Banished words

[Hitcher]

The BDOTGNZA are encouraged to see evidence of like-minded souls -- even if they do speak American "English".

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

[ManDownUnder]

2 comments

"Now playing in theatres"... yes well it could also be released in any of a number of media formats. Playing in theatres seems a sensible way to describe it. Or should it be showing in theatres or something else? That's just being anal for the sakes of it - and I'm not talking sex fun anal - just poo head anal.

"We're pregnant". Agreed entirely. Who was the leftie pinkio PC fucken wowser that decided men conceive at the same time their genetically enhanced other does?

[Beemer]

I love it! I have a few words you can add to the list:

They are "doesn't", "can't" and "jazzed up" - I always thought they were acceptable, but my tutor at Massey crossed them out and wrote "agh, too colloquial for an academic essay!" on my last assignment... tosser...

[ManDownUnder]

I love it! I have a few words you can add to the list:

They are "doesn't", "can't" and "jazzed up" - I always thought they were acceptable, but my tutor at Massey crossed them out and wrote "agh, too colloquial for an academic essay!" on my last assignment... tosser...

Go the other way then. Fire a few paragraphs up in here and let some of our linguistically enhanced members embellish it with the exact, 25 character, surgically precise language that would make your head spin.

I'm sure Fish and Hitcher would enjoy it

[Fatjim]

Personally I'd like to see the banishment of unnecessary adjectives.

for example

Terrible disaster - when is one not terrible?
Real danger - It's hardly dangerous if it's not real
Stupid woman - no comment necessary

[Beemer]

Personally I'd like to see the banishment of unnecessary adjectives.

for example

Terrible disaster - when is one not terrible?
Real danger - It's hardly dangerous if it's not real
Stupid woman - no comment necessary

And "dumb bloke" - if that's not an oxymoron, I don't know what is!

[Chisanga]

Personally I'd like to see the banishment of unnecessary adjectives.

for example

Terrible disaster - when is one not terrible?
Real danger - It's hardly dangerous if it's not real
Stupid woman - no comment necessary

Those are tautologies i.e. Use of a redundant word. e.g Stupid Idiot

[jrandom]

And "dumb bloke" - if that's not an oxymoron...

Roffle.

My dear lady, I do believe you're thinking of a tautology.

But thank you, regardless.

:)

Goddammit. Beaten to it. I must stop letting this 'work' thing distract me from my posting.

[Fatjim]

Those are tautologies i.e. Use of a redundant word. e.g Stupid Idiot


And "dumb bloke" - if that's not an oxymoron, I don't know what is!

I rest my case.

[Hitcher]

"Home invasion" is on my list. There's no such crime. The media created it. Try aggravated burglary instead.

Even worse is the addition of a preceding adjective, as in "Vicious".

[SwanTiger]

fuk i gld i gt a diksonery 4 xmas odawis i wdnt b abl 2 undustand dis fred.

[Jantar]

This is a great attempt to clean up language, even if they are going a bit far in banning the word "search". When I go out to my shed to look for a particular item for my bike, I do search for it, I do not google it.

I also take issue with nouns being changed to verbs by adding -ize or -ized on the end. eg Your house was burgled by the burglar, it wasn't burglarized.

[Chisanga]

I don't like it when people write (and say too I suppose :) ) "Would of" instead of "Would have" I guess because they are used to the sound of the abbreviated "would've".

[Fatjim]

i hate the word cognizant. eg, "I was cognizant of the fact", instead of "I knew". Those farkin merkins think they need to use long words instead of short ones to sound intelligent. All their brains where lost in a storm on the Mayflower trip.

[Hitcher]

And Olympic athletes' desires to "medal".

And TV promos for something "coming up", rather than "next" or "later".

[Hitcher]

I don't like it when people write (and say too I suppose :) ) "Would of" instead of "Would have" I guess because they are used to the sound of the abbreviated "would've".

It was probably caused by some illiterate secondary school English teacher who thinks that there is a verb "to of".

I of
You of
He/she/it ofs...

[Brian d marge]

I don't like it when people write (and say too I suppose :) ) "Would of" instead of "Would have" I guess because they are used to the sound of the abbreviated "would've".

Actually this is how Englished changed, follow the path of "the" and the letter N .
I like all these uses , it shows a "live " language ,,,,

See Japanese for a language with a bleak future ..oh and french ( lower case)
Stephen

[Beemer]

My dear lady, I do believe you're thinking of a tautology.

You are so right. My excitement got the better of me and I mistakenly used the wrong word - I knew it was there in the depths of my memory but the wrong one rose to the top like scum - as do the pedants who noticed my error. I will now flog myself for at least five minutes as penance.

