tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post1628768398055055749..comments2024-03-27T12:09:07.950+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: YOU 'MUST OF' NOT HEARD ME SAY 'MUST HAVE' PROPERLY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-77237829652798707632015-05-23T12:21:46.233+01:002015-05-23T12:21:46.233+01:00More a case of words failing them, I think, Dougie...More a case of words failing them, I think, Dougie, if they're using the wrong ones. I once even saw an otherwise intelligent editor use 'sort-after' instead of 'sought-after' in a comic! And text-speak is only going to make things worse in the long run.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-84404767132746005712015-05-23T12:02:56.808+01:002015-05-23T12:02:56.808+01:00I cannot cure "could of" no matter how h...I cannot cure "could of" no matter how hard I try. Up here, kids ( and some adults) swear blind they are taught to write "alot" and "aswell" in primary school. Some have even told me they are discouraged from writing "know" too and to render it as "no". Words fail me... Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-83865568840344523622015-05-22T03:30:46.362+01:002015-05-22T03:30:46.362+01:00I really enjoyed that Just William TV series, CJ. ...I really enjoyed that Just William TV series, CJ. Hard to believe it was way back in the '70s - gulp!<br /><br />David Niven not English? Next you'll be telling me that he wore a wig and played James Bond.<br /><br />******<br /><br />That's the trouble with reality's fabric, DSE - too fragile.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-22678151218925831052015-05-22T03:07:15.671+01:002015-05-22T03:07:15.671+01:00David Niven not English? Oh good grief the fabric ...David Niven not English? Oh good grief the fabric of my reality has just collapsed. DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-19144951808467331772015-05-22T01:03:05.832+01:002015-05-22T01:03:05.832+01:00I think Deborah Kerr was called an English rose in...I think Deborah Kerr was called an English rose in the Radio Times or somewhere like that and that's where he read it - wasn't David Niven also Scottish yet called the perfect English gentleman. Bonnie Langford was great as Violet Elizabeth - "I'll thcweam and thcweam and thcweam until I'm thick".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-6434622441497260062015-05-22T00:43:20.916+01:002015-05-22T00:43:20.916+01:00Ah, that's Violet Elizabeth Bott who's alw...Ah, that's Violet Elizabeth Bott who's always doing that.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-32518624408262417262015-05-22T00:09:48.607+01:002015-05-22T00:09:48.607+01:00Sixth pronounced as sikth.
Sixth pronounced as sikth.<br /><br />baabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388667792167744260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-78749261235018290862015-05-21T23:41:15.859+01:002015-05-21T23:41:15.859+01:00And what about Glasgow, CJ, with the 'gow'...And what about Glasgow, CJ, with the 'gow' part pronounced as 'how'? Aaaargh! As for Deborah Kerr, remember that most Americans seem to regard Britain and England as the same thing. I bet we mispronounce loads of American place names the wrong way 'though.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-83394721224307447882015-05-21T23:19:14.394+01:002015-05-21T23:19:14.394+01:00My father would get annoyed at incorrect pronuncia...My father would get annoyed at incorrect pronunciation of Scottish words like saying the L in Kirkcaldy or Lock Ness. Another one that bugged him was the surname of the actress Deborah Kerr which everyone pronounced as Karr - it also annoyed him that she was called an "English rose" when she was actually born in Scotland (but calling her a Scottish thistle doesn't sound so complimentary). And I've heard Americans say Edinburgh as "Edinburrow".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-50098133661305404942015-05-21T21:49:39.373+01:002015-05-21T21:49:39.373+01:00That wouldn't surprise me at all, DSE. You kno...That wouldn't surprise me at all, DSE. You know what politicians are like.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-82013770816929317422015-05-21T21:14:01.434+01:002015-05-21T21:14:01.434+01:00I'm always doing the possessive: its as it'...I'm always doing the possessive: its as it's thing, if you see it, it's a bona fide error. BTW, there is talk that Nigel has affected the pronunciation of his surname, it being pronounced as you would, marriage before he wanted to sound posh. DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-7818691706683068942015-05-21T18:47:48.286+01:002015-05-21T18:47:48.286+01:00Nah, we don't say 'murruderr', JP - it...Nah, we don't say 'murruderr', JP - it's 'murrrdurrr'.<br /><br />******<br /><br />DSE, that'sh the worst Shean Connery impresshion I've ever heard.<br /><br />******<br /><br />Posh people pronounce it garage, TC - as rhymed with Farage (as in Nigel, a British politician). (GahrAAAge.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-38188323395707990142015-05-21T15:45:26.427+01:002015-05-21T15:45:26.427+01:00The law of conservation of R's demands that if...The law of conservation of R's demands that if you pahk your motahcah in the garage (rhymes with marriage), then you say "sor" and "droring." I guess the Cockney accent has a similar rule for H.