Footy Grammar update - bias, shot on goals, etc etc

[STFU Donnie]

You know what else is annoying?

People saying "come" instead of "came".

They come over and played well.

You don't understand past tense?

Also seen instead of saw. Really gives me the irrits.

 

[Hangover Noir]

You know what else is annoying?

People saying "come" instead of "came".

They come over and played well.

You don't understand past tense?

This x 100.

The difference between his and he’s seems to be lacking around here too.

Beaten to it by Maroubra...

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Could of.

 

[demondavey]

Just a note that should one display bias, then as a consequence they are said to be biased.

They are not "bias".

To quote Terry Wallace, "I'll spew" if I read the sentence "I am bias" again.

Cheers all

Another ripper I’ve read lately; ‘they need to FRANK that win with another win next week’.

 

[demondavey]

Uptick is a good one.

 

[VicBased]

Just on versing, is there support for the view that the language is forever evolving and if it's in common usage, then it is legitimate?

How about we go for "Who my team is PLAYING today".

 

[VicBased]

Big Footy Hey! The hiding place of the illiterate

 

[demondavey]

You know what else is annoying?

People saying "come" instead of "came".

They come over and played well.

You don't understand past tense?

Terry Wallace

 

[VicBased]

And on that note let me share my PET PEEVE. "Impordant" For Gods sake is it so hard to say "Important".

 

[yeah_nah_yeah]

“His a winner“ instead of “He’s a winner”.

I honestly can't understand how people get "his" and "he's" mixed up.

 

[Baird]

I seen
I seen he's wife
His a great player

Why do Australian's do this? This wasn't a thing 10 years, now it's everywhere.

 

[iBeng]

Could of.

Coul'dve!

 

[Wayne Dwop]

Coul'dve!

 

[Pottering]

One that gives the the screamers is people saying "the proof is in the pudding." This makes absolutely no sense!

The actual saying is "the proof of the pudding is in the eating." Now this does make sense, in that no matter how good something looks, until you taste it you can't be sure.

The person who said that is no rocket surgeon.

 

[Pottering]

Was it Brayshaw last night who said a player “extenuated the contact”?

To be fair there were extending circumstances.

 

[Pottering]

I seen
I seen he's wife
His a great player

Why do Australian's do this? This wasn't a thing 10 years, now it's everywhere.

Because if you correct someone you're a pedant who needs to get a life.

 

[kriles76]

The person who said that is no rocket surgeon.

Au contraire, mixed metaphors are fantastic.
Or have I opened up a Pandora’s box of worms?

 

[Brad Goodman]

I defiantly agree with all of these

 

[Partridge]

why on or at, why not for?

Exactly.

- Shot at goal. Absolutely.
- Shot for goal. Absolutely.
- Shot on goal - Should be punishable by death (as should putting a microphone in front of Dwayne Russell or James Brayshaw).

There's a fun game to engage in with people who say it doesn't really matter. Deliberately mispronounce their name. Watch how fast it does.

 

[Partridge]

Au contraire, mixed metaphors are fantastic.
Or have I opened up a Pandora’s box of worms?

I think the great philosopher Sir Desmond Glazebrook summed this up rather eloquently:

"City's a funny place, you know, Prime Minister. If you spill the beans you open up a whole can of worms. I mean, how can you let sleeping dogs lie if you let the cat out of the bag? Bring in a new broom and if you're not very careful you find you've thrown the baby out with the bathwater. If you change horses in the middle of the stream, next thing you know you're up the creek without a paddle."

 

[Pottering]

Au contraire, mixed metaphors are fantastic.
Or have I opened up a Pandora’s box of worms?

Let's burn that bridge when we come to it.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Let's burn that bridge when we come to it.

That actually makes a weird sense in some circumstances

 

[Big Blood]

Let's burn that bridge when we come to it.

Was going to say it describes 2020 for Adelaide and McGuire, but it's everyone's 2020.

Present tenseism is everywhere, not just footy. Don't know why people can no longer describe past events with the past tense.

I've always thought of versin as ironic but there's always someone there to spoil things isn't there?

 

[HTT]

Let's burn that bridge when we come to it.

I’m going to try use this in everyday life, magnificent saying

 

[Pottering]

I’m going to try use this in everyday life, magnificent saying

Burning the bridge at both ends?