MadManOriginal wrote:How about the proper use of 'have' instead of 'of'
Like what do you mean? You should of come up with an example.
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MadManOriginal wrote:How about the proper use of 'have' instead of 'of'
neon wrote:MadManOriginal wrote:How about the proper use of 'have' instead of 'of'
Like what do you mean? You should of come up with an example.
Meadows wrote:Since this thread turned into a "what's your favourite British expression" thread...
roont wrote:I have to disagree. The title does say US English. Let the Brits keep bollocks and wanker.
Meadows wrote:neon wrote:MadManOriginal wrote:How about the proper use of 'have' instead of 'of'
Like what do you mean? You should of come up with an example.
Comedy gold redux.
bhtooefr wrote:*whoosh*
You should of looked at the joke hiding in the post.
BooTs wrote:One word that is used far too much at my work place, and very often incorrectly is "advise."
"please advise when you can complete this task."
"Please advise a quote for this work?"
"please advise which area needs print option and who a contact person would be."
deputy dawg wrote:Irregardless
deputy dawg wrote:Irregardless
Thresher wrote:"Mate". We don't really have an equivalent here. I guess Buddy or Pal might be close, but "mate" seems to be a better way to express long term friendship.
deputy dawg wrote:Irregardless
derFunkenstein wrote:deputy dawg wrote:Irregardless
A double-negative. "Ir" meaning "not" regardless. Not without regard.
I'm pretty sure that's already covered in this thread, but I cannot find where it was discussed. Probably just bad at searching.
Thresher wrote:"Mate". We don't really have an equivalent here. I guess Buddy or Pal might be close, but "mate" seems to be a better way to express long term friendship.
Meadows wrote:derFunkenstein wrote:deputy dawg wrote:Irregardless
A double-negative. "Ir" meaning "not" regardless. Not without regard.
I'm pretty sure that's already covered in this thread, but I cannot find where it was discussed. Probably just bad at searching.
That's how it would make sense, but dictionaries list it meaning the same as "regardless", which then makes it redundant (my post above).
Stupid word.
Truthiness is much better.
Thresher wrote:"Mate". We don't really have an equivalent here. I guess Buddy or Pal might be close, but "mate" seems to be a better way to express long term friendship.
Hyperneko wrote:Which is why I like irregardless so much! It's the poster child for the English language, if you think about it. You could go on and on about English grammar rules and syntax but in the end, English will come around and say " I know I just laid out a nice, clean, relatively easy rule to understand but now I'm going to drop my pants and take a nice big S*** on it." For example, the i before e rule. All words that have i and e together should have the i before the e. Well, then there's the exceptions "except after c" and "if the letters make an 'a' sound" but then comes the big dump on the rule that comes pouring down with the word "weird". NO explanations no nothing just one giant "F U" to those trying to use the rules.
So in a language like that, I think "irregardless" sits just fine. ^_^
Traz wrote:Wait, why do people keep posting the british version of words that the US already has?
Getting Americans to use "flat" instead of "apartment" or "petrol" instead of "gas/gasoline" is as futile a task as getting Americans to switch to the Metric system.
Thresher wrote:"Mate". We don't really have an equivalent here. I guess Buddy or Pal might be close, but "mate" seems to be a better way to express long term friendship.
Hyperneko wrote:Which is why I like irregardless so much! It's the poster child for the English language, if you think about it. You could go on and on about English grammar rules and syntax but in the end, English will come around and say " I know I just laid out a nice, clean, relatively easy rule to understand but now I'm going to drop my pants and take a nice big S*** on it." For example, the i before e rule. All words that have i and e together should have the i before the e. Well, then there's the exceptions "except after c" and "if the letters make an 'a' sound" but then comes the big dump on the rule that comes pouring down with the word "weird". NO explanations no nothing just one giant "F U" to those trying to use the rules.
So in a language like that, I think "irregardless" sits just fine. ^_^
BooTs wrote:And also, "irregardless" is still not a word. "agreeance" also is not a word.