Reply to: Can I Get?

[original PM]

They like literally make me incandescent with rage. Literally!!!!!

wow soooooo like you are emitting light caused by being heated up.

Can I get you anything for that?

[mudskipper]

Marshmellow. No such word.

[Freamon]

It's a disgrace. Eventually this is all that will be left of the country:

[amcdonald]

'How would you like your eggs?'
followed by a 15 minute philosophical discussion using the full rhetorical force of dialectical idealism with a hint of Lewis Carollian wimsy thrown in

just giz a bluddy fried egg

Fertilised !

[EternalOptimist]

Over easy?

soft , middle or hard

[bless 'em all]

"How was your food guys?"

Drive me fooking mad every time!

[Churchill]

'How would you like your eggs?'
followed by a 15 minute philosophical discussion using the full rhetorical force of dialectical idealism with a hint of Lewis Carollian wimsy thrown in

just giz a bluddy fried egg

Over easy?

[EternalOptimist]

'How would you like your eggs?'
followed by a 15 minute philosophical discussion using the full rhetorical force of dialectical idealism with a hint of Lewis Carollian wimsy thrown in

just giz a bluddy fried egg

[d000hg]

Can I conclude

Shouldn't that be "should I conclude"?

[gricerboy]

Three of my pet hates :
When people are recounting a dialog and start with "And I turned round and said". E.g. "So I turned round and said, oh yeah, well you smell worse, and then he turned round and said .." Wait, so now you are having an argument with your backs to each other?

No, I think It's because people in Essex like spinning round like tops when they're in the pub. Can't think of any other explanation for all this turning around.

Hi Gricer!

Using 'Can I get' in that way is indeed an abomination.

My pet hate at the moment is the glottal 't' pronounciation now used by some BBC radio presenters. It's not 'down with the people' or 'modern' to do that, it's just sloppy speech. So I say to the BBC you are a communication medium, so please hire people who speak properly.

Hi DS

Yes, me too. Can't abide it - all those hectoring new labour women like Caroline Flint do it too.

[Doggy Styles]

Hi Gricer!

Using 'Can I get' in that way is indeed an abomination.

My pet hate at the moment is the glottal 't' pronounciation now used by some BBC radio presenters. It's not 'down with the people' or 'modern' to do that, it's just sloppy speech. So I say to the BBC you are a communication medium, so please hire people who speak properly.

[OwlHoot]

Three of my pet hates :

1) When people say "and everything" at the end of a statement. E.g. I just did the housework and everything .

2) When people are recounting a dialog and start with "And I turned round and said". E.g. "So I turned round and said, oh yeah, well you smell worse, and then he turned round and said .." Wait, so now you are having an argument with your backs to each other?

3) MarillionFan.

Oh goody, more pet hates. Mine have an American theme this week.

1) Pretentious British people pecking away at a plate of food (main course) with just a fork, because they think it makes them look trendy and transatlantic.

2) Pompous, officious people (usually Yanks, but I fear it may be starting to catch on here) starting a request by saying "I need you to ..."

[mudskipper]

Or "babe" (which is painfully common in Essex)

Duck if you're oop North.

[mudskipper]

One that really gets on my tits is "You are joking me". Where did the superfluous 'me' come from?

That and mischievious. The word is mischievous. Morons.

[mudskipper]

Infinitely worse than this in my world is being called love, darling, gorgeous, mate, fella etc

Never mind, sweetpea, it's only coz they can't remember your name.