RIP: The word "to"

guylikeme

I'm going Astro...
Are you going cinema?
I'm bringing the cat vet.


And so forth...

Should we resign the word "to" to the scrap heap? What is with the current generation!

Reminds me of this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhQnyhzC6Q

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Are you friends with people who can't speak?

salmocab

people don't speak like that, you need to move in different circles.

Olishi4

Relax Op, have a cup of tea or something! Nothing to worrying about. Now go put kettle on

SlipperyPeople

Only if you live on coronation street.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I have never heard anybody speak like that.

mohawk

i have relatives in London in speak like that, but no one in I know in Iteland speaks like that.

andekwarhola

guylikeme wrote: »

What is with the current generation

They're younger than you.

Pete Moss

You mean, "To" is dead, I think I'm going cry.

freshpopcorn

I've never heard anybody speak like this!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mohawk wrote: »

i have relatives in London in speak like that, but no one in I know in Iteland speaks like that.

And in where in do they speak in with the in extra ins? Perhaps in Iteland.

Capt'n Midnight

Pete Moss wrote: »

You mean, "To" is dead, I think I'm going cry.

H is dead.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/attachments/maple-leaf-98/85214d1252944934-sad-news-h-steps-dead-h-steps.jpg

endacl

Spkn txtspk. Snds nrly s stpd s txtspk rds.

RobertKK

To be or not to be that is the question.

endacl

RobertKK wrote: »

To be or not to be that is the question statement.

Needs more '?'.

Dr Crayfish

hungoverbunny wrote: »

Only if you live on coronation street.

They say

I'm goingt shop
Goingt rovers
Goingt visit Jim McDonald int Nick

They leave half of the to at the end of the previous word

JupiterKid

I hate the way the American news media seem to skip the word "on" when it comes to events. Like "a terrorist attack happened in Paris Monday." Like, WTF? Use proper English grammar please!

Stigura

JupiterKid wrote: »

I hate the way the American news media seem to skip the word "on" when it comes to events. Like "a terrorist attack happened in Paris Monday." Like, WTF? Use proper English grammar please!

Septic's though, aren't they?

Harry Palmr

I've noticed this, Marian Finucane (part time DJ on the RTE radio) is a fiend for dropping her to's.

Birneybau

I've noticed this to.

There's your missing fcking to.

Birneybau

I've noticed this to.

Cee-Jay-Cee

guylikeme wrote: »

I'm going Astro...
Are you going cinema?
I'm bringing the cat vet.


And so forth...

Should we resign the word "to" to the scrap heap? What is with the current generation!

Reminds me of this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhQnyhzC6Q

You should start hanging around with educated people. Nobody I know speaks like that.

Wigglepuppy

I've heard "Are you going town?" but that's it. I also notice the dropping of "would" or "will" - e.g. "He be delighted" or "I love to go" (instead of "I'd love to go").

James Bond Junior

What annoys me is "prolly." It is probably. Prob-a-****ing-bly. Cretins.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

shedweller

Uptalk.
Give. Me. Strength.

5starpool

The only place I've heard this is in relation to football. Scousers generally saying "going the game", but I've never heard of it aside from this case.

Capt'n Midnight

Can you imagine a scenario where we talk about Desmond Tutu's two totos too ?

Jimbob1977

Doubleplus good!

The Newspeak Ninth Edition will be even shorter now

r93kaey5p2izun

Yes, this is very common around me unfortunately.

RobertKK

endacl wrote: »

Needs more '?'.

?

:P

Your Face

guylikeme wrote: »

I'm going Astro...
Are you going cinema?
I'm bringing the cat vet.


And so forth...

Should we resign the word "to" to the scrap heap? What is with the current generation!

You forgot the word 'the'.
I think I should form the grammar Allies, taking down grammar Nazis one by one.

Atoms for Peace

"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words"
-George Orwell

Capt'n Midnight

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Doubleplus good!

The Newspeak Ninth Edition will be even shorter now

minus minus Newspeak ten minus one

wakka12

I hear a lot of people talk like that.
It depends on the situation though, id hear people say something like 'you goin diceys tonight?' but never something like I'm taking cat vet that just sounds odd.

...mother****er.

misstearheus

The word to is going through a difficult traumatic time at the moment alright.

But nobody says, I'm bringing the cat vet. We're not that bad just yet!


RIP the word to. You had a long n' happy life. You will be sadly missed by your loving friends and family and all those close to you. You were always loved by everyone around you near and far. Rest in peace. Amen.

Steve

I thought this was just a UK thing.. innit?


As in "Hello, how are you today innit?"

What?

r93kaey5p2izun

Cats are a near universally hated species round these parts so nobody would bring them to a vet but the phrase "I'm bringing the dog the vet" is one I have heard. Similarly, "I'm bringing Charmaine the doctor" or "I'm bringing your nanny the shops" are often heard.

p15574

"Going toilet".

Hear that a fair bit. From (young) adults.

maudgonner

JupiterKid wrote: »

I hate the way the American news media seem to skip the word "on" when it comes to events. Like "a terrorist attack happened in Paris Monday." Like, WTF? Use proper English grammar please!

The American one that drives me around the bend is when they leave 'and' out of numbers. 'One hundred thirty'. No! One hundred and thirty.

Alun

When I first saw this thread I thought it referred to the annoying habit some people seem to have developed recently of omitting the word "to" in phrases like "I'm not allowed to do that."

gutenberg

Hear this a lot from the British teenagers/young people I encounter at the university where I teach. If you're chatting to them about hobbies or some such, they'll say things like 'I like to go gym' or 'I like to go cinema at the weekends'. Drives me nuts! Some of them even write like that as well.

Gamer Bhoy 89

Somebody chewed through end of it

Widdershins

It sounds like baby talk.
I find it just as annoying when people say ''of'' instead of ''have''. E.G: I should of done something. When speaking, it should've sounds much like should of. Maybe this is the problem.

GritBiscuit

I'm originally from the UK and I've only heard people speak like that if it's a regional accent like Yorkshire's...

LDN_Irish

2016 strikes again. When will it end??? Maybe January.

siblers

Norther English people drive me mad when they don't use "the"

"are you going up to park"
"where is red sauce"

Harry Palmr

siblers wrote: »

Norther English people drive me mad when they don't use "the"

"are you going up to park"
"where is red sauce"

Get it right "are you going up t' park"

Winterlong

'To' is with the angels now.
xxx

riclad

People still use the word to.
if you are saying everyone should now speak like a dumb teenager i say No to that proposal.
no more than we should all go the park and drink cider ,
or smoke hash behind the school bike shed.
Teens grow up ,mature and learn to speak in an adult manner .
I think theres a uk northern slang where the letter o does not exist,
ie lets go t,pub pronounced teh pub.
Not everyone has to speak like a dumb chav .
or a northerner .

Speedwell

maudgonner wrote: »

The American one that drives me around the bend is when they leave 'and' out of numbers. 'One hundred thirty'. No! One hundred and thirty.

It's not an oversight, illiterate, or dialect. We were specifically taught to leave out the "and", on the specious grounds that you don't write the number "1and30" or say the number 256 as "two hundred AND fifty AND six". 1,539,403 is properly spoken (in America) as "one million, five hundred thirty-nine thousand, four hundred three".