Settle an old debate

cjt156

Steven wrote:

Actually I'm pretty sure he was listing it as one of his pet-hates.

Exactamundo.

Irregardless:D , the kids say Overtired in a Yorkshire accent, hense the stress on the "OOHH"
The whole point of that series of (irritating but effective) ads is that the kid/parent role is swapped.
Parents regularly describe young children as overtired; usually when they've lost reason & become irritable, like me, rereading the "Oh, there tired" theory.

Jack B. Badd

nesf wrote:

Originally the phrase was "You can't eat your cake and have it" but it's evolved into the shorter form "You can't have your cake and eat it".

Please explain to me exactly how one sentence can be shorter than the other when they contain exactly the same words? Transposing the words "eat" and "have" does not shorten the sentence in any way as far as I can see

Femelade

oh my god its definatley "overtired". I love them ads, i love the one at the moment,

boy 1: remember last year
boy 2: Don't!
Boy 1: Think i'll have a kip
Boy 2: Think i'll join ya.


Love it.
Oh and how can you forget: "someone forgot to go toilet"..

Tar.Aldarion

RobertFoster wrote:

Exactly! "I could care less" really annoys me.

Although "I could care less" is usually the one that applies...

nicolo

you know the phrase upset the apple cart?well i got the best one my grand mother thought the phrase was "upset the apple tart" no matter how many people argue it with her she's stayin loyal :d
she also thought that black people where the product of dogs raping women (shes very old and from kerry)

Lothaar

Futureman wrote:

wierd

That should read: weird.

'I could care less' is fine when used sarcastically, as the intended meaning is the direct opposite of the apparent meaning. So it really means 'I couldn't care less'.
The most grammatically correct way of saying 'I could care less' is to include a :rolleyes: just after it.

Lothaar

humanji wrote:

"I couldn't care less" logically doesn't make sense, it's basically sarcasm. ... self-deprivating

It's not sarcasm. It's stating that you absolutely do not care.

And it's self-deprecating.

This is pacificly the type of mistake that this thread was set up to bemoan!

gazzer

I hate, hate, hate it when people say DefinItely instead of Definitely.

Also for some bizzare reason its wrecks my head when Gerry Ryan says Paydofeel instead of Peadofile (for Paedophile). He has been saying that word a lot lately cos of various news reports.

humanji

Lothaar wrote:

It's not sarcasm. It's stating that you absolutely do not care.

And it's self-deprecating.

This is pacificly the type of mistake that this thread was set up to bemoan!

Actually the thread was set up to settle a debate. And anyway, I type faster than I think. If it bothers you then the internet probably isn't for you

Lothaar

You're right about the thread, but I just wanted to say 'pacificly' cos it's a pet-hate of mine.

Fair enough if it was just a typo - it's just that 'self-deprivating' is a fairly common error.

It does bother me... but I like porn. Can I still look at porn on the Internet?

humanji

Lets all look at porn on the internet