Referring to oneself as "us" instead of "me"

[iRyan]

Can someone please explain where this comes from and what the point is? :shrug:

[Erik B]

I go with 'lack of education'. Scotty says it a lot and he also claims 4x4 is 12 (last show). So, why would he be able to tell the difference between a singular or plural object pronoun?

[Smithy]

I go with 'lack of education'. Scotty says it a lot and he also claims 4x4 is 12 (last show). So, why would he be able to tell the difference between a singular or plural object pronoun?

It's not lack of education you cheeky ****, :nono:

I think it's a northern thing, I do it too

[Jamie89]

It's not lack of education you cheeky ****, :nono:

I think it's a northern thing, I do it too

This. It's just differences in dialect.

[mizzy25]

I think u will find Scotty say *is* not us. Im a Geordie and I would say is not us, something like *give is a crisp* not *give us a crisp* Vicky P say is as well but whenever someone is quoting her in an interview they say *us* which really annoys me for some reason lol

[Vanessa]

It's a northern thing. :laugh:

[LukeB]

Geordie people say that, watch geordie shore you will hear them say us(speaking about themselves) a lot.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

He found love on the Northern line.

[emptynest]

It is a northern thing , I'm a northerner and say ' us '

[smudgie]

Haven't noticed it much lately, but common use up North.

[Niamh.]

Yeah just dialect really, we say "ye" here instead of you plural :laugh:

[Kizzy]

Yep it's an accent thing, it does annoy us though :hehe:

[thisisdanny]

I think u will find Scotty say *is* not us. Im a Geordie and I would say is not us, something like *give is a crisp* not *give us a crisp* Vicky P say is as well but whenever someone is quoting her in an interview they say *us* which really annoys me for some reason lol

I think they mean Stephanie, she says "us", but yes I'm a geordie too and say "is" and get annoyed when we get quoted as "us"

[Chuckyegg]

Its common in the North East. Newcastle Sunderland Middlesbrough.

[Crimson Dynamo]

dialect

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[alex_front2]

It is lack of education. It's not even a lazy typo like writing their (belonging to others) and there (a place somewhere else)

I am originally from up North and easily one of my personal pet hates is the use of us to mean me. "Give it to us". Who the **** is us? Me and you? Then I already have it. You mean: you and someone else? There's no one else around for it to be "us". You mean " me", asin yourself, then why not say me. Me has exactly the same amount of letters as " us " so no abbreviation required. "Give it to me". Simple me. No " us" needed.

Even people who don't have English as a second language don't say this. Parents who say it to their children are appalling.

[bots]

its very common to say "give us a break" which can mean 1 or many .... :smug:

[dyfed]

Ill take that over Gemma,she kills the Essex accent, she sounds so uneducated imo

[Rob!]

Oneself.

[Chuckyegg]

It is lack of education. One of my personal pet hates."Give it to us". Who the ***** is us? Me and you? Then I already have it. You mean you and someone else? There's no one else around for it to be "us". You mean " me", then why not say me. Me has exactly the same amount of letters as us so no abbreviation needed.

Even people who don't have English as a second language don't say this. Parents who say it to their children are appalling. As

Thanks Lady Grantham but it's a slang word in the North East even used by people with O Level woodwork.

[Vicky.]

Guilty of using 'is'

As are most people I know.

Also northern :p

[Stormy]

It is lack of education. It's not even a lazy typo like writing their (belonging to others) and there (a place somewhere else)

I am originally from up North and easily one of my personal pet hates is the use of us to mean me. "Give it to us". Who the **** is us? Me and you? Then I already have it. You mean: you and someone else? There's no one else around for it to be "us". You mean " me", asin yourself, then why not say me. Me has exactly the same amount of letters as " us " so no abbreviation required. "Give it to me". Simple me. No " us" needed.

Even people who don't have English as a second language don't say this. Parents who say it to their children are appalling.

I am Canadian and I must admit that don't understand a lot of the dialogue and slang, especially the cockney stuff...but I do recognize sanctimonious bullsh!t when I hear it.

Go pat yourself on the back for being linguistically superior but you need some lessons on humility.

