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Eustace H. Plimsoll Flag Aldershot 29 Apr 15 9.52pm Send a Private Message to Eustace H. Plimsoll Add Eustace H. Plimsoll as a friend

Quote the despotic banana at 29 Apr 2015 1.32pm

Quote Part Time James at 29 Apr 2015 12.55pm

Quote the despotic banana at 29 Apr 2015 12.52pm

"So, can I get a panini and an expresso?"

F*ck off.


Is that because of their camp breakfast choices or their use of English?


1. Starting a sentence with "So...".
2. Saying "can I get...".
3. Panini is a plural.
4. It's an espresso.

Nooooo, despo, no! No! Not you. Don't be one of them.

I once overheard a pub bore saying "Tchoh, I just HATE it when people ask for "A panini". "A" panini. "A"!!! It's "panino" [or whatever the hell the singular actually is, like anyone ever gave a fack (singular of f***. Maybe.)]"

No you don't hate it, you f***ing love it. Because ("Worrac*** - started his sentence with a conjunction!" ) it gives you the opportunity to spout off in a pub to people who suddenly wish they were anywhere else about an unknown, commonplace and so-what minor error, under the mistaken notion that this somehow makes you interesting or better than others. Yawn. It's just like paparazzi/o and the Union Jack/Flag - we all know but no-one actually gives a flying one. Craig Brown wrote a funny piece about a chap who had to eject himself from a meeting of the Pedants' Society for forgetting to indicate that Frankenstein is not the name of the monster. We all know! (Or sometimes don't, but wouldn't care if we did.)

It's panini. 'Cos it just is. And if I ever hear you saying "Porsche(r)" then I shall express(o)ly shove several paninos up your tailpipe (no-one says 'folksvagen'. It's Porsche. Here. Auf Deutsch - Porsche['r'], naturlich. (Help me out, Johnny...))

But I shall overlook this one blemish.


Edited by Eustace H. Plimsoll (29 Apr 2015 9.53pm)

 


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Harpo Flag Oxfordshire 29 Apr 15 9.59pm Send a Private Message to Harpo Add Harpo as a friend

Double adjectives really annoy me, and ought to annoy you.

Imagine Alan Shearer in the motd studio referring to a top top player or a top top pass.

Next worst is the expression 'get pregnant. Nobody gets pregnant. They fall, or become pregnant.
Getting pregnant is so disrespectful.

Except when it's me that got her pregnant

Edited by Harpo (29 Apr 2015 10.00pm)

 

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Johnny Eagles Flag berlin 29 Apr 15 10.01pm Send a Private Message to Johnny Eagles Add Johnny Eagles as a friend

Quote Eustace H. Plimsoll at 29 Apr 2015 9.52pm

Quote the despotic banana at 29 Apr 2015 1.32pm

Quote Part Time James at 29 Apr 2015 12.55pm

Quote the despotic banana at 29 Apr 2015 12.52pm

"So, can I get a panini and an expresso?"

F*ck off.


Is that because of their camp breakfast choices or their use of English?


1. Starting a sentence with "So...".
2. Saying "can I get...".
3. Panini is a plural.
4. It's an espresso.

Nooooo, despo, no! No! Not you. Don't be one of them.

I once overheard a pub bore saying "Tchoh, I just HATE it when people ask for "A panini". "A" panini. "A"!!! It's "panino" [or whatever the hell the singular actually is, like anyone ever gave a fack (singular of f***. Maybe.)]"

No you don't hate it, you f***ing love it. Because ("Worrac*** - started his sentence with a conjunction!" ) it gives you the opportunity to spout off in a pub to people who suddenly wish they were anywhere else about an unknown, commonplace and so-what minor error, under the mistaken notion that this somehow makes you interesting or better than others. Yawn. It's just like paparazzi/o and the Union Jack/Flag - we all know but no-one actually gives a flying one. Craig Brown wrote a funny piece about a chap who had to eject himself from a meeting of the Pedants' Society for forgetting to indicate that Frankenstein is not the name of the monster. We all know! (Or sometimes don't, but wouldn't care if we did.)

It's panini. 'Cos it just is. And if I ever hear you saying "Porsche(r)" then I shall express(o)ly shove several paninos up your tailpipe (no-one says 'folksvagen'. It's Porsche. Here. Auf Deutsch - Porsche['r'], naturlich. (Help me out, Johnny...))

But I shall overlook this one blemish.


Edited by Eustace H. Plimsoll (29 Apr 2015 9.53pm)


It's actually "porsch-eh" rather than "porsch-er".

You ignorant moron.

 


...we must expand...get more pupils...so that the knowledge will spread...

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Eustace H. Plimsoll Flag Aldershot 29 Apr 15 10.09pm Send a Private Message to Eustace H. Plimsoll Add Eustace H. Plimsoll as a friend

Quote Johnny Eagles at 29 Apr 2015 10.01pm


It's actually "porsch-eh" rather than "porsch-er".

