STunningly OT; buyacar.com

A quick check on Autotrader shows they start at £10k now.

 

Cab? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

Thats what I typed at first but then though they'd never cost £5k

 

wessie? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

You're appointing me Net Nanny? Coo, ta! Does it come with a hat wiv a
badge on? Whats the pay like? I'll obviously have to enforce your rules
first, of which we've now established the first one.



(one certain old ladies comment from the Fast Show springs to mind here)

 

Nor did the old one. <g> Oh, or did you mean me?

Ali

 

I'se definitely of the female ilk. Altho' the term guy can be non-gender
specific.

Ali

 

Was it you on BBC news this morning speaking for a bank? If so,
definitely looked female.

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^^^^^^^^^^^
AAaaargh! Learn to speak fucking English, will you?

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wessie scribbled:

To you, maybe. To anyone else, it means I'm bored.

Oh. Save me. My sides are splitting.

 

Ace scribbled:

**** off and read the next post if it bothers you that much.

Jeese, another one with PMT.

 

Ace scribbled:

<bad form and all that>

The word exists in Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian,
Portugese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic
and Hebrew. Oh, and English (UK and US).

And your point was?

 

^^
Bollocks does it. The verb you're looking for is 'envisage'.

You speak merkin without even knowing it.
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So? The OED lists American-English words as well. All of your
references, at least those that were identifiable by their context,
seem to be American.

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You mean nobody here is envisioneering them?

 

Ace? He'z just ziz guy, you know?

Just trying to make George Orwell happy
(or rather his 1984 vision (or is that his envision?))

 

So? It's still _wrong_.

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You speak-a da Queens English do you?

What is the problem? You should be used to it by now, what with where
you work. Or do you correct people constantly?

I've given that up, a long time ago and will only correct stuff, if
it's clear that there may be a misunderstanding.

Languages evolve. Get over it. Stop acting French.

 

wessie says...

My burd's more French than Des, at least she was born over there.

 

Chambers has just:
envision: verb transitive; to see as if in a vision; to visualize; to envisage.

They're usually pretty good about noting American usage.

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Des, is that you?

 

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