Tre Bong Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Alan " and rightly so " Shearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Or even, 'Give me a break, Man', when, as POTUS for a matter of days, your credibility is already being questioned when you are seeking praise for a COVID target that was always on the cards, certainly before you were elected.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 10 hours ago, The Bard said: It's come from Australia and is a clear attempt to gain the upper hand in the interview. Michael Clarke used to do it all the time. It's irritating as hell. You just want the interviewer to listen and then say " I've listened and you didn't answer my question " I thought the standard Aussie reposte was “look” rather than “listen” - I could be incorrect though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soultrader Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Moving forward An unnecessary solution to an non-existent problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 hour ago, soultrader said: Moving forward An unnecessary solution to an non-existent problem What's the matter with "from now on" this is an adequate description of whats intended rather than creating an image of an articulated truck reversing, then stopping, changing gear and then going in the opposite direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCinNW6 Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 15 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: I thought the standard Aussie reposte was “look” rather than “listen” - I could be incorrect though ... You’re right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 'Can I GET a coffee?' NO! What the hell does that mean? 'A cup of coffee please.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 ‘If you like’, no Lee, I really don’t like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 Football commentary: ‘ He has to do better to get them balls into the box’ ....WTF?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 The football one that I've noticed creeping in is "we are in a good moment". I'm sure it started with one of the foreign managers in the PL speaking in slightly broken English, but now you've got British managers using it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wybmadwity Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 So listen, as I was saying, like, err, to be fair, you know like, um, well look, as I was saying, err, to be fair, you know... I agree with some of you, totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Northern Red said: The football one that I've noticed creeping in is "we are in a good moment". I'm sure it started with one of the foreign managers in the PL speaking in slightly broken English, but now you've got British managers using it as well. It's German. 'At the moment' is 'in this moment' in German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 34 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: It's German. 'At the moment' is 'in this moment' in German. Pretty sure Klinsmann started it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The dastardly red Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 On 27/01/2021 at 16:14, RiverRed said: At least we no longer get to hear "If you like... " every sentence. I used to count the amount of "if you likes" we'd get in each LJ interview, then I'd log the details in a special note book I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 I'm additionally irked by those who seem to think we're all temperol Time Lords: "...going forward...." indeed. As if there were any other option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverRed Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, The dastardly red said: I used to count the amount of "if you likes" we'd get in each LJ interview, then I'd log the details in a special note book I have. Now that you've had time to process the data, what conclusions have you drawn from the experiment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soultrader Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 The one that gets me the most. When someone says ..... it's what I call a [commonly used name of thing] ... Yes, you and everyone else calls it that mate. Used to work with a woman who would constantly tell me the pile of papers on her desk, were what she called "invoices", which she further emphasised with air quotes. Yes Marilyn, they are invoices, it says INVOICE at the top of each piece of paper. Your job is to enter invoices into the system. No one would ever think they are anything other than a pile of invoices. It did make me wonder if there had been a spate of people in the office mistaking her piles of invoices for Cheese Crackers or a bottle of Chablis. Although, at that office, it wouldn't have surprised me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, soultrader said: The one that gets me the most. When someone says ..... it's what I call a [commonly used name of thing] ... Yes, you and everyone else calls it that mate. Used to work with a woman who would constantly tell me the pile of papers on her desk, were what she called "invoices", which she further emphasised with air quotes. Yes Marilyn, they are invoices, it says INVOICE at the top of each piece of paper. Your job is to enter invoices into the system. No one would ever think they are anything other than a pile of invoices. It did make me wonder if there had been a spate of people in the office mistaking her piles of invoices for Cheese Crackers or a bottle of Chablis. Although, at that office, it wouldn't have surprised me. Sounds like a female David Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glastonred Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 When players or managers are asked about their next game, they nearly always say it is "massive"!.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 On 27/01/2021 at 19:26, AppyDAZE said: Slightly unrelated, but when a commentator shouts "it's hit the post" when we are ******* watching the game on TV. Noooooo, did it? Actually, just as quite a lot of blind people go to live matches (or used to before this awful virus arrived) so as to experience the atmosphere, I daresay a fair number also watch matches on television. In relation to the original subject, however, it always amazes me how many players, when giving their first interview upon signing for their new club, say 'As soon as I heard of (insert name of new club) interest I wanted to come here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Actually, just as quite a lot of blind people go to live matches (or used to before this awful virus arrived) so as to experience the atmosphere, I daresay a fair number also watch matches on television. In relation to the original subject, however, it always amazes me how many players, when giving their first interview upon signing for their new club, say 'As soon as I heard of (insert name of new club) interest I wanted to come here. Bizarrely I`ve even heard players who r*vers have signed say it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Actually, just as quite a lot of blind people go to live matches (or used to before this awful virus arrived) so as to experience the atmosphere, I daresay a fair number also watch matches on television. In relation to the original subject, however, it always amazes me how many players, when giving their first interview upon signing for their new club, say 'As soon as I heard of (insert name of new club) interest I wanted to come here. Oops. Feeling slightly told off. Point taken, as I say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 It's funny how you never hear "as soon as I heard what I could earn there..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, AppyDAZE said: It's funny how you never hear "as soon as I heard what I could earn there..." Especially where the sags are concerned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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