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alex_front2 04-02-2016 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Stormy (Post 8490014)
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 04-02-2016 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by alex_front2 (Post 8489985)
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.

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Originally Posted by Stormy (Post 8490014)
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 04-02-2016 03:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormy (Post 8490014)
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 04-02-2016 04:11 PM
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! 04-02-2016 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by alex_front2 (Post 8490037)
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 04-02-2016 05:51 PM
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 04-02-2016 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by alex_front2 (Post 8489985)
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 04-02-2016 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by alex_front2 (Post 8489985)
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 04-02-2016 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by alex_front2 (Post 8489985)
It is lack of education.
Doesn't Scotty have a degree, that is he is educated to degree standard? Undermines your theory somewhat!!

rionablue 05-02-2016 12:30 AM
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 05-02-2016 02:53 AM
tactic to isolate the opponent psychologically..

Erik B 05-02-2016 05:22 AM
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 05-02-2016 05:48 AM
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 05-02-2016 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by iRyan (Post 8493005)
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 05-02-2016 05:56 AM
...usRyan..

Smithy 05-02-2016 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 8490030)
Not people trying to infer those with a regional dialect are unintelligent :/
Like!!! :umm2:

hot2go 05-02-2016 09:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by alex_front2 (Post 8489985)
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 05-02-2016 09:58 AM
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. 05-02-2016 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by hot2go (Post 8493213)
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 05-02-2016 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 8493215)
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 05-02-2016 10:14 AM
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. 05-02-2016 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by bobnot (Post 8493229)
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


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