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[Janty]

That's exactly what he means.

 

[SarahJo]

Please don't take my inference to you personally Major, I just love the wit and common sense you so often Post - so really meant as a compliment. Glad you posted reply

I do like the "never assume" saying - only makes an a@@ out of u and me! Comes in handy sometimes when people say "oh, I just assumed" - well you know what just don't assume Nd use your brain then you wouldn't get it so wrong;) oops - that sounds like a rant now lol

[tara]

ill do it later.........er you wont your lying

 

my husband says ...at the end of the day .....l hate it

 

or when some one upsets you then says whats up

[sadietoo]

My personal pet hate are people who refer to themselves as "myself" as in "don't hesitate to contact myself"....grrr

[majorbloodnock]

Please don't take my inference to you personally Major...

I don't think anyone's got me to do that yet, so worry not.

 

...I just love the wit and common sense you so often Post...

When on earth did I do something lke that? Must have been an accident.

[SarahJo]

thanks Major :)

[Alis girls]

In my job its "while I'm here can I ask you about my piles, warts, droopy boob ....." - no you can't ask the Gp she gets paid £130,000 a year I don't. And "have a nice day" - I'm at work - whats nice about that? Love some of the "teens speak" - would be handy if they came with subtitles.... and Major's wisdom of course is always handy:wink:

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[Calamity Jane]

".. well I'll go to the end of our street " ???????

[Cinnamon]

I hate it when people greet me with 'Oright?'

Think its horrible.

I also don't like mispronunciations...dropped H's & abbreviations like 'Innit'

And then there are those who drop 'like' into a sentence a dozen or so times .....aaarrrggghhh!

[Tiggy]

people that say 'obviously' all the time, or in Brum where I grew up saying 'like you know' at end & mid way through every sentence.

[chickweed]

When on earth did I do something lke that? Must have been an accident.

 

Major My elderly patients would say that when they had wet their pants or wet the bed!

[majorbloodnock]

When on earth did I do something lke that? Must have been an accident.

 

Major My elderly patients would say that when they had wet their pants or wet the bed!

Believe me, if I review the content of some of my previous posts, I can become similarly embarrassed.

[Valkyrie]

How do you do is just a common courtesy and is not intended for anyone to gripe back.

I hate OH saying somethink. I always correct him because he's an idiot - he must be because he still does it. He never used to and this is a recent thing so

Another one - and there are many, many people out there who do it and it seems to have become the norm - is

I'm going to go. No you aren't - you are going to get the washing, going to do the gardening, going to visit, going for a walk etc. You are NOT going TO GO because you have already said you are GOing. I have to stop myself from saying it too - then I'm really cross with myself!

My dad always used to say "go and have a funny run" when he wanted you to "go away" or when he meant "you've got to be joking".

There's another one that someone in my family used to use (probably referring to me) "a splinter short of a plank of wood" or something like it - haven't heard it for a long time.

[Cinnamon]

How do you do is just a common courtesy and is not intended for anyone to gripe back.

 

I agree.

But 'How are you' is,I feel,quite different.

[Valkyrie]

Nope it's the same - bit like going to go - it's just been altered.

[Cinnamon]

OK then.

In which case I STILL want to tell them how I really am

[Valkyrie]

But they'll appreciate you so much more if you fib!

[majorbloodnock]

...Another one - and there are many, many people out there who do it and it seems to have become the norm - is

I'm going to go. No you aren't - you are going to get the washing, going to do the gardening, going to visit, going for a walk etc. You are NOT going TO GO because you have already said you are GOing. I have to stop myself from saying it too - then I'm really cross with myself! ...

At the risk of becoming contentious, I disagree. The first "going" puts the rest of the sentence into the future, whilst the second "go" states what you're intending to do. "I'm going for a walk" should only be used if you're currently on the walk or if your departure is imminent, whereas "I'm going to go for a walk" simply states your intention to go for a walk at some undefined point in the future.

 

I'm not going to argue that it's an elegant construction, but grammatically and logically it's valid.

[Valkyrie]

There you go: "to do" you have already said you are going so "to do" follows naturally and not "to go". OK, I am going out for a walk or I will be going out for a walk or I shall be going out for a walk. So still not the case. The only time I think it's OK to say go twice is for a go go dancer!

[majorbloodnock]

How do you do is just a common courtesy and is not intended for anyone to gripe back.

 

I agree.

But 'How are you' is,I feel,quite different.

I agree. They have common roots, but have grown apart. Nonetheless, I can't understand why, in common conversation, someone would ask a stranger how they are when a simple "hello" is available as an equally courteous pleasantry.

[majorbloodnock]

The only time I think it's OK to say go twice is for a go go dancer!

I doubt it would be one's grammar under close scrutiny at that point.....

[Lewis]

I actually think its quite nice to say "How are you?" or "Are you alright?" and "See you later" to someone.

 

Ok, maybe you don't actually want to know their emotional state of mind and you might not see them again, but its just being polite and friendly.

Its better than, walking into a shop and getting:

"Hello *puts in bag* Thats £3.95 please *gives £1.05 change* Bye"

 

I know when I've worked on chicken stands with people, customers have come back to us later and said how being chatty or friendly has made a big difference compared to the other traders

 

Just sayin

[ElvisFan]

Proper infront of nearly everything, for example, I was proper upset at this film I watched last night, as apposed to what ?? Pretending ??????????????????? It drives me mad and I am forever picking my sister up about it and she's 32 !

 

Its proper annoying

[PurpleTree]

When I used to work on checkouts in Sainsbury's, I much preferred a 'Hello, how are you?' from a customer, rather than being completely ignored. I think it's just being polite and friendly when someone says it, even if they're not that interested in the answer. Even worse than being completely ignored was when the customer talked on their mobile the whole time I was serving, then made me feel rude for interrupting their conversation when I had to ask them questions when paying.

 

At the end of the day... is one of my mum's pet hates. She always says 'it gets dark', whenever someone says it and I've started to now aswell

[majorbloodnock]

I actually think its quite nice to say "How are you?" or "Are you alright?" and "See you later" to someone.

 

Ok, maybe you don't actually want to know their emotional state of mind and you might not see them again, but its just being polite and friendly.

Its better than, walking into a shop and getting:

"Hello *puts in bag* Thats £3.95 please *gives £1.05 change* Bye"

 

I know when I've worked on chicken stands with people, customers have come back to us later and said how being chatty or friendly has made a big difference compared to the other traders

 

Just sayin

I think a lot depends on context. If I'm in a supermarket, I'm afraid I don't want to be dragged into a conversation with anyone. It's not a matter of being a snotty customer; it's just that when someone starts asking questions it's difficult without sounding rude to decline to chat, and by the end of a supermarket visit a chat is just too much effort. I'm also a very private person, so can quite quickly feel uncomfortable from probing questions.

 

For that reason, in a shop I'd say your example is almost perfect. The only changes I'd make are adding "Sir" (or "Guv", or "mate" or some other honorific depending on the establishment) after the "Hello" and squeezing a "thank you" in somewhere before the "bye".

 

Of course, if I'm at a show and I approach a stall, that's almost implicitly an invitation to start a discussion. In that case, the stallholder can feel free (within certain bounds) to give their chatting instincts free rein. What it boils down to is that I will clam up pretty quickly if I feel someone is being overly familiar, but it is only experience that will let that someone decide when to chat and when to keep a respectful distance.