Off of

I ain't bovered if you say get off of 'ere!

Excellent example of how to use off of wot

Non-errors

About halfway down there's a good explanation of the use of off of.

I'm glad we have this thread. Please tell me what is wrong with number 22 on this list

Americanisms

Thank you.

Can't imagine. Perhaps they think it should be railway station?

Or as they say darn sarf git orf art of it!

Maybe jings

On another thread recently, talking about girl guide camping, I actually said, "they borrowed some off the farmer"!!! I knew it was bad grammar but sometimes on here I find myself talking as you would to someone sitting opposite you. I do sometimes slip back into now frowned upon ways of talking. Is that really so bad? Do we really have to be minding our p's and q's all the time?

No good. I can't be doing with pedantry. I guess anno's right. I should get off/off of here.

Pendants need a life

When I was a child if you were going on a train you went to the station.

If you were catching a bus you went to the bus station (or bus stop)

Nobody said train station.

Jing on occasions you say things that I don't agree with, but I always look forward to your contributions as you stir things up a bit and often give me a good laugh. I laugh with you not at you. I think you would be a good companion on a night out with the girls.

I agree, nankate. I used to be a bit scared of Jings at first!

Thank you merlotgran.

I think she has frightened me off

Don't let that happen,BB I

Nan, will take that under advisement, Im too chicken to comment now after several erm, unfavourable comments!?

so funny!
I say, keep all the grammatical mistakes. Otherwise we'll all end up speaking Textspeak, not just writing it.

white save I think you may be guilty of discriminating against other forms of necklaces and/or light fittings!

Oops, whitewave ! (Silly Hudl)

Grammar has gone for a burton - aaahhhh! Grrrrrr! But I get hopping mad with American writers e.g. "The cat glared at the dog, shot out the window and ran down the garden path". I would like to know where it got the gun and why it attacked a harmess window! Anyone else got similar literary gripes?

Ok Here's another one
Petition I have been sent
"Demand Airbnb stop profiting off of stolen land now."
Profiting off? Profiting from surely!!

I agree with the petition but wish people could word things properly!

Off of has been commonly used in the States for as long as I can remember. Please tell me it's not becoming a popular phrase "back home."

Yes it is, sadly

When I had a teaching job in Norfolk, I often heard the idiom: 'I got wrong off me mam'. And I'm sure they richly deserved it.