sites we can all let a few loose ones in occasionally and often there's simply no beneficiality in pointing it out.
It’s a bit late but I wonder how many of you have noticed that “proven” has transformed from an adjective (as in a proven goalscorer) into a verb (past tense, as in “he has proven to be a prolific goalscorer”). The switch from proved to proven seems to have happened spontaneously and has become common parlance. I hate it.
Another transmogrification which grates on me is the preponderance of speakers, including news presenters, who now put the accent on the first syllable of the verb to contribute. It always used to be on the middle syllable. Accentuation of the first syllable was confined to the noun, contribution. Try putting the accent on the second syllable!
No idea. Much like people that get a bee in their bonnet about a typo or grammar not being perfect - but they can still understand what the person is saying - the removal of “to the” gets on my tits. When really it’s really inconsequential.
Language, grammar and pronunciation is fluid otherwise we would still be constructing sentences in Low German or talking like we lived in 18th century Labrador.
I’m always fascinated how accents evolve. Back in the ‘70’s we had a couple of lads at school from Fingest who still had that old Chiltern accent, now lost to the steady creep of ‘estuary English’.
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Football finances are madness
Accounts not filed at companies house yet and regardless the filed accounts wouldn't quote turnover.
Is that the EFL or Felicia EFL to do with takeover?
A guy I work with spells field as "filed" so often that I've come to automatically read it as field in my head, so I genuinely wondered what this accounts field was for a second!
I was thinking why would the EFL even have millions available to loan to clubs even if they wanted to, but then I looked at their accounts.
The one I see the most is 'defiantly' for 'definitely'. Surely not auto-correct, as definitely is the more common word. It's especially funny if someone says something like "I am defiantly a mellow person."
Oh there's too many of these.
When to use ran v run seems to really confuse most people, before we even get to the classics.
Although I dare say thrashing tonnes of posts into laid back internet sites we can all let a few loose ones in occasionally and often there's simply no beneficiality in pointing it out.
Gasroom 3.0 has a spelling and grammar checker built in and doesn't let you hit the post button until you've corrected everything.
We'll defiantly loose a few contributors in that case.
You've built @micra into the very fabric of Gasroom 3.0, 😱!
Still room for the their / there / they’re wranglers.
Too many opportunities to make one or two errors without PC Micra on duty
It’s a stitch up.
It’s a bit late but I wonder how many of you have noticed that “proven” has transformed from an adjective (as in a proven goalscorer) into a verb (past tense, as in “he has proven to be a prolific goalscorer”). The switch from proved to proven seems to have happened spontaneously and has become common parlance. I hate it.
Another transmogrification which grates on me is the preponderance of speakers, including news presenters, who now put the accent on the first syllable of the verb to contribute. It always used to be on the middle syllable. Accentuation of the first syllable was confined to the noun, contribution. Try putting the accent on the second syllable!
Same same.
I hate it when people say “I’m going shops”.
Why's that?
No idea. Much like people that get a bee in their bonnet about a typo or grammar not being perfect - but they can still understand what the person is saying - the removal of “to the” gets on my tits. When really it’s really inconsequential.
The battle over 'unique' has been lost and it looks like 'very unique' is here to stay forever.
Annoying...but on the other hand it's a good way to know if the person is an idiot.
My work team are scattered all the way up to Scotland and it's interesting how many of these regional things you see.
Scottish and Geordie insist "telt" is an acceptable version of told.
And North upwards are big on missing words out.
"Dog needs fed".
If you said dog needs fed to someone here they’d think you were an idiot
On the other hand if you said ‘dog’s fur clemt’ everyone would know what you meant.
Language, grammar and pronunciation is fluid otherwise we would still be constructing sentences in Low German or talking like we lived in 18th century Labrador.
I’m always fascinated how accents evolve. Back in the ‘70’s we had a couple of lads at school from Fingest who still had that old Chiltern accent, now lost to the steady creep of ‘estuary English’.
For those too young (flymofrank) to know what the Old Chiltern Accent was like it was basically Pirate.
Can’t do a link but go to YouTube ‘Bernard Miles - over the gate. It’s the best eg of old Chiltern I’ve found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrYiVq2AbMg
There you go.
I imagine that's how Micra talks.
https://youtu.be/yrYiVq2AbMg?si=iDziofwGB7fH5qSt
Hope this works.
Winderbar.
You’re too damned quick for me, Young Kim.
I’m actually quite Estuary and you’d be amazed by the gasps of disbelief uttered by call centre staff etc when I’m asked for my date of birth.
Do Scots even know what a Dog is? Pretty sure they say Dug.
On a side note, if any of your work team is from deepest darkest Glasgow, ask them to say “Purple Burglar Alarm”. Never disappoints.
My mother used to frown at me because I used to say “I’m going out to Roid me boik” for ride my bike.
She wondered what cretin she drug up, but apparently that sounds very similar to the old Chilterns accent I had picked up from god knows where.
she still wonders what cretin she drug up, however.
I’ve just tried saying dog within a sentence in my best Scottish accent and it sounds like doorg.
Dug would be Western Scottish. Dowg would be more to the East.
Assuming the person speaking has decided it's 'dialect day' otherwise they'd probably say 'dog'.