[Kizzy]

I am Canadian and I must admit that don't understand a lot of the dialogue and slang, especially the cockney stuff...but I do recognize sanctimonious bullsh!t when I hear it.

Go pat yourself on the back for being linguistically superior but you need some lessons on humility.

:joker::joker: Love it!

[alex_front2]

Thanks Lady Grantham but it's a slang word in the North East even used by people with O Level woodwork.
Well I am glad its use is becoming stigmatized. We all make mistakes with language, but this is us business is an epidemic in several northern cities and just makes the speakers seem lazy, selfish or stupid. It's confusing to non locals, ignorant and just plain irritating.

When people in Mongolia can use "me" correctly and North East Englanders can't it's time for change. It's akin to Stephanie not being able to pin point home town Liverpool on a map.:nono::sad::yuk::cloud::facepalm::rant:


It needs to stop.

[Kizzy]

Not people trying to infer those with a regional dialect are unintelligent :/

[alex_front2]

I am Canadian and I must admit that don't understand a lot of the dialogue and slang, especially the cockney stuff...but I do recognize sanctimonious bullsh!t when I hear it.

Go pat yourself on the back for being linguistically superior but you need some lessons on humility.

I am not claiming to be linguistically superior but when English isn't my first language, it is bloody annoying to near us us us pointlessly used when me is the same word length

[Jamie89]

It is lack of education. It's not even a lazy typo like writing their (belonging to others) and there (a place somewhere else)

I am originally from up North and easily one of my personal pet hates is the use of us to mean me. "Give it to us". Who the **** is us? Me and you? Then I already have it. You mean: you and someone else? There's no one else around for it to be "us". You mean " me", asin yourself, then why not say me. Me has exactly the same amount of letters as " us " so no abbreviation required. "Give it to me". Simple me. No " us" needed.

Even people who don't have English as a second language don't say this. Parents who say it to their children are appalling.

No, it's dialect. Just because it's a dialect you don't like, it doesn't mean the person using it is uneducated.

I am Canadian and I must admit that don't understand a lot of the dialogue and slang, especially the cockney stuff...but I do recognize sanctimonious bullsh!t when I hear it.

Go pat yourself on the back for being linguistically superior but you need some lessons on humility.

:joker:

[sungrass]

I am Canadian and I must admit that don't understand a lot of the dialogue and slang, especially the cockney stuff...but I do recognize sanctimonious bullsh!t when I hear it.

Go pat yourself on the back for being linguistically superior but you need some lessons on humility.

:thumbs::clap1:

[mizzy25]

Geordies do not say us, we say is. Half of them on Geordie shore are not even from Newcastle ie charlotte bloody Crosby isn't a Geordie!

[Rob!]

I am not claiming to be linguistically superior but when English isn't my first language, it is bloody annoying to near us us us pointlessly used when me is the same word length

It might be annoying but that's the way our language works, with lots of dialects, so there's very little point in making pretentious and sanctimonious posts about it. You're winding us right up.

[DigitalMethod]

It's damn annoying if you ask me, especially coming form a country that takes pride in its proper use of the English language.

Generally I quite enjoy the different dialects of the British being Canadian, but the "us" thing truly drives me up the wall. It sounds stupid and uneducated as ****!

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[emptynest]

It is lack of education. It's not even a lazy typo like writing their (belonging to others) and there (a place somewhere else)

I am originally from up North and easily one of my personal pet hates is the use of us to mean me. "Give it to us". Who the **** is us? Me and you? Then I already have it. You mean: you and someone else? There's no one else around for it to be "us". You mean " me", asin yourself, then why not say me. Me has exactly the same amount of letters as " us " so no abbreviation required. "Give it to me". Simple me. No " us" needed.

Even people who don't have English as a second language don't say this. Parents who say it to their children are appalling.

Blah blah blah

[Garfie]

It is lack of education. It's not even a lazy typo like writing their (belonging to others) and there (a place somewhere else)

I am originally from up North and easily one of my personal pet hates is the use of us to mean me. "Give it to us". Who the **** is us? Me and you? Then I already have it. You mean: you and someone else? There's no one else around for it to be "us". You mean " me", asin yourself, then why not say me. Me has exactly the same amount of letters as " us " so no abbreviation required. "Give it to me". Simple me. No " us" needed.

