On Dec 5, 12:28 pm, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
Apologies for this but who else is there to bounce it off? I've recently
noticed among certain friends and family that they frequently reply with the
word "exactly" on those (rare) occasions when they agree with what I am
saying. It is becoming as annoying as the "rising intonation" at the end of
sentences which was seems to have had its heyday. Is anyone else noticing
this or is it a local thing?

Dave

Exactly....

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:56:31 GMT, Mike LONGWORTH
wrote:

Mike LONGWORTH, Yateley, Hampshire, UK

Hi from Eversley, 2 miles to your west!



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On 5 Dec, 12:28, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
Apologies for this but who else is there to bounce it off? I've recently
noticed among certain friends and family that they frequently reply with the
word "exactly" on those (rare) occasions when they agree with what I am
saying. It is becoming as annoying as the "rising intonation" at the end of
sentences which was seems to have had its heyday. Is anyone else noticing
this or is it a local thing?

Dave

"Exactly" seems to have replaced the late 80s/early 90s "Absolutely",
which, I am horrified to say, I still find myself using; although in
my defence I used t use it satirically. Unfortunately, it seemed to
stick and now gets taken seriously.

On 5 Dec, 20:56, Mike LONGWORTH wrote:
My current bête noire is with the new (but incorrect!) pronunciation of
many words:

We now get:

- cultcha for culture
- lezja for leisure
- Lancasha for Lancashire
(and similar for all other counties ending in -shire)
- pleece for police

--
Mike LONGWORTH, Yateley, Hampshire, UK

And "Febrooey" for February.

Also, has anybody else noticed that a lot of younger broadcasters (and
others) now seem peculiarly to pronounce "good" as "gid"? And shorten
other "oo" sounds similarly, in fact?

Finally, one thing that really "gets up my goat" is the constant use
of "refute" instead of "deny" or "rebut", even on the BBC.

Stephen.


P.S. Hello to Brian Blair, Norman Lynagh and Will Hand (a very long
time ago, though, Will!). Nice to "see" you all again.

On 5 Dec, 16:37, chris wrote:

If Hollywood was in Yorkshire, then we would be saying "Aye up,
chuck..." all the time, instead.


.... and drinking Dandelion and Burdock instead of Coke. Which would
not be a bad thing.

Stephen.

and for all the Radio Scotland listeners who wonder where exactly the A
"sivinty sivin" as is pronounced in Weegie Nasal Estuary


"Stephen Davenport" wrote in message
...
On 5 Dec, 12:28, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
Apologies for this but who else is there to bounce it off? I've recently
noticed among certain friends and family that they frequently reply with
the
word "exactly" on those (rare) occasions when they agree with what I am
saying. It is becoming as annoying as the "rising intonation" at the end
of
sentences which was seems to have had its heyday. Is anyone else noticing
this or is it a local thing?

Dave

"Exactly" seems to have replaced the late 80s/early 90s "Absolutely",
which, I am horrified to say, I still find myself using; although in
my defence I used t use it satirically. Unfortunately, it seemed to
stick and now gets taken seriously.

Scott W wrote in
:

It is as annoying as the presenters on the BBC who say "ahead of"
instead of "before". Annoying Americanisms that have been creeping
into our language for decades

Some of which Americanisms were Briticisms first, and so are really just
"returning home". "Normalcy" is a good example.

--
Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

Mike LONGWORTH wrote in news:47570FDE.9040206
@ntlworld.com:

snip
- Lancasha for Lancashire
(and similar for all other counties ending in -shire)
snip

I've said "Woostuhshuh" all my life, and nobody's ever complained.
"Woostuhsheer" or "Woostuhshire" would sound affected in my accent.

--
Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

"Dave Cornwell" wrote in
. uk:

Apologies for this but who else is there to bounce it off? I've
recently noticed among certain friends and family that they frequently
reply with the word "exactly" on those (rare) occasions when they
agree with what I am saying. It is becoming as annoying as the "rising
intonation" at the end of sentences which was seems to have had its
heyday. Is anyone else noticing this or is it a local thing?

I must admit I hadn't really registered the "exactly" thing. The one that I
find *really* noticeable is the near-total disappearance of the word
"might" in sentences such as:

Had it been raining, he might not have gone out that day.

These days, almost everybody seems to say:

Had it been raining, he *may* not have gone out that day.

That always sounds wrong to my ears, though I understand that the OED
allows it.

--
Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

Stephen Davenport wrote:

On 5 Dec, 20:56, Mike LONGWORTH wrote:
My current bête noire is with the new (but incorrect!)
pronunciation of many words:

We now get:

- cultcha for culture
- lezja for leisure
- Lancasha for Lancashire
(and similar for all other counties ending in -shire)
- pleece for police

--
Mike LONGWORTH, Yateley, Hampshire, UK

And "Febrooey" for February.

Also, has anybody else noticed that a lot of younger broadcasters (and
others) now seem peculiarly to pronounce "good" as "gid"? And shorten
other "oo" sounds similarly, in fact?

Finally, one thing that really "gets up my goat" is the constant use
of "refute" instead of "deny" or "rebut", even on the BBC.

Stephen.


P.S. Hello to Brian Blair, Norman Lynagh and Will Hand (a very long
time ago, though, Will!). Nice to "see" you all again.


And hello to you, too, Steve. Nice to see an old new name on here, if
you see what I mean :-)

--
Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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