Guest JTS98 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 16 hours ago, Shandon Par said: “An historic”. Having to use “an” rather than “a” here is simply because of the difficulty a southern Englander has pronouncing the “h” at the start of a word. If you speak properly (ie with a slight East Coast Of Scotland accent) there is no need for this infantile, extraneous “n”. This is actually a hangover from the past when it was indeed common to not pronounce an 'h' preceding a vowel sound in English, probably due to the influence of French. However, those days are long gone, and anyone saying 'an historic' deserves a kick in the teeth, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Another shout here for the worst change in how football is talked about. http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php?/topic/250226-world-cup-2018-kits/ We are Scottish. Just as it is an appalling affectation to say 'season' instead of 'series' when talking about TV, so using the dreadful southerner word 'kit' to talk about a football 'strip' should be an offence punishable by extreme violence. Sadly this seems to be becoming quite common these days. A football kit sounds like something you use to make a football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 7 hours ago, JTS98 said: Another shout here for the worst change in how football is talked about. http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php?/topic/250226-world-cup-2018-kits/ We are Scottish. Just as it is an appalling affectation to say 'season' instead of 'series' when talking about TV, so using the dreadful southerner word 'kit' to talk about a football 'strip' should be an offence punishable by extreme violence. Sadly this seems to be becoming quite common these days. A football kit sounds like something you use to make a football. They would probably counter that "a football strip" sounds like you are going to start taking it all off during the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 10 hours ago, JTS98 said: However, those days are long gone, and anyone saying 'an historic' deserves a kick in the teeth, but then - assuming that the kick in the teeth had been effective and removed a few - they'd have to say "a hithtoric..." in a fat-lipped twat/jamie oliver style- is that any better ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Patterson Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Nibbles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Another shout here for the worst change in how football is talked about.http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php?/topic/250226-world-cup-2018-kits/ We are Scottish. Just as it is an appalling affectation to say 'season' instead of 'series' when talking about TV, so using the dreadful southerner word 'kit' to talk about a football 'strip' should be an offence punishable by extreme violence. Sadly this seems to be becoming quite common these days. A football kit sounds like something you use to make a football. "A football" when what is meant is a ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 No. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Rugger Egg chasing Englandshire 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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welshbairn Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 23/02/2018 at 01:09, JTS98 said: Another shout here for the worst change in how football is talked about. http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php?/topic/250226-world-cup-2018-kits/ We are Scottish. Just as it is an appalling affectation to say 'season' instead of 'series' when talking about TV, so using the dreadful southerner word 'kit' to talk about a football 'strip' should be an offence punishable by extreme violence. Sadly this seems to be becoming quite common these days. A football kit sounds like something you use to make a football. Referring to someone as a "Stripman" could lead to confusion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Issues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 "development opportunity" ..........means somebody is giving you a crap job they don't fancy doing themselves. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Deanburn Dave said: "development opportunity" .......... means somebody is giving you a crap job they don't fancy doing themselves. I say that all the time and mean exactly what you say. Need to find a new phrase. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Notwithstanding. Just use 'despite'. Come to think of it, despite annoys me as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Notwithstanding. Just use 'despite'. Come to think of it, despite annoys me as well. Use them, nevertheless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 "Scotland" and "football" when they appear in the same sentence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hearthammer Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 When englandshire tossers and tossettes use the word "jolly" as in "great" or "getting pished" grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleanscontacts Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Footy or footie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 24/02/2018 at 18:46, tongue_tied_danny said: Englandshire 1 hour ago, hearthammer said: When englandshire tossers and tossettes... Sorry, A823(M) but, as my big pal TTD said, using 'englandshire' automatically makes you a tosspost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Walk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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