Just saw the funniest thing ever

[vcfc]

Should HAVE got a pic

You should have taken a picture. - if you want to be like that.

[Martin]

Originally Posted by vcfc

You should have taken a picture. - if you want to be like that.

You piss off too.

[Collie Dug]

Originally Posted by Rosario FC

I used to do Kendo down at The Palace Of Arts down in Bellahouton Park.

I was stuck in traffic on the way down there one Tuesday night coz the Huns were playing in the CL.

Anyway I was stuck in the middle of all these Huns and this fat, drunk old cunt got out the motor next to me and started giving me abuse coz I was wearing a Brazil top (thick cunt musta thought it was a Celtic away one).

I was seriously having to consider what i was gonny have to do, I knew he wouldnt have been a problem to take out, but then i was surrounded by Huns walking to Ibrox and surrounded by cars full of Huns too.
Luckily the traffic started to move and it never came to anything, but I seriously didnt fancy my chances one bit.

Did you not have your sword?

[vcfc]

You piss off too.

Very mature indeed Martin, for one lamenting the quality of the youth of today's English.

[Martin]

Originally Posted by vcfc

Very mature indeed Martin, for one lamenting the quality of the youth of today's English.

Tell me, how do I tell someone to piss off, when exactly what I want to tell them is piss off ?

You and Stupidmike are the ones who are being ultra pedantic. If you want to analyse it, 'Should have got a pic' is fine, everybody understands what he means and I am not being so pedantic that I would point out the colloquial use of language in it.

However 'Should of, could of, would of, are all wrong. Plain wrong, simple as.

I say again if I am doing something incorrectly and someone tells me how to do it right then I thank them. Not moan about like you and Mike are - when it wasn't even your post I corrected. Who is the pedant eh ?


BTW I do use a good standard of English and spelling on here. Feel free to contradict me on that. But like every human being I make mistakes and typos. If someone shows me how not to make those mistakes I'd be grateful.

[jeannie960]

Omg what is this? Grammar School?

[Martin]

Originally Posted by jeannie960

Omg what is this? Grammar School?

No Jeannie but if I was weetim's age (i.e. of school age) I'd find it useful to improve my grammar on something as fundamental as 'should of'. I would be grateful, at that age, for any help, in improving my communication skills.

[vcfc]

Tell me, how do I tell someone to piss off, when exactly what I want to tell them is piss off ?

You and Stupidmike are the ones who are being ultra pedantic. If you want to analyse it, 'Should have got a pic' is fine, everybody understands what he means and I am not being so pedantic that I would point out the colloquial use of language in it.

However 'Should of, could of, would of, are all wrong. Plain wrong, simple as.

I say again if I am doing something incorrectly and someone tells me how to do it right then I thank them. Not moan about like you and Mike are - when it wasn't even your post I corrected. Who is the pedant eh ?


BTW I do use a good standard of English and spelling on here. Feel free to contradict me on that. But like every human being I make mistakes and typos. If someone shows me how not to make those mistakes I'd be grateful.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Should of, would of and could of are of course, just simply wrong but this isn't an English grammar forum is it? I'm sure everyone knew what was meant.

As far as my being a pedant - why were you so offended(telling us to piss off) when Mike and I corrected your language eventhough you were so quick to correct others?

As you say though you do use a good standard of English and I think most people on here actually appreciate that as sometimes it can take a good few minutes just to figure out what some posters are actually saying, never mind considering the post and then responding.

And no' i dot'n no who to tsop tpyos

[Martin]

[quote=vcfc;520751]

Should of, would of and could of are of course, just simply wrong but this isn't an English grammar forum is it? I'm sure everyone knew what was meant.

No it's not an English forum. But there is no doubt that well written posts are to be desired. And I fully appreciate there are folk on here who can write better than me. However it is most definitely in weetim's interests to try and learn to write as well as he possibly can. One of the ways his English will improve is by reading good posts, learning from them, and using what he has learned in his own writing. If you are going to do something it is worthwhile to try and do it right.

As far as my being a pedant - why were you so offended(telling us to piss off) when Mike and I corrected your language eventhough you were so quick to correct others?

I thought I had explained that, but not well enough it seems. I corrected one pretty fundamental error. Not the wrong grammar, or tense but the wrong word. It's pretty basic. I was not so pedantic to try and correct it so that it was grammatically perfect. You have done that, and that's why you are pedantic. You are the one who has said 'well to be absolutely correct it should have read....'

As you say though you do use a good standard of English and I think most people on here actually appreciate that as sometimes it can take a good few minutes just to figure out what some posters are actually saying, never mind considering the post and then responding.

Thanks. I make the effort. Many don't.

And no' i dot'n no who to tsop tpyos

Thanks anyway.

[vcfc]

Maybe you still think you weren't being pedantic but in all honesty I think we both were.

At any rate, unless you are actually an English teacher with the education of the nation firmly in your thoughts and best interests, or you are indeed weetim's father, then this is an extremely trivial argument so let's leave it at that shall we?

[Martin]

Originally Posted by vcfc

Maybe you still think you weren't being pedantic but in all honesty I think we both were.

At any rate, unless you are actually an English teacher with the education of the nation firmly in your thoughts and best interests, or you are indeed weetim's father, then this is an extremely trivial argument so let's leave it at that shall we?

Fair enough.

No I am not his father. But it is good for anyone to read things which are properly written. No matter what I am reading I am looking to improve my linguistic skills, because it is important to communicate well.

I did the lad a favour. You pulled me up for it. If I was using the wrong word frequently I would genuinely like to know if I was using the wrong word and what word I should be using instead.

[Henke67]

Originally Posted by supermike

lol Martin if you're gonna get patronising (why should I be surprised) with spelling/grammar then you should make sure you've sorted yourself out first.

He's right though.

[Martin]

Originally Posted by Henke67

He's right though.

No he's not. That would be pedantic. Doing somebody a favour when they are using the wrong word entirely is not.

[Henke67]

Originally Posted by Martin

Tell me, how do I tell someone to piss off, when exactly what I want to tell them is piss off ?

You and Stupidmike are the ones who are being ultra pedantic. If you want to analyse it, 'Should have got a pic' is fine, everybody understands what he means and I am not being so pedantic that I would point out the colloquial use of language in it.

However 'Should of, could of, would of, are all wrong. Plain wrong, simple as.

I say again if I am doing something incorrectly and someone tells me how to do it right then I thank them. Not moan about like you and Mike are - when it wasn't even your post I corrected. Who is the pedant eh ?


BTW I do use a good standard of English and spelling on here. Feel free to contradict me on that. But like every human being I make mistakes and typos. If someone shows me how not to make those mistakes I'd be grateful.

It's the same when people say 'There' as in: 'There all over the place'
or
'There friends started drinking pints of Jayes Fluid'
or
'There never going to beat Zenit'

[Henke67]

Originally Posted by vcfc

Should of, would of and could of are of course, just simply wrong but this isn't an English grammar forum is it? I'm sure everyone knew what was meant.

As far as my being a pedant - why were you so offended(telling us to piss off) when Mike and I corrected your language eventhough you were so quick to correct others?

As you say though you do use a good standard of English and I think most people on here actually appreciate that as sometimes it can take a good few minutes just to figure out what some posters are actually saying, never mind considering the post and then responding.

And no' i dot'n no who to tsop tpyos

Should be ' Even though'
There is a space between 'even' and 'though'

Just pointing it out.