Dorset Girl wrote:Um - sorry to contradict you right off, but I'd say 'Metallica's playing' which I suppose is a contraction of 'Metallica is playing'. So anyone who says 'are' is just bad at grammar IMHO. Any other examples of this? (good choice of band by the way )
jrsightes wrote:Dorset Girl wrote:Um - sorry to contradict you right off, but I'd say 'Metallica's playing' which I suppose is a contraction of 'Metallica is playing'. So anyone who says 'are' is just bad at grammar IMHO. Any other examples of this? (good choice of band by the way )
I see it all the time in British newspapers and books.
Dorset Girl wrote:Um - sorry to contradict you right off, but I'd say 'Metallica's playing' which I suppose is a contraction of 'Metallica is playing'. So anyone who says 'are' is just bad at grammar IMHO. Any other examples of this? (good choice of band by the way )
Dorset Girl wrote:Ooh, here's an example of Brit / American language differences - cell phone and mobile phone. I've only ever heard Americans speak the words 'mobile phone' sarcastically, to take the piss out of the British.
CatNamedRudy wrote:Dorset Girl wrote:Um - sorry to contradict you right off, but I'd say 'Metallica's playing' which I suppose is a contraction of 'Metallica is playing'. So anyone who says 'are' is just bad at grammar IMHO. Any other examples of this? (good choice of band by the way )
Now I recall when I first starting posting here, MC used the term "HBO are......." instead of "HBO is......." and I thought he was just using poor grammar. But he told me that his way was correct in his world!
Dorset Girl wrote:Ooh, here's an example of Brit / American language differences - cell phone and mobile phone. I've only ever heard Americans speak the words 'mobile phone' sarcastically, to take the piss out of the British.
jrsightes wrote:Dorset Girl wrote:Ooh, here's an example of Brit / American language differences - cell phone and mobile phone. I've only ever heard Americans speak the words 'mobile phone' sarcastically, to take the piss out of the British.
Another uniquely British idiom.
jrsightes wrote:Dorset Girl wrote:Ooh, here's an example of Brit / American language differences - cell phone and mobile phone. I've only ever heard Americans speak the words 'mobile phone' sarcastically, to take the piss out of the British.
Another uniquely British idiom.
Dorset Girl wrote:jrsightes wrote:Dorset Girl wrote:Ooh, here's an example of Brit / American language differences - cell phone and mobile phone. I've only ever heard Americans speak the words 'mobile phone' sarcastically, to take the piss out of the British.
Another uniquely British idiom.
Is it? I like that one.
My American housemate used to be fascinated by the word 'bollocks', which she'd never heard before. In fact, she couldn't even pronounce it properly. I don't recall anyone having asked wtf we're on about when we've used it on here though, so maybe my housemate was just naive.
Dorset Girl wrote:Um - sorry to contradict you right off, but I'd say 'Metallica's playing' which I suppose is a contraction of 'Metallica is playing'. So anyone who says 'are' is just bad at grammar IMHO. Any other examples of this? (good choice of band by the way )
CatNamedRudy wrote:I love the word "bollocks".
It pretty much means "bullshit".
jrsightes wrote:Dorset Girl wrote:Um - sorry to contradict you right off, but I'd say 'Metallica's playing' which I suppose is a contraction of 'Metallica is playing'. So anyone who says 'are' is just bad at grammar IMHO. Any other examples of this? (good choice of band by the way )
From the Daily Mail: The Labour Party are Dithering Their Way to Election Defeat
From the Telegraph: "Manchester United are missing something..."
We would say, "The Republican Party is dithering its way to election defeat" and "Tampa Bay is missing something..."
Dorset Girl wrote:CatNamedRudy wrote:I love the word "bollocks".
It pretty much means "bullshit".
It really means 'testicles'.
CatNamedRudy wrote::lol: Somehow saying an argument is "testicles" as opposed to saying it's "bollocks" just doesn't work!
Dorset Girl wrote:CatNamedRudy wrote::lol: Somehow saying an argument is "testicles" as opposed to saying it's "bollocks" just doesn't work!
'Bollocks' is a good word though, isn't it! Kind of satisfying to say!
CatNamedRudy wrote:Dorset Girl wrote:CatNamedRudy wrote::lol: Somehow saying an argument is "testicles" as opposed to saying it's "bollocks" just doesn't work!
'Bollocks' is a good word though, isn't it! Kind of satisfying to say!
It's a great word.
woggle wrote::lol: The first one is a tram !!! our words are better
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