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Originally Posted by 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.
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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.