What's this 'Recommend me' malarkey?

[Paulus]

I used to pronounce it Expresso until someone put me right.

Same here.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 3973988, member: 9609"]it was only the Italian bit I was unaware of - LOL
And you were rather surprised at what a small person I am, you had guess from my avatar that i was a big bloke, you looked rather puzzled at me being only 5 foot 4 [/QUOTE]

How to you reach the magazines on the top shelf at the newsagents?

 

[stephec]

How to you reach the magazines on the top shelf at the newsagents?

The internet is the saviour of the short bloke.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 3974013, member: 9609"]i always wear my heels when out shopping[/QUOTE]

 

[perplexed]

The internet is the saviour of the short bloke.

I bet its ruined your eyesight...

 

[jhawk]

Yes, CycleChat is very edumacational.

I've learned a lot here! Like, never to spoke a badger with a spoon.

 

[vernon]

I've learned a lot here! Like, never to spoke a badger with a spoon.

I've only ever spoked a wheel. A badger won't fit between my forks.

 

[Markymark]

The internet is the saviour of the short bloke.

There's gentlemen's literature on the internet?? No way, who'd have thought it.

 

[hopless500]

https://www.cyclechat.net/search/6531406/?q=Recommend+me&o=relevance&c[title_only]=1&c[node]=16

Recommend me?

To whom do folk want recommending?

Shouldn't it be; Recommend a/an (name of article) to me.

A variation I used to get a lot was 'Borrow me your.....' or 'Can I have a lend of.....'.
Did find it a little irritating

 

[vernon]

That's nothing, my forks are so big that a moose could fit between them.

 

[GM]

Same here.

And me, it wasn't until I asked Mrs GM to make me an Expresso, she said 'what do you think you are a train'

 

[jefmcg]

Actually, and I'm sure @Pat "5mph" will confirm, it was originally an adjective, being the second half of the phrase caffe espresso, meaning expressed, or pressed,

Reminds me of the experience a friend, ordering a drink in Rome asked for a latte. They stared at him, then took his money and gave him a glass of milk.

 

[jefmcg]

My son aged 15, and also with AS, will often ask me "Can I use the computer?"
To which I reply, "I don't know, can you?".
The light bulb comes on and he replies "May I use the computer?"

Glad you are keeping things formal at home.

But the 'permission' use of can is not in fact incorrect in standard English. The only difference between the two verbs is that one is more polite than the other. In informal contexts it's perfectly acceptable to usecan; in formal situations it would be better to use may.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/can-or-may

( A friend's grandfather when I was a teenager used to refuse to put his granddaughter on the phone until you said "may". I think he thought he was teaching us good manners, but in fact he was showing appalling manners himself, but terrorising strangers if he did not like their use of English)

 

[Fubar]

Reminds me of the experience a friend, ordering a drink in Rome asked for a latte. They stared at him, then took his money and gave him a glass of milk.

I did that in Italy! Though I realised before they brought the milk and corrected it...

Curiously the waiter repeated "Latte??", then just shrugged and walked off.

 

[stephec]

I bet its ruined your eyesight...

Who said that?