<br /><br />I first heard "leftenant" in a Sherlock Holmes movie with Basil Rathbone. I've since heard it a couple of times in TV episodes (Joan Collins on Dynasty, June Chadwick on V). It was a running gag on the 1980's series Dempsey and Makepeace. I have read that the RN still pronounces it "lootenant." <br /><br />I've never heard anyone of any nationality say "potahto" IRL, but that song needed something to rhyme with "tomahto." <br /><br />I can tolerate an apostrophe with the possessive "its," since the guidelines are, as you said, not always consistent.TCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-78036724196067314882015-05-21T15:36:26.958+01:002015-05-21T15:36:26.958+01:00Sore sight would be the sense through -sore eyes-,...Sore sight would be the sense through -sore eyes-, it's a turn of phrase. For a second I was confused there myself, I thought you were doing a lisp: Shandie Shaw's a shight for shaw eyeshDeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-55661318068765991902015-05-21T15:35:25.061+01:002015-05-21T15:35:25.061+01:00Yes McScotty, Kid, you Glaswegians certainly know ...Yes McScotty, Kid, you Glaswegians certainly know how to pronounce "murrudurr" correctly.<br />When every Scouser KNOWS it's "mehhder"!<br />:-DJohn Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-69743217164087307322015-05-21T15:19:34.889+01:002015-05-21T15:19:34.889+01:00Duh? I don't 'get' it, DSE. What's...Duh? I don't 'get' it, DSE. What's 'sore sight'? I've seen Stingray items for sale, listed as 'Atlanta Shaw', 'Commander Shaw', etc., so obviously the owner misheard the name 'Shore' as 'Shaw'.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-61757465457487125432015-05-21T15:13:50.783+01:002015-05-21T15:13:50.783+01:00Interestingly, I've used -saw- as a homophone ...Interestingly, I've used -saw- as a homophone for sore, I thought: '...saw sight' was cool.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-77665071708240860762015-05-21T14:31:31.494+01:002015-05-21T14:31:31.494+01:00Don't worry, McScotty, the entertaining conten...Don't worry, McScotty, the entertaining content of your comments more than makes up for the odd typo or six. Yes, we Scots are perfect in every way, there's no dispute. It's a fact recognised the world over, he said, non-controversially. Yes, language (especially pronunciation) changes all the time, as I said, but sometimes mistakes become common usage - like 'droring' and 'sor' for example.<br /><br />******<br /><br />Perverse individual that I am, DSE, I'd have to say it in the way that would annoy them. I'm a bad boy.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-74364501990696044862015-05-21T14:16:53.664+01:002015-05-21T14:16:53.664+01:00I find it strange that so many nationalities can&...I find it strange that so many nationalities can't say "Loch" properly. The English tend to use an extra "r" when its not there in words like "drawing" and say "sor "when saying "saw" - very annoying as we Glaswegians / Scots are always spot on with our pronunciation and use of language :)<br /><br />CJ is correct language changes all the time even listening to TV programs from the 50s - 80s you notice the difference.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-49022119895370695592015-05-21T13:56:53.970+01:002015-05-21T13:56:53.970+01:00Yeah, the lieutenant one is weird, as far as I rec...Yeah, the lieutenant one is weird, as far as I recall it started out as a social affectation, exclusive to the army. Then it spread, although there was a lot of resistance in the navy, which was the cause of some consternation. I always say it the way it's spelt myself but army people do get a bit huffy about it, so I make an exception in that instance. DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-69893589912501207762015-05-21T13:54:50.763+01:002015-05-21T13:54:50.763+01:00Lol only 6 error that's not bad for me it'...Lol only 6 error that's not bad for me it's usually more than that - I don't worry about how I write in blogs (which I know annoys a lot of folk) but I treat blogs as if I was in a pub chatting to friends (having consumed 5 pints it would seem judging by my typing ) my main excuse is that I'm reduced to using my tablet now (my PC having given up the ghost last year) and I can barely see the screen to type. Don't worry I triple check my press stories before they get published :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-74671291073189480292015-05-21T13:45:14.173+01:002015-05-21T13:45:14.173+01:00That was his step-son, DSE.
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Funnily enoug...That was his step-son, DSE.<br /><br />******<br /><br />Funnily enough, CJ, the only time I've ever heard anyone say leftenant was in an American movie - it was essential to a plot-point. What I hate is hearing English people say "droring" for "drawing". Yes, language changes (if we let it), but not all changes are improvements.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-26413549987813590552015-05-21T13:32:21.668+01:002015-05-21T13:32:21.668+01:00Actually I prefer the American pronunciation of li...Actually I prefer the American pronunciation of lieutenant - "lewtenant" makes a lot more sense that "Leftenant", where the hell is the "f" ?? And what about other daft pronunciation like Rafe for Ralph, Sinjun for St. John or Chumley for Cholmondeley ?? One thing that irritates me is nucular for nuclear which I even hear on Radio 4 !! My father always got irritated by people saying "store" instead of "shop" - isn't this how language changes over the centuries though ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-58793347081659106892015-05-21T13:24:29.434+01:002015-05-21T13:24:29.434+01:00Audie Murphy, he was great in Beverly Hills Cop.Audie Murphy, he was great in Beverly Hills Cop.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-17523208933053760662015-05-21T13:02:40.032+01:002015-05-21T13:02:40.032+01:00I thought Bizarro had made that comment for a seco...I thought Bizarro had made that comment for a second, JP. Incidentally, I'll have mine medium rare.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com