Unnecessary words
Jan 22nd 2008, 3:50 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
My mind now moves to football managers in the UK and some of the things they used to say. This should be a rich vein to mine. I tried Googling the famous one by Bobby Gould (I think) that was a sentence of something like 200 words without a full stop. Couldn't find it though.
Starting every sentence with "I mean..."
Dropping "ly" from the end of words - "The lad played brilliant"
I remember Mark Wright at the world cup finishing every sentence with "or something"
Starting every sentence with "I mean..."
Dropping "ly" from the end of words - "The lad played brilliant"
I remember Mark Wright at the world cup finishing every sentence with "or something"
It's a game of two halves.
What they really need is balls in the back of the net... or something!
Those little gems are how I can be entertained by a football match!
(Like the commentators in Dodgeball!)
Jan 22nd 2008, 6:37 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
Has the word "axe" made the dictionaries in place of the word "ask" in the black community in n america yet ?
Jan 22nd 2008, 7:00 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
Anyone who starts a sentence 'With respect' - bog off, you're about to really insult someone, don't advertise the fact before hand
Another one is IMO or IMHO - very patronising - I use it but shouldn't. It obviously means that you think your opinion is superior to the other person's.
Another one is IMO or IMHO - very patronising - I use it but shouldn't. It obviously means that you think your opinion is superior to the other person's.
Jan 22nd 2008, 7:19 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
Anyone who starts a sentence 'With respect' - bog off, you're about to really insult someone, don't advertise the fact before hand Another one is IMO or IMHO - very patronising - I use it but shouldn't. It obviously means that you think your opinion is superior to the other person's.
Another one is IMO or IMHO - very patronising - I use it but shouldn't. It obviously means that you think your opinion is superior to the other person's.
) it can also mean - don't jump down my throat & kill me, disagree at will!
Jan 22nd 2008, 7:23 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
If you watch enough Trisha 
you get fed up with members of the Great Unwashed starting every sentence with, 'at the end of the day (Trisha)....', usually not even bothering to pronounce the 'the', thereby addressing the unnecessary word issue.
Practice saying this phrase enough times and your hair will scrape itself back into a greasy ponytail and you will find yourself wearing 10 gold chains.
you get fed up with members of the Great Unwashed starting every sentence with, 'at the end of the day (Trisha)....', usually not even bothering to pronounce the 'the', thereby addressing the unnecessary word issue.Practice saying this phrase enough times and your hair will scrape itself back into a greasy ponytail and you will find yourself wearing 10 gold chains.
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:20 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
Anyone who starts a sentence 'With respect' - bog off, you're about to really insult someone, don't advertise the fact before hand Another one is IMO or IMHO - very patronising - I use it but shouldn't. It obviously means that you think your opinion is superior to the other person's.
Another one is IMO or IMHO - very patronising - I use it but shouldn't. It obviously means that you think your opinion is superior to the other person's.Another unnecessary word that JTL has just reminded me of is the word "literally". It's rarely ever used in it's literal sense. When someone says "I can literally kill him" - can you really kill someone with words?
I've tried talking to my husband for hours and hours...Mrs JTL
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:24 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
If you watch enough Trisha you get fed up with members of the Great Unwashed starting every sentence with, 'at the end of the day (Trisha)....', usually not even bothering to pronounce the 'the', thereby addressing the unnecessary word issue.
Practice saying this phrase enough times and your hair will scrape itself back into a greasy ponytail and you will find yourself wearing 10 gold chains.
you get fed up with members of the Great Unwashed starting every sentence with, 'at the end of the day (Trisha)....', usually not even bothering to pronounce the 'the', thereby addressing the unnecessary word issue.Practice saying this phrase enough times and your hair will scrape itself back into a greasy ponytail and you will find yourself wearing 10 gold chains.
"yeah, but love, at the end of the day...."
"IT'S F***ING NIGHT TIME!..so P off and leave me alone"
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:37 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
I always hate the way American police speak when on camera : " The alleged homicide occurred when the alleged perpetrator utilised his firearm is such a way as to cause bodily harm to the deceased person which possibly caused his demise"
...errr think you mean, the accused probably fatally shot a bloke'
I have noticed that Oz police have now started doing the same thing.
(And who ever thought suicide was a verb???)
...errr think you mean, the accused probably fatally shot a bloke'
I have noticed that Oz police have now started doing the same thing.
(And who ever thought suicide was a verb???)
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:48 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
My first few months driving in Brisbane were a nightmare for Mrs JTL doing that everytime we were going up on-ramps or leaving the motorway.
I was going to mention the overuse of the word 'basically', which is actually quite a patronising redundant word when you think about it. The person using it is basically saying they are explaining something to you in the simplest terms because you are an idiot, basically.
JTL
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:53 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
I always hate the way American police speak when on camera : " The alleged homicide occurred when the alleged perpetrator utilised his firearm is such a way as to cause bodily harm to the deceased person which possibly caused his demise"
...errr think you mean, the accused probably fatally shot a bloke'
I have noticed that Oz police have now started doing the same thing.
(And who ever thought suicide was a verb???)
...errr think you mean, the accused probably fatally shot a bloke'
I have noticed that Oz police have now started doing the same thing.
(And who ever thought suicide was a verb???)
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:54 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
The use of the word 'bashing' to describe something more than a schoolyard fight also tickles me.
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:56 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
Just to link these two quotes together. Yes you could have literally killed me with words, especially when you keep calling out the 'Wrong Way GO BACK!!" signs when I'm driving on unfamiliar roads.
My first few months driving in Brisbane were a nightmare for Mrs JTL doing that everytime we were going up on-ramps or leaving the motorway.
I was going to mention the overuse of the word 'basically', which is actually quite a patronising redundant word when you think about it. The person using it is basically saying they are explaining something to you in the simplest terms because you are an idiot, basically.
JTL
My first few months driving in Brisbane were a nightmare for Mrs JTL doing that everytime we were going up on-ramps or leaving the motorway.
I was going to mention the overuse of the word 'basically', which is actually quite a patronising redundant word when you think about it. The person using it is basically saying they are explaining something to you in the simplest terms because you are an idiot, basically.
JTL
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:57 am
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Jan 22nd 2008, 11:03 am
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Re: Unnecessary words
That just reminded me to google what 'king hit' means. I've been reading it for 3 years in newspapers here, in relation to assaults, and never quite understood what it meant.
Turns out neither do aussies!!
King Hit
JTL