Some of their words can be useful - e.g. "guys" when you're talking to a mixed group of young people, because a "guy" is androgynous - but mostly they're inexact and sound as if the person didn't finish school. That thing where they stick on an extra preposition annoys me though - visit {with} a friend, close {out} a bank account and even park {up} a car - oh wait, that's a Pom one I think, sorry.
Anyone noticed how we're all doing it?
cheaper = lower-priced, so cheaper prices = lower price prices (bought any prices lately?)
watch = look on, so watch on = look on on
Words don't mean what they used to mean. 🙁
11 May 13
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Originally posted by johnnylongwoodyThat one actually means what it says here: a larger-than-usual free carpark at an outer-suburban railway station, sometimes even with security staff. It goes with trains that run express from that station, and the idea is to keep commuter cars out of the city centre - leave the car parked and ride on the train instead.
The funniest one I think is,
park and ride.
11 May 13
Originally posted by KewpieYou know what else is annoying? Your pseudo-intelligent pedantry.
Some of their words can be useful - e.g. "guys" when you're talking to a mixed group of young people, because a "guy" is androgynous - but mostly they're inexact and sound as if the person didn't finish school. That thing where they stick on an extra preposition annoys me though - visit {with} a friend, close {out} a bank account and even park {up} a car - o ...[text shortened]... tch = look on, so watch on = look on on
Words don't mean what they used to mean. 🙁
Also, guy is not androgynous.
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Originally posted by KewpieHere are few more examples before someone unfriends us and pulls the plug on this thread:
Some of their words can be useful - e.g. "guys" when you're talking to a mixed group of young people, because a "guy" is androgynous - but mostly they're inexact and sound as if the person didn't finish school. That thing where they stick on an extra preposition annoys me though - visit {with} a friend, close {out} a bank account and even park {up} a car - oh
watch = look on, so watch on = look on on
Words don't mean what they used to mean. 🙁
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/anthony-gardner/youve-been-verbed
