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southall-1998
16-03-2018, 19:18
Do you sometimes get annoyed by reading certain words? It can be anywhere. On the forums, newspaper, email etc.
One example is 'congrats'. This really irritates the hell out of me. This word is used too much nowadays. Even for bloody unimportant things.
What about you?
S.
farflungstar
16-03-2018, 19:28
Euros - it means I have to pay something.
Wakefield Turntables
16-03-2018, 19:34
When people use the word "So" to start a sentence. :steam:
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 19:39
I don't like people saying pacific when they mean specific
mightymonoped
16-03-2018, 19:41
I don't like people saying pacific when they mean specific
Aaaagh, drives me mad! [emoji23]
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All US neologisms, whereby a noun is used to form a verb: "author a book"; "critique a book" "to medal" (as in win a medal at the Olympics); "gifted" (as in giving a gift), etc.
One phrase that really annoys me is "people of colour" (or, since it is popular in the US, "people of color"). Everyone, even albinos, have a skin colour.
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 19:55
Aaaagh, drives me mad!
I'm glad I'm not the only one... why do people always refer to the ocean? :doh:
Pigmy Pony
16-03-2018, 20:07
I don't like people saying pacific when they mean specific
I don't like people saying Atlantic when they mean Pacific.
mightymonoped
16-03-2018, 20:10
I don't like people saying Atlantic when they mean Pacific.
They’re pacifically going out of their way to annoy us! [emoji13]
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Ninanina
16-03-2018, 20:12
I don't like people saying Atlantic when they mean Pacific.
:rfl::rfl:
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 20:12
They’re pacifically going out of their way to annoy us! [emoji13]
Indeed :lol:
Pigmy Pony
16-03-2018, 20:19
Palindromes are annoying words, whichever way you look at it ;)
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 20:27
Palindromes are annoying words, whichever way you look at it ;)
Like 'my gym' :eek:
Sherwood
16-03-2018, 20:28
INNIT! :steam:
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 20:30
INNIT! :steam:
Makes my blood boil... :doh:
Sherwood
16-03-2018, 20:30
BORIS! :steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam:
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 20:31
People using 'like' all the time....Neanderthals
Pigmy Pony
16-03-2018, 20:35
When a Jeremy Kyle Show toothless wonder says 'I swear down', you know they're lying
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 20:38
When a Jeremy Kyle Show toothless wonder says 'I swear down', you know they're lying
I cannot watch JK... I'm sure they get the worst of the UK population... like I say.. Neanderthals
walpurgis
16-03-2018, 20:41
I cannot watch JK...
I understand only illiterates with criminal records are permitted to view it.
When people use the word "So" to start a sentence. :steam:
Agreed it is annoying, but is no worse that the usual habit by most in starting a sentence with "Well". It will probably fall out of fashion, only to be replaced by something else to give the speaker 'thinking time' before they speak, without a silence which would make them seem a bit slow or stupid. It's the same with the words: "Um", "Er", "Erm" - they are just noises allowing the speaker to pause in order to think.
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 20:45
I understand only illiterates with criminal records are permitted to view it.
I reckon that's about right Geoff... I can't believe people can watch it. When I have caught a couple of minutes of it by mistake it makes me sad to be British... :doh:
People using 'like' all the time....Neanderthals
Now that is annoying!
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 20:47
'basically'.... as Judge Judy says it's a filler word...
Wakefield Turntables
16-03-2018, 20:59
Saying "Newkiller", instead of "Nuclear". :peace:
I understand only illiterates with criminal records are permitted to view it.
and no front teeth!
BREXIT FFS. It's not even a word yet BBC news use it as if they're on a piece rate for every time they mention it.
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 21:29
BREXIT FFS. It's not even a word yet BBC news use it as if they're on a piece rate for every time they mention it.
I don't like Brexit either..
southall-1998
16-03-2018, 21:30
Posh. Ohhhh, the utter wincing that words gives me!!
S.
Sherwood
16-03-2018, 21:37
Posh. Ohhhh, the utter wincing that words gives me!!
S.
Acronym.
Geoff
Pigmy Pony
16-03-2018, 21:47
Every word that comes out of James Corden's mouth annoys me.
southall-1998
16-03-2018, 21:49
Every word that comes out of James Corden's mouth annoys me.
Just call him a fat shit and watch him cry :D
S.
I don't like Brexit either..
Neither do I - that's why I voted remain.
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 22:10
Neither do I - that's why I voted remain.
Good enough reason I guess :D
So, congrats on a great thread, but you need to be more pacific innit.
Manor instead of manner - "constructive manor." :scratch:
At work we used to have a "Stationary cupboard". I remarked that they were all stationary. :eyebrows:
lol :doh:
Ninanina
16-03-2018, 22:29
So, congrats on a great thread, but you need to be more pacific innit.
Manor instead of manner - "constructive manor." :scratch:
At work we used to have a "Stationary cupboard". I remarked that they were all stationary. :eyebrows:
lol :doh:
:rfl::rfl:.................classic...:lol:
Every word that comes out of James Corden's mouth annoys me.
There's a perfect line in " Trigger Inside " by Therapy to sum up my feeling about James Corden, " I want to punch that look from your life "
Primalsea
16-03-2018, 22:38
Not a word as such, but I particularly detest whooping, especially when people swing their arm in a circle as they do it.
Audio Al
17-03-2018, 04:40
Somethink :doh:
HackneyRF
17-03-2018, 06:04
When people use the word "So" to start a sentence. :steam:
Guilty. My favourite is 'axe' instead of 'ask'
Pigmy Pony
17-03-2018, 07:05
People saying 'definately' instead of 'definitely'. It's becoming so widespread, I can see OED adopting the revised spelling. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.
Also people who say 'Robin Reliant'. :punch: They'll be first against the wall when the revolution comes.
Oh and Liam Gallagher putting 'know what I mean' at the end of every sentence, makes my teeth itch.
Awesome...as in I have just bought a shit burger king, bite into and exclaim "Ohh that's awesome" ....or something equally as run of the mill...like catching a bus. No, it's not awesome in any way...it's distinctly average. And....Defiantly....for definitely.
Sherwood
17-03-2018, 08:26
Guilty. My favourite is 'axe' instead of 'ask'
I can understand why this irritates you but the truth is that this is a legitimate alternative spelling and pronunciation of "ask"!
