Lost for words...

[Benchwayze]

Tried it Mark.

All I get is a shrug or a sulk. It's as if I don't have the right to correct her, because I am not a teacher! I still do correct her but even my daughter says, 'We're wasting our time. She's become a teenager.'

I don't like my daughter's attitude either, but if she can't get through then she can't get through. As I said; sickening.

John :|

 

[Anonymous]

personally I blame it on the teachers to be honest........................(can of worms now open)

 

[Digit]

Or the universal cry of the 'innocent,' I ain't dun nuffin!'
But we had this debate some time ago when I fell foul of one chap and another insisted that there is nothing wrong with modern education, the lack of grammar, or spelling, even mental arithmetic is deemed unnecessary it seems.
The teachers were themselves the victims of the effete elite who decided that there must be no winners, as that implies losers, in their new world of equality.
The latest report that I have seen shows the UK slipping further and further down the skills league.

Roy.

 

[Anonymous]

Or the universal cry of the 'innocent,' I ain't dun nuffin!'
But we had this debate some time ago when I fell foul of one chap and another insisted that there is nothing wrong with modern education, the lack of grammar, or spelling, even mental arithmetic is deemed unnecessary it seems.
The teachers were themselves the victims of the effete elite who decided that there must be no winners, as that implies losers, in their new world of equality.
The latest report that I have seen shows the UK slipping further and further down the skills league.

Roy.

He'll be along soon........................

 

[Benchwayze]

personally I blame it on the teachers to be honest........................(can of worms now open)

Certainly a degree of 'backing' from teachers would be useful, but each Friday lunchtime a group of teachers congregates in my local. The row these people kick up and the expressions they use, make me realise, they are but kids themselves. What chance does my granddaughter stand with 'role-models' like that?

I suppose my reactions are due to the fact I was more or less, a clone of my parents.
These days that isn't the case. Children are encouraged to express themselves. they are informed of their rights; but sadly, not of their responsibilities!

John

 

[studders]

'you're so gay' was around when i was at school i left in 98'

i like the word vexing.

Well, as I left in '75 I wouldn't have known the School phrases post then. I'd certainly never heard it used, in the context I used it in, or any other, prior to saying it.
Also, back in '75 at least, Capitals were in common usage.

 

[studders]

I recently watched a program about buying, or not buying, Houses. The number of times the participants used the phrase 'In ***' was quite staggering.

 

[devonwoody]

I have a granddaughter who is a teacher at a well known private school and a pupil said to her, each lesson costs my parents £40 per lesson. :roll:

 

[Digit]

I belong to a biker forum, and this shows up the current levels of literacy. Some members refuse to struggle though what the poster is trying to say in mangled English.
What really offends me is politicians who wish to destroy grammar schools etc then pay to send their dear little offspring to private schools.
Wonder if they can spell hypocrisy?

Roy.

 

[RogerS]

Certainly. I hate it's replacement 'For Sure'

 

[Eric The Viking]

Well...
... my smallest daughter was, like, at a party, like yesterday afternoon, like, and I, like, fetched her from it. She had a friend, like, with her, who, like, gave me, like, directions, like, to her house, like.

We had, "This road gets to, like a T-junction." and, "Our road is, like, U-shaped..." and so, like, on.

It's, like, bloomin' infuriating, like.

 

[Digit]

Innit?

Roy.

 

[Benchwayze]

I have to confess to the occasional 'for sure'. It might be a habit I picked up talking to American friends on line.

That's my excuse, certainly!
Swell!

John

 

[Digit]

Confession time! I tend to use 'Like' more than I would like!

Roy.

 

[Anonymous]

my brother in law uses the words 'for sure' and it was contagious then i made a conscious effort to make sure i didn't use it for sure.

The one i hate the most is 'what not'

 

[Digit]

'At the end of the day!' is another.

Roy.

 

[Benchwayze]

Without wishing to annoy Liverpudlians, cos I have some good pals from up there, where does 'made-up', (as in being happy), come from? To us down here made-up means wearing cosmetics. The women too! :mrgreen:

John

 

[Lons]

Nothing really changes though, does it?

I'm sure if we all think back, we used to pick up the common phrases and "buzz words" around us. A bit like lapsing into an accent when conversing with folk from other areas - embarassing

I know when I was in guaranteed monthly salary employment, my family forever ribbed me for using phrases such as "at the end of the day" which crept into my daily repertoire.(if that's the right word).

Personally I'm gutted every time I hear the words "I'm gutted" spoken by those idiotic, sometimes well respected idiots on TV. (hammer)

Just don't get me started on the number of kids who can't spell or write a letter unless it's in "text speak" :roll: :roll: saw a CV recently sent to a mate which was clearly one of those standard formulations used by the job centres but the covering "letter" was exactly as if reading a shorthand text from a mobile. I suspect he's now binned it but if not, I'll post it for a laugh.

Bob

 

[Digit]

One that pissed me off was a 16 yr old young lady on TV who had failed her exams 'cos nobody had told her in her prep the meaning of the word 'despot'. Thus she was unable to answer the question, 'was Hitler a despot'. She claimed that her life had been 'seriously ruined!'
Big aaah!

Roy.

 

[Shrubby]

watch the Armstrong and Miller RAF sketches on youtube

My peeve is corporate jargon - utterly brain dead. Bring Trollop and Wazzock back into regular use

Matt