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Post by Bredburyhatter on Mar 16, 2024 5:28:42 GMT
Often after a lucky rebound or a defensive error the ball fortuitously ends up in the net - then the commentator announces that it was a move straight off the training ground!! You may get a few each season (Wootton sweeping one in from a corner springs to mind) but I guess it’s one of the lazy cliches commentators use. The commentators gushing over Man City’s goal against Liveroool last week. “Brilliantly worked set piece, coaches up and down the country will be looking in admiration. And John Stones gets there to finish it off”. De Brunye just hit it low and hard to the near post, Aké manhandled his marker and for some reason Nunez was “marking” Stones by standing a good yard behind him. If that’s some incredible set piece routine then I could be a set piece coach. Was very sloppy by Liverpool...TAA did similar v Barcelona a couple of years ago.
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Post by shootershillbilly on Mar 20, 2024 7:15:57 GMT
Listening to bright young things randomly raising the inflection of the odd word of e verbal sentences therefore changing it to a question. I have always been a grammar Nazi but this is another level
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Post by vicar on Mar 20, 2024 8:31:36 GMT
Burst tea bags when you only realise after a mouthful of tealeaves.
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Post by voodooray on Mar 20, 2024 8:34:32 GMT
Listening to bright young things randomly raising the inflection of the odd word of e verbal sentences therefore changing it to a question. I have always been a grammar Nazi but this is another level You can blame Neighbours for that. Possibly. Been around for a while. BBC News - The unstoppable march of the upward inflection? www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28708526It is annoying & does seem deeply ingrained now.
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Post by voodooray on Mar 20, 2024 8:38:51 GMT
Burst tea bags when you only realise after a mouthful of tealeaves. Oh dear. I suspect a morning cuppa calamity. Brutal.
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Post by bigmartin on Mar 20, 2024 10:27:47 GMT
We like good quality filter coffee. Sadly I'm constrained to only one cup a day due to health constraints but I do enjoy it immensely. This is yet another of life's pet hates for me. But it has cured a really bad case of post-nasal drip that I've suffered from for years.
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Post by timberwolf on Mar 20, 2024 10:34:22 GMT
Listening to bright young things randomly raising the inflection of the odd word of e verbal sentences therefore changing it to a question. I have always been a grammar Nazi but this is another level You can blame Neighbours for that. Possibly. Been around for a while. BBC News - The unstoppable march of the upward inflection? www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28708526It is annoying & does seem deeply ingrained now. Really does any of this matter if you can understand what the person is saying. Take the accents away from it and watch an old pre war British made movie speech used is far different to what is used now. If people spoke like the word was written in a mid 19th century novel we,d have a difficult problem in understanding what they are on about. Speech and language change all the time and in 50 years it will be far different that it is today.
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Post by Steve on Mar 20, 2024 11:08:46 GMT
Footballers talking to each other behind their hands so we can't read their lips, like we give a sh*t about what they are saying!
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Post by voodooray on Mar 20, 2024 11:30:55 GMT
You can blame Neighbours for that. Possibly. Been around for a while. BBC News - The unstoppable march of the upward inflection? www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28708526It is annoying & does seem deeply ingrained now. Really does any of this matter if you can understand what the person is saying. Take the accents away from it and watch an old pre war British made movie speech used is far different to what is used now. If people spoke like the word was written in a mid 19th century novel we,d have a difficult problem in understanding what they are on about. Speech and language change all the time and in 50 years it will be far different that it is today. You're quite right, it's relatively unimportant, and English, be it written or verbal, is constantly evolving. You can't freeze language. It's a living, changing thing. Doesn't stop me getting thoroughly cheesed off when I hear these bizarre new ways of talking innit bro.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Mar 20, 2024 13:05:06 GMT
Footballers talking to each other behind their hands so we can't read their lips, like we give a sh*t about what they are saying! ”Don’t tell anyone Bazza, but I’m going to try and score a goal!”
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Post by herbiedumplings on Mar 20, 2024 13:07:47 GMT
You can't freeze language. It's a living, changing thing. You can if you dip it in varnish and roll it in glitter. Or is that polishing a turd? I forget…
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Post by bluearmy1988 on Mar 20, 2024 14:36:44 GMT
When the ball goes out of play and the referee's assistant looks to the referee for which team to give the throw in/corner to before raising his flag. Make your own decision! The amount of times the referee could be behind play, or looking through a crowd of players, and the action could be right in front of the assistant but they won't decide which way until the referee confirms, even though they have the best view! So frustrating.
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Post by porthatter on Mar 20, 2024 16:14:09 GMT
When the ball goes out of play and the referee's assistant looks to the referee for which team to give the throw in/corner to before raising his flag. Make your own decision! The amount of times the referee could be behind play, or looking through a crowd of players, and the action could be right in front of the assistant but they won't decide which way until the referee confirms, even though they have the best view! So frustrating. Being charitable the ref & liner are in earpiece contact so may have had a conversation as follows - liner:- couldn’t tell whose throw that was ref:- ok I’ll make the decision as someone has to liner:- ok I’ll flag it that way to show solidarity. Or the liner could just think he’s not paid enough to think for himself in case he’s wrong?
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Post by Nik on Mar 20, 2024 16:31:51 GMT
Footballers talking to each other behind their hands so we can't read their lips, like we give a sh*t about what they are saying! The press do; that's why the players do it.
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Post by David Schofield on Mar 20, 2024 17:18:48 GMT
Burst tea bags when you only realise after a mouthful of tealeaves. When you are toasting the last few slices of bread, got your Lurpak on the knife and your jam stood by… and only as it pops out of the toaster do you notice the little blue specs of mould
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