8mm Forum: The English Language

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Posted by James Wilson (Member # 4620) on December 07, 2015, 02:33 AM:

Have you observed lately how the English language is changing?

a problem has become an issue,spot on nailed it, great, awesome, can`t think of any others just now, anyone else want to cherp in (there you are (Tweet) Regards, how about Richard the awesome!
James.

[ December 07, 2015, 07:42 AM: Message edited by: James Wilson ]

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on December 07, 2015, 04:35 AM:

I used "nailed it" only last night myself on another forum James when describing concluding a problem.

I don't think this term or "spot on" are particularly new expressions,at least I didn't think they were?

Maybe the first has come about from too much reality television such as X Factor for example.

The term gets used almost for every act that performs!
(I say "performs" in many cases,in the most loose sense of the word).

I am sure "bang tidy", "dope" or "sick" in the manner they are frequently used are both newer and make far less litteral sense.

Posted by Mike Newell (Member # 23) on December 07, 2015, 06:27 AM:

The success of English as a language worldwide is the fact that it is so diverse constantly adding, changing and adjusting. If everything remained the same it becomes a dead language. The power of the Internet and media be it film or music means everywhere you go it is spoken. However, I must admit I love listening to French and Italian as they are softer and equally expressive.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on December 07, 2015, 06:43 AM:

Mike says : "I love listening to French"
Mike is a connoisseur [Big Grin]

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on December 07, 2015, 07:01 AM:

I would have thought "Nailed it" would have come from something like "The 60 Minute Makeover" or "Do-It-Yourself SOS" [Big Grin]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on December 07, 2015, 08:12 AM:

Don't get me wrong, I really like the internet, but what really gets me is all the young people showing something is important by saying "hashtag"!

Posted by Dave Groves (Member # 4685) on December 07, 2015, 10:28 AM:

I hate reading that something is 'FOR free'. And 'snuck in' is such an ugly word and such a lazy way of saying 'sneaked in'. And why do we have to drop the t in cartoons or water or use 'ouse' for house. Our language is changing and some is inflenced by film.
I guess it won't ever stand still.

Posted by Steven J Kirk (Member # 1135) on December 07, 2015, 11:30 AM:

With the recent floods in the northern UK, some presenters have described places as 'inundated with water.' Inundated means water! They are just inundated.

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 1183) on December 08, 2015, 02:07 PM:

I think your problem is that the American dialect has snuck in to the British dialect... [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 09, 2015, 03:13 PM:

Yes, with NO offence intended what so ever to our USA friends, our Language is becoming Americanised with stupid abbreviations all over the place.
Now being made worse by morons with texting and the worst offender that i hate with a vengeance twitter, or twatter as i call it.
Why we always have to follow others i do not know.
That should be moto for the UK
"We follow where others lead". Sums it up in one line. [Big Grin]

Posted by Terry Sills (Member # 3309) on December 10, 2015, 02:16 AM:

What I find annoying is when someone says 'of' instead of 'have'. ie ' they should of done'. Not just youngsters either. It is probably due to the falling standards of education in the UK. You never hear well educated people using this 'new' language. Look to royalty or people that have been educated at the top institutions- Eton, Harrow, Oxford, Cambridge- they don't lower the standards. Just the poorly educated and the sheep.

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on December 10, 2015, 03:48 AM:

Yes it must have come from abbreviating should have to should've them mispronouncing as "of".

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on December 10, 2015, 05:52 AM:

James my neck of the woods practically has its own language which I really enjoy particularly when out and about.
To youngsters banging away on mobiles in the cinema my favourite would be Put thi torch eawt it's meltin mi ice-lolly!
Usually confuses them enough.

Posted by Tommy Woods (Member # 2437) on December 14, 2015, 10:44 AM:

English as a language has evolved somewhat since the days of the Bard,kudos to all those who had to decipher his prose

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on December 14, 2015, 11:18 AM:

Try Chaucer some time!

-it's still English, but...

Posted by Tommy Woods (Member # 2437) on December 14, 2015, 11:26 AM:

doth I see a kindred spirit Steve !!

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on December 14, 2015, 11:35 AM:

You dooth!

We did Canterbury Tales in 12th Grade English. The teacher really loved early English and managed to bring it to life for us.

(Thank God for her! I had other teachers that force fed things like this and just let us suffer!)

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on December 14, 2015, 11:42 AM:

There was a really good TV series here back in the 80s called "When The Boat Comes In",....never forgotten the accents. A chap I was working with last year came to me to explain a text he had received for work, stating in it the term..."Swings and Roundabouts".

I had a job tying to explain what it meant, as he was from "Hong Kong" [Smile]

for those that are not used to it, it can be very confusing [Roll Eyes]

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