[Fatjim]

Women should never flog themselves.

[MisterD]

I have a problem with the banning of "gone missing" this is clearly a relic of latin verb formation still used in the English language and as such should be celebrated.

Fuckin' Septics.

[Hitcher]

Fuckin' Septics.

Indeed. "Gotten", "aluminum", and, worst of all, "ass".

[dawnrazor]

"Aspirational", makes my list - its not even a real word.

Used by arseholes to describe arseholes and I'm not talking about sphincters.

[SixPackBack]

Anal and intellectual snobbery come to mind as terms best used for anybody that cares that much about language and the use of.


Language is constantly evolving. Get used to change.:rockon:

[Jamezo]

I don't like it when people write (and say too I suppose :) ) "Would of" instead of "Would have" I guess because they are used to the sound of the abbreviated "would've".
Argh, the dreaded phoeneticised vernacular!!!!

[mstriumph]

Indeed. "Gotten", "aluminum", and, worst of all, "ass".

our two small donkeys take exception to your banning the word 'ass' .....:yes:

[Skyryder]

Mother Tounge by Bill Bryson. A must read.

Skyryder

[Hitcher]

Tounge. Ha ha. Is that what's found in a lounge lizard's mouth?

[Lou Girardin]

Kill slowly and painfully those who say;
meet with
talk with
and all texters should die.

[McJim]

Disrespect - you cannot disrespect someone. However you can perform an activity that can be construed as a sign of disrespect!

Strange that you can respect someone's wishes the opposite of which is "Fail to respect somone's wishes."

In London I was the brunt of an accusatory "You're dissin' me man" I said "Impossible, there's no such word, I just think you are a complete twat and that your opinions are spouted second hand with no thought." I then broke his nose to prevent any comeback and went upon my way.

[Skyryder]

Tounge. Ha ha. Is that what's found in a lounge lizard's mouth?

Probably, but tongue is often found in cheek.:gob: smacked.

Skyryder

[Swoop]

"When did the notorious Guantanamo Bay Naval Base change to 'Gitmo?"
A f*cking long time before you were born!

[Brian d marge]

Kill slowly and painfully those who say;
meet with
talk with
and all texters should die.

I like meat with.....

especially me spuds and new peas

Stephen

[Deviant Esq]

One of the wordier posts I've seen today. :whistle:

Personal gripes for me is the wrong "your". Gets on my wick when people type things like "your welcome." Bah! Especially when people who should know better - it reflects poorly on them. The other one that's annoying is when they use "alot." It is not one word, never has been, there is no such word as "alot (in that spelling or context)." It's two words: a lot. Less frustrating, but anther is the confusion between "brought" and "bought". Buy / bought, bring / brought. Easy.

It's more when people get the basics wrong that annoys me. As I suppose it does with people having gripes with "should of / should have, would of / would have" etcetera.


and all texters should die.

Disagree totally. Just because you send a text message, doesn't mean you always use "txt spk." I know so many people who send text messages that don't abbreviate or use stupid "txt spk" spellings (even if it doesn't make the word shorter. THAT pisses me off. What the fuck do you gain by writing it as "gurl?"). But my old man often sends me a text message when he wants to communicate, and he never abbreviates anything or uses text misappropriations. Neither do I - just don't see the need, and I think it looks stupid and reflects poorly on general intellect. Just my two cents though.

[MisterD]

"aluminum"


That one's problematic Hitcher. Discovered by Humphrey Davy in 1808, he originally named it Alumium then changed his mind and called it Aluminum.
It was us Brits that decided that such a name upset the pattern of -ium endings (Calcium, Sodium, Lithium etc) and added the extra 'i'.

[scumdog]

And Olympic athletes' desires to "medal".

And TV promos for something "coming up", rather than "next" or "later".


But "coming up" would be correct if one was not practising coitus interuptus.....(sp?)

[scumdog]

Less frustrating, but anther is the confusion between "brought" and "bought". Buy / bought, bring / brought. Easy.
.

Huh, you should be so lucky!
Down here there seems to be a word 'broughrt' -WTF?
Does it mean they purchased it?
Does it mean they transported it from elsewhere?
Or a combination of both?


Most likely it's just a continuation of the Southern accent thing whereupon the letter 'r' gets chucked into words willy-nilly - even ones that do not have the letter 'r' in them!!

[Fatjim]

Huh, you should be so lucky!
Down here there seems to be a word 'broughrt' -WTF?
Does it mean they purchased it?
Does it mean they transported it from elsewhere?
Or a combination of both?


Most likely it's just a continuation of the Southern accent thing whereupon the letter 'r' gets chucked into words willy-nilly - even ones that do not have the letter 'r' in them!!

