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Changes in language that bug you.

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I'm fully aware of the fact that this is purely a sign of middle age encroaching on me combined with me being a picky git but there are a few changes in language usage that seem unnecessary, born out of ignorance and just generally annoy me.

These changes include but are not limited to:

"At the moment" being replaced with "at the minute"
"Subconcious" being entirely abandoned and substituted with "unconcious" (unconcious used to mean that you were in a dormant state, subconcious was used to describe everything happening on a level under conciousness)
"Bring" being used instead of "take" (this one is an Americanism that seems to be catching on)
"Second guess", what is wrong with saying "doubt"?

There are many more but if I'm not boring you yet I soon will be.

Am I alone in this?





 
No your not! I am not sure my main bugs come under changes in language however my top bug is people using 'you know' every other word. The whole 'you know' thing drives me round the bend.

Waits for the 1st 1 to do the 'you know' post
 
God, I will be on this all week.

The total Americanisation of the English language absolutely drives me made.

People saying "I will inquire" , not "I will enquire"
"Argument" not "Arguament"
"Uber" - where the hell did that one come from

Loads in football terms "regulation time" not "normal time" , "zones", "offence" "strikers" - the list is endless

That'll do for starters
 
kefkat - 18/12/2013 23:10

No your not! I am not sure my main bugs come under changes in language however my top bug is people using 'you know' every other word. The whole 'you know' thing drives me round the bend.

Waits for the 1st 1 to do the 'you know' post

Bugs me when people don't know the difference bretween 'you're' and 'your'. :)
 
Jonathan and I...

it isn't me and Jonathan.

I can just about accept Jonathan and me now, but still, nothing wrong with saying it correctly.
 
1. They're = they fucking are
2. Their = shows fucking possession
3. There = specifies a fucking location
4. You're - you fucking are
5. Your = shows fucking possession
6. It's = it fucking is
7. Its = shows fucking possession
8. We're = we fucking are
9. Were = past fucking tense of are
10. Where = specifies a fucking location
11. Loose = not fucking fixed in place
12. Lose = cease to fucking keep
13. Affect = a fucking action
14. Effect = a fucking result
15. Could've = could fucking have
16. Could of = you're (see 4) a fucking idiot
 
"It's my bad" - it' your bad what? When did the words "mistake" and "fault" dissapear from usage?
 
using sleeps as a count down pisses me off... also when someone puts, says whoop whoop. They need a smack in the gooch.