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« on: November 19, 2007, 10:18:13 PM »

I hate them. Why are they part of our language? Everyone is doing it!!!

Go figure. WTF is that all about?

It was 'like' ten years ago. Well was it ten years ago?

ONE TIME!!!!!

Many more creeping in and i cant stand them.

ahhh thats better.
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« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2007, 10:19:18 PM »

I hate them. Why are they part of our language? Everyone is doing it!!!

Go figure. WTF is that all about?

It was 'like' ten years ago. Well was it ten years ago?

ONE TIME!!!!!

Many more creeping in and i cant stand them.

ahhh thats better.

I said lol when someone told me a joke the other day.
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2007, 10:21:45 PM »

LOL is a web thing, rather than an American thing.  Although they'd like to think it was all their doing, it wasn't/isn't just their domain.

'Go figure' has got to be one of the worst.  I mean it's just soooooo.....

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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2007, 10:25:15 PM »

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2007, 10:28:13 PM »

I know what you mean, i sold a frail old lady down the road from me my old telly then broke into her flat and stole it back.
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« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2007, 10:39:27 PM »

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

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« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2007, 11:20:20 PM »

my bad my bad.

Although the wifey is American she is adopted Yorkshire miner and says 'owt alot Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2007, 08:22:16 AM »

my bad my bad.

Although the wifey is American she is adopted Yorkshire miner and says 'owt alot Tongue
I sometimes think my wife's a Yorkshire miner as well..I get 'owt either Wink
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« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2007, 09:20:35 AM »

Does saying 'feck' now and then get me off the hook?
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« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2007, 09:29:34 AM »

Does saying 'feck' now and then get me off the hook?

Nope - mixing Americanism with Corkisms is even worse 
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« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2007, 10:04:13 AM »

http://www.merrycoz.org/voices/bartlett/AMER01.HTM
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« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2007, 04:28:43 PM »

my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...


my bad what ?

my bad grammar ?

my bad grasp of the english language ?

my bad sentence construction that fails to contain a vowel ?

my bad schooling that was more interested in teaching me to shoot than to speak properly ?



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« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2007, 04:37:50 PM »

my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...


my bad what ?

my bad grammar ?

my bad grasp of the english language ?

my bad sentence construction that fails to contain a vowel ?

my bad schooling that was more interested in teaching me to shoot than to speak properly ?





All this by a boy fae Uddingston - oh the irony 
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« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2007, 04:47:27 PM »

my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...


my bad what ?

my bad grammar ?

my bad grasp of the english language ?

my bad sentence construction that fails to contain a vowel ?

my bad schooling that was more interested in teaching me to shoot than to speak properly ?





All this by a boy fae Uddingston - oh the irony 

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« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2007, 06:20:01 PM »

my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...my bad...


my bad what ?

my bad grammar ?

my bad grasp of the english language ?

my bad sentence construction that fails to contain a vowelerb ?

my bad schooling that was more interested in teaching me to shoot than to speak properly ?





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