The Just Society

Sloop John B posted:

just saying,

just asking,

just interested,

Why the Just?

just wondering.

 

 

It is good when society is just

but not great when it is just good

I find this far less irritating than the over and inappropriate use of the word like.  

trickydickie posted:

I find this far less irritating than the over and inappropriate use of the word like.  

Don't you just like the word like? 

However, to me in social media in particular 'like' is overused, but at least maybe it has not become as distorted in meaning as the word 'friend', which in places like Facebook smacks of infant school playground terminology.

trickydickie posted:

I find this far less irritating than the over and inappropriate use of the word like.  

Listen. There's nothing inappropriate with using the the word "Word"

What is annoying is the inappropriate use of the word "decimated".

So. Does nobody know the meaning of the decimated.

Sadly that seems to be a lost cause - most people think that it means reduced to a small portion of the original size (possibly 10%), rather than reduced by 10%.  Probably because it sounds almost exactly the same as devastated which results in devastation.  

So, like, like is just a word and word is word. Squad it’s just, like...Dat basic is sick. Y’know what I’m saying?

JamieWednesday posted:

So, like, like is just a word and word is word. Squad it’s just, like...Dat basic is sick. Y’know what I’m saying?

Not the foggiest! I guess uou mean your digital audiotape is playing up, which is affecting a group of people (soldiers, footballers?)

One of my ultimate dislikes, is the phrase 'you know'......often it's used by footballers as they are being interviewed..... Possibly footballers from the Midlands... 

I think it is, you know, far more than just, you know, footballers...

Innocent Bystander posted:

I think it is, you know, far more than just, you know, footballers...

Listen, as I said, that's, like,  you know, like actually  the correct use of just.

.sjb

Bored? Get this!

The use of the word 'Sic' or is it 'Sick'....am I being cruel to say it's part of the language of the uneducated....?  

Well...

Sic transit gloria mundi.

Huge posted:

Well...

Sic transit gloria mundi.

You speak Latin, its not a problem, sir really its not a problem.

And the LESS Society.

Godless.  Lawless.  Stateless.  Classless.  Cashless.  Homeless.  Tubeless.  Clueless.  Faceless.   Shameless.

wenger2015 posted:

One of my ultimate dislikes, is the phrase 'you know'......often it's used by footballers as they are being interviewed..... Possibly footballers from the Midlands... 

And India. I suffer half of each day in confererence calls with these guys.

I started to count the times a 'program manager' used the words 'you know like'. Sometimes he even said 'you know like you know like'.

TOBYJUG posted:

And the LESS Society.

Godless.  Lawless.  Stateless.  Classless.  Cashless.  Homeless.  Tubeless.  Clueless.  Faceless.   Shameless.

 

And for those of us using digital sources, lossless.

Er or erm.

I, er, you know, erm like well it's just like, er, this, you know, I have, er, erm, a lot of, er, you know, time, like, to, er, you know, tell, erm, you, er like, you know tell you, er something, like and, er,  well erm, like I you know, er don't, erm you know, know, erm what I, er am going, er, to, you know, say. (Or it is caused by nervousness.)

Innocent Bystander posted:

Er or erm.

I, er, you know, erm like well it's just like, er, this, you know, I have, er, erm, a lot of, er, you know, time, like, to, er, you know, tell, erm, you, er like, you know tell you, er something, like and, er,  well erm, like I you know, er don't, erm you know, know, erm what I, er am going, er, to, you know, say. (Or it is caused by nervousness.)

The above is still excusable, its when the phrase 'I was sat there' creeps into high profile media and every day speech, I think I heard Jeremy Paxman say these words on television.  I am not a snob by any description but when the bastardisation of the English language is so blatant what is the point of learning English grammer and doing exams such as English Language O'level?  The most worrying part is that no one from anywhere has raised any concerns to the above, has editorial standards in political programmes have dropped so far in regard to the English language?  If someone from abroad asked to be taught the correct English language I can't for example guide him to listen to BBC (its not safe), however I have not come accross the phrase 'I was sat there' in print yet, so maybe there is some hope left to the written word despite the modern speech turning into gibberish..!

My pet hate is the repeated use of the phrase….'kind of'.

Oh yes and the letter H pronounced as haitch rather than aitch. That Idris Elba says haitch about twenty times in the Sky Ultra HD ad. Aaarrrggghhh!

The American use  of 'momentarily' such as I will be there momentarily.

"irregardless", often used acceptably in the US, when what people mean is "regardless". Irregardless is a double negative that should be taken literally to mean "regard".

The thing is that informal spoken and/or social media language is often more effective and efficient than proper grammar, and most people don't object to or care about rules as long as they get the gist. The message is delivered in the fewest keystrokes. 

Take a look at this thread, let alone this forum, and you'll find sentences constructed with no subject, sentences starting with subordinate conjunctions, and use of subordinate conjunctions as stand alone sentences. Don't get me started on capitalization.

Still, the message is received .

I'm just saying ....

nigelb posted:

 

Oh yes and the letter H pronounced as haitch rather than aitch. That Idris Elba says haitch about twenty times in the Sky Ultra HD ad. Aaarrrggghhh!

Craig revel Orwood.   Doesn't sound right

I often find it amusing when others can decorate language with an insubordinate colon.