I Could Care Less

[Secret Chief]

It's a mistake to order it, brrr. Orrible stuff. You need to drink a whole bottle of water, just to wash the bitterness away. Nasty!

Get out.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Hmmmm... I would say wrongly not wrong.

Well Muphry's Law had to make an appearance sooner or later.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Same.
As for "expresso", I'd never patronise an establishment that advertised such, darling.

Hmm, I can think of a couple of good reasons to go to such an establishment:

Expresso bars gone topless

A recent boom in topless coffee bars in one of Washington's Counties has evoked concern from the local government, which is mulling banning under 18 people from using the stands.

www.indiatimes.com

What is odd is that I had to go to an Indian news source for a what amounts to a local story.

 

[Secret Chief]

Hmm, I can think of a couple of good reasons to go to such an establishment:

Expresso bars gone topless

A recent boom in topless coffee bars in one of Washington's Counties has evoked concern from the local government, which is mulling banning under 18 people from using the stands.

www.indiatimes.com

What is odd is that I had to go to an Indian news source for a what amounts to a local story.

Ah, but that's just punning on "sex."

End of your article:

"Espresso Gone Crazy owner J.J. Wilson said."

 

[mangalavara]

Are you guilty of any of these?

Many of those were phrases that I hadn’t heard of until I read that article. There are two from the article that I am guilty of. I say ‘sorta’ and sometimes I say that someone else or I made a 360 degree change (even though I know that a complete circle is 360 degrees).

You can take it for granite, I have never misspoke like these fine examples of English...

I receive your second clause in honor of a certain type of very hard igneous rock.

It used to catch my attention when people called their food healthy when it's usually dead. The word for food that is good for you used to be healthful, but now both are acceptable.

I use healthful to mean ‘conducive to good health.’ One time, when I said something about a healthful drink or food, the person who I was conversing with thought I said ‘helpful.’

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I receive your second clause in honor of a certain type of very hard igneous rock.

So it is written as stoned...

 

[Secret Chief]

Quite probably though you can order a "hag" and get away with it

I'll regret asking, but what is a hag?

 

[Subduction Zone]

Ah, but that's just punning on "sex."

End of your article:

"Espresso Gone Crazy owner J.J. Wilson said."

Even worse that was ten years ago. The stand is still going but it is now the typical skimpy bikinis. My town fought sexpresso bars. They made laws against it twice. The second time the bars fought back in court and the city ended up paying a $500,000 settlement. The world has not come to an end since then.

 

[Secret Chief]

Linguistic idiosyncrasies can vary from person to person too.

For instance; I once had a girlfriend who would say, "Why don't you get off your lazy *** and help out around here for once in your life! My girlfriends were right about you!!", when what she meant was, "Hey honey, why don't you grab a beer and sit down in front of the TV while I make dinner".

Fortunately, I always knew what she was really trying to say.

Is that why you've got a broken nose?

 

[Quagmire]

Is that why you've got a broken nose?

I wish her aim was that high.

 

[Secret Chief]

I wish her aim was that high.

Ouch.

 

[Alien826]

I'm glad you are open to correction.

“Aks” has origins in Old English and Germanic over a millennium ago, when it was a formal written form. In the first English Bible – the Coverdale Bible, from 1535 – Matthew 7:7 was written as “Axe and it shall be given you”, with royal approval.​

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Beyond written English, “aks” was also the typical pronunciation in England’s south and in the Midlands. “Ask”, meanwhile, was more prevalent in the north and it is the latter that became the standard pronunciation.​

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Ask or aks? How linguistic prejudice perpetuates inequality | Blog | University of Essex

Writing for The Conversation Dr Amanda Cole, Dr Ella Jeffries and Professor Peter Patrick explain how accent prejudice and linguicism is a reframing of prejudice towards low-status groups who, simply, speak differently

www.essex.ac.uk

That's very interesting. Thank you. I should have aksed you before posting.

 

[ChristineM]

I'll regret asking, but what is a hag?

The favourite decaf of italy.

 

[Little Dragon]

Get out.

It's not my fault *sniff*

 

[Little Dragon]

Yes @Stevicus and I am beside you on this point. The English of Texas, Jamaica or New South Wales is no less correct or beautiful than the English of London, Inverness or Dublin.

I do a good Republic of Ireland accent and my Scouser isn't too bad. Not so good at Geordie or Brummie.
My favourite local dialect is the Fenlander/Norfolk accent, the classic UK farmer accent, which is oddly similar to the Bristol accent despite the relative distance from each other, and other regional accents in between. Mine is London/Metro. I was born in the West end.

Alright guv'nor spare a farthing?

 

[Secret Chief]

I do a good Republic of Ireland accent and my Scouser isn't too bad. Not so good at Geordie or Brummie.
My favourite local dialect is the Fenlander/Norfolk accent, the classic UK farmer accent, which is oddly similar to the Bristol accent despite the relative distance from each other, and other regional accents in between. Mine is London/Metro. I was born in the West end.

Alright guv'nor spare a farthing?

East Anglia and the West Country are similar because both populations are what scientists call "inbred."

(runs off quickly....)

 

[Little Dragon]

East Anglia and the West Country are similar because both populations are what scientists call "inbred."

(runs off quickly....)

Yarp...

 

[Secret Chief]

The favourite decaf of italy.

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How odd, I would have thought it might be one of these:

 

[Little Dragon]

How odd, I would have thought it might be one of these:

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Lavazza Rosa. That's what I get usually. Its a medium roast, fully caffeinated though, I need the stimulant all day long.

 

[Alien826]

Yeah, I made that mistake. When I went to Calais for the first time on a cross channel school trip to La France, as they call it.
I ordered a cafe in a cafe, and I got a tiny cup of absurdly strong coffee. I was expecting something else, which was called a cafe au lait avec sucre.

On a business trip to Paris, a companion tried to get the English version of coffee by asking for it. They put about six teaspoons of instant coffee in a larger cup and added hot water.