Cosmic Joe Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Signmakers for shops. Surely a grasp of the use of the apostrophe should be part of the required skillset. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicate Flower Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Cosmic Joe said: Signmakers for shops. Surely a grasp of the use of the apostrophe should be part of the required skillset. The whole thread could be based on people getting their own language wrong. Why, for example, does it seem like roughly 40% of the population don't know the difference between did and done and when to use them? And why have generations of useless teachers failed miserably at teaching such a basic awareness? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said: Signmakers for shops. Surely a grasp of the use of the apostrophe should be part of the required skillset. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Delicate Flower said: The whole thread could be based on people getting their own language wrong. Why, for example, does it seem like roughly 40% of the population don't know the difference between did and done and when to use them? And why have generations of useless teachers failed miserably at teaching such a basic awareness? A large chunk of that population in all likelihood do know the difference but don't care about it. The informal use of language trumps grammar structure in most living languages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicate Flower Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, virginton said: A large chunk of that population in all likelihood do know the difference but don't care about it. The informal use of language trumps grammar structure in most living languages. Lazy about language, lazy about life. Hence the breakdown of society and reemergence of widespread ill behaviour. Language structure encourages societal structure. In my opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 The whole thread could be based on people getting their own language wrong. Why, for example, does it seem like roughly 40% of the population don't know the difference between did and done and when to use them? And why have generations of useless teachers failed miserably at teaching such a basic awareness?The word "are" seems to be vanishing, as does the adverbial form of words. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Cosmic Joe said: Signmakers for shops. Surely a grasp of the use of the apostrophe should be part of the required skillset. Surely that's a case of them doing what the customer has asked for. If the customer is an illiterate twat then it's not really up to the signwriter to point that out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Bairnardo said: The "nextdoor" app. Long since deleted and I have no idea why I ever downloaded it, but still bombards me witg emails despite unsubscribing each time. Every email seems to contain a preview of some shitpost where some local w**k is telling other local wanks to BE AWEAR!!!!!! Create a rule for them so they are filed right in the bin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 18 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Create a rule for them so they are filed right in the bin. Vastly overestimating my computing skills there tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Vastly overestimating my computing skills there tbh Watching League One football as long as you will have no doubt fried your already tiny Falkirk brain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: Watching League One football as long as you will have no doubt fried your already tiny Falkirk brain. My doctor said it wasn't related to the football you inbred c**t 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Delicate Flower said: Lazy about language, lazy about life. Hence the breakdown of society and reemergence of widespread ill behaviour. Language structure encourages societal structure. In my opinion. So you’d like society to be structured according to a load of fairly arbitrary rules that were formalised in Victorian times and not evolve in an organic way according to what suits the population best? You are Jacob Rees Mogg and I claim my ten shillings. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Delicate Flower said: Lazy about language, lazy about life. Hence the breakdown of society and reemergence of widespread ill behaviour. Language structure encourages societal structure. In my opinion. Well let me tell you something - this is exactly how Nazi Germany started! A lot of layabouts with nothing better to do than to cause trouble! Well, I've had fifteen years of pandering to the likes of you, and I've had enough! I've had it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 hours ago, coprolite said: So you’d like society to be structured according to a load of fairly arbitrary rules that were formalised in Victorian times and not evolve in an organic way according to what suits the population best? You are Jacob Rees Mogg and I claim my ten shillings. guineas. FTFY. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 08/11/2022 at 07:49, hk blues said: To be fair, if he had other shopping etc to do I don't blame him for wanting to put his crisps in a bag. Single purchase, not another item bought. nothing being carried 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) 58 minutes ago, MEADOWXI said: Single purchase, not another item bought. nothing being carried I meant after he had bought his crisps. I'd not particularly want to wander around the streets with a 6-pack on show. (over to you Kenneth) Anyhow, it's the PTTGOYN thread so fair enough with your PTTGOYN. Edited November 10, 2022 by hk blues 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 My car insurance renewal came in and they want £300 more than i was last year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Andy Dufresne said: My car insurance renewal came in and they want £300 more than i was last year Get on a comparison site and them get them binned. When they phone you up saying that they'll beat the cheapest price, ask why the c***s tried shafting you in the first place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 43 minutes ago, Empty It said: Get on a comparison site and them get them binned. When they phone you up saying that they'll beat the cheapest price, ask why the c***s tried shafting you in the first place. They won’t 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Andy Dufresne said: My car insurance renewal came in and they want £300 more than i was last year Mine last month, "your last year's insurance was £240, we will auto renew at new price of £560' Will you f**k 20 mins pissing about on the Internet got it for around 200 odd. Jokers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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