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joeybarton=hero

i hav a question that my mates havnt been able to give me a satisfyin answer too! Right before i get it ripped out of me i may aswell im not the sharpest knife in the drawer!!

Question: Why do people say " im in the car" but on the other hand say "im on the bus" never "im on the car" or "im in the bus"

answers appreciated just to see if there any better than my mates ones please!!

Doctor DooM

Nothing to do with Nocturnalism, AHing it up, apologies to mods if incorrect.

joeybarton=hero

apologies. sorry still gettin used to this. only new

Doctor DooM

Don't worry about it, a good idea is to read a forums charter before posting.

oeb

I say 'in the bus'

joeybarton=hero

this is generally dublin people that speak this way but answers appreciated anyway

Black Swan

joeybarton=hero wrote: »

Question: Why do people say "im on the bus"

Bus fetish?

Senna

i never say 'i'm on the bus', because public transport is for poor people.

Jesus Wept

beep beep vroooooooooooom

Kold

What kind of person regards Joey Barton as a hero? You got a swastika tattoo OP?

Fizman

Kold wrote: »

What kind of person regards Joey Barton as a hero? You got a swastika tattoo OP?

I'm sure the OP means that Joey Barton = He Emulates Roy Orbison.

On topic, I use 'on the bus'.

It may be said in that way because people tend to hop 'on' and 'off' a bus. Whereas in a car, this is less likely to be the case. Although I wouldn't say i'm on the taxi.

Red Sleeping Beauty

joeybarton=hero wrote: »

i hav a question that my mates havnt been able to give me a satisfyin answer too! Right before i get it ripped out of me i may aswell im not the sharpest knife in the drawer!!

Question: Why do people say " im in the car" but on the other hand say "im on the bus" never "im on the car" or "im in the bus"

answers appreciated just to see if there any better than my mates ones please!!

It's because bus and car are different types of pronouns. You own your car and you don't own the bus.
You say you're "on the internet/boards.ie" not "in" it.

Redpunto

How bout owning a yacht, im on the yacht, im in the yacht,

right both sound not right.

Mark200

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

It's because bus and car are different types of pronouns. You own your car and you don't own the bus.
You say you're "on the internet/boards.ie" not "in" it.

Well what if the car isn't yours? You could be in someone else's car...I still wouldn't say "I'm on my friends car" unless I actually meant ON it.

I duno why it is. I'd say "on the bus" or "on the train" or "on the plane", but "in the car".

Maybe because a car is a smaller, confined space. So it actually feels like you're inside something. Whereas a bus/plane/train etc you can move around and stuff. I duno

Red Sleeping Beauty

You can't stand up in a car, that's gotta be something to do with it.
I've a feeling the answer has to do with grammar though. Shame I failed education

Gordon

Interesting question; over here posting a below par thread in Afterhours on boards.ie under strict mod rule out of the computerless public's eye.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Gordon wrote: »

over here posting a below par thread in Afterhours on boards.ie under strict mod rule out of the computerless public's eye.

Sorry but what are you trying to say in that sentence ?

Gordon

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Sorry but what are you trying to say in that sentence ?

On the topic of containment, without being anal about it, me as an insider to all this, you being outside the scope of understanding of my meaning, my 'say' is a statement of interest in the question.

Mark200

Actually the "in" and "on" and "at" uses are what foreigners seem to struggle at most. I know a Polish girl who's been here for over two years and she has practically perfect English, but she still makes mistakes with those three words. Like she'd say "I'm on a party" or something like that. Or "in the bus" etc

Kiera

OP should be banned for having a scumbag like Joey Barton in his name!

And.... what Gordon said!

towel401

because in the good old days you could actually sit on top of a train if there were no seats left

Red Sleeping Beauty

Gordon wrote: »

On the topic of containment, without being anal about it, me as an insider to all this, you being outside the scope of understanding of my meaning, my 'say' is a statement of interest in the question.

Are you trying to say it's a crap thread that wouldn't have been allowed had it been posted during the day when most mods are awake ?

