Young people ordering food in restaurants

[AlwaysAway2]

Can I get?

FFS. This is maybe appropriate to ask at a buffet.

Who taught them English?

[Der Kaiser]

Imagine being so bothered by such an innocuous thing.

[AlwaysAway2]

Imagine being so bothered by such an innocuous thing.

Imagine not!

[Der Kaiser]

Imagine not!

Almost as if you've got too much time in your day...

[DJ Lee]

Personally don't see anything wrong this this....
'Can I get' a show of hands for anyone else who agrees? :)

[Joe Gillis]

I'll have

[NYCBlue]

I'll have

Is a bit presumptuous. How about "may I have"?

[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.

[Bluebina]

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.

[Chris Pontprennau Blues]

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.

[jon1959]

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.

Top post.

[Malckent]

Also what is all this business with starting a sentence with the word So.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Also what is all this business with starting a sentence with the word So.

Is 'So' any worse than 'Well'?

[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.

[Bluebina]

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

[NYCBlue]

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.

[Malckent]

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.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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.

[life on mars]

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.

[Croesy Blue]

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.

[Harry Monk]

People have been saying this for millenia, buck the trend and don't become a miserable old **** by believing it.

English hasn't been around for Millenia.

[Rjk]

English hasn't been around for Millenia.

People were saying this before there was English. In terms of the meaning, not the exact words.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

English language is dead , in our dumbed down reality TV social media driven world , along with morals and responsibility.

Says the man who compiles sentences with endless commas and disjointed clauses

[splott parker]

What about the aghast, absolutely shocked, this has never happened before in the history of mankind....... the long drawn out... ‘Oh (pause) My (pause) God ‘. Oh, and it’s the God given right of anyone over, say, 50 to complain about new sayings and the like

[xsnaggle]

"Back in the day......" It should only be allowed after dark.
Marquee signing. A marquee is a big fugging tent
"Complete the form and give it back to myself" grrrrrrrrrr.

I feel better now I've had a moan