What's happening to out British language

[Blister]

What's happening to out British language ???

When I went to school we used words like this

Us is now pronounced UZ

and everything is now everythink

How does this work

#-o #-o :-k :-k :duno: :duno:

 

[deserter]

Shouldn't it be "What's happening to our British language"?


~Nil carborundum illegitemi~

 

[Elapid]

It happens with every generation. Look at how Dickens wrote compared to how we speak today or go back further to Shakespeare or Chaucer and there is a massive difference.

Language always has been and always will be a fluid thing so change is inevitable. As society becomes more multicultural the changes will happen faster. I think its an amazing thing, the sooner everyone can communicate without language barriers and get the same opportunities the better.

 

[AES]

+1 for what Elapid said - language is a "living thing".

(But that doesn't mean you have to like it, I don't).

;-)

But what really p1sses me off, particularly as a "foreigner" living in another country with a difficult language (for me), is the number of times you see/hear English people making what, in my schooldays would have been classed as "schoolboy howlers", worth a detention and 1,000 lines! Some examples off the top of my head:
of and off;
site and sight;
their and there;
weather and whether;
comprises of instead of comprises or consists of;
and MANY more.

As I say, as someone who is not generally speaking his mother tongue "at home" every day it really does grate (grate/great, another one!) with me. I guess that I'm just a boring old pedant (but happily so).

AES

 

[RogerM]

Don't get me started on "Less" and "Fewer" :twisted:

 

[Jacob]

Us is now pronounced UZ

It always was wan't it? Except in Wales perhaps, where they tend to be phonetic with the s sound.
Sorry I don't want to spoil a good groany moany thread just as it's got going!

 

[AES]

Nah mate (Jacob), it werent never, not where all the nobs come from, darn Sawf!

;-)

AES

 

[Silverbirch]

What's happening to out British language ???

When I went to school we used words like this

Us is now pronounced UZ

and everything is now everythink

How does this work

#-o #-o :-k :-k :duno: :duno:

Not to mention punctuation!
:roll:

 

[WoodMangler]

Is this thread supposed to be a parody of something ?

 

[Jacob]

It may well be the real thing! :lol:
That Blister can't spell and can't punctuate is just a coincidence. :lol: :lol: Not sure about his pronunciation either.

 

[deserter]

The ones I really hate are;
To be pacific - should be specific.
I learnt him - should be taught.


~Nil carborundum illegitemi~

 

[Tom K]

Defiantly in place of definitely is oft seen on the forum. In Allen's defence I think he was referring to the way English is spoken not aksing (that one I detest) asking for a grammar lesson.

 

[Silverbirch]

Is this thread supposed to be a parody of something ?

Certainly not from my point of view. I`m a stickler for corect speling and punctuation?

 

[studders]

I`m a stickler for corect speling and punctuation?

Me two.

 

[Tom K]

I`m a stinckler for corect speling and punctuation?

Me two.

Mee free but I donut fink u r a stincler Stud

 

[monkeybiter]

as:has

non:none

aargh:aaagh

 

[Richard T]

It happens in every generation - yes, but never more so than in the last.

Shops are now stores, maths is math, text speak is advancing far more rapidly than Orwell could have imagined newspeak would.

I tell you we're literally just scraping the iceberg here, what we need is a silver bullet, it's nip and tuck, eckcetera, etc. ... dumb is the new clever.

 

[studders]

I`m a stinckler for corect speling and punctuation?

Me two.

Mee free but I donut fink u r a stincler Stud

Not a stincler Stud, no, though I do hum from time to time.

 

[Sportique]

Wish I could of seen this one coming :shock:

Dave

 

[bugbear]

I`m a stickler for corect speling and punctuation?

Me two.

Their are so many ways to get it wrong.

BugBear