For those of you who work in marketing, please stop using adjectives as nouns.
Here's an example: 'Make your happy.'
It's awful.
I also hate the recent tendency in adverts to over-use 'that.' Here's a typical example I've made up because I'm too tired to think or Google a real one:
'Want to save money on your car insurance? There's an app for that.'
As soon as I hear the term, 'what I identify as', I just think, oh, fookoff.
Literally.
“I literally died”. No you didn’t. If you literally died, you’d be fackin dead!
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 16 hours, 18 minutes ago
Woke being used like an insult when it really isn't always makes me laugh.
The use of 'pockets of space'. You really have no need to use 'pockets'. 'He keeps finding space' is fine.
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This times 1 million. Does my head in. They don't just find pockets of space though. It's "them (invariably grammatically incorrectly used) little pockets of space."
When someone says "my truth." It's an Americanism that's crept in over here in recent years. Sorry, it's your opinion or slant on things, that's not the same as truth, which is undeniable
I know it shouldn’t but it annoys me when people are talking about Manchester City and they say “Cities success” or “Cities spending” .....its City’s
You’re right to be annoyed, no excuse for bad spelling or grammar these days
But, equally, "Cityzens" also makes me cringe.
If you had addressed the England team of '66 with today's "Football Speak" they would probably all say "WTF?". The ones that annoy me most are "the press" and "false 9". I also dislike the players wearing "squad numbers" on their kit, which makes the "false 9" description even more ridiculous. The old 1-11 numbering identified their playing position.
Why was it felt necessary to call a "linesman" an "assistant referee"? They'll have them using pink flags next.
OK, Rant over.
comment by goadocwatson (U1016)
posted 13 hours, 3 minutes ago
If you had addressed the England team of '66 with today's "Football Speak" they would probably all say "WTF?". The ones that annoy me most are "the press" and "false 9". I also dislike the players wearing "squad numbers" on their kit, which makes the "false 9" description even more ridiculous. The old 1-11 numbering identified their playing position.
Why was it felt necessary to call a "linesman" an "assistant referee"? They'll have them using pink flags next.
OK, Rant over.
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My bug bear is "double pivot"
If you can't fackin do this you've no right being a professional footballer...
rant not over as I shall revisit this no doubt
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posted on 15/2/23
For those of you who work in marketing, please stop using adjectives as nouns.
Here's an example: 'Make your happy.'
It's awful.
I also hate the recent tendency in adverts to over-use 'that.' Here's a typical example I've made up because I'm too tired to think or Google a real one:
'Want to save money on your car insurance? There's an app for that.'
posted on 16/2/23
As soon as I hear the term, 'what I identify as', I just think, oh, fookoff.
posted on 16/2/23
Literally.
“I literally died”. No you didn’t. If you literally died, you’d be fackin dead!
posted on 16/2/23
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 16 hours, 18 minutes ago
Woke being used like an insult when it really isn't always makes me laugh.
The use of 'pockets of space'. You really have no need to use 'pockets'. 'He keeps finding space' is fine.
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This times 1 million. Does my head in. They don't just find pockets of space though. It's "them (invariably grammatically incorrectly used) little pockets of space."
posted on 16/2/23
When someone says "my truth." It's an Americanism that's crept in over here in recent years. Sorry, it's your opinion or slant on things, that's not the same as truth, which is undeniable
posted on 16/2/23
ABSOLUTELY !
posted on 16/2/23
Innit!
posted on 20/2/23
I know it shouldn’t but it annoys me when people are talking about Manchester City and they say “Cities success” or “Cities spending” .....its City’s
posted on 20/2/23
You’re right to be annoyed, no excuse for bad spelling or grammar these days
posted on 20/2/23
But, equally, "Cityzens" also makes me cringe.
posted on 20/2/23
If you had addressed the England team of '66 with today's "Football Speak" they would probably all say "WTF?". The ones that annoy me most are "the press" and "false 9". I also dislike the players wearing "squad numbers" on their kit, which makes the "false 9" description even more ridiculous. The old 1-11 numbering identified their playing position.
Why was it felt necessary to call a "linesman" an "assistant referee"? They'll have them using pink flags next.
OK, Rant over.
posted on 20/2/23
Reeeaaaaally !
posted on 21/2/23
comment by goadocwatson (U1016)
posted 13 hours, 3 minutes ago
If you had addressed the England team of '66 with today's "Football Speak" they would probably all say "WTF?". The ones that annoy me most are "the press" and "false 9". I also dislike the players wearing "squad numbers" on their kit, which makes the "false 9" description even more ridiculous. The old 1-11 numbering identified their playing position.
Why was it felt necessary to call a "linesman" an "assistant referee"? They'll have them using pink flags next.
OK, Rant over.
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My bug bear is "double pivot"
If you can't fackin do this you've no right being a professional footballer...
rant not over as I shall revisit this no doubt
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