You ignorant moron.

Entschuldigen sie, bitte.

 


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bertshead Flag Castlederg 29 Apr 15 10.51pm

Quote Lawrie at 29 Apr 2015 11.50am

Thanks for that hoof. I thought I was the only one to get wound up by the 'so' merchants.
The other one one that really gets my goat are the cretins who think they sound trendy saying "can I get"
Can I get a beer, can I get a packet of fags.....
No you bloody can't. I'm this side of the counter. I'll get them for you!!!!


I'm with you on that one, it irritates me more than piles!

 

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Jimenez Flag SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 29 Apr 15 10.58pm Send a Private Message to Jimenez Add Jimenez as a friend

I've mentioned this before but here goes. BBC reporters who can pronounce a village in say some s***hole in Kazhakstan with a population of 1295 people yet insist in calling Los Angeles 'Los Angelees'

 


Pro USA & Israel

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Johnny Eagles Flag berlin 30 Apr 15 8.32am Send a Private Message to Johnny Eagles Add Johnny Eagles as a friend

Quote Eustace H. Plimsoll at 29 Apr 2015 10.09pm

Quote Johnny Eagles at 29 Apr 2015 10.01pm


It's actually "porsch-eh" rather than "porsch-er".

You ignorant moron.

Entschuldigen sie, bitte.

Wir können uns ruhig dutzen.

 


...we must expand...get more pupils...so that the knowledge will spread...

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lambsandwich Flag Gillingham 30 Apr 15 9.31am Send a Private Message to lambsandwich Add lambsandwich as a friend

Quote Seth at 29 Apr 2015 3.44pm

Quote lambsandwich at 29 Apr 2015 12.15pm

I hate "Can I get" with a passion but the ones that really get me at the moment are, your instead of you'll eg " We're gonna win the league, your see" and are instead of our "Keep you hands of are Yannick" admittedly these are used mostly in the written form but still annoying.

How about people saying "you" instead of "your" and "of" instead of "off"?


Oooops

 


I don't mean to sound bitter, cold or cruel, but I am so that's how it comes out

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Hoof Hearted 30 Apr 15 10.39am

When did Boadicea become Boo-Dicker?

Marathons become Snickers?

 

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Part Time James Flag 30 Apr 15 10.55am Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

Confusing schizophrenia with multiple personality disorders.

Confusing OCD with just being extremely fussy.

Fragmented sentences.

 




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Part Time James Flag 30 Apr 15 10.57am Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

Oh and not knowing the difference between 'less' and 'fewer' and as a result between 'number of' and 'amount of'.

E.g.: "Chelsea have got a large amount of injured players in their squad, Palace have got a lot less injured players in their's".

WRONG.

 




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silvertop Flag Portishead 30 Apr 15 11.13am Send a Private Message to silvertop Add silvertop as a friend

Quote Eustace H. Plimsoll at 29 Apr 2015 9.52pm

Quote the despotic banana at 29 Apr 2015 1.32pm

Quote Part Time James at 29 Apr 2015 12.55pm

Quote the despotic banana at 29 Apr 2015 12.52pm

"So, can I get a panini and an expresso?"

F*ck off.


Is that because of their camp breakfast choices or their use of English?


1. Starting a sentence with "So...".
2. Saying "can I get...".
3. Panini is a plural.
4. It's an espresso.

Nooooo, despo, no! No! Not you. Don't be one of them.

I once overheard a pub bore saying "Tchoh, I just HATE it when people ask for "A panini". "A" panini. "A"!!! It's "panino" [or whatever the hell the singular actually is, like anyone ever gave a fack (singular of f***. Maybe.)]"

No you don't hate it, you f***ing love it. Because ("Worrac*** - started his sentence with a conjunction!" ) it gives you the opportunity to spout off in a pub to people who suddenly wish they were anywhere else about an unknown, commonplace and so-what minor error, under the mistaken notion that this somehow makes you interesting or better than others. Yawn. It's just like paparazzi/o and the Union Jack/Flag - we all know but no-one actually gives a flying one. Craig Brown wrote a funny piece about a chap who had to eject himself from a meeting of the Pedants' Society for forgetting to indicate that Frankenstein is not the name of the monster. We all know! (Or sometimes don't, but wouldn't care if we did.)

It's panini. 'Cos it just is. And if I ever hear you saying "Porsche(r)" then I shall express(o)ly shove several paninos up your tailpipe (no-one says 'folksvagen'. It's Porsche. Here. Auf Deutsch - Porsche['r'], naturlich. (Help me out, Johnny...))

But I shall overlook this one blemish.


Edited by Eustace H. Plimsoll (29 Apr 2015 9.53pm)

Oh eustace a new thread. People who get irritated by trivia. Eg hoi pollloi already has the definitive article. Why oh why would anyone say THE hoi polloi. b******S!!!!

 

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