Blackpool Jags Posted May 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Anybody think this thread is starting to flounder? Can anything be done to shore it up? If the thread is "starting to flounder" (def. "to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements"), it does not follow, ipso facto, that "to shore it up" will necessarily achieve greater pedantic stability for said thread..... Feck me, ma heid's buzzled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 If the thread is "starting to flounder" (def. "to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements"), it does not follow, ipso facto, that "to shore it up" will necessarily achieve greater pedantic stability for said thread..... Feck me, ma heid's buzzled. Correct! But I guess you saw what I was angling at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Correct! But I guess you saw what I was angling at. Put your rod away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted May 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Correct! But I guess you saw what I was angling at. I did but, tbh, I've got bigger fish to fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Correct! But I guess you saw what I was angling at. Put your rod away. I did but, tbh, I've got bigger fish to fry. Not puns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Not puns. Who said they were? Puns are not the sole method available to sink a thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Who said they were? Puns are not the sole method available to sink a thread. Yes I'd hake to think that was the case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Here's one: "There were less people than expected." Grr. Should be: "There were fewer people than expected." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Here's one: "There were less people than expected." Grr. Should be: "There were fewer people than expected." I think there were more people than expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Charlie Stayt. Continually uses 'stood' and 'sat' when it should be 'standing' and 'sitting' e.g. 'If you're sat there...". Nobody effing sat me anywhere. He also says 'less' when it should be 'fewer'. I can no longer watch Breakfast due to him and Carol Kirkwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted August 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Charlie Stayt. Continually uses 'stood' and 'sat' when it should be 'standing' and 'sitting' e.g. 'If you're sat there...". Nobody effing sat me anywhere. He also says 'less' when it should be 'fewer'. I can no longer watch Breakfast due to him and Carol Kirkwood. You're perfectly correct in pointing out these grammatical horrors, CE. In the days before I departed Maryhill for Lancashire, nobody in Scotland (IIRC) used 'stood' and 'sat' in that context, but I notice they've crept into the Scottish lexus over the past few years. One or two comedy actors from the North of England - notably Jimmy Jewel and Hylda Baker - went out their way to parody their use: "I were stood standing", or "sat sitting there". Yeuch! Oh, and yes - less cheese; fewer packets of cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Charlie Stayt. Continually uses 'stood' and 'sat' when it should be 'standing' and 'sitting' e.g. 'If you're sat there...". Nobody effing sat me anywhere. He also says 'less' when it should be 'fewer'. I can no longer watch Breakfast due to him and Carol Kirkwood. Susanna Reid is the only reason you need to watch BBC Breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Susanna Reid is the only reason you need to watch BBC Breakfast. Catriona Shearer also provides a couple of reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Only last week, my 6 year old daughter was complaining about her little brother going into her bedroom. "I don't like him being here!", she exclaimed. Obviously, I advised her that you should always use a possessive adjective instead of a pronoun with a gerund and that she should have said "I don't like his being here.". I don't know what they teach them at school nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Catriona Shearer also provides a couple of reasons. she's gone downhill and let herself go a bit since she got a ring on her finger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Leitch Loyal Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Did you know that there is no proper-noun for the back of the knee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 I'm not sure whether this counts as pedantry, but can someone please explain how the BBC can spell our players' names correctly in the squad list, yet are unable to do so when identifying our top three goal scorers this season? BBC Partick Thistle page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Right, first off well done sellick on beating Barca blah blah blah. Now somebody explain to me how this "you know it's an unbelievable result, especially as the club celebrated its 125th anniversary 'yesterday' (7/11/2012)" actually works. Last time I checked, they had 1888 all over the place as their inaugural year; and I can kinda understand how exciting it'll be to talk about being 125 years old, but HTF can you be 124 years old and celebrate your 125th anniversary? My tardis is in for a service atm, but what is theirs up to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) Right, first off well done sellick on beating Barca blah blah blah. Now somebody explain to me how this "you know it's an unbelievable result, especially as the club celebrated its 125th anniversary 'yesterday' (7/11/2012)" actually works. Last time I checked, they had 1888 all over the place as their inaugural year; and I can kinda understand how exciting it'll be to talk about being 125 years old, but HTF can you be 124 years old and celebrate your 125th anniversary? My tardis is in for a service atm, but what is theirs up to? Good question. Is it something to do with them beginning their 125th year maybe...? Edited November 9, 2012 by crazy davie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Good question. Is it something to do with them beginning their 125th year maybe...? Quite possibly; only they will know if that's their 'rationale' for popping the champagne corks a year early. If so, it's a bit like this shyte I hear quite a lot down here: "How old are you, mate?" ... "54........................................................next birthday!" When said birthday is 10 months away! Wee Lennon, Bonner in the studio and an array of (understandably) jubilant Tims were getting all post-coital at the fact their greatest result in 45 years occurred the day after the 125th anniversary. Eejits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Quite possibly; only they will know if that's their 'rationale' for popping the champagne corks a year early. If so, it's a bit like this shyte I hear quite a lot down here: "How old are you, mate?" ... "54........................................................next birthday!" When said birthday is 10 months away! Wee Lennon, Bonner in the studio and an array of (understandably) jubilant Tims were getting all post-coital at the fact their greatest result in 45 years occurred the day after the 125th anniversary. Eejits. Tim pal of mine says it's the 125th Anniversary of the meeting which formally founded the club. 1888 seemingly is when they played their first mactch. I'm still not quite sure though how their centenary was 1988 and their 125th is 24 years after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Tim pal of mine says it's the 125th Anniversary of the meeting which formally founded the club. 1888 seemingly is when they played their first mactch. I'm still not quite sure though how their centenary was 1988 and their 125th is 24 years after that. That's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Almost as daft as celebrating a diamond jubilee 59 years after your coronation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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