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do
Geoff
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 08:38
I can understand why this irritates you but the truth is that this is a legitimate alternative spelling and pronunciation of "ask"!
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do
Geoff
Don't agree.
The word is written 'ask' and was never pronoounced 'ax' in this country when I was young.
I don't care what references are quoted. They are just trying to justify and excuse bad English. The linked article is from an American and they do not speak English 'English'!!
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 08:43
People saying 'definately' instead of 'definitely'. It's becoming so widespread, I can see OED adopting the revised spelling. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.
It should be a criminal offence to promote bastardised and corrupted English.
Primalsea
17-03-2018, 08:49
Oh, I’m just so Super Exited!
Super exited. What is that exactly?
HackneyRF
17-03-2018, 09:21
I can understand why this irritates you but the truth is that this is a legitimate alternative spelling and pronunciation of "ask"!
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/03/248515217/why-chaucer-said-ax-instead-of-ask-and-why-some-still-do
Geoff
Yes I've read around the subject Geoff. Language changes over time. I'm happy with that. I've also never liked the name Skinner. Goodness knows why. ;)
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 09:34
I've also never liked the name Skinner. Goodness knows why? ;)
Strange how 'Old English' names have that resonance to them. Like Butcher or Scullion or Shepherd or Farmer and the like. Each no doubt taken from the trade a family ancestor was in. Nothing demeaning about it. It's just the way it is and I find the origins and evolution of words and names interesting.
Sherwood
17-03-2018, 09:39
Don't agree.
The word is written 'ask' and was never pronoounced 'ax' in this country when I was young.
I don't care what references are quoted. They are just trying to justify and excuse bad English. The linked article is from an American and they do not speak English 'English'!!
If you investigated further you will see that the word that we are referring to in relation to the act of enquiring or demanding comes from Old English. Ask, aks, and ax are all legitimate forms of the word.
Geoff
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 09:42
Ask, aks, and ax are all legitimate forms of the word.
Geoff
Which do you use?
Sherwood
17-03-2018, 10:01
Which do you use?
I use "ask" but that is because I grew up in London in the 60s. If I had been born in other parts of the English speaking world or in earlier times, I would be more likely to use one of the other forms.
Geoff
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 10:11
If I had my way, people would be speaking nineteen fifties 'BBC English' and be given a damn good thrashing if failing to comply! :eek:
If I had my way, people would be speaking nineteen fifties 'BBC English' and be given a damn good thrashing if failing to comply! :eek:
oddly most folk complained about the toffee nosed bbc english so they reluctantly changed it.:lol: now its gone too far the other way :eek:
Sherwood
17-03-2018, 10:18
What does irritate me is how certain words have been accepted into common usage despite being incorrect. In the USA, it is almost impossible to escape ads for products to help reduce belly "pooch". This seems to me to be some mutation of "paunch" and "pouch"!
Geoff
Two Nations Divided by a Common Language:eyebrows:
Sherwood
17-03-2018, 10:19
oddly most folk complained about the toffee nosed bbc english so they reluctantly changed it.:lol: now its gone too far the other way :eek:
Be careful not to confuse dialect and accent with the rules of grammar and correct usage.
Geoff
The only way to speak!
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Facebook speak- Hun :punch:
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 10:59
Facebook speak- Hun :punch:
Apart from the occasional link that's taken me there, I've never used Facebook. Having seen the drivel others look at on it, I have no inclination to do so (or Twitter).
spendorman
17-03-2018, 12:25
On TV (in the past, as I don't have a TV license), people saying burgalry instead of burglary .
hifi_dave
17-03-2018, 12:34
When people use the word "So" to start a sentence. :steam:
I'm with you on that one - really winds me up.
Any politically correct word or expression that tries to tip-toe around differences that are obvious to anyone. Like actresses now being called "actors".
hifi_dave
17-03-2018, 12:52
Or the head of a committee being called the "chair".
Pigmy Pony
17-03-2018, 12:55
Oh, I’m just so Super Exited!
Super exited. What is that exactly?
Hopefully it means they've left the building.
Pigmy Pony
17-03-2018, 13:00
Strange how 'Old English' names have that resonance to them. Like Butcher or Scullion or Shepherd or Farmer and the like. Each no doubt taken from the trade a family ancestor was in. Nothing demeaning about it. It's just the way it is and I find the origins and evolution of words and names interesting.
How about the name 'Trollope'? What would their trade have been?
Pigmy Pony
17-03-2018, 13:10
On TV (in the past, as I don't have a TV license), people saying burgalry instead of burglary .
What happened to yer TV? Were you burglered?
Only reason I axe is cuz I was offered one cheep, like. Aluminum color innit.
Pigmy Pony
17-03-2018, 13:13
A few years ago there was someone trying to do away with the word 'manager', as it was sexist.
Vacuum, don't know why, it just sucks!
People saying train station instead of railway station.
BBC programmes that give all distances in km instead of miles, and then pronouncing it incorrectly. You don’t say centIMetre or millIMetre, so why say kilOMetre?
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 13:57
How about the name 'Trollope'? What would their trade have been?
You'd have to ask Mr. Pimp. I believe he knows. :D
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 14:13
Any politically correct word or expression that tries to tip-toe around differences that are obvious to anyone. Like actresses now being called "actors".
'person of colour' is another one. Well I'm pink, does that qualify?
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 14:22
Vacuum, don't know why, it just sucks!
A vacuum only sucks if it's in something that isn't one. ;)
'person of colour' is another one. Well I'm pink, does that qualify?
If we had a "like" button i would've just pressed it :lol:
Stratmangler
17-03-2018, 14:38
Liam Gallagher putting 'know what I mean' at the end of every sentence, makes my teeth itch.
I thought he'd changed to using "as you were" all the time :scratch:
Stratmangler
17-03-2018, 14:41
People saying train station instead of railway station
It's quiet in Devon, isn't it? :eyebrows:
A vacuum only sucks if it's in something that isn't one. ;)
Doesn't a vacuum have to be in something that isn't one? Otherwise it's just in a vacuum.
I admit mine does have to be switched on to suck though��
spendorman
17-03-2018, 16:02
I believe that the correct terminology is "suction cleaner"
This was instilled in me when I started working as an engineer at Electrolux. If one called it a "Hoover" that might be a sacking offence!
Yes, but still waters run deep....
