Does you speak proper England like?

[hogen-deifar]

Originally Posted by purple vonny

Heard today in Chavsville - woman on mobile phone......

"I never said nuffink. and 'e never said nuffink neiver"



Do you know what I mean????? you know? innit?

And of course, how they hold their knife!!!!

[Gram43]

Oh god, I daren't tell her that quite a lot of people also find what some of us say irritating, she'll be in her element!!

However, I find people on the telly who over gesticulate with their hands (its not a pervy thing) whilst they are talking very annoying. In fact I went on a sales course many years ago and the instructor asked each one of us to give a presentation of 3 minutes, using speech only and without using our hands. Its quite difficult. Even more so if you have a pointer or pen in your hand, you tend to fiddle with it.

We is not all perfik!!

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by purple vonny

and "at the end of the day"

and "to be honest"

I work with someone who starts quite a lot of sentences with 'In a sense...' and ends with 'as it were'. I've really started to become aware of these things.

[Finless]

Originally Posted by Gram43

Oh god, I daren't tell her that quite a lot of people also find what some of us say irritating, she'll be in her element!!

However, I find people on the telly who over gesticulate with their hands (its not a pervy thing) whilst they are talking very annoying. In fact I went on a sales course many years ago and the instructor asked each one of us to give a presentation of 3 minutes, using speech only and without using our hands. Its quite difficult. Even more so if you have a pointer or pen in your hand, you tend to fiddle with it.

We is not all perfik!!

Well, I hope you did not try to resolve the problem by putting your hands in your pockets.

[Gram43]

I also worked for a company once and had my office in their industrial unit in the North East and the people who worked there were nearly all related somewhere down the line (very incestuous)!! However, they were lovely people but the general manager who I got on with best, used to get quite excited when he spoke to you and as a result quite often said "no, no, its what ye call it!" even when what you call it had nothing to do with the conversation!!

He did make me laugh, bless him.

[Gram43]

Originally Posted by Finless

Well, I hope you did not try to resolve the problem by putting your hands in your pockets.

Ah ha, you've been there - fiddle, fiddle!!

[hogen-deifar]

Listen to how people say the word "properly". Note that the majority say "prop-ley". The other is secretary. A lot say secc-er-tary!!!!!

[Finless]

A friend always starts any sentence that is questioning or disagreeing with "with all due respect ....."

I think a lot of these type of sayings are the verbal equivalents of forum smilies?

[SilvaFish]

And the sad thing is that one day, if we follow in the steps of our litiguous (sp?) cousins across the pond, we'll start each sentence with 'no offence, but...' or similar.

On a lighter note, my mum (seeing as she doesn't speak English very well), fills in the gaps with 'yeah'.

I tend to end my sentences in 'man' if I am annoyed with the person that I am talking to. Innit?

[Kirstie]

Originally Posted by Finless

I think a lot of these type of sayings are the verbal equivalents of forum smilies?

The're called 'fillers' and 'hedgers'