You shouldn't laugh, but...

[The Ace]

It would help if even one of those posters could actually speak english.

[dustinzgirl]

Originally Posted by Harpo

Number 66 is pro-chav, it starts "Chavs are literally the number 1 group of people on the entire planet! Wear the best clothes liekk burberry +& shop in JD cuz it is cool." and goes on to say "Liekk 2pac +& akon +& stuff liekk dat cus it is brappin beat. Hav own language cuz we iz deserv 1."

I hope it was a parody

Oh, that makes perfect sense. Chavs are those annoying people I want to smack silly.

[The Ace]

Oh yes, DG, they're up there with people who can't spell, write, "Should of," for ,"Should've," ignore the difference between, 'To,' and, 'Too,' pluralise, 'Media,' mention, 'Stadiums,' when anyone with 3 brain-cells knows the word is, 'Stadia,' can't tell the difference between, 'Dogs,' (more than one dog) and, 'Dog's,' (belonging to the dog), in short, the kind of cretins who should be publicly hanged for crimes against the english language.

It's funny how the only people who tried to define the word are as moronic as the scum they abhor.

[dustinzgirl]

Originally Posted by The Ace

Oh yes, DG, they're up there with people who can't spell, write, "Should of," for ,"Should've," ignore the difference between, 'To,' and, 'Too,' pluralise, 'Media,' mention, 'Stadiums,' when anyone with 3 brain-cells knows the word is, 'Stadia,' can't tell the difference between, 'Dogs,' (more than one dog) and, 'Dog's,' (belonging to the dog), in short, the kind of cretins who should be publicly hanged for crimes against the english language.

It's funny how the only people who tried to define the word are as moronic as the scum they abhor.

*English.

It's a proper noun.

[pyan]

The one that used to annoy me was "Forums" - I was taught that it was "Fora".

However, this one seems to be a lost cause...

Incidently, as you drive up the M6 motorway past the junction to Liverpool, there is a big sign that says:

For Football Stadia

Follow M62

so all is not yet lost!

[Grimward]

Originally Posted by The Ace

Make him look like a pratt in public and give us a laugh, Karn. Your side of the pond they'd probably've shot him.

Nah, we have pie-flinging character "assassins", too, although given that Bill Gates tends to inspire such reactions wherever he goes, this incident could just as easily have occurred outside the US (and noting the reporter's distinct non-English coverage, may have!). You can easily say that there are people who'd like to kill former Enron exec Skillings, too, but other than his jail term, he's only been hit with pies thusfar...

***not sure if this is in the archives, but whispers to TEiN and Ursa that the Great Pie Flinging incidents in published history might make for a good thread!***

[kyektulu]

Originally Posted by pyan

Urban Dictionary: chavs

A bit harsh, but essentially the majority view.

I had a good giggle reading some of those (accurate) views on chavs!

[The Ace]

I was too busy trying not to explode at their appalling assaults on the language.

I suppose 'English,' should be capitalised, DG, I just hate doing it.

[pyan]

First time I've seen you write it without asterisks, as well....

[Drachir]

Originally Posted by The Ace

I was too busy trying not to explode at their appalling assaults on the language.

I suppose 'English,' should be capitalised, DG, I just hate doing it.

Really, Why? Every other language and nationality is captialized including Scots and Scotch.

[kyektulu]

Originally Posted by The Ace

I was too busy trying not to explode at their appalling assaults on the language.

I suppose 'English,' should be capitalised, DG, I just hate doing it.

Your not anti English are you, I cant understand why everyone cant just get along you only get one life....

[Urlik]

Originally Posted by kyektulu

Your not anti English are you, I cant understand why everyone cant just get along you only get one life....

the English relationship with Scotland (and also Ireland) is seen differently from the other side. after all, the English imposed their rule over the Scots (and Irish) so to us it is a beneficial arrangement, but for the nation being ruled it isn't always seen as such a good thing

[Ursa major]

As I've said elsewhere, "the English" did no such thing, Urlik. Those in power over the English did this, while at the same time treating most English people with the contempt they didn't reserve for those from the other nations in these islands.


(By the way, I won't even allow you to bash all Normans, for instance, as some of my Scottish ancestors came from there. )

[Urlik]

I should have made distinctions between the govenrments and peoples of the Nations mentioned, but it is easy to look at it dispationately with English eyes and lay it all at the feet of the govenrment, but a trifle harder to be objective when your ancestors were the ones being put down.

[Ursa major]

I think most of mine would have been on the receiving end, Urlik; it's just that over the last couple of centuries, some of my ancestors moved into England. (And they were far from alone in moving here.)


But we seem to have drifted from the serious topic that led to this thread being created....