Macro - bloody macros get in the way of anything happening quickly or well, in my work in any case.
mad-moon
17-03-2018, 16:17
learnt .. a bastard word...surely it is learned. I learned this in my school years, from a learned teacher.
Pigmy Pony
17-03-2018, 17:17
I suppose it's inevitable that many of the words that irritate us so much will become accepted as being 'correct'.
If we could go back 500 years and have a conversation with someone, using 'correct modern English', they would think we were either pissed or simpletons.
Sherwood
17-03-2018, 17:55
learnt .. a bastard word...surely it is learned. I learned this in my school years, from a learned teacher.
Learnt is simply the past tense of the verb "learn". Learned is an alternative form of the verb but also an adjective as in "learned teacher" (pronounced differently from the verb form).
Geoff
People than finish a sentence by adding - 'And that'!
People than finish a sentence by adding - 'And that'!
I've not heard that.
About fifteen years ago, it was fashionable to say "thanks for that", when a simple "thanks" would have been sufficient.
Grossly irritating for me, is the currently fashionable expression of 'Oh my days', uttered by the illiterate as an exclamation of astonishment or gleeful disapproval. Apparently, within some circles (i'd suggest those populated by imbeciles), it's considered as 'cool'....
Marco.
walpurgis
17-03-2018, 18:41
Grossly irritating for me, is the currently fashionable expression of 'Oh my days', uttered by the illiterate as an exclamation of astonishment or gleeful disapproval. Apparently, within some circles (i'd suggest those populated by imbeciles), it's considered as 'cool'....
Marco.
Bloody Norah! ;)
And by that you mean...? :)
Marco.
Blackdog
17-03-2018, 18:52
I've read this a few times in different forums
"Prolly" instead of probably. Lazy or a 6 year old wrote it.
I've read this a few times in different forums
"Prolly" instead of probably. Lazy or a 6 year old wrote it.
Just laziness and probably done for the same reasons as 'text speak'.
Ninanina
17-03-2018, 20:23
People saying Mondee or Tuesdee etc instead of Monday or Tuesday etc
Even Theresa May says it wrong, her worst is Thursdee
Really winds me up :doh:
This is it @ 7:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_C6B4piRvI
Werner Berghofer
17-03-2018, 20:35
Steve,
If we could go back 500 years and have a conversation with someone, using 'correct modern English', they would think we were either pissed or simpletons.probably we actually are pissed and simpletons?
mad-moon
17-03-2018, 21:10
People than finish a sentence by adding - 'And that'!
or with...and what ever...grrrrr
I wouldn't say 'trousers' irritates me (unless they have a high wool content, but then it's more of an itch) but there's something about it that makes me slightly queasy. I imagine the French have the same problem with les pantalons - worse probably. Seems to invite a joke, faintly ludicrous. And is it singular or plural, is there a trouser ? Is a pair of trousers actually two pairs of trousers ? Very confusing.
Saying "axe" instead of "ask" really grates on me.
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 13:28
Saying "axe" instead of "ask" really grates on me.
I would assume (quite reasonably), that somebody 'axing' might be chopping down a tree. If not, then they don't speak a language I understand and should be ignored.
Another annoying one: "It is what it is".
I would assume (quite reasonably), that somebody 'axing' might be chopping down a tree. If not, then they don't speak a language I understand and should be ignored.
Ditto, and simply branded as an idiot. I've never heard anyone say it, though... What did you mean earlier, btw, by your "Bloody Norah" remark?:)
Marco.
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 14:09
What did you mean earlier, btw, by your "Bloody Norah" remark?:)
Marco.
Nothing in particular Marco. I was just throwing another annoying term into the mix. I'll be saying 'blimey o'reilly' next! :D
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 14:09
Another annoying one: "It is what it is".
Oh yes. Hate that one. Another US import.
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 14:20
Saying "axe" instead of "ask" really grates on me.
As explained earlier, it might irritate you but the usage is a legitimate variant with roots in Old English.
You might as well be irritated by thee and thou! :)
Oh, you are?
Geoff
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 14:22
I suppose it's inevitable that many of the words that irritate us so much will become accepted as being 'correct'.
If we could go back 500 years and have a conversation with someone, using 'correct modern English', they would think we were either pissed or simpletons.
If we could do that they would probably think we were foreigners!
Geoff
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 14:27
You might as well be irritated by thee and thou!
Geoff
They are not used in everyday conversation by normal people.
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 14:31
They are not used in everyday conversation by normal people.
Never been to Lancashire or Yorkshire then? I'll sithee when you're there!
Geoff
As explained earlier, it might irritate you but the usage is a legitimate variant with roots in Old English.
You might as well be irritated by thee and thou! :)
Oh, you are?
Geoff
I'm aware of the excuses used to try and legitimise it's use today. It still irritates me immensely and it also smacks me as ignorant. As would someone using "thee" and "thou" today. Although I can't recall anyone ever doing so outside of a church.
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 14:34
Not to mention thar/tha in Yorkshire which is a contraction of thou art! :)
Oh, how could I forget the one that pees me off most of all: People who pronounce "straight" as "Shhtraight". Mike Brewer is the worst but there are many others.
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 14:44
For those who think that RP is the only acceptable form of pronunciation I would recommend a look at some of these texts.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=English+Accents+and+Dialects&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3AEnglish+Accents+and+Dialects
They highlight the differences in dialect across Britain and how these differences came to be. Many examples of how old forms of words persist in local dialect.
This is a particular favourite of mine: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atlas-English-Dialects-Clive-Upton/dp/0415392330/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521384253&sr=1-1&keywords=an+atlas+of+english+dialects
Geoff
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 14:45
Oh, how could I forget the one that pees me off most of all: People who pronounce "straight" as "Shhtraight". Mike Brewer is the worst but there are many others.
He is one of those who are unable to say 'didn't'. It comes out as "dittn".
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 14:46
Never been to Lancashire or Yorkshire then? I'll sithee when you're there!
Geoff
I did say 'normal people'. :lol:
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 14:47
I did say 'normal people'. :lol:
and southerners wonder why northerners dislike them!
He is one of those who are unable to say 'didn't'. It comes out as "dittn".
Aargh, you're right! Two reasons to hate him........but I actually like the bloke :)
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 14:51
and southerners wonder why northerners dislike them!
Do they?
prestonchipfryer
18-03-2018, 16:14
and southerners wonder why northerners dislike them!
