Knowing your s**t or knowing you're s**t
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Or when people say "I won't lie" before telling you a fact about themselves... "I won't lie, I'm knackered"
I work with a lot of various nationalities and I'm often told that English is a very complicated language to learn. It seems we have a word for nearly everything whereas a lot of other languages do not. I always try to get my spelling and grammar correct but find myself often making grammatical mistakes. The key when writing anything important is to check, check and check it again, over and over. Then, get somebody else to check it for you. I always tell my children that mastery of English is very important and is a great asset to have as an adult so that you can communicate clearly and understand things clearly. It will make life easier.
One thing that annoys me is when 'V' or 'F' is used for "Th' sound. My 5 year old daughter started saying it and we traced it to her teacher who had actually taught her that 'Th' makes a "F' sound!!! I used to think it was a London thing which I would accept as a regional dialect type scenario but this teacher was from Manchester! Now I even hear Angela Rayner, the Shadow Secretary of State seems to slip in and out of doing it.
One thing that annoys me is when 'V' or 'F' is used for "Th' sound. My 5 year old daughter started saying it and we traced it to her teacher who had actually taught her that 'Th' makes a "F' sound!!! I used to think it was a London thing which I would accept as a regional dialect type scenario but this teacher was from Manchester! Now I even hear Angela Rayner, the Shadow Secretary of State seems to slip in and out of doing it.
This is a very relaxed and civil forum. It is also a font of knowledge and people are happy to help others. It is the only forum I am content to pay a subscription for as it provides value and entertainment.I like how this has become a thread where people aren't afraid to correct others.
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Oh, that made me laugh out loud!
By the way, the absence of a comma after “to confirm” made it conditional on being a Manc to determine if you are posh!
That is an American term for brake discs. (Or should that be break disks?
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Don't start me on Americanisms...That is an American term for brake discs. (Or should that be break disks?
We have family in Texas and Unkle David comes out with some corkers:
We picked them up from Heathrow one year and driving along the M4 he's looking out of the window and suddenly says, "Sluff, who lives in a place called Sluff?" to which I reply, "It's not Sluff is Slough!, Slough as in Plough" he looks puzzled and says, "that nothing like Plough" he says, "How do you spell Plough?" "P L O W"
Then in a restaurant one evening, Mrs Loz has dressed up for a change, gets up from the table and walks past David who proclaims, "Hey honey, your fanny looks great in that!". Mother-in-law spits out her rosé, red faces from the English party and then followed a session of what words mean different things across the pond. (fanny being backside in the US)
Whilst out walking in their garden Mrs Loz gets a bite on her calf, David turns around and says, "Pull yer pants down honey, lets get a look"
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There is always one!
Errr, yeah, I'm not from Oxford so dunno. Anyway, I gotta go to werk.
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