Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 29, 2015 It's out of order we are still making somebodies race an issue in nearly 2016. Horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted December 29, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 29, 2015 Why does what colour she is matter? Unless the subject matter specifically deals with a real world story where race is an issue, what difference does it make? Does the colour of the character's skin have any bearing on the individual's character traits, actions, or the story being told? It doesn't matter a bit. It's embarrassing that this is still an issue in 2015, like Idris Elba being Bond. It's the same character, just played by a black actor. Who cares? Why do you care? Â Unless this is all just a cunning ploy to sell collectors a new range of black Hermione figures. Like Hasbro selling you the exact same Mr Perfect toy but with a different colour singlet!!1 It doesn't matter. It only matters to people outraged about it on Twitter and other outraged people calling the other outraged people racists. And CiF article writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I've never noticed that Americans omit the 'of' when saying " a couple of (items)" before. I'm noticing it at least daily and it annoys me. Â "I'm going for a couple beers." "It will take a couple working days." Â I'd mention it to them but they could probably care less. Â Fucking Yanks. Â (Wasn't another thread to put this in)Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted December 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2015 They add an 'of' sometimes as well. Like if I said "I took the book off the shelf" a lot of Americans would say "I took the book off of the shelf". 'Off of' just always sounds wrong to me. Even if it still works as a sentence, it sounds wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted December 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2015 There are dozens of quirks of spoken American English that rile me up irrationally. For instance, when you see the adverts for the latest sandwich the fast food joints are peddling, it winds me up no end when they mention "bacon, lettuce, Swiss and barbecue sauce." It really annoys me that they just say "Swiss" even though I know it's clearly cheese that "Swiss" refers to and not chocolate or cuckoo clocks, but still, it annoys me. Saving yourself one syllable of speech, well done. It'll be "barb sauce" next, or just "barbs." Â But then, I hate abbreviation for the sake of it anyway. People that mention "UCL" when it's the same number of syllables as "Champions League" annoy me. If it isn't an abbreviation I'd use in speech (like DNA) then I'm not going to use it in the written either. People are becoming so lazy with their language, it's like everyone's on a mission to become dumber. If I hear one more football pundit mention "diags" or musician talk about their upcoming "collabs" I may very well inj or murd some peeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted December 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2015 One of the "of" additions that irks me is, for example, "he's not that good of a fighter". No need for it at all. Â Nothing's worse than the "could care less" abomination, though. Although "if you would have... then it would have..." comes close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted December 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2015 Nothing's worse than the "could care less" abomination, though. Â <VOMIT> Â It was always worst, I felt, when coming out of JR. "Austin could care less. ABSOLUTELY could care less" he yelled once, and I cringed. It just sounds so stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted December 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2015 I have noticed a lot of Americanisms entering my every day speech. Primarily, "let me get" instead of "can I have". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Two Americanisms that boil my piss are "Conversate" or "Conversating" which aren't even words. Then a food one has to be 'slaw, which is one from watching Man Vs Food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted December 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2015 Include me out of conversatin' on this issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 "Could care less" is double stupid with extra Swiss, because it means the opposite of what they're trying to say. "Oh, you could care less? So you are bothered a bit, then?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted December 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2015 "imma" Â This is the one that really makes me twitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 "imma"  This is the one that really makes me twitch.  Hey, imma tell yall that I could care less about these couple math exams I have comin up. Imma fix me up big bacon, lettuce and swiss bagel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted December 30, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2015 "Could care less" is double stupid with extra Swiss, because it means the opposite of what they're trying to say. "Oh, you could care less? So you are bothered a bit, then?" It works if you have the wit to say it sarcastically, but that's something most yanks can't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbacon85 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Fuck it while we're on this, what boils my piss, what really gets Bacons cogs grinding is an Australianism. "No dramas" One of my directors worked there for ages and says it all the time, and now the team arse lick has appropriated it. FUCK YOU!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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