| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... 09:33 - Jun 1 with 6891 views | Bloots |
....people that can't pronounce the word "ask/asked".
Highlighted by Darren Bent on TalkSport this morning.
When did "Arks" and "Arksed" become commonplace?
He's not even "youth". |  |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:35 - Jun 1 with 3333 views | footers |
Just West Indian tingz, innit? |  |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:36 - Jun 1 with 3320 views | fabian_illness |
Mine is when TWTD posters change the title of their reply to make a point. |  | | |
| Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:40 - Jun 1 with 3280 views | Keno |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:36 - Jun 1 by fabian_illness |
Mine is when TWTD posters change the title of their reply to make a point. |
do that |  |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:42 - Jun 1 with 3270 views | clive_baker |
Not sure what Bent's heritage is but I've noticed it of Jamaican people specifically. Not sure why, presumably 'ask' is hard to pronounce. My old colleague said it, and one of my friends is of Jamaican descent and he says it. Although curiously he says asking, not arksing. But arks instead of ask. Not sure it has anything to do with youth though, I've heard proper Brixton Caribbean oldies saying aks when I lived there.
Not as annoying as a friend who says 'generally' ever other word. Especially as I think he means 'genuinely', which would be equally as annoying, but at least make more sense. |  |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:42 - Jun 1 with 3259 views | chicoazul |
Could of |  |
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| In on 09:43 - Jun 1 with 3252 views | Darth_Koont |
| Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:40 - Jun 1 by Keno |
do that |
deed |  |
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| Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:43 - Jun 1 with 3249 views | Guthrum |
| Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:40 - Jun 1 by Keno |
do that |
Oh. I shall have to start doing that, then. |  |
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| Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:47 - Jun 1 with 3206 views | factual_blue |
| Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:43 - Jun 1 by Guthrum |
Oh. I shall have to start doing that, then. |
But you're not an eejit. |  |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:51 - Jun 1 with 3181 views | Ewan_Oozami |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:42 - Jun 1 by clive_baker |
Not sure what Bent's heritage is but I've noticed it of Jamaican people specifically. Not sure why, presumably 'ask' is hard to pronounce. My old colleague said it, and one of my friends is of Jamaican descent and he says it. Although curiously he says asking, not arksing. But arks instead of ask. Not sure it has anything to do with youth though, I've heard proper Brixton Caribbean oldies saying aks when I lived there.
Not as annoying as a friend who says 'generally' ever other word. Especially as I think he means 'genuinely', which would be equally as annoying, but at least make more sense. |
Born in Tooting.... |  |
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| I'm sure it fairly prevalent in the.... on 09:54 - Jun 1 with 3160 views | Bloots |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:42 - Jun 1 by clive_baker |
Not sure what Bent's heritage is but I've noticed it of Jamaican people specifically. Not sure why, presumably 'ask' is hard to pronounce. My old colleague said it, and one of my friends is of Jamaican descent and he says it. Although curiously he says asking, not arksing. But arks instead of ask. Not sure it has anything to do with youth though, I've heard proper Brixton Caribbean oldies saying aks when I lived there.
Not as annoying as a friend who says 'generally' ever other word. Especially as I think he means 'genuinely', which would be equally as annoying, but at least make more sense. |
....non afro Caribbean community too.
Osmosis I guess.
Same with "gotten" which has snuck it's way into modern language from the Yanks.
It actually takes longer to say "gotten" than "got"!!
I'm old and confused. | |
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| My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 09:55 - Jun 1 with 3161 views | Kropotkin123 |
The English language hardly helps with pronunciation. 20 vowel sounds represented by 5 vowels + y, and they don't even bother to stick to their lanes.
Consonants hardly perform better. X = KS. C pointlessly takes the place of S or K, unless it is followed by an H.
Some words are just simply spelt wrong in the dictionary - Phoenix. No one can convince me that is correct.
And then we are supposed to blame the kids for giving up on trying, when their schools are underfunded.
But it's okay, we've elected another Etonian, as he just gets it. Says it like it is. A man of the people.
So, I guess my pet peeve is people having pet peeves about consequences and not causes. [Post edited 1 Jun 2021 10:55]
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 with 3155 views | clive_baker |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:51 - Jun 1 by Ewan_Oozami |
Born in Tooting.... |
My guess is it must be hard for Caribbeans to pronounce 'ask', with their accent. So I guess some of those UK born of Caribbean descent that grew up around that pronunciation (parents / grandparents etc) probably just learnt that as the way to say it.
