hEY STRIB ITS FIDDY NOT FITTY,,,GET IT RIGHT YA FAT SKINNY CANT BULLS EYE

The misuse of 'to' and 'too'...

Generally have found most can distinguish two (number) vs. to/too (but incorrect use).

When people use the word ‘literally’ to add emphasis but they don’t mean anything literal at all.

It was blowing 30knots, literally all day! Arrghh!!

"it's all good" ............it's not you know !!!!

555 said...


Sometimes I have to laugh when people get carried away with the "F" word. (that which censorship will not allow.) It adds nothing, but says a lot!

aww c'mon, the "F" word is the most versatile word in the english language

grumplestiltskin said...

555 said...


Sometimes I have to laugh when people get carried away with the "F" word. (that which censorship will not allow.) It adds nothing, but says a lot!

aww c'mon, the "F" word is the most versatile word in the english language

I like the F word for its versatility. It can be many things,noun verb,adjective etc.eg. that "F"ing "F" "F"er is "F"ed !

110% -

Soccer instead of Football. It's Bloody Football!

Mark _australia said...

555 said...


Nothing wrong with a text message.. it's obviously different to a voice message, or a video message.. 'text' or 'txt' is much shorter (syllablically) than SMS.

We always have had text messages on paper. An email is a text message.
"text me" arrggh!!

So what do you call it if I send an 'SMS' from my computer? I type it, on a proper keyboard, in proper words, and then send it to a cellphone via the cellular network..

The only difference between that, and the same message via email is the technology used to transmit it.

If you're going to call a cellphone text message an SMS, then you'd better also start calling an email an SMTP.

What is this "paper" you speak of?

When general conversation includes management double speak and jibber terms like;

Touch base, drill down, takeaway from this conversation, pro-active, communication tools, at the end of the day, process driven, positive outcomes, deliverables, blah blah blah...

Makes me want to

Yeah that's FnBS!!

NotWal said...

"lay" down instead of "lie" down. Its endemic but not vernacular.

A lie down jibe would be a bit different to a lay down jibe though? Possibly quite a bit wetter, and less likely to plane on exit?

In fact, I think I've nearly mastered the lie down jibe! It's my second favorite after the 'didn't get far enough forward or down, so was ejected out the side' jibe..

"Correctedness"

a classic Kevin Rudd mangling of the language.

there is a whole list of cliches by Kev the Robot, he just seems to spew them out automatically.

"working families" is a classic, if he hasn't used that 5,000 times ....

grumplestiltskin said...


"Correctedness"

a classic Kevin Rudd mangling of the language.

there is a whole list of cliches by Kev the Robot, he just seems to spew them out automatically.

"working families" is a classic, if he hasn't used that 5,000 times ....

Ha ha - I was very happy to see the Ruddster replace that geriatric twisted xenophobe that preceded him, but if I EVER hear the kn 'working families' line in person I will have a pulsating jugular in my hands moments later!!!

BTW I would have thought a Labour govt would be oposed to exploiting child labour in 'working families' (crikey i said it now!!) but there you go - it's crazy times.




Has anyone mentioned 'Quantam leap/progress' being misused?? It actually means very minute but most seem to think (prob due to the cr@ppy old teev show) that it means a huge or significant leap forward. I normally let it wash but got all stroppy last week when I saw a bloody scientist use the term!! Sure, talk in terms Joe Public can undertsand but don't add to the misunderstanding if you are a white coat dweeb i reckon!

Aahhh... I feel like i have had more than a quantum mood improvement already.

getfunky said...

Has anyone mentioned 'Quantam leap/progress' being misused?? It actually means very minute but most seem to think (prob due to the cr@ppy old teev show) that it means a huge or significant leap forward. I normally let it wash but got all stroppy last week when I saw a bloody scientist use the term!! Sure, talk in terms Joe Public can undertsand but don't add to the misunderstanding if you are a white coat dweeb i reckon!

Aahhh... I feel like i have had more than a quantum mood improvement already.

Sooo right. The great unwashed have it arse about. That's to be expected but when the boffins do it their credibility takes a hit.

Another like that is the mispronunciation of "data" as "darter". Its the latin plural of datum, (say "date-um") mostly used as a collective noun rather than a plural by us Occers. One expects educated people to get it right but in the end it makes no difference.

Another arcane tid bit - the prefix "giga" was formerly pronounced "jig-a" (like the dance) but it was rarely used until the computer revolution brought it to the fore. It shares a root with "giant". If you say "jig-a-byte" now people look at you strangely.