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Location: Aughton, Ormskirk
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I'm Jerry.
Virtually all hip-hop, rappy crappy music today. It all seems to be about the person singing the song and generally involves stating how great they are with the ladies and how big their bank balance is.
I didn't want to turn into my father but its happened.....
Jerry
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Mr Impetuous
Location: Northamptonshire, UK
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I'm Dave.
Twats who insist on driving in the middle lane of a motorway when the inside lane is clear, and also drivers who can't be arsed to signal. When the revolution cometh, they will be the first against the wall...
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Location: Southall, West London
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I'm Geoff.
Absolutely, its another rubbish Americanism that's sneaked into everyday so called English.Originally Posted by wiicrackpot
I also can't stand people who scatter Gallicisms about, when there are perfectly good English words that say the same thing.
And, how about our youngsters (and older thickos) saying 'innit' all the time?
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Location: York, UK
Posts: 97
I'm Simon.
People (especially polititians) who say "I refute that..." when they mean "I deny that..."
ELP Fanboy
Location: Yorks
Posts: 16,649
I'm Nobody.
Don't get me going on this one, just about everything in modern life get up my back side.
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
What about the fuckers who hog the outside lane, when the inside lane is perfectly clear, and won't shift to let you overtake? Do we shoot those mutant cock-jockeys too, or simply just torture them in the most sadistic way imaginable?Twats who insist on driving in the middle lane of a motorway when the inside lane is clear, and also drivers who can't be arsed to signal. When the revolution cometh, they will be the first against the wall...
Marco.
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I'm Geoff.
I had one the other day. 45mph all the way in a 70 limit, some senile octogenerian.What about the fuckers who hog the outside lane, when the inside lane is perfectly clear, and won't shift to let you overtake? Do we shoot those mutant cock-jockeys too, or simply just torture them in the most sadistic way imaginable?
Marco.
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
In a Volvo? I bet he was wearing 'driving gloves' (and a somewhat 'pained' expression), too!
Marco.
"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do". - Milan Kundera.
"Your validity or worth are not defined or determined by the views of others with their own superimposed agendas". - Pharos (on AoS)
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Another Americanism: transportation. It's transport, duh!
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Location: Staffordshire, England
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I'm Martin.
I've also noticed in the past few years that the Americanism 'can I get' has replaced 'may I have' amongst the under thirty's.
Martin
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