My mother was from the ''north''. Royton. Moved here in 1942 to get away from the ''pig-ignorant'' northerners as she used to say.
Mike Brewer is best described as Affable (a rarely used term these days) I really like the bloke and due to his genuine enthusiasm I can forgive him his "estuary english"
friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to.
friendly, amiable, genial, congenial, cordial, warm, pleasant, pleasing, nice, likeable, personable, charming, agreeable.
prestonchipfryer
18-03-2018, 16:37
Do they?
No. :eyebrows:
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 16:40
No. :eyebrows:
A southerner's opinion! :whistle:
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 17:20
I did say 'normal people'. :lol:
Hey I'm from Lancashire, and there's nowt wrong with me, I tell thee
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 17:31
and southerners wonder why northerners dislike them!
Not just us, southerners don't seem to like each other.
I was down in That London a few years ago, to pick up a used LP12. I was driving along a busy main road, the traffic was moving slowly. I saw a car trying to emerge from a side road, so I slowed and indicated that I was letting him out. He looked at me like I was from another planet, and stayed put. Considerate driving was clearly an alien concept.
prestonchipfryer
18-03-2018, 17:34
A southerner's opinion! :whistle:
And, of course, the correct one. :D
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 17:38
My mother was from the ''north''. Royton. Moved here in 1942 to get away from the ''pig-ignorant'' northerners as she used to say.
Southerners think of us as 'pig-ignorant', but this isn't entirely accurate. What we actually are is 'pig-ignoring', which is not the same thing
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 17:39
You know I'm joking of course, some of my best friends are southerners :)
I like them too, but couldn't quite manage a whole one.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 18:00
If I was hungry enough, I'd give it a go, but I'd pass on the side plate of jellied eels.
I would worry about the side effects though. I wouldn't want to wake up talking like Dick Van Dyke.
If I was hungry enough, I'd give it a go, but I'd pass on the side plate of jellied eels.
I would worry about the side effects though. I wouldn't want to wake up talking like Dick Van Dyke.
That's not his real voice, his real voice is bloody weird!!
Shovel_Knight
18-03-2018, 18:22
I don't like corporate lingo.
I think it was specifically designed for shifting the blame and avoiding responsibility.
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 18:30
Sorry Pavel, but going forward, we need more blue-sky thinking from you.
Shovel_Knight
18-03-2018, 18:34
Sorry Pavel, but going forward, we need more blue-sky thinking from you.
Well, I've never worked in a huge corporation before, and I must admit that emails that I receive often make me bang my head against the desk in disbelief.
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 18:37
That's not his real voice, his real voice is bloody weird!!
Oh no, next you're going to tell me he's not really a chimney sweep. And I've gone and booked him to do my chimneys. Never met the guy, but it sounded like him on the dog and bone.
I'm starting to think I'm being scammed.
If I was in a meeting where 'corporate lingo' or 'management speak' was being trotted out, I would simply put my hand up and say "I'm sorry, but I can't understand a bloody word of what you are saying. Can we have it again in plain English please?". It worked every time. :D
Ninanina
18-03-2018, 18:54
I wouldn't say 'trousers' irritates me (unless they have a high wool content, but then it's more of an itch) but there's something about it that makes me slightly queasy. I imagine the French have the same problem with les pantalons - worse probably. Seems to invite a joke, faintly ludicrous. And is it singular or plural, is there a trouser ? Is a pair of trousers actually two pairs of trousers ? Very confusing.
And the Americans calling them pants... I hate that..
To return to the OP.
'Restrooms' instead of 'toilets'.
'Toilets' instead of 'lavatories/WCs ' etc
'Moving forward' instead of 'in the future'.
'Basically'
'I was sat/stood' instead of 'sitting/standing'. (ie not appreciating that one can't use a past participle with the imperfect tense. Would they say 'I was ran for the bus', or 'running'?)
The plethora of misplaced possessive apostrophes... LP's. CD's. Photo's. Loco's. MOT's. Panini's etc. "If in doubt...leave them out...!"
'Like'.
'At this moment in time'. Now?
'Lol'. I've never used it and never will! (OK, I just have ...but you know what I mean).
Not knowing the difference between: 'Less' and 'fewer'. 'May' & 'might'. 'Imply' and 'infer'. (The last example being more important than the first two).
'It's' and 'Its. ('It's' is short for 'it is';compare: "the amp had blown its fuse" (not 'it's').
'Kgs' rather than kg, (etc). If one's going to use SI units then upper and lower case letters have a very important difference in their meaning. There's no final 's' to denote plurals. (It's 25.60mm, not 25.60mms)
The problem always is this: where does one trade absolute accuracy - for just making the meaning reasonably clear - given the context and a following wind?
Why is it that if one wishes to hear good, correct, grammatical English... one goes to Holland?
Where can, what some will view as pure elitism and pedantry, meet those that see Vox Pop/"the language is always 'evolving''/'you know what they mean' protagonists?
(Of course, one must try to make allowances for people where English is not their first language/are handicapped in some way etc, but this does not mean that accuracy is not important.) Again, it's (not its) the 'trade-off'.
I must be becoming a grumpy old man...
Best wishes,
R
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 19:10
And, of course, the correct one. :D
Come the revolution, the M25 wall will keep you all securely contained! :champagne:
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 19:12
I don't like corporate lingo.
I think it was specifically designed for shifting the blame and avoiding responsibility.
George Orwell and Ernest Gowers become greater heroes to me each day!
Geoff
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 19:14
That's not his real voice, his real voice is bloody weird!!
His accent may be weird but his tone is luvverly!
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 19:16
My mother was from the ''north''. Royton. Moved here in 1942 to get away from the ''pig-ignorant'' northerners as she used to say.
Surely you mean porknorant! :scratch: Even then, it is not correct!
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 19:25
southerners don't seem to like each other
A very astute observation!
prestonchipfryer
18-03-2018, 19:39
Surely you mean porknorant! :scratch: Even then, it is not correct!
My Mum's saying, not mine. However ''porknorant'' sounds insulting enough. :eyebrows:
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 19:42
Someone recently texted me those exact words!
But I was looking at Nelson's column at the time, so maybe his spell-correct was acting up.
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 19:43
Next time somebody mentions 'window of opportunity', push them out of it!
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 19:43
My great aunt had a wonderful capacity for linguistic confusion. She one referred to a particular snake as an "annacobra"!
