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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,

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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.

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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.

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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 ? 

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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