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Post by loyalgull on Jul 16, 2012 10:21:17 GMT
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Post by JamesB on Jul 16, 2012 14:07:50 GMT
Curious that they neglect to mention that the Grand Hotel in Torquay also got a 0
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Post by loyalgull on Jul 16, 2012 15:39:50 GMT
Curious that they neglect to mention that the Grand Hotel in Torquay also got a 0 doesnt surprise me,but now also curious,the jewel in torquays crown also a cesspit for eating,advertising that would kill off the business trade for sure |
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Post by Budleigh on Jul 31, 2012 8:56:47 GMT
This type of quote, with missing 'the', is getting more and more prevelant. Surely it should read 'cooked in the kitchen'?
Is it laziness or cockiness?
We hear it more and more, leaving out words that are considered unimportant but are anything but.
Even during the Olympics competitors are talking about aiming 'for podium'. What the f*** is that all about!?
It drives me crackers... As for those, especially in the BBC, who insist that everything is 'through', that's even worse. It was non-stop during the Open coverage, "and so Clarke is four-under through seven holes". No he's not, he is four-under having played seven holes, or even after seven holes. He isn't through it at all.
And what about the ludicrous suggestion that a player is 'playing seventeen'. No, he's playing the seventeenth hole, or maybe he's playing the seventeenth.
Speak English, not American! They are lazy in their speaking, we are not. Why do we insist on lowering our standards to match theirs?
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Post by lambethgull on Jul 31, 2012 18:06:03 GMT
Trust me, this is not even half if it! Worked in some pretty grotty establishments in my time. Worst place (not in Devon) was as a dishwasher in a place at Christmas. Was instructed to scoop the meat, veg and roast spuds from the finished dinners and place them in their respective tubs for them to be served up again! Tried to subvert the process by placing Christmas cracker toys inside the spuds, but the lack of complaints suggests the diners considered this a modern-day equivalent of finding the thrupenny bit in the Christmas pudding  |
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Post by JamesB on Aug 1, 2012 10:12:37 GMT
Surely what they're actually saying is "cooked in t'kitchen" and "aiming for t'podium". By 'eck
As a Welshman, I don't have to worry about this as we just use too many words
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Post by Ditmar van Nostrilboy on Aug 1, 2012 19:13:24 GMT
I have on occasion been known to grab a bacon buttie from the Raliway Caff. Very nice they are too and nice to know its prepared in a "green" kitchen  |
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