Two Times!!!
 

What ever happened to the word twice? Why do Americans use "two times" instead of twice. I noticed it on an advert the other day now I cant stop listening for it, no-one says twice, why, why, why?

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Too busy to reply now. I'll tell you in a fortnight. :rolleyes:

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And 'My Bad' whats that all about?

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Blowing off any real responsibility caused by the f(ckup. I detest that phrase. It's a Gen Y thing -- how hard can it be to say "my mistake"?

Patrick -- where have you seen "two times"? In advertising I rather like the use of 200% vs twice or two times. :D

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Because two times two is 4 and two times twice is :confused:

Easy really :eek: :D

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"One time.... two times.... three times a lady"

Patrick, I'd be more worried that "thrice" is an endangered species.

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I don't know, just frosts my bum that does!!! :mad: And why can't they use thrice instead of three times, I want to know!!! :rolleyes:

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I "might could" understand it if they speak a different language ... oh, hang on, they do.

If it's "not my bad", does that mean it's "my good"?

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Oftentimes - WTF :confused: :rolleyes:

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lol - what does "my bad" supposed to mean???? :confused:

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My fault.

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Try telling them something happens "twice a month" then when they say "Huh?" say "You know...fortnightly"

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My pet hates are: Of off
Lightedness
Two fourths
Three fourths
Gotton

and many more.

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So there really lost on that one :D Good Boy.

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This one annoys me. Loud people on cell phones starting the conversation with........"where you at?"


Is that just a Texas thing or is it all over?

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Are you sure you don't mean "off of"? ;)

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How about people using their cells on speakerphone. I was on a train from NYC, a 1 hour journey and there was a guy on his speakerphone the whole way. :mad:

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Whatever :p

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The number thing......two hundred eighty instead of two hundred and eighty. The host on one of our local radio stations says 7 clock instead of 7 o clock.

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That would annoy the living snot out of me.

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I have also noticed that a lot of Americans cannot comprehend "double" as in spelling out a name L Y double N E. I spelt it that way to one lady on the phone and she read it back as "LYWE".

A lot will also say "one time" as opposed to once.

My other pet peeves are:
overages
arrearages
and winningest :D

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No, thats also an Alabama thing.

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Also the use of forty seven hundred dollars rather than four thousand seven hundred. Does anyone know why the Americans will refer to wood as a 2 x 4 whereas in England we call it a 4 x 2.

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I'll remember that one & use it next time, thanx!

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Me too! He must be a twat!

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I can accept most of the phrases I hear - different parts of England have their own slang too but 'where you at?' is one of the few that gets me. Boost Mobile even use it as their tag line :( .

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Write me!

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me

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:confused:

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go back to post #27

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Ya bastard! That one went right over my head, nice!

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Make it multiple choice.....

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OK!! Go to bed or piss off and watch TV

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awwww......


too early for bed and I'm not about to piss off - but go ahead :p

I don't watch tv......well unless they've got reruns of The Dinner Ladies

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Now I know that you were just sitting there refreshing the USA page waiting for me to respond. You stalker!!!

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lol - no - but if that's what it takes to flatter yourself.....

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Like to take your work home with you?

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only in your imagination.... :D

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I once asked for the nearest cross street and one of the streets sounded like Deevorn ... I asked them to spell it, and it was Devon. Blew me away times two. ;)

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...
But then again, when I was driving to my new post-doc at Bath University, I asked someone on a country lane if I was going the right way for Bath. He looked at me sideways and up-side-down, and then from top to bottom, then bottom to top and said (starting off slowly), I've never heard of Bath, but Baaaattthhhh is that way. :D