Geoff
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 19:48
Growing up in London in the early 60's there were still numerous bomb sites and bomb damaged buildings awaiting clearance and rehabilitation. As a kid I thought the graffiti LEBOFF! was some kind of insult. It was only when I was around nine or so, that I realised it was the London Electricity Board marker to show that the power was no longer connected! :doh:
However ''porknorant'' sounds insulting enough. :eyebrows:
Indeed, sounds like a cocktail sold in a gay bar;)
Marco.
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 20:07
Indeed, sounds like a cocktail sold in a gay bar;)
Marco.
I will defer to your superior expertise on such matters!
Geoff
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 20:09
Careful Marco, don't be telling other people about our "special place".
Pieoftheday
18-03-2018, 20:13
Do you sometimes get annoyed by reading certain words? It can be anywhere. On the forums, newspaper, email etc.
One example is 'congrats'. This really irritates the hell out of me. This word is used too much nowadays. Even for bloody unimportant things.
What about you?
S.
Rick stein saying ' delish' fook off!!!
Don't get me started on Americans! When will they realise that a fanny is not an @rse, and neither is an ass for that matter. One is a pussy and the other is like a donkey.
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 20:29
Philip Schofield's five favourite words 'coming up after the break'.
I try to avoid ITV shows, as they always seem to contain either him, Ant & Dec, or that children's-entertainer-who-got-a-lucky-break, Stephen Mulhearn.
I will defer to your superior expertise on such matters!
Lol.... S'obvious, innit? The main ingredient is fresh pork sword!:D
Marco.
Ninanina
18-03-2018, 20:41
Don't get me started on Americans! When will they realise that a fanny is not an @rse, and neither is an ass for that matter. One is a pussy and the other is like a donkey.
And rowt for route
Or purse for handbag
Careful Marco, don't be telling other people about our "special place".
Yesh, did you buy that pirate's eyepatch, like I asked you to?
Marco.
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 20:46
the pronunciation of the word "buoy" :steam:steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::s team::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::st eam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam:
walpurgis
18-03-2018, 20:49
What's wrong with 'boo-ee'?
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 20:50
Yesh, did you buy that pirate's eyepatch, like I asked you to?
Marco.
Yes but I put a tiny little pin-hole in it, so I can peep.
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 20:53
What's wrong with 'boo-ee'?
When my friend up in Ullapool had a lobster fishing business (basically a boat), we always pronounced it 'boo-ee'.
Yes but I put a tiny little pin-hole in it, so I can peep.
Good lad, you should make it into the primo-perv squad in no time :thumbsup:
Btw, next week's meeting is at 7.47pm in Asda.
Marco.
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 21:05
When my friend up in Ullapool had a lobster fishing business (basically a boat), we always pronounced it 'boo-ee'.
Personally I'm with Noel Coward and Dinah Washington on this! :)
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2018, 21:14
Good lad, you should make it into the primo-perv squad in no time :thumbsup:
Btw, next week's meeting is at 7.47pm in Asda.
Marco.
Asda! Home of the chicken-lickers! Terrific!
And rowt for route
Or purse for handbag
Or "meem" for mime, or "aluminum" for aluminium. :steam:
Oh, and their peculiar way of pronouncing 'laboratory'.
I'm aware of the excuses used to try and legitimise it's use today.
Joe's first rule of internet pedantry: any attempt to point out a linguistic or grammatical error will invariably include such an error itself. The possessive form of its does not have an apostrophe.
Joe's first rule of internet pedantry: any attempt to point out a linguistic or grammatical error will invariably include such an error itself. The possessive form of its does not have an apostrophe.
Exactly! See my previous post.
Thanks.
Two words that I detest, James Cordon, talentless gobshite
'Train station'. No, it's a railway station, or just a station.
southall-1998
18-03-2018, 22:43
Two words that I detest, James Cordon, talentless gobshite
At least, his fat neck looks more photogenic than ours :D;)
S.
My mechanic friend said one of his customers told him about his' Vicious fan' on his car:lol:
(I was replying to Sherwood saying his aunt mangled the english language !! )
Sherwood
18-03-2018, 22:52
And rowt for route
Or purse for handbag
Chuck Berry clearly didn't get the message!
Geoff
Regarding it's and its:
It's and iPad predictive typing thing. Its screen is also tiny :)
My mechanic friend said one of his customers told him about his' Vicious fan' on his car:lol:
(I was replying to Sherwood saying his aunt mangled the english language !! )
can be viscous if it gets your finger :eek:
As our poor transatlantic cousins seem to be getting a bit of stick anyway, can I chuck another one of their foibles in?
Herbs have now become 'erbs! WTF? Are they suddenly becoming influenced by the French?
I like the use of 'witch' instead of 'with'
As in 'They are either witch you or against you.'
Oh and plenty of people round these parts still use 'thee' and 'thou' in everyday speech.
People need to get out of that London occasionally and see a bit of the world.
walpurgis
19-03-2018, 08:53
I like the use of 'witch' instead of 'with'
As in 'They are either witch you or against you.'
You've watched 'Goodfellas' too many times. :D
You've watched 'Goodfellas' too many times. :D
I've done a lot of things too many times....
As our poor transatlantic cousins seem to be getting a bit of stick anyway, can I chuck another one of their foibles in?
Herbs have now become 'erbs! WTF? Are they suddenly becoming influenced by the French?
They have a distinctive way of pronouncing 'oregano' too. Not to mention calling aubergines eggplants, and courgettes zucchinis.
walpurgis
19-03-2018, 09:15
And why are rolls called buns? If I have a bun, I expect currants and a sugary glaze and certainly wouldn't want a banger or burger in it. :)
And why are rolls called buns? If I have a bun, I expect currants and a sugary glaze and certainly wouldn't want a banger or burger in it. :)
They call biscuits cookies, and biscuits for them are what we would call scones. They call crisps chips, and they call chips fries. Bunch of weirdos.
Your forgot that jam is jelly and jelly is jello.
And don't go into a tobacconist and ask for 'Twenty Marlboro' as they haven't got a scooby what you mean.
oh and if you ask for brown sauce they will bring you Worcestershire Sauce instead. They don't seem to have brown sauce at all, anywhere, in the whole country. Quite how they manage without that is beyond me.