Even people who don't have English as a second language don't say this. Parents who say it to their children are appalling.

If you really want to be so pedantic, shouldn't that be 'from the North', rather than 'up North', and 'as in', rather than 'asin'. Oh, and 'you and I', rather than 'me and you'? People who make such grammatical errors are appalling! And, as for some of your sentence structure!

You might become enlightened by doing a little research on accent and dialect, audience and purpose, and the differences between the spoken word and the written word. This would help you to realise that using a regional dialect when speaking is totally acceptable if the audience and purpose are appropriate! It would also help you to understand that having an accent or using a dialect, has nothing to do with ability or intelligence. :facepalm:

I can't decide whether your post is designed to provoke others, or to make them feel inadequate or inferior; either way, you fail dismally on both counts if you make the basic errors outlined in my first paragraph!

Finally, just so that you are aware, the use of 'us', rather than 'me' is common in lots of dialects, and also occurs on the South coast. The wonderful variations we have in our country should be embraced.

Do you get us? :pat:

[Garfie]

It is lack of education.

Doesn't Scotty have a degree, that is he is educated to degree standard? Undermines your theory somewhat!!

[rionablue]

They say it a lot on Corry. What annoys me the most is people saying was you? instead of were you? That's really bad grammar. I hear it a lot by Bradley Walsh in the chase and a few other programmes also

[camertone]

tactic to isolate the opponent psychologically..

[Erik B]

I am just glad no one here thought it was majestatis pluralis when royalty refer to themselves as 'we'.

Actually people in Thailand do a similar thing by referring to themselves as either by name or relation e.g. 'your aunt'.

Although it sounds very uneducated, I do like it when Megan says it.

[iRyan]

It mainly annoys me the way Stephanie uses it in a really needy way, as if there are multiple entities inside of her and they all need your attention

[Ammi]

It mainly annoys me the way Stephanie uses it in a really needy way, as if there are multiple entities inside of her and they all need your attention

...:laugh:...so that's why John needed to say 'I'm done', 7689 times, because he was making sure that he told each one of them individually, in case one entity didn't think that he was referring to them...

[Ammi]

...usRyan..

[Smithy]

Not people trying to infer those with a regional dialect are unintelligent :/

Like!!! :umm2:

[hot2go]

It is lack of education. It's not even a lazy typo like writing their (belonging to others) and there (a place somewhere else)

I am originally from up North and easily one of my personal pet hates is the use of us to mean me. "Give it to us". Who the **** is us? Me and you? Then I already have it. You mean: you and someone else? There's no one else around for it to be "us". You mean " me", asin yourself, then why not say me. Me has exactly the same amount of letters as " us " so no abbreviation required. "Give it to me". Simple me. No " us" needed.

Even people who don't have English as a second language don't say this. Parents who say it to their children are appalling.

:laugh::laugh::laugh::joker::joker: I love this rant about 'us ' :joker:

[hot2go]

At least tonight when Scotty says " look at us " it will be the correct terminology....as he sits with Emma and the others waiting to see if Steph or Darren are this years winner.

[Niamh.]

At least tonight when Scotty says " look at us " it will be the correct terminology....as he sits with Emma and the others waiting to see if Steph or Darren are this years winner.

Darren? lol I doubt he has a chance in hell tbh

[hot2go]

Darren? lol I doubt he has a chance in hell tbh

I know .... Scotty can't fail really, it's so stacked in his favour because of his huge (delete where appropriate ) fan base , cock, ego
I just have to thumb my nose at the dullness of it all....and I couldn't say Steph and Tiffany now could I ? :laugh::laugh: that would be far too agreeable :laugh:

[billy123]

Wow what a rude, badly educated and uninformed assumption from Alex Front who obviously doesnt understand the English language and the dialects within it.
Even here in Derbyshire me becomes us i.e. "go on tell us what she said"

[Niamh.]

Wow what a rude and uninformed assumption from Alex Front who obviously doesnt understand the English language and the dialects within it.
Even here in Derbyshire me becomes us i.e. "go on tell us what she said"

yeah, I'd say it on occasion too now you mention it in that example