I might start using it. | |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 with 3165 views | footers |
While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying. | |
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| Lucky that you managed..... on 09:56 - Jun 1 with 3138 views | Bloots |
| My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by Kropotkin123 |
The English language hardly helps with pronunciation. 20 vowel sounds represented by 5 vowels + y, and they don't even bother to stick to their lanes.
Consonants hardly perform better. X = KS. C pointlessly takes the place of S or K, unless it is followed by an H.
Some words are just simply spelt wrong in the dictionary - Phoenix. No one can convince me that is correct.
And then we are supposed to blame the kids for giving up on trying, when their schools are underfunded.
But it's okay, we've elected another Etonian, as he just gets it. Says it like it is. A man of the people.
So, I guess my pet peeve is people having pet peeves about consequences and not causes. [Post edited 1 Jun 2021 10:55]
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....to crowbar a bit of politics into it.
We're missing that on here.
Sigh. | |
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| Bleedin' kids.... on 09:57 - Jun 1 with 3129 views | Bloots |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers |
While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying. |
....they're bare annoying.
Innit. | |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:57 - Jun 1 with 3133 views | clive_baker |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers |
While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying. |
Aks her to stop. | |
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| Are you arksing for trouble? (n/t) on 09:58 - Jun 1 with 3122 views | Bloots |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by clive_baker |
My guess is it must be hard for Caribbeans to pronounce 'ask', with their accent. So I guess some of those UK born of Caribbean descent that grew up around that pronunciation (parents / grandparents etc) probably just learnt that as the way to say it.
I might start using it. |
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| Lucky that you managed..... on 10:05 - Jun 1 with 3081 views | Kropotkin123 |
| Lucky that you managed..... on 09:56 - Jun 1 by Bloots |
....to crowbar a bit of politics into it.
We're missing that on here.
Sigh. |
Take it as you wish, sigh, but that is still my pet peeve. | |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:06 - Jun 1 with 3079 views | Seablu |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers |
While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying. |
That drives me feckin potty.
Our new recruitment girl does that, along with literally using the word literally like literally every sentence.
All with a dreadful vocal fry that she thinks makes her sound clever.
I want her to work permanently from home. |  | | |
| I'm sure it fairly prevalent in the.... on 10:09 - Jun 1 with 3065 views | solemio |
| I'm sure it fairly prevalent in the.... on 09:54 - Jun 1 by Bloots |
....non afro Caribbean community too.
Osmosis I guess.
Same with "gotten" which has snuck it's way into modern language from the Yanks.
It actually takes longer to say "gotten" than "got"!!
I'm old and confused. |
I don't mind 'gotten' as it is an old English word which went over to America with the early settlers. They've kept the old English; we haven't. |  | | |
| My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 10:10 - Jun 1 with 3066 views | bluelagos |
| My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by Kropotkin123 |
The English language hardly helps with pronunciation. 20 vowel sounds represented by 5 vowels + y, and they don't even bother to stick to their lanes.
Consonants hardly perform better. X = KS. C pointlessly takes the place of S or K, unless it is followed by an H.
Some words are just simply spelt wrong in the dictionary - Phoenix. No one can convince me that is correct.
And then we are supposed to blame the kids for giving up on trying, when their schools are underfunded.
But it's okay, we've elected another Etonian, as he just gets it. Says it like it is. A man of the people.
So, I guess my pet peeve is people having pet peeves about consequences and not causes. [Post edited 1 Jun 2021 10:55]
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Yep.
People who worry other people's grammar, accents or pronunciation are nearly as bad as people complaining about what day of the week people mow their lawn.
Far more important things to irritate you (Except the misuse of Euro2020 obs) |  |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:13 - Jun 1 with 3048 views | factual_blue |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers |
While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying. |
Well, so long as can flip the burgers as well as the rest of your team... | |
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:14 - Jun 1 with 3046 views | solemio |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers |
While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying. |
Two young women behind me on a bus - pre Covid - I counted 83 "like" usages in a fairly short journey, and one of them didn't say it at all.
That is like dreadful. | | | |
| My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 10:14 - Jun 1 with 3037 views | factual_blue |
| My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 10:10 - Jun 1 by bluelagos |
Yep.
People who worry other people's grammar, accents or pronunciation are nearly as bad as people complaining about what day of the week people mow their lawn.
Far more important things to irritate you (Except the misuse of Euro2020 obs) |
There's a full stop missing from your last sentence.
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| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:14 - Jun 1 with 3036 views | footers |
| Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:13 - Jun 1 by factual_blue |
Well, so long as can flip the burgers as well as the rest of your team... |
I expected better from you than this cheap tap-in.
And anyway, she's on fries. | |
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