Yenn Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 It makes me sore also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Go and get covers having to GO somewhere to GET the spanner. Go TO get is a bit pedantic in the normal context. Nev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 hours ago, facthunter said: Go and get covers having to GO somewhere to GET the spanner. Go TO get is a bit pedantic in the normal context. Nev. An interesting one. You could ask an apprentice to "go and get the spanner", which would imply that the apprentice knows to go somewhere specific and once there select a spanner. There is also the implication that the apprentice returns with the spanner. "Go to get the spanner" could imply leaving the vicinity and going somewhere that a spanner could be obtained, such as in "I have to go to the tool supplier to get a Whitworth widget". I think that's where being pedantic comes in. It's all dependent on the context of the act of leaving. Probably the clearest way to say such a thin would be to say "Go to the (place where it is) and get it". But that would introduce too many words, and speech between individuals usually involves a reduction in total words used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I am going to go is one of my least liked contraptions. I shall go or I will go or even I am going, better still I'me off, which those of you who have been close to me would agree with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, Yenn said: I am going to go is one of my least liked contraptions. I shall go or I will go or even I am going, better still I'me off, which those of you who have been close to me would agree with. Do like the French do... just say "I go". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I'm gunna go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 The ancestor of all Gunner Go's. 高 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 "I'm off like a rotten cheese", has the right kind of Aussie vernacular flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 OFF like roadkill would be more Aussie.. Probably don't notice it in your Toorak tractors with "climate Control". Cheese doesn't really get that bad.. Spuds are unbelievably vile..Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Bucket of prawns in the sun comes to mind 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Most seafood goes off easily. Riding motorcycles on inland roads where there's lots of dead critters on the side requires good breath holding skills... . Nev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Here's a little brain test for you: 7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5 ! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD ! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Must be the dumb ones. I read it as fast as normal print. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Someones been reading too many personalised number plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Sounds good !. When ' Phoetic spelling ' was the rage, that learning curve wouldn'twork, AND Those kids had a hard time getting work, as prospective employers, took their spelling as a sign of something very wrong with them. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 3 hours ago, onetrack said: Someones been reading too many personalised number plates. Calling all cars! Calling all cars. KLO4 a missing apostrophe. Missing from between 'e' and 's' where it was acting as an elision. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 My reply is from the aspect of the dumb ones as I qualify. The only genuine personal plate is wanker. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Sorry, OME, I was in a hurry when I posted that, and failed to proof read. What's the standard penalty for a missing apostrophe? Does it include demerit points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 old man emu will pick it up straight away when someones made a mistake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 5 hours ago, onetrack said: What's the standard penalty for a missing apostrophe? Hang on while I dash off to get the answer. 25 minutes ago, willedoo said: old man emu will pick it up straight away when someones made a mistake. But not necessarily rise to the bait. I'll accept some ones when they come from an English opener. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 As Aussie comedian Carl Barron asked, who decided the sound for 1 would be 'wun' and not 'pffft'? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/26/most-embarrassingly-outdated-words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-right-now-according-to-grammar-experts.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Hey Will, looks like you are trying to take OME's job? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, nomadpete said: Hey Will, looks like you are trying to take OME's job? No chance of that. I posted it for ome; a few more to add to the book. Edited December 27, 2021 by willedoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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