Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
24-02-2009, 22:47
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Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
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24-02-2009, 22:51
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
On youtube somewhere there's a video of John Cleese ranting at americans for saying "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less"
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24-02-2009, 22:51
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
Strange. Only 3 of the 10 'misquotes' I've ever heard anyone say... though I must admit I didn't know that #10 was incorrect.
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24-02-2009, 23:26
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
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Originally Posted by downquark1
On youtube somewhere there's a video of John Cleese ranting at americans for saying "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less"
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It is possible that he meant what he was saying. He is very literate not without fault but it is likely that this was deliberate.
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24-02-2009, 23:28
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
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It is possible that he meant what he was saying. He is very literate not without fault but it is likely that this was deliberate.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUsPnKD1gk
Here it is.
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24-02-2009, 23:42
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
I admit to 8 & 10. However I don't think the artilce is aimed at many of us, but what has become the "CHAV" culture. All I know is it is supposed to be about burberry, tracksuits tucked into socks, ASBO style cars, init, "know what I mean" etc....
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Thanks I very much liked the vid.... his point seemed very clear. His point was toward americans who say "I could care less". Then goes onto state that if 0 were the value you'd assign to "I couldn't care any less" should be stated as "I couldn't care any less". If you say "I could care less" then this is above the value 0 which in fact means that you could care less as this is higher than 0 and therefore you can care the difference between 0 and the value that you currently feel.
This has been mis-interpreted, please watch it again, I know he speaks fast and pausing and re-runs may be necessary but the very first thing he says gives a clue, "I don't want to be rude but why do Americans say I could care less"
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25-02-2009, 08:28
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
the one that gets on my nerves is ' should of or should off' instead of should have.
"I should of been at work 10 minutes ago" 
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25-02-2009, 09:30
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
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the one that gets on my nerves is ' should of or should off' instead of should have.
"I should of been at work 10 minutes ago" |
That one gets me to. I mean.. too.
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And of course, let's not forget the infamous double negative; popular amongst Britain's finest..
"I didn't do nothing officer".
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25-02-2009, 10:11
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
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the one that gets on my nerves is ' should of or should off' instead of should have.
"I should of been at work 10 minutes ago" |
Misheard version of "should've" IMO.
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25-02-2009, 10:18
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
I must be getting old - I knew all of the correct versions..... 
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25-02-2009, 16:01
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
My mate used to say,,,,a sprout to catch a mackerel,,,, instead of sprat .
Did my head in grrrrrrrr 
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25-02-2009, 16:15
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
I get 3,4,5 and 9 correct - 1,2,6,7 and 8 wrong - and have not heard of 10.
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25-02-2009, 16:26
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
Well I'm a literary genius then..I knew every one of those and I can say hand on heart I've never heard ANYONE misquote them apart from the glisters one...I knew that one particularly because I studied it for GCE.
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25-02-2009, 17:01
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
I`ll happily admit i dont spoke the best English but the only one of those i misquoted was 7.
I`d normally say "all that glistens is not gold"
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25-02-2009, 19:32
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Re: Do you 'nip it in the butt'? Well you shouldn't!
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"I didn't do nothing officer".
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Surely you were going for "nuffink"
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Well I'm a literary genius then..I knew every one of those and I can say hand on heart I've never heard ANYONE misquote them apart from the glisters one...I knew that one particularly because I studied it for GCE.
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Genius like that also seems to have the ability to be absorbed by those around you
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