Firebottle
19-03-2018, 13:21
If I was in a meeting where 'corporate lingo' or 'management speak' was being trotted out, I would simply put my hand up and say "I'm sorry, but I can't understand a bloody word of what you are saying. Can we have it again in plain English please?". It worked every time. :D
Well done you :eyebrows:
I hate every word that appears to have had its G truncated from the end of it. :steam:
walpurgis
19-03-2018, 13:23
'I need a fag' may also be misinterpreted.
walpurgis
19-03-2018, 13:25
I hate every word that appears to have had its G truncated from the end of it. :steam:
Dunno what you're gettin' at :).
Stryder5
19-03-2018, 13:28
Lush
walpurgis
19-03-2018, 13:35
pukka
Minstrel SE
19-03-2018, 13:40
Oh I dont know. "Sick" is one that springs to mind in youth slang.
Maybe Im getting too old but their version of sounding clever and with it just sounds stupid to me. I dont think Im a stickler for the Queens english but that does get to me a bit.
What are their kids going to upset them with if the paramaters are changing so much?
Raising inflections and sounding like a Jamaican gangster is also a bit too much for me. Do you know what I mean?...Jaimaican patois for British chavs. Jafaican..it just makes them sound like idiots to me.
pukka
thats a Delboy word...lol
i must be tolerant bugger coz they are all pukka words to me :ner:
walpurgis
19-03-2018, 13:47
thats a Delboy word...lol
i must be tolerant bugger coz they are all pukka words to me :ner:
pukka off. :D
Not as word as such, but when people use two fingers of each hand to simulate quotation marks, I have a great desire to amputate said fingers.
Sherwood
19-03-2018, 15:17
Not as word as such, but when people use two fingers of each hand to simulate quotation marks, I have a great desire to amputate said fingers.
" :) "
Haselsh1
19-03-2018, 15:37
Oh dear, there is so much that pisses people off but one of my faves is calling turmeric tewmeric.
Haselsh1
19-03-2018, 15:41
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/pronunciation/english/turmeric
They have a distinctive way of pronouncing 'oregano' too. Not to mention calling aubergines eggplants, and courgettes zucchinis.
...and even worse, coriander 'cilantro'!! :doh:
Marco.
...and even worse, coriander 'cilantro'!! :doh:
Marco.
Not come across that.
Lol yeah, I first came across it in the TV series The Sopranos, when someone, I think Tony's wife, was cooking and going on about 'cilantro', which was when I looked it up :)
Marco.
Sherwood
20-03-2018, 08:34
VERBING: the use of nouns as verbs!!!
For example, PODIUMED (achieving a place on the winner's podium)
Yes, it is nothing new, but some of the recent introductions do grate!
Crafting, antiquing, and so forth ....:doh:
Stratmangler
20-03-2018, 09:19
This is disgusting!
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-man-throws-away-mcmuffin-1349127
The grammar is appalling - it's either an empty vodka bottle, or it contains vodka, but an empty bottle of vodka cannot grammatically exist :eyebrows:
'Please would you send it to ourselves?'
'We sent it to yourselves'
This for me is the worst thing ever and you see it all the time nowadays. Thick people without clue trying to sound 'professional' and instead making themselves look like even bigger morons than they actually are.
I've taken people to task over this at work on a number of occasions, some of them were actually so dumb as to argue that I was wrong! Just unbelievable. :steam:
This is disgusting!
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-man-throws-away-mcmuffin-1349127
The grammar is appalling - it's either an empty vodka bottle, or it contains vodka, but an empty bottle of vodka cannot grammatically exist :eyebrows:
He was put off eating a McMuffin because he saw some poo on the floor? Doesn't he know what goes into those things?*
*Mods please delete if libellous.
He was put off eating a McMuffin because he saw some poo on the floor? Doesn't he know what goes into those things?*
*Mods please delete if libellous.
Nah we'll just let Macdongers prosecute you instead.
prestonchipfryer
20-03-2018, 13:33
He was put off eating a McMuffin because he saw some poo on the floor? Doesn't he know what goes into those things?*
*Mods please delete if libellous.
Having dropped off my usual delivery in New Alresford I went to the public conveniences. On the floor was a jobby, a large jobby I have to say. Yes on the floor when there was a pan provided for taking a crap. What the feck is wrong with some in society? So finding it on the floor is deeply unpleasant. :(
walpurgis
20-03-2018, 13:40
What the feck is wrong with some in society?
You could say they don't give a shit, but that would actually be incorrect, 'cos they did.
I don't like "BBC" words such as "insurgents".
Having dropped off my usual delivery in New Alresford I went to the public conveniences. On the floor was a jobby, a large jobby I have to say. Yes on the floor when there was a pan provided for taking a crap. What the feck is wrong with some in society? So finding it on the floor is deeply unpleasant. :(
People who do that should be flushed into the Thames along with all the other turds
prestonchipfryer
20-03-2018, 14:06
You could say they don't give a shit, but that would actually be incorrect, 'cos they did.
Yeah, they certainly did give a shit, on that particular occasion. The smell was bloody awful. Pity the more sod who had to clear it up. :)
I'd rather just hang on rather than use a public toilet.
I certainly wouldn't walk into one whilst eating.
Regrettably the toilet habits of some of the non-indigenous personnel we seem to have acquired leave a lot to be desired. I don't think they are keen on using a traditional western toilet. At least not in the traditional western manner.
walpurgis
20-03-2018, 14:59
Regrettably the toilet habits of some of the non-indigenous personnel we seem to have acquired leave a lot to be desired. I don't think they are keen on using a traditional western toilet. At least not in the traditional western manner.
I've seen them taking a dump in the street here. In broad daylight, regardless of who may be about. Multiculturalism is wonderful!
Sherwood
20-03-2018, 15:02
Can we elevate the level of debate please?
amati74(Artur)
20-03-2018, 15:07
Word f.... k
Pigmy Pony
20-03-2018, 18:36
Perhaps someone on here can explain this to me.
Whenever there is news coverage about Islamic State, they refer to it as 'So-called Islamic State'.
I don't understand the difference, but maybe I'm just a bit thick.
Steve (so called AOS member)
And why are rolls called buns? If I have a bun, I expect currants and a sugary glaze and certainly wouldn't want a banger or burger in it. :)
Where does bap and barm cake fit into this?
'I need a fag' may also be misinterpreted.
