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Match Woolwich Scumbags v Glorious Tottenham Hotspur (1st Oct - 12:30pm)

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In the park with the dog earlier reading TFC. And it occurred to me that those in here of the Scum persuasion, could be considered Fifth Columnists.
If i went onto Mania, would i be considered a fourth columnist?

On planet Andy, this is a serious question.
 
Hope it’s not postponed, will be another NLD I’ll miss in that case. Figured early kick off suits us better than a night game.
 
Two Left Feet said:
Put it this way, I would not be surprised if we win this. We have a formidable team which have not yet reached their potential this season.
Hugo remains a great goalkeeper, Romero is class, Kulu and Ritchy are dangerous, Perisic is a rock and Harry and Sonny are, well, Harry and Sonny.
Woolwich are not going into this thinking it’s a pushover so I’m not going into this expecting to lose.
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the international break has come at a bad time IMO.
 
Spaniel said:
Glad you brought that up. It's so annoying to hear people say things like, "my bad" or "it's so fun ".
I'd like to blame America for this type of mis-usage but I really can't . I'll just stick to hating Boehly instead!
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Boils my piss when British people say/use the following, and it happens very frequently:

- Oriented rather than orientated
- Plow instead of plough
- Dove instead of dived
- Pronounce beta as “bayta”
- Pronounce omega as “oh-mayga”

Honestly that last one I even heard on a national TV advert selling some sort of Omega3 product. Made me feel sick. Did nobody edit/check before airing and say “hang on a minute mate, you’re English! Next you’ll be talking about sidewalks, elevators and faucets. Pronounce your words correctly!”

Now I’m fine with Americans having/using their own dialect, nothing against this at all, but protect our own fucking language will you.

Seems everyone learns English from YouTube these days, the English included.
 
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El Noel said:
Boils my piss when British people say/use the following, and it happens very frequently:

- Oriented rather than orientated
- Plow instead of plough
- Dove instead of dived
- Pronounce beta as “bayta”
- Pronounce omega as “oh-mayga”

Honestly that last one I even heard on a national TV advert selling some sort of Omega3 product. Made me feel sick. Did nobody edit/check before airing and say “hang on a minute mate, you’re English! Next you’ll be talking about sidewalks, elevators and faucets. Pronounce your words correctly!”

Now I’m fine with Americans having/using their own dialect, nothing against this at all, but protect our own fucking language will you.

Seems everyone learns English from YouTube these days, the English included.
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Totes agree.

Also, the current price of gasoline boils my piss, and me new sneakers aren't a comfy fit. Enjoying a giant pack of ready salted chips from the loca liquor store though, so that's good.

Tell you what though, you see people's true colors on this forum sometimes in conversations like this.

Another thing that's annoying me - work parking lot is totally full, I mean like wtf man. And some douche was cycling on the sidewalk this morning. Grrrrr. Nearly threw my cell phone at the dweeb.

Anyhooooo, can't wait for the soccer to start back up again. Lets go you COYS.

Also, bit random, but I'm having zucchini and egg plant for tea tonight. Probably going to be disgusting so I might get a takeout.
 
El Noel said:
Boils my piss when British people say/use the following, and it happens very frequently:

- Oriented rather than orientated
- Plow instead of plough
- Dove instead of dived
- Pronounce beta as “bayta”
- Pronounce omega as “oh-mayga”

Honestly that last one I even heard on a national TV advert selling some sort of Omega3 product. Made me feel sick. Did nobody edit/check before airing and say “hang on a minute mate, you’re English! Next you’ll be talking about sidewalks, elevators and faucets. Pronounce your words correctly!”

Now I’m fine with Americans having/using their own dialect, nothing against this at all, but protect our own fucking language will you.

Seems everyone learns English from YouTube these days, the English included.
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I really have no problem with this. It seems to me to be little more than the continued evolution of our language.

Interesting also that you listed a couple of mispronounced Greek words as examples. :) Their β is actually pronounced "vee-ta" not "bee-ta" (and certainly not "bayta".
 
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El Noel said:
Boils my piss when British people say/use the following, and it happens very frequently:

- Oriented rather than orientated
- Plow instead of plough
- Dove instead of dived
- Pronounce beta as “bayta”
- Pronounce omega as “oh-mayga”

Honestly that last one I even heard on a national TV advert selling some sort of Omega3 product. Made me feel sick. Did nobody edit/check before airing and say “hang on a minute mate, you’re English! Next you’ll be talking about sidewalks, elevators and faucets. Pronounce your words correctly!”

Now I’m fine with Americans having/using their own dialect, nothing against this at all, but protect our own fucking language will you.

Seems everyone learns English from YouTube these days, the English included.
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Route so it rhymes with "tout" and not "toot".

I obsessively correct it every time I hear it, my Spanish wife does too now.
 
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coughymachine said:
I really have no problem with this. It seems to me to be little more than the continued evolution of our language.

Interesting also that you listed a couple of mispronounced Greek words as examples. :) Their β is actually pronounced "vee-ta" not "bee-ta" (and certainly not "bayta".
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We don’t need to pronounce words of Greek origins the way ancient Greeks once did, else we’d do the same for all the Germanic, Nordic, Latin and French words in our vocabulary. I’m sure if I went to my local tandoori and ordered using “correct” pronunciation for my “pron (with a rolled “r” windah-loo” then the waiter might quite rightly see it as offensive.

Always made me laugh how commentators would apply regional pronunciation to some foreign players (Henry) but not others (Ronaldinho should pronounced “Honaljinyo”). Either do it consistently or don’t do it at all, else you come across as being a failed smartarse.

Keeping this on topic, a question for our American brethren: do you pronounce Woolwich as “Assnal”?
 
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El Noel said:
We don’t need to pronounce words of Greek origins the way ancient Greeks once did, else we’d do the same for all the Germanic, Nordic, Latin and French words in our vocabulary. I’m sure if I went to my local tandoori and ordered using “correct” pronunciation for my “pron (with a rolled “r” windah-loo” then the waiter might quite rightly see it as offensive.

Always made me laugh how commentators would apply regional pronunciation to some foreign players (Henry) but not others (Ronaldinho should pronounced “Honaljinyo”). Either do it consistently or don’t do it at all, else you come across as being a failed smartarse.

Keeping this on topic, a question for our American brethren: do you pronounce Woolwich as “Assnal”?
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I was being flippant with the Greek.

As for Woolwich, I expect our American friends would pronounce it the same way we do here in the UK: "Cunts".
 
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