Biggins

Personally, I think its because if your in a car you will be in a sitting position and nothing else normally.
If your in a bus, there's also a good chance you will be standing, so some say "I'm on the bus (but not sitting)" that and/or you have to step onto the bus to use it.
Having stepped onto it at its entrance, you are therefore on it (and the phrase subsequently stuck into our every day use)

Berty

joeybarton=hero wrote: »

Question: Why do people say " im in the car" but on the other hand say "im on the bus" never "im on the car" or "im in the bus"

Surely its because nobody has ever cared less.

Biggins

Biggins wrote: »

you have to step onto the bus

We have a wiener.


You step from the pavement to the floor of the plane/train/bus etc. without changing to a seated position. Therefore you are just moving from one platform to another, and more often than not will be walking on the ground of the bus/train, etc. meaning you have stepped onto it, as opposed to having to change your body's position and closing the door after yourself (otherwise securing you INto the car/van/etc.).

samhail

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

You can't stand up in a car, that's gotta be something to do with it.
I've a feeling the answer has to do with grammar though. Shame I failed education

yeah i agree... you step onto all those, on to a boat, onto a bus. you dont step onto/into a car ? you sit into ?
*shrugs*

c - 13

Deleted User wrote: »

We have a wiener.


You step from the pavement to the floor of the plane/train/bus etc. without changing to a seated position. Therefore you are just moving from one platform to another, and more often than not will be walking on the ground of the bus/train, etc. meaning you have stepped onto it, as opposed to having to change your body's position and closing the door after yourself (otherwise securing you INto the car/van/etc.).

Good point, though there are a few exceptions - On a bike/motorbike for example. Although that actually makes sense because you are literally sitting on it.

Mark200

Deleted User wrote: »

We have a wiener

Yep

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

joeybarton=hero wrote: »

i hav a question that my mates havnt been able to give me a satisfyin answer too! Right before i get it ripped out of me i may aswell im not the sharpest knife in the drawer!!

Question: Why do people say " im in the car" but on the other hand say "im on the bus" never "im on the car" or "im in the bus"

answers appreciated just to see if there any better than my mates ones please!!

Because they've spotted a male aquaintance that they know and are pointing him out, but have a heavy natural accent

joeybarton=hero wrote: »

this is generally dublin people that speak this way but answers appreciated anyway

This is because they don't have busses down the country.

quirke_folder wrote: »

Surely its because nobody has ever cared less.

No! This is important! Devil worshipper! (Postcount? 666? Back, ye spwan of Satan!)
That or a bus driver.

stovelid

The person who wrote the wheels on the bus go round and round made the mistake, and it just snowballed from there.

Red Sleeping Beauty

c - 13 wrote: »

Good point, though there are a few exceptions - On a bike/motorbike for example. Although that actually makes sense because you are literally sitting on it.

But you still get onto a bike

briandy

Are you trying to say it's a crap thread that wouldn't have been allowed had it been posted during the day when most mods are awake ?

FlutterinBantam

joeybarton=hero wrote: »

this is generally dublin people that speak this way but answers appreciated anyway

Please don't say "dublin people that speak this way "

It's things that
It's people who

Good man.

Mimikyu

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Red Sleeping Beauty

briandy wrote: »

Are you trying to say it's a crap thread that wouldn't have been allowed had it been posted during the day when most mods are awake ?

I've had this dejá vú before

Biggins

Gordon wrote: »

Interesting question; over here posting a below par thread in Afterhours on boards.ie under strict mod rule out of the computerless public's eye.

Whats below par? This is the After Hours thread not the rocket science section!

Personally, I'm glad to see the likes of this question being raised if only to better one's grammar.
God knows there are some posters on the boards that could do with taking note of the proper use of grammar, read this thread and actually learn something!

Gordon

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Are you trying to say it's a crap thread that wouldn't have been allowed had it been posted during the day when most mods are awake ?

Nope.

Dudess

Kold wrote: »

What kind of person regards Joey Barton as a hero?

An attention seeker I would think...

m@cc@

joeybarton=hero wrote: »

i hav a question that my mates havnt been able to give me a satisfyin answer too!

That just sounds kinky.

stovelid

Kold wrote: »

What kind of person regards Joey Barton as a hero?

A dyslexic Warren Barton fan?