You should have seen the look my mate got whilst we were drinking in a bar in the States, and he says "I am going outside to smoke a fag". :eek:
Stratmangler
20-03-2018, 18:55
Where does bap and barm cake fit into this?
Barm cake is North Western - my family is Mancunian, and consequently we always refer to them as barm cakes.
Barm is the leavening agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barm
Stratmangler
20-03-2018, 19:02
Someone thought of as being a bit daft is sometimes referred to as being a barm pot.
Barm cake is North Western - my family is Mancunian, and consequently we always refer to them as barm cakes.
Barm is the leavening agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barm
So are you familiar with a Wigan Kebab?
Stratmangler
20-03-2018, 19:16
Wigan is nowt to do with Manchester, so I had to google it.
It's summat a barm pot would come up with :D
For a southerner, it's in the same neck of the woods. ;)
Stratmangler
20-03-2018, 19:21
Barnsley cocktail, anyone?
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/37/a6/ef/37a6efee6cbb0ddb68bd2a83c3ee6046--barnsley-pie.jpg
Having dropped off my usual delivery in New Alresford I went to the public conveniences. On the floor was a jobby, a large jobby I have to say.
Was it a 'curler' or a 'flatty'?
Marco.
I've seen them taking a dump in the street here. In broad daylight, regardless of who may be about.
Think of the fortune to be made in 'organic fertiliser'!:D
Next time, grab yer pooper-scooper.....
Marco.
Barm cake is North Western - my family is Mancunian, and consequently we always refer to them as barm cakes.
Barm is the leavening agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barm
Yes, and apparently folk put chips, or even pies, inside them! :doh:
In the north of England, I've even heard of nan bread being stuffed with chips!!:eyebrows:
It's truly a mad, mad world.......
Marco.
prestonchipfryer
20-03-2018, 19:41
Was it a 'curler' or a 'flatty'?
Marco.
As you ask it was a ''curler''. One that many politicians would have been delighted with. :eyebrows:
Stratmangler
20-03-2018, 19:50
Yes, and apparently folk put chips, or even pies, inside them! :doh:
Don't go dissing chip butties .....:nono:
Sherwood
20-03-2018, 20:04
I cannot watch JK... I'm sure they get the worst of the UK population... like I say.. Neanderthals
Why so down on Neanderthals? We owe them a lot through our inherited dna!
Geoff
Don't go dissing chip butties .....:nono:
Lol... Each to his or her own. Chip butties I can just about understand, but PIE butties!!:eek:
Brits sure do love their starch;)
Marco.
Why so down on Neanderthals?
Thank goodness I reread you post... For an awful moment, I though you said: 'Why *go* down on Neanderthals'?:D
Marco.
Stratmangler
20-03-2018, 20:15
Lol... Each to his or her own. Chip butties I can just about understand, but PIE butties!!:eek:
Brits sure do love their starch;)
Marco.
Pie butties is a Wigan thing.
It's a different world out there .....
Pie butties is a Wigan thing.
It's a different world out there .....
So you're denying they're being sold at the Etihad? I have it on good authority that Pep's crazy for them!!:D
Marco.
As you ask it was a ''curler''. One that many politicians would have been delighted with...
Yes, and I'm informed that those are usually rather 'well packed', too!:eyebrows:
Marco.
Stratmangler
20-03-2018, 20:47
So you're denying they're being sold at the Etihad?
I haven't seen any - pies yes, pie butties no.
I have it on good authority that Pep's crazy for them!!:D
My arse :D
I haven't seen any - pies yes, pie butties no.
Yes. but they're the 'self-assembly' type. You buy a pie, then lob it inside the barm cake you've smuggled in!:lol:
Marco.
prestonchipfryer
20-03-2018, 21:42
Yes, and I'm informed that those are usually rather 'well packed', too!:eyebrows:
Marco.
The ''Westminster Waggler'' is not a new phenomenon. Many have been truly overflowing. So much so that their eyes are now dry. :)
Pigmy Pony
21-03-2018, 08:01
I was working in Leigh, near Wigan recently and bought a "pea supper pie" form a baker's shop. It consisted of steak, with a slab of mushy peas on top, all inside the crust. Wasn't as nice as it sounds, but I only bought it out of curiosity.
I believe the term "pie eaters" goes back to the General Strike of 1926, when Wigan miners broke the strike before their counterparts in surrounding towns, and were said to eat "humble pie".
Having said that, Wiganers do seem to like their pies, but then, who doesn't, apart from health nuts and veggies. :carrot:
I'm also led to believe that the word "vegetarian" comes from a native North American word meaning "shit at hunting".
I'm also led to believe that the word "vegetarian" comes from a native North American word meaning "shit at hunting".
Good one!:D However, daftee, you can also get veggie pies!
I'm not a big pie person, as it's not really part of my food culture.
I enjoy a good home-made steak (or steak and kidney) pie, or my favourite is game pie [when I know what's gone in them], particularly venison, with a nice thick shortcrust pastry, either served with some creamy mashed potato, garden peas, buttered carrots, and lashings of rich home-made gravy, but that's about it - and they've got to be hot. I don't like cold pies.
If the pies aren't home-made, then they'd have to come from a good butcher I know, as I don't do cheap, mass-produced crap [Ginsters and such like], filled with all sorts of shit posing as 'meat'!:nono:
Marco.
prestonchipfryer
21-03-2018, 09:24
Good one!:D However, daftee, you can also get veggie pies!
I'm not a big pie person, as it's not really part of my food culture.
I enjoy a good home-made steak (or steak and kidney) pie, or my favourite is game pie [when I know what's gone in them], particularly venison, with a nice thick shortcrust pastry, either served with some creamy mashed potato, garden peas, buttered carrots, and lashings of rich home-made gravy, but that's about it - and they've got to be hot. I don't like cold pies.
If the pies aren't home-made, then they'd have to come from a good butcher I know, as I don't do cheap, mass-produced crap [Ginsters and such like], filled with all sorts of shit posing as 'meat'!:nono:
Marco.
It's those Pukka Pies that really are the pits. Some form of processed ''meat'' of dubious quality inside the cacky pastry. ''Puke'' pies might be a more applicable description. :)
walpurgis
21-03-2018, 09:33
I don't see how they can be worse the Fray Bentos tinned pies. The 'sludge' in those has a foul stink!
