Probably the same people who use the term "Can I get" in shops!
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Probably the same people who use the term "Can I get" in shops!
Invented by students and visitors like ‘Chippy Lane’.
never heard of it as a reference
The other thing I hate is when people, usually youngsters are relating a conversation, and every thing said by each individual is prefaced with, "She turned round and said...." "and I turned round and said..." " Then she turned round and said...."
I can't concentrate on what I'm being told as I have this vision of people revovling in the middle of the pavement or the pub or where ever
Funny, I've always associated that with people older than me, because the only time I ever heard it used when I was a child was by grown ups.
As for people using the diff fifty years and more ago, I never heard it in Grangetown, Fairwater or Pentrebane, the areas I lived in during my sixty years plus living in the city - I only became aware of it in the last decade.
I agree about older people when I was young, but I've heard conversations between teens going into town on the bus and every single thing that is related from a conversation is begun with that phrase.
with you on the diff thing. Llandaff North Gabalfa and going to school with kids from all over the city, drinking in town in my teens I never heard 'The diff' .
One of the many nuances creeping in to everyday use which I cannot stand.
I'll give you a few more examples:
"So, I was getting on the train..."
"OK, something's not right..."
"Sorry, but I disagree with you..."
This is one thing that can't be blamed on the Millennials either. I listen to the radio a lot, mainly BBC Radio 5 and there are grown men talking that way, mainly that Nihal Arthanayake who's surely in his 40s.