UGLY USE OF THE LANGUAGE
So Why do people start a reply with this word ?
You guys But some among us are women!
To be honest Aren’t you usually honest then?
No problem I know it isn’t so why say it?
Like I say Do you?
There you go Do I? Where?
I’m good Maybe but I asked you how you are
Very much so Do you mean ‘YES’ ?
Know what I’m saying Err yes - I do speak English !
I’m going to go Ugly tautology – just say’ I’m going’
Have a nice day. Don’t tell me what to do!
Enjoy your meal Don’t tell me what to do!
Lets give it up for… Give what up? Do you mean ‘let’s applaud’..?
An accident waiting to happen How can it be waiting - it doesn’t exist
Probably not a poem but what the heck!
Just a few of the phrases/idioms/cliches
which I find so ugly and annoying
and which populate modern speech .
They really make my teeth grate: I avoid
them like the plague. I love this language
too much.
Does anyone want to add to the list?
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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- Comment from author about the poem: With tongue in cheek - I'll be interested to read any responses.
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'Erm', 'basically' it's a fine write, Michael, 'for this moment in time'. 'Absolutely' I say,! - see words in quotation marks to add to list!
Yes they annoy equally - ta Orchi
And similarly - saying 20 words when 5 will do?! Such as, 'Well, erm, ahh, ohh, possibly, maybe, perhaps, not sure, could be, bit doubtful, a slight chance I may do it!' Lots of umm-ing and ahh-ing there! Will Miss Berles allow all these syllables?
Primary and secondary quotation marks are opposite to American - just the way they have independently developed I guess.
Here in the UK we have been 'driving' on the left since medieval times - this leaves the right hand free to engage with the sword. Why America later adopted the right is a mystery. Who's goofy now?
Bag of marbles? Don't understand.
We could hold a competition on alternative meanings - lots of lollipops ? 🙂
Let's basically hold such a competition, at this moment in time!
Not that moment Orchi?
Like I was going to....
I should of done...
Actually I was...
I too (to?) have to (too) grit my teeth sometimes at the use of the English language. It probably comes from the speed that life is lived in these modern times. Emails have a great deal for which to answer as many of them are written in hast with no though of the correct way to express what you wanted to say. There is a Portuguese proverb which says 'If you write a letter in anger walk slowly to the postbox' This cannot be achieved the emails.
There are so many of these awful speech patterns - cheers Andy
Ta Mike ~ Me old Mucker ~ 'Ave a NICE DAY ~ OK !
There is a FISHY FUSION ~ just waitin' to be hooked by Uncle Mike ~ Ta B !
The lovely ANGELA has sent a greeting from AUCKLAND ~ please visit ~ TA (for the third time !) A & B !
Awl right me ol mate - will do!
Personally I don't like the ABSTRACT "Hows things" ! My answer to that could last a YEAR ! Nudge Nudge Elbow ~ say no more ~ people at Cocktail Receptions (when you are with a Girl |~ you want to impress with your clean living) who dig up (want to forget situations) like "Didn't we share a Cell in the Scrubs" or "Weren't we both intimate with Busty Belinda at Nottingham in 2003 ?" etc etc ~ thanks for raising the topic ~ Your BRIAN !
Cheers Brian
I'm trying to understand what you have said, as I'm more than likely one of them.
My grammar with spelling are atrocious, if not for being able to say the word into my phone I'd never get to use them.
Written language is not as easy as one may think, I have to read very slow and still look up so many words I don't know, then to write a reply takes so much effort to check I got it right and still unless someone points it out I don't see what's wrong.
I hope I'm making sense 😉
You sure are making sense and you are developing your work simply by writing and it shows in what you publish here. I guess what I am trying to convey is that simple English is so easy - just avoid meaningless clichés etc. Thanks so much for your comment - it reminds me that we are all striving for the same thing no matter what linguistic skills we have.
Er, anyway, know wot i mean, innit.
Yus mate - I know wot yer mean - cheers wotever. I
Michael,
The English language...
What can I say?
Not an easy one!
I enjoyed reading the write 😂
Loved the cartoon!
~Laura~
English is said to be difficult so I wonder why so many seem intent to make it even more so by using it incorrectly. The problem is that by doing so they become accepted and in consequence we lose much of its richness. Things become awesome when they are not full of awe at all and when I\'m in a gay mood all I get are politically incorrect sniggers.
I have to add that the examples given above really do make me cringe and want to shout out when I hear them. Bit like my all time favourite:\'I was sat' - grrrrrr - I was sitting !!!!
Pleased you continue to like the cartoons.
Yes, please continue with the cartoons! Something new for me!😊
I agree wholeheartedly about your comments! I taught my children to speak proper English from the time they were born! When they were in elementary school, they were teased about it! Their answer was, “My mommy is a teacher!”
I also taught them...
“Sticks and stones...” 😉
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