Where has the word "sitting" gone

Please insert 'heard' in there somewhere!

Granjura if you lived in Stoke you will perhaps have heard the following: "cost kick a bo agen a wo and bost it with yer ed?"

I too loathe the use of 'sat' for 'sitting' or 'stood' for 'standing' etc etc but I agree, it goes back a long way and is just slovenly grammar used by people who know no better. Unfortunately, it is becoming common parlance. My DIL once said to me, "were sat here listening to Robbie " I didn't know whether to be more offended by the 'sat' or the fact that they were listening to Robbie.

granjura, Must have heard, cost kick a bow agen a woe, an yed it 'till it bosses?
Not quite sure how spell it, or if these are the correct phonetics.
The Stoke dialect is very phonetic, they always pronounce the words BOOK,and similar words with oo in them with the emphasis on the double o's (not hose), and not buck, luk, tuk.They say Tooth,and everyone else seems to fall into line with that. Unless someone else knows better?

'Cost kick a bow agen a wo and bost eet wid yer ed' = Can you kick a ball against a wall and burst it with your head. Simples! Well done deserving you are spot on with that.

My current niggle, exacerbated by the Olympics, is the use of superlatives. Everything is either amazing, incredible or unbelievable. And why do they have to say 'really' twice? Things are always 'really really great' thats if they're not 'amazing, incredible or unbelievable'. TV presenters prefer to be a little up-market so they use the word 'extraordinary' - this was Parkie's favourite superlative in the 70s. (Yawn) When required to use a superlative, I prefer to use 'quite remarkable' - it's a phrase open to infinite interpretation.

Isn't it the kiss of death when someone says to you "How interesting"

"Nice" - damned with faint praise?

Both of the above are pronounced when the speaker's eyes are glazing over.

Ooh, I hate those too. Sat instead of sitting drives me up the wall! And stood, and lay..... They aren't regional, just wrong. You'll hear it everywhere in Britain.

As for 'falling pregnant' - in the past it perhaps used to be a euphemism, or to describe certain situations, but these days it is almost ALWAYS used by people to describe accidental pregnancies. Call me old-fashioned, but it doesn't get used by married couples or when the baby was planned.....

I think it does, JoKy Jo...

I've NEVER heard it used in those contexts! Because it would sound weird - because the whole point of 'fell' pregnant is that it implies an accident...

Perhaps it's regional, but I've often heard married women talking about 'when I fell for my first child'...or 'fell pregnant with Suzy' etc.

Going back a little, (came home naked) I have a recollection of taking a pack of guides to the fire station, where tuition over several weeks led, if successful, to an appropriate "fire" badge, The problem was that the several weeks were extended when fire calls meant that the instructor had to keep dashing off.It could have gone on forever. The instructor wrote some notes that were very useful and helped to solve the problem. The next problem was the examination, that was also interrupted on several occasions, so again, the questions were written, I was to be left in charge and the girls were put on their honour not to cheat or copy another s answers.
Reading the answers was most amusing, when one answer written to the question of how to deal with a person whose clothes had caught fire at the camp fire was, "throw them on the floor ,and rape them in a blanket"

Not a good post deserving !

You would know?

Really offensive post, which I have only just seen and reported. That's not amusing by a long way.

Good on you deserving

OMG what a stupid fool I am , I meant to say good on you WHENIM , I feel soo mortified

A sarcastic post deserving. Inappropriate, as was the final comment in your previous post which was followed with a . No, not appropriate at all.

The consensus on "For Newsnight: should we end universal benefits for better off pensioners? " a few days ago was that someone was posting purely to "get a bite" ( in fact he/she used almost exactly that phrase ) and would reappear on another thread to repeat the performance. Best treatment - don't rise to the bait, and report anything deliberately provocative and off subject. I am not mention any names, as those who do this as a career have their browsers set to catch any reference so that they can reply.

Of course, anyone who is NOT being deliberately and maliciously provocative will not assume that this post refers to them and needs answered aggressively, only those with guilty consciences.

Elegran

I agree, Elegran - any response just encourages that sort of poster.

So we can continue the discussion, to comment, to agree or disagree, and to agree to differ without resorting to personal attacks.

Elegran, as usual you are right. The voice of common sense. Thank you.
PS - That's not just flattery!

Don't make me , anagram

I wish I could always follow my own advice. Sometimes I get so at people taking advantage of the good nature and willing support of our members that I respond where I should not.