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People 'doing' things

  • 23-10-2020 8:54pm
    #1
    t1mm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭


    What's the story with people 'doing' things these days? Seems Americans use these terms a lot, but I see it creeping in here too. Relating to travel:

    'Last year we did Vietnam. We're thinking of doing Thailand next year'.

    And even worse, relating to food:

    'Yeah I think I'll do the spaghetti', or 'Yeah I think I could do the cheeseburger'.

    What?!


Comments

  • #2
    JasonStatham
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭JasonStatham


    Doing gee


  • #3
    stratowide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭stratowide


    Apparently Debbie did Dallas once upon a time.


  • #4
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,282 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Last year I did the sister in law



    The wife wasn't impressive


  • #5
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,818 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Yes I was in the USA around this time 3 years ago and people were saying "I'll do the wings" or "I'll do the open tuna fish sandwich" and I was aghast at this manner of speaking


  • #6
    t1mm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭t1mm


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Yes I was in the USA around this time 3 years ago and people were saying "I'll do the wings" or "I'll do the open tuna fish sandwich" and I was aghast at this manner of speaking

    Glad I'm not alone. Saw someone in the Coronavirus forum saying they're not sure if 'doing' Valencia (spain) is worth the risk. Wonder what the citizens of Valencia think


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  • #7
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,407 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    Last year I did the sister in law



    The wife wasn't impressive

    How was her sister?


  • #8
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    I’m doing fu*k all.


  • #9
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,850 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    I'm doing lunch tomorrow. I think I'll have the spaghetti cheesburger.


  • #10
    D3V!L
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,963 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    I'm doing coke


  • #11
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    It's the lingo of the smug yet jaded yuppie class.


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  • #12
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    stratowide wrote: »
    Apparently Debbie did Dallas once upon a time.

    And New Orleans


  • #13
    Darc19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭Darc19


    I'm digging this doing stuff.


  • #14
    Stephen Donnelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭Stephen Donnelly


    Doing coke and hookers.


  • #15
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    stratowide wrote: »
    Apparently Debbie did Dallas once upon a time.

    That was the first porn video I seen


  • #16
    stargazer 68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,163 ✭✭✭stargazer 68


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    Last year I did the sister in law



    The wife wasn't impressive

    Which was why you did the sister in law!!!


  • #17
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    I'm doing a big sh!te in a minute, its nearly doing a turtles head as I post


  • #18
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Kylta wrote: »
    I'm doing a big sh!te in a minute, its nearly doing a turtles head as I post

    Are you leaving it bake for a while?


  • #19
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    t1mm wrote: »
    What's the story with people 'doing' things these days? Seems Americans use these terms a lot, but I see it creeping in here too. Relating to travel:

    'Last year we did Vietnam. We're thinking of doing Thailand next year'.

    And even worse, relating to food:

    'Yeah I think I'll do the spaghetti', or 'Yeah I think I could do the cheeseburger'.

    What?!

    Ask your Ma. Every man on the street has been doing her


  • #20
    thomil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,637 ✭✭✭thomil


    Edgware wrote: »
    Ask your Ma. Every man on the street has been doing her

    Thou hast undone our mother!

    Villain, I have done thy mother!

    - William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



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