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quoll

Oct 9th 2009 10:58 pm

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Originally Posted by king kong (Post 8005793)

I would have to agree , im no dictionary expert but the word ''AWESOME '' sort of means breathtaking . this is why i just cant see how a burger and the word awesome can be in the same sentence .

I dunno, have you smelled a maccas burger lately? Breathtaking quite possibly (in the literal sense of the word!) One would probably be awestruck that people were actually buying them - hence an awesome burger. Nah, doesnt really compute does it?:rofl:

Victor Meldrew

Oct 9th 2009 11:08 pm

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An expression rather than a word; I have heard/read on faecesbook (intentional spelling) young people referring to each other as 'my friend' as in "hope your enjoying your holidays my friend" or "Great to hear from you my friend" or "your looking well my friend". I have even seen it lengthened to "my beautiful friend" It always seems to be at the end of the sentence too.

Is this something others have noticed or is it me? when did this come about as I have only seen it over the last 12 months or so.

Just wants to make me puke its so sugary sweet.

noni	Oct 9th 2009 11:25 pm

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Minging! :thumbdown:

king kong

Oct 9th 2009 11:47 pm

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Originally Posted by Victor Meldrew (Post 8005890)

so true , my lads have about a 1000 ''friends'' , i thought what the hell im 48 and ive got about 5 . jesus im real unpopular .

canadageoff

Oct 10th 2009 12:22 am

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In Canada people who want to be Irish always say little wee thing ie person, dog or dress . Little wee thing.... god I hate it.

Victor Meldrew

Oct 10th 2009 1:33 am

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You should ask them why they use 'wee' when it originates in Scotland (doesnt it?)

canadageoff

Oct 10th 2009 1:56 am

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What about "gotten" as in "I'll be with you as soon as I've gotten everything I need"

canadageoff

Oct 10th 2009 1:59 am

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Originally Posted by Victor Meldrew (Post 8006066)

You should ask them why they use 'wee' when it originates in Scotland (doesnt it?)

Adjective wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

Positive
wee
Comparative
weer
Superlative
weest

(Scottish, Northern Ireland, North England) small, little

Victor Meldrew

Oct 10th 2009 2:01 am

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Originally Posted by canadageoff (Post 8006097)

Adjective wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

Positive
wee
Comparative
weer
Superlative
weest

(Scottish, Northern Ireland, North England) small, little

I stand corrected :o

king kong

Oct 10th 2009 2:06 am

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Originally Posted by canadageoff (Post 8006094)

What about "gotten" as in "I'll be with you as soon as I've gotten everything I need"

Im not sure about canadian english but i guess it stands somewhere between english/english and american /english but i remember watching a documentary on the english language and how it has developed in differnt parts of the globe . The thing that surprised me was that the word ''fall'' for autumn was the original english that went over with the pilgrims in the 16oos ,also some of the sentancing structure as with the word''gotten '' was also the english way of speaking in the 1600s.
The documentary version was ''the adventures of english '' the book version was ''the history of english '' by melvyn bragg . Not a bad write up on it in wikepedia .

king kong

Oct 10th 2009 2:08 am

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Originally Posted by canadageoff (Post 8006097)

Adjective wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

Positive
wee
Comparative
weer
Superlative
weest

(Scottish, Northern Ireland, North England) small, little

ive definetly heard ''wee'' in north england too .

king kong

Oct 10th 2009 2:09 am

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Originally Posted by canadageoff (Post 8005981)

In Canada people who want to be Irish always say little wee thing ie person, dog or dress . Little wee thing.... god I hate it.

little wee . ummmm that makes a lot of sense :)

canadageoff

Oct 10th 2009 2:12 am

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Originally Posted by Victor Meldrew (Post 8006102)

I stand corrected :o

I always though it meant "going to the toilet":D

flashman

Oct 10th 2009 2:21 am

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Originally Posted by king kong (Post 8003027)

well after talking to a dear friend of mine today ,i was thinking about a specific word that really annoys the bejesus out of me and is used so often for everything that im going to end up in a lunatic asylum if i hear it anymore . The word is AWESOME , now im not against the word at all ,im against the context its used . its used in such cases as my ''burger is awesome '' ,it drives me mad .
Anyway has anyone else got one word or two or even ten , but that is top of my list .:)

How about "Brilliant" ?

jdr	Oct 10th 2009 2:23 am

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Originally Posted by canadageoff (Post 8006097)

Adjective wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

Positive
wee
Comparative
weer
Superlative
weest

(Scottish, Northern Ireland, North England) small, little

My weest wee winkle is weer than yours, ffs made up words. lol

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