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Young people ordering food in restaurants
Can I get?
FFS. This is maybe appropriate to ask at a buffet.
Who taught them English?
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
Imagine being so bothered by such an innocuous thing.
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
Personally don't see anything wrong this this....
'Can I get' a show of hands for anyone else who agrees? :)
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Absolutely hate the can I get statement, I think it must have come across the pond. I am waiting for someone to reply to a statement like can I get a pint of lager and a glass to wine with no I'll get it for you because you don't work here.
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
Also what is all this business with starting a sentence with the word So.
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Language evolves and changes, no point getting in a state about it.
This board has become like the daily mail comments section of moaning old men.
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
Malckent
Absolutely hate the can I get statement, I think it must have come across the pond. I am waiting for someone to reply to a statement like can I get a pint of lager and a glass to wine with no I'll get it for you because you don't work here.
:hehe:
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
rudy gestede
Language evolves and changes, no point getting in a state about it.
This board has become like the daily mail comments section of moaning old men.
Last bit is so true :thumbup:
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
Malckent
Also what is all this business with starting a sentence with the word So.
Is 'So' any worse than 'Well'?
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
Taunton Blue Genie
Is 'So' any worse than 'Well'?
miss em both out and get on with the sentence. So I am a moaning old git. Well now we all know.
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Originally Posted by
Malckent
miss em both out and get on with the sentence. So I am a moaning old git. Well now we all know.
But it's all the fillers that make language more interesting and nuanced. When you learn other languages you can measure your progress by adding such things rather than just getting by on the bare bones.
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Originally Posted by
Joe Gillis
I'll have
Is a bit presumptuous. How about "may I have"?
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
rudy gestede
Language evolves and changes, no point getting in a state about it.
This board has become like the daily mail comments section of moaning old men.
This.
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
Can I get?
FFS. This is maybe appropriate to ask at a buffet.
Who taught them English?
English language is dead , in our dumbed down reality TV social media driven world , along with morals and responsibility.
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
life on mars
English language is dead , in our dumbed down reality TV social media driven world , along with morals and responsibility.
People have been saying this for millenia, buck the trend and don't become a miserable old **** by believing it.
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In 1000 years they think there won't be a single word used today that retains its same meaning. Embrace the change
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
In 1000 years they think there won't be a single word used today that retains its same meaning. Embrace the change
Exactly, get rid of the needless cynicism and life becomes a lot better.
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
rudy gestede
Language evolves and changes, no point getting in a state about it.
This board has become like the daily mail comments section of moaning old men.
This board is desperate for the return of league football
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
Der Kaiser
Imagine being so bothered by such an innocuous thing.
Imagine not!
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
City123
This board is desperate for the return of league football
I'm not sure football can cure the state of boredom some on here clearly suffer from.
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
Imagine not!
Almost as if you've got too much time in your day...
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
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Originally Posted by
Taunton Blue Genie
But it's all the fillers that make language more interesting and nuanced. When you learn other languages you can measure your progress by adding such things rather than just getting by on the bare bones.
You should have underlined the well also.
Ha ha.
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Der Kaiser
I'm not sure football can cure the state of boredom some on here clearly suffer from.
It’s misery as well as boredom. The amount of pointless complaining on here is through the roof.
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Re: Young people ordering food in restaurants
I'd be more annoyed that they didn't say 'please'