Stop saying "Demond" !!!

[bingybongy]

A British presenter on the BBC referred to a British army officer as a lootenant the other evening. He then repeated this several times.
This seems to be happening more and more frequently.
I hate it.

[nicanary]

bingybongy said:

A British presenter on the BBC referred to a British army officer as a lootenant the other evening. He then repeated this several times.
This seems to be happening more and more frequently.
I hate it.

It annoys me also, but strictly speaking the Americans are nearer the truth than we are - it's a French word which would be pronounced lee-er-ten-on. Not leftennant .

[bingybongy]

nicanary said:

It annoys me also, but strictly speaking the Americans are nearer the truth than we are - it's a French word which would be pronounced lee-er-ten-on. Not leftennant .

Nah, they say lootenant because they couldn't work out how to pronounce it.
Or something like that.

[Toyoda]

Not wading through 41 pages but has 'sicth' instead of 'sixth' been mentioned yet?

[Pothole]

"Can I get" "The exact same".

[The Mad Monk]

'Revert back'.

[DonkeyApple]

The Mad Monk said:

'Revert back'.

I've used that in the past but the recipient never understood what I was implying.

[Eric Mc]

Toyoda said:

Not wading through 41 pages but has 'sicth' instead of 'sixth' been mentioned yet?

A very "British" expression. I've never heard Irish people say "sicth" but I've heard lots of English people say it.

Another word people seem to have forgotten how to say properly is "deteriorate".

Many people, including newsreaders and reporters, who should know better, pronounce it "detereeate".

[glenrobbo]

DonkeyApple said:

The Mad Monk said:

'Revert back'.

I've used that in the past but the recipient never understood what I was implying.

He was obviously a time traveller and you confused him.

[Dagnir]

What about 'winfall'?


used to be a fruity in my local and it had a 'winfall' bonus

[Eric Mc]

What about capital letters at the beginning of sentences?

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

What about capital letters at the beginning of sentences?

A minor all be it important point.

[RichB]

Ayahuasca said:

Eric Mc said:

What about capital letters at the beginning of sentences?

A minor all be it important point.

What about albeit being all one word?

[Europa1]

RichB said:

Ayahuasca said:

Eric Mc said:

What about capital letters at the beginning of sentences?

A minor all be it important point.

What about albeit being all one word?

Deftly done, sir!

[DonkeyApple]

RichB said:

What about albeit being all one word?

Out of interest and not trying to be clever but shouldn't it either be:

'What about 'all be it' being all one word?'

Or

'What about albeit being one word?'

As the 'all' is relating to the erroneous element and it being more than one word?

[RichB]

DonkeyApple said:

As the 'all' is relating to the erroneous element and it being more than one word?

You are of course correct however I used the second 'all' to give the sentence a sense of rhythmical meter while attempting to referencing the words I was parodying. Oops.

However…

DonkeyApple said:

Out of interest and not trying to be clever but shouldn't it either be:

…because one should never end a sentence with a preposition shouldn’t it be, ‘shouldn’t it be either:’ rather than ‘shouldn’t it either be:’?

[DonkeyApple]

RichB said:

…because one should never end a sentence with a preposition shouldn’t it be, ‘shouldn’t it be either:’ rather than ‘shouldn’t it either be:’?

That sounds about right as well.

It was a thought that cropped up as I read the post and I wasn't 100% sure.

Only another ten years of having to help with English homework and I can revert to by historical norm of not worrying about these things.

[RichB]

DonkeyApple said:

Only another ten years of having to help with English homework and I can revert to by historical norm of not worrying about these things.

I assure you I don't it's all a bit of fun

[Ayahuasca]

RichB said:

Ayahuasca said:

Eric Mc said:

What about capital letters at the beginning of sentences?

A minor all be it important point.

What about albeit being all one word?

Whoosh parrot on its way to you, Sir.

[StescoG66]

Ayahuasca said:

Eric Mc said:

What about capital letters at the beginning of sentences?

A minor all be it important point.

Grammar is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, or helping your uncle jack off a horse.