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magma
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by magma » Wed May 01, 2013 10:19 am
Laszlo wrote:
Are you quite sure about that?
It's widely used in both senses in British English. Jesus, have none of you Brits ever watched a Sherlock Holmes film?
The 'American' (just for the matter of clarity) meaning is the dictionary definition.
The 'British' meaning is more of a colloquialism. It all depends on the inflection.
This is unfortunately true for a LOT of the disagreements between British and American English - trousers were pants long before anyone discovered the Trade Winds.
It turns out that in most cases
we were the linguistic vandals!
Meus equus tuo altior est
"Let me eat when I'm hungry, let me drink when I'm dry.
Give me dollars when I'm hard up, religion when I die."
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by Laszlo » Wed May 01, 2013 10:29 am
Phigure wrote:Laszlo wrote:hutyluty wrote:Yeah but... but... quite just means a little bit!
Are you
quite sure about that?
It's widely used in both senses in British English. Jesus, have none of you Brits ever watched a Sherlock Holmes film?
The 'American' (just for the matter of clarity) meaning is the dictionary definition.
The 'British' meaning is more of a colloquialism. It all depends on the inflection.
Are you quite sure the page was blank? -- Yes, 100%
How was your meal? -- *Shrugs* Yeah it was quite good
The 'British' meaning, as we're calling it, is invariably used by the low born.
yeah it's the same shit as some brits using "allow" to mean ignore, etc
'Allow', in that meaning, is more slang whereas the 'Quite' in question is much more widely used and so more of a colloquialism.
Magma, while what you say is true I will defend my right, to the death if need be, to call what sucks up dirt from my carpet a Hoover!
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magma
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by magma » Wed May 01, 2013 10:37 am
Laszlo wrote:Phigure wrote:Laszlo wrote:hutyluty wrote:Yeah but... but... quite just means a little bit!
Are you
quite sure about that?
It's widely used in both senses in British English. Jesus, have none of you Brits ever watched a Sherlock Holmes film?
The 'American' (just for the matter of clarity) meaning is the dictionary definition.
The 'British' meaning is more of a colloquialism. It all depends on the inflection.
Are you quite sure the page was blank? -- Yes, 100%
How was your meal? -- *Shrugs* Yeah it was quite good
The 'British' meaning, as we're calling it, is invariably used by the low born.
yeah it's the same shit as some brits using "allow" to mean ignore, etc
'Allow', in that meaning, is more slang whereas the 'Quite' in question is much more widely used and so more of a colloquialism.
Magma, while what you say is true I will defend my right, to the death if need be, to call what sucks up dirt from my carpet a Hoover!
No swords shall be drawn against your desire to assert your Britishness by naming your Japanese-made home appliance after the American who populari
sed it!
Meus equus tuo altior est
"Let me eat when I'm hungry, let me drink when I'm dry.
Give me dollars when I'm hard up, religion when I die."
nowaysj wrote:I wholeheartedly believe that Michael Brown's mother and father killed him.
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by Laszlo » Wed May 01, 2013 10:41 am
I thank you, kind sir! That's
quite decent of you.
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by hutyluty » Wed May 01, 2013 11:47 am
Laszlo wrote:hutyluty wrote:Yeah but... but... quite just means a little bit!
Are you
quite sure about that?
It's widely used in both senses in British English. Jesus, have none of you Brits ever watched a Sherlock Holmes film?
The 'American' (just for the matter of clarity) meaning is the dictionary definition.
The 'British' meaning is more of a colloquialism. It all depends on the inflection.
Are you quite sure the page was blank? -- Yes, 100%
How was your meal? -- *Shrugs* Yeah it was quite good
The 'British' meaning, as we're calling it, is invariably used by the low born.
Tbh you are
quite patronising.
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by DiegoSapiens » Wed May 01, 2013 12:55 pm
incnic wrote:
daddy why u dead and lying in a puddle
son i make techno dadydy on drugs
hubb wrote:its what ive been saying for a while
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by skell1ngton777 » Wed May 01, 2013 6:25 pm
hutyluty wrote:imami wrote:huty i disagree
also your dad is from hull lololololo
That's why he's quite angry lol.
U've just been perverted by spending time in that barbaric hinterland, i bet ur 'mom'is quite ashamed.
are you talking about stockton on tees or america
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by Shum » Wed May 01, 2013 10:14 pm
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by Terpit » Thu May 02, 2013 5:39 am
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by kidshuffle » Thu May 02, 2013 3:19 pm
looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
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TwitterLaszlo wrote:nowaysj wrote:Look at when Jedi's die, and then they become kind of shimmery and holographic.
.... 2Pac was a Jedi??
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by vishes » Thu May 02, 2013 9:46 pm
Wtf is this?...
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by grillis » Fri May 03, 2013 5:16 am
johney wrote:car in its purest form
lol i gotta find this car
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by spire » Fri May 03, 2013 8:19 am
where is that? Just curious what currency for numbers like that for gas/petrol.
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by wub » Fri May 03, 2013 8:39 am
spire wrote:where is that? Just curious what currency for numbers like that for gas/petrol.
Am guessing Australia...the tag has NSW on it which could be New South Wales?
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by Forum » Fri May 03, 2013 9:02 am
Surely unleaded isnt that cheap in Aus?
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by Shum » Fri May 03, 2013 9:04 am
must be a while back at those prices.
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by particle-jim » Fri May 03, 2013 9:46 am
vishes wrote:
Wtf is this?...
Looks like a Your Demise tattoo
YD suck so much these days, they used to be good about 5 years ago, seen them play some quality shows back in the day, I've also seen a mate of mine smack their vocalist in the face while they were in the middle of a set, my mate was the promoter for the gig and the vocalist was getting the crowd to completely trash the venue, people were throwing chairs about and smashing glasses all over the place and the whole time the vocalist was just encouraging it, rightly so my mate was none to pleased with this and smacked the singer something rotten, chucked them out the venue and then Prowler LBU came on and owned the whole show!
Great night
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