Drago's English language rant #72

[Mr Celine]

A lot of the issues around English usage result from the Americanization of our language. 'Americanize' Radio 4 10.30 today http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08qxd02 might be of interest.

Americanisation surely.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Americanisation surely.

Of course, did you follow the link?

 

[marshmella]

Uranus gives off clouds of icy methane

That statement is correct

 

[classic33]

That statement is correct

Thought they were jets or geysers!

 

[Drago]

When I was studying with the OU there was a trend for people to pronounce it oo-ran-oos instead of your-anus.

 

[John the Monkey]

[QUOTE 4809079, member: 45"]This thread is, like, so pointless. I, like, never see, like, irritating habits in the, like, comprehension of others.

Roasted.[/QUOTE]
Boom. Roasted.

Surely? (Ed).

 

[John the Monkey]

[QUOTE 4808739, member: 259"]I live in a Dutch-speaking area, and you still have to watch yerssen with the equivalent of thou and you. Get it wrong - especially if you're young - and you'll be in for all sorts of abuse. Same with most European languages, though.[/QUOTE]
I thought Dutch was heading towards less formality, in that respect? (I remember my Gran lamenting that, along with Flemish becoming more and more Dutch).

 

[Dan B]

When I was studying with the OU there was a trend for people to pronounce it oo-ran-oos instead of your-anus.

Like the planet, you mean?

 

[Mr Celine]

Of course, did you follow the link?

Gadzooks, I've been pwned!

 

[Welsh wheels]

Literally, that's terrible. Literally, people are literally making such grammatical mistakes today. Literally, they should be hung for it. (joke).

 

[classic33]

Aye, 'appen.

One ort'other, not both.

 

[jonny jeez]

I'm literally gobsmacked. I was literally watching the news when some woman opined "Teresa May is literally taking food out of children's mouths."

Whhoooaa there a moment. Mrs May is shoving her hand into the mouths of children and physically withdrawing the food? Why has this not been in the news before?

The word 'literally' has become so common in use that it now, quite literally, seems to mean the opposite of that which it should. I'm literally stunned.

Its becoming literally as bad as hearing the word negotiate mis-pronounced all the time...

Did you actually smack your gob?

 

[Drago]

Yes, but only figuratively.

 

[classic33]

The Americans thing they invented t'werking.

It's either t'werking or brok.