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Forum » Topic: Have you seen this? http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Mon, 20 May 2013 17:50:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php John Ffitch-Rucker on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114833 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:17:00 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 114833@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ "Didn't Queen Victoria say "We are not anused" or was that just a nisprint?" That must have been when she was losing her hearing. John Brown reported that she was furious the day he said "I'm going to see your aunt tonight." beau-jolly on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114832 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:15:01 +0000 beau-jolly 114832@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I often use the verb "arsed" more specifically "Can't be arsed", does that count? Son of Barnabas on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114814 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:26:59 +0000 Son of Barnabas 114814@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Didn't Queen Victoria say "We are not anused" or was that just a nisprint? Son of Barnabas on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114813 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:24:51 +0000 Son of Barnabas 114813@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Hold on while I keyboard this idea and mouse it to you all seymour totti on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114810 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:20:08 +0000 seymour totti 114810@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Footballers who have "inked a new contract" or "penned a new deal". Ink and pen are items, not actions! Al OPecia on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114809 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:19:36 +0000 Al OPecia 114809@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I dunno I've seen loads of good ideas anused by senior managers. Scroat on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114808 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:14:07 +0000 Scroat 114808@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Yes - pretty much any noun can be verbed. Table. Chair. Grass. Box. Pencil. Pen. Picture. Eye. Arm. Leg. Head. But not anus, of course. Son of Barnabas on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114805 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:57:08 +0000 Son of Barnabas 114805@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ ...and another thing that literally gets up my nose: people who have learnt that you shouldn't say "You and me did X Y & Z" and so then proceed to say things like "he gave it to you and I" John Ffitch-Rucker on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114789 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:55:59 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 114789@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Seymour, a man I know begins every sentence with "I must admit..." Not particularly unusual, but after 15 minutes in a meeting with him, I feel like accusing him of various nefarious deeds just to hear him say "I must admit..." 'Are you Lord Lucan?' 'I must admit...' At which point armed cops burst out of a cupboard and arrest him; as he's dragged away, he screams "I'm not admitting anything!" Al OPecia on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114780 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:50:32 +0000 Al OPecia 114780@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I did once suggest to a Ph.D. student that his use of several nouns required de-verbing. Got a blank look in response. Golgo13 on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114774 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:38:10 +0000 Golgo13 114774@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ The boy is Calvin, and the tiger is Hobbes. And never try to improve on Calvin and Hobbes. It is perfect as it is. Hobbes wouldn't say that. Calvin might. But not Hobbes. Viddy this one. <img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/zlt94o.gif"> Son of Barnabas on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114770 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:27:59 +0000 Son of Barnabas 114770@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Brilliant cartoon - says it all really. Or actully, on second thoughts, the final punchline might have been done differently. Instead of "Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding", Calvin (or is it Hobbs? I never know) could have said: "Maybe the eventuated outcome will be the impedimentationalising of the understand-mode of the languaging functionality to a totally complete degree." Mandy Lifeboat on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114710 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:57:06 +0000 Mandy Lifeboat 114710@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ 'Osborneing' would presumably mean 'to paper over large cracks' Golgo13 on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799&page=2#post-114657 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:09:14 +0000 Golgo13 114657@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Calvin and Hobbes...comic strip from the 80s and 90s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes</a> Bugger, I've slipped to the next page...anyway, C&H was great. Books of the strips are still available. Worth buying. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Calvin-Hobbes-Series/dp/0751516554/ref=pd_rhf_se_shvl12" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Calvin-Hobbes-Series/dp/0751516554/ref=pd_rhf_se_shvl12</a> Vertically Challenged Giant on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114651 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:16:04 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 114651@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Brilliant Golgo, where's that from? Golgo13 on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114648 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:11:05 +0000 Golgo13 114648@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Verbing weirds language. <img src="http://madshakespeare.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/calvin-and-hobbes.jpg"> Sinnick on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114642 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:56:21 +0000 Sinnick 114642@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ VCG, I'll foreground this to the top of the Chat Room Hmm, "Osborne" as a verb ... "I'll Osborne these pensioners" Vertically Challenged Giant on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114637 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:46:49 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 114637@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I am yet to hear foreground used as a verb but I'm sure it won't be long before I do. Reminds me of a nice little statement I heard somewhere - "Any word can be verbed". butagirl on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114631 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:38:02 +0000 butagirl 114631@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ My personal bugbear is "equally as good" (or any other adjective you care to mention). It's either "equally good" or "as good" - pick one. BJ, what's wrong with the verb "liaise"? If it appears in the OED, it's good enough for me. seymour totti on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114628 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:22:39 +0000 seymour totti 114628@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Mandy - I'm with you there. I despise those throw-away sayings like "Fairly Unique" or "Let me be totally honest with you". That grates in two ways. The person is suggesting that, before this point, they had been lying to me. Secondly, the word "totally" is wasted. If you are being partially honest, you are not being honest. You are lying! You also see American TV previews saying "All New Episodes". If something is new, it is completely new. By saying "All New", are they suggesting there are other shows which are only "Partially New" or "Includes recycled old junk that you may have seen before". That's enough now Seymour. Back in your box old chap! Mandy Lifeboat on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114555 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:11:36 +0000 Mandy Lifeboat 114555@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ JFR - "I want to foreground this issue" is a new one to me - but complete bollo so will start using in place of 'being sighted on this issue' as of tomorrow. My bugbear is 'fairly unique', no, no, no - if it's unique, it's unique, end of... writinginbsl on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114354 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:01:03 +0000 writinginbsl 114354@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ acne cream for reptiles? beau-jolly on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114342 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:00:31 +0000 beau-jolly 114342@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ They could always say "left-hand side" unless you were facing the other way of course Scroat on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114323 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:32:50 +0000 Scroat 114323@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Actually, 'northbound' is there not to describe either direction of motion or lack of motion, but which carriageway is affected. A supple difference. And yes I was joking. Scroat on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114317 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:59:08 +0000 Scroat 114317@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Oxy-tortoise-on-Porpoise. A charming little village in the Cotswolds I believe. beau-jolly on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114311 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:31:23 +0000 beau-jolly 114311@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Can we settle on oxy-tortoise? I rather like that - except I now have to clear up the nose coffee. Son of Barnabas on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114301 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:00:58 +0000 Son of Barnabas 114301@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Oh I see what you mean! Yes, it would indeed be either a tautological oxymoron or a moronic logical oxy-tortoise or something. I am cleverer than I thought i was! beau-jolly on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114298 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:53:40 +0000 beau-jolly 114298@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I see, I think. I though you were refering to the fact that they were saying the traffic was both heading and bound while being still which would be a tautological oxymoron of sorts. Son of Barnabas on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-114273 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:54:47 +0000 Son of Barnabas 114273@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ bj I hate to cavil, and be even more of a pedant, but I beg to differ. The definition of oxymoron: a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly." The definition of tautology: A phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words. So "Heading northbound" I would humbly submit IS tautology because "northbound" means heading north, therefore either the "heading" or the "bound" are superfluous, being the same thing said twice in different words. ("Northbound to a green and pleasant land" would have been an oxymoron, since any fule no that the north is full of dark satanic mills) beau-jolly on "Have you seen this?" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39799#post-113886 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:51:46 +0000 beau-jolly 113886@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Fernado: Eh?