It's those Pukka Pies that really are the pits. Some form of processed ''meat'' of dubious quality inside the cacky pastry. ''Puke'' pies might be a more applicable description. :)
Lol... Never tried them. I rarely entertain consuming processed foods. Where at all possible, I like to *know* exactly what it is I'm eating and where it's come from!
In that respect, I'm as fussy about things like sausages, as I am with pies....
Marco.
I don't see how they can be worse the Fray Bentos tinned pies. The 'sludge' in those has a foul stink!
Fray what?
Sorry mate, you're talking a foreign language:D
Marco.
walpurgis
21-03-2018, 10:58
Fray what?
Sorry mate, you're talking a foreign language:D
Marco.
These.
http://i65.tinypic.com/28mh7qe.jpg
They are revolting. I wouldn't feed one to the dog. And they aint cheap either.
Sherwood
21-03-2018, 12:18
Lol... Never tried them. I rarely entertain consuming processed foods. Where at all possible, I like to *know* exactly what it is I'm eating and where it's come from!
In that respect, I'm as fussy about things like sausages, as I am with pies....
Marco.
As a teenager I had a Saturday job in the local butchers. Part of my work was making the sausages. Nothing off went it to the mix, but it did include every bit of hairy dried out stringy off-cuts that were removed to make the joints presentable for sale. Part of the wages included 2lb of sausages, but these were a special staff mix and very tasty too!
Geoff
Sherwood
21-03-2018, 12:19
They are revolting. I wouldn't feed one to the dog. And they aint cheap either.
I think we need to have a collection for you. I would say £1 is cheap for a Kate and Sidney pie! :violin:
I think we need to have a collection for you. I would say £1 is cheap for a Kate and Sidney pie! :violin:
They cost a lot more than a quid. Unless they have dropped in price recently. I had one about 10 years ago it was about £3.50 IIRC. Managed one mouthful, spat it out and binned the rest.
Frankly even if they are down to a quid now that's asking a fortune for the level of quality on offer.
Don't really like pies of any type, I don't like 'British Stodge' in general., probably because I grew up with it. Give me a good steak and chips any day.
Sherwood
21-03-2018, 12:33
They cost a lot more than a quid. Unless they have dropped in price recently. I had one about 10 years ago it was about £3.50 IIRC. Managed one mouthful, spat it out and binned the rest.
Frankly even if they are down to a quid now that's asking a fortune for the level of quality on offer.
Don't really like pies of any type, I don't like 'British Stodge' in general., probably because I grew up with it. Give me a good steak and chips any day.
https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/fray-bentos-classic-steak-and-kidney-425g-292839
https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/fray-bentos-classic-steak-and-kidney-425g-292839
:eek: I bought mine from Sainsburys, that must have been were I went wrong.
Anyway like I said still a rip-off at a quid. There's not really much point in inedible food.
As a teenager I had a Saturday job in the local butchers. Part of my work was making the sausages. Nothing off went it to the mix, but it did include every bit of hairy dried out stringy off-cuts that were removed to make the joints presentable for sale. Part of the wages included 2lb of sausages, but these were a special staff mix and very tasty too!
Geoff
We kept a few pigs yrs ago , and my Ma woul make some home made sausage which , although they did contain a bit of fattier stuff , they were all meat.
Most of the cheap sausages now , are bread rusk pepper , and mechanically reclaimed meat with lots of fat in it. Shyte
Sherwood
21-03-2018, 13:00
:eek: I bought mine from Sainsburys, that must have been were I went wrong.
Anyway like I said still a rip-off at a quid. There's not really much point in inedible food.
I would say "inedible" is a bit harsh: unappetising, yes! The only reason I knew these were cheap is that I see a lot of local families buying these in bulk. There is a lot of poverty where I live, and I wonder whether there are many other sources of protein as cheap as this. I last had one as a kid, when they were popular as early ready meals. With some creamy mash and peas, and a liberal springly of worcester sauce or tabasco, I am guessing they are OK.
Geoff
Most of the cheap sausages now , are bread rusk pepper , and mechanically reclaimed meat with lots of fat in it. Shyte
...which is why I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole! Also, like anything else in life, not all butchers are equal;)
Marco.
As a teenager I had a Saturday job in the local butchers. Part of my work was making the sausages. Nothing off went it to the mix, but it did include every bit of hairy dried out stringy off-cuts that were removed to make the joints presentable for sale. Part of the wages included 2lb of sausages, but these were a special staff mix and very tasty too!
As I just said, not all butchers are equal. I only buy regularly from ones where the quality of the products has been tried, tested and approved (by me)!:)
Marco.
Sherwood
21-03-2018, 13:05
We kept a few pigs yrs ago , and my Ma woul make some home made sausage which , although they did contain a bit of fattier stuff , they were all meat.
Most of the cheap sausages now , are bread rusk pepper , and mechanically reclaimed meat with lots of fat in it. Shyte
In the case of the standard sausages, I was the human meat reclaimer, armed with a shears and boning knife. The staff sausages I referred to had lots of herbs and spices. However, some fat is necessary for even cooking and flavour, and rusk a good binding agent.
Geoff
Don't really like pies of any type, I don't like 'British Stodge' in general., probably because I grew up with it. Give me a good steak and chips any day.
Wow, now that's surprising! :eek:
Me neither, as it's simply not the food culture I was brought up with. It's interesting, however, that you shun it now and seek other styles of food, rather than continue eating it, as is evidenced by other 'Brits' on the food threads here.
That said, there's nothing wrong with "British stodge", done well - just not every day of the week! Btw, do you ever eat anything else but steak and chips?:D
Marco.
P.S I bet you'd love Del's home-made steak pie. Trust me, it's up there with her curries!;)
The staff sausages I referred to had lots of herbs and spices. However, some fat is necessary for even cooking and flavour, and rusk a good binding agent.
Yup, I usually go for ones containing around 85% pure meat, which I find is the idea balance between texture and flavour.
Marco.
Sherwood
21-03-2018, 13:11
As I just said, not all butchers are equal. I only buy regularly from ones where the quality of the products has been tried, tested and approved (by me)!:)
Marco.
I am surprised that more people do not make their own sausages. A table-top meat mincer is inexpensive but effective and you can buy a complete kit relatively cheaply. It is not difficult to buy natural or synthetic skins. This was you can choose whatever meat or other ingredients you want. The sausage platt takes a while to master, but it is easy enough to twist off and snip each sausage if that is easier.
Geoff
Geoff
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