So do you get called a prig much?

[scumdog]

So do you get called a prig much?

About the same amount of times I get called a crop...

[McJim]

But "coming up" would be correct if one was not practising coitus interuptus.....(sp?)

You practice coitus interruptus? I'm going to start calling you Mr Completely from now on. :rofl:

[scumdog]

You practice coitus interruptus? I'm going to start calling you Mr Completely from now on. :rofl:


Nay lad, I was just passing comment on those that do......

Ar ya coming up yourself????


(Ducks for cover):shutup:

[McJim]

Nay lad, I was just passing comment on those that do......

Ar ya coming up yourself????


(Ducks for cover):shutup:

Been fixed dude - can do what I like without getting more sprogs! :)

[Beemer]

My mother refers to the 'heighth' of something, irritates the hell out of me! She's also a great one for having 'brought' something from a shop, and she thinks that drinks come in 'alminyum' cans...

'Diss' as in 'disrespect' is also another one I loathe. In fact I swear the next person who asks if I am dissing them will get a beating! As in "take dis".

And don't get me started on grocers' apostrophes - 'apple's and banana's for sale' and '1000's of specials' - it's so WRONG!

I hate the wrong 'your' as well - and I'm not a fan of 'yous guys' either!

I've just seen a great one in a thread on here too - she was "humming and harring" over buying a bike... I rest my case!

[yungatart]

Like, umm, like one of my pet hates, like would be, like when people, like put like, into random sentences like. It really pisses me off, like.. yeah, like, well it just does like.

[McJim]

Like, umm, like one of my pet hates, like would be, like when people, like put like, into random sentences like. It really pisses me off, like.. yeah, like, well it just does like.

Well that would be just like you to dislike something like that.

[Hitcher]

Like, umm, like one of my pet hates, like would be, like when people, like put like, into random sentences like. It really pisses me off, like.. yeah, like, well it just does like.

It's a version of English called "Training-bra". Like. Its posher utterers pronounce it "lake", like.

[Beemer]

It's a version of English called "Training-bra". Like. Its posher utterers pronounce it "lake", like.

When I was in England in the early 90s everyone used "right" in similar circumstances. "So I was walking along, right, and this guy came up to me, right, so I said "wotcha?" and he said "yeah" and we carried on, right?"

[scumdog]

When I was in England in the early 90s everyone used "right" in similar circumstances. "So I was walking along, right, and this guy came up to me, right, so I said "wotcha?" and he said "yeah" and we carried on, right?"


Hey, right-on man, I see where you're coming from man, I can really dig it man....:shutup:

[bert_is_evil]

Those are tautologies i.e. Use of a redundant word. e.g Stupid Idiot

With you on that one, there's a sign at work stating "prevent accidents before they happen", as if you can prevent them afterwards. F*cks me off, someone was paid to come up with that. Think I'll rip it down. Also think I should have stayed on holiday.

[avgas]

while on that matter, feedback is a redundant word - by the time you hear it it has already been performed

[KATWYN]

I hate the wrong 'your' as well - and I'm not a fan of 'yous guys' either!



I thought it was spelt "ewes" guys

[pixc]

oxymoron

I love that word, its my favourite.

[Hitcher]

Almost as good as egregious.

[klingon]

Just because you send a text message, doesn't mean you always use "txt spk." I know so many people who send text messages that don't abbreviate or use stupid "txt spk" spellings (even if it doesn't make the word shorter. THAT pisses me off. What the fuck do you gain by writing it as "gurl?"). But my old man often sends me a text message when he wants to communicate, and he never abbreviates anything or uses text misappropriations. Neither do I - just don't see the need, and I think it looks stupid and reflects poorly on general intellect. Just my two cents though.

I think "txt spk" is entirely appropriate when used in text messages! The single most valuable linguistic skill that should be taught in schools is CONTEXT. Academic writing for an essay, polite writing in a letter to your grandma, careful spelling and punctuation when applying for a job, shortened words & sentences when sending a text.

Language does change, but knowing what's appropriate is far more important than knowing what's correct.

For example, the person who decided that a sentence in English shouldn't end in a preposition was obviously a Latin-worshipping moron. But other Latin-worshipping morons will judge you if you choose to ignore this arbitrary rule. So when writing to one of them, I carefully mangle my perfectly formed English sentences to make them look more like Latin. You see, it depends what you're trying to achieve at the time. It's all about context.

Oh, and when I send text messages I use txt speak to the people who will understand it. When I want to communicate to the others, I phone them.

oooh! oooh! shoot me! A noun used as a verb!! :zzzz: