The Queens, reps and the patter.

[Rowland]

Got a similar call once while stood next to the dryer and I was in a playful mood when the caller suggested that we touch base I asked him what he wanted to touch in my most local yokel voice he kept on about touching base I said we don’t know each other well enough for things like that young man what with the dryer going flat out me saying don’t touch me young man he hung up and I never heard from him ever again

 

[Exfarmer]

We have to be a little careful complaining about Americanisms some are perfectly good words which have fallen out of favour here. It's their awful spelling which annoys me, especially when it creeps into the Times crossword!

 

[Nearly]

I make a point of replying to texts in full gramatically correct English and I try to do the same on here.
Whilst my stammer is under control I do prefer to contact people by text rather than a quick call.
It also means I have a record of what was asked and answered.

 

[egbert]

What's a rep? We don't have them round here anymore
(could do with some though, the dogs are hungry)

I'll ring them -or email so there's a record- when I want to buy.....otherwise they're better off not bothering me.

 

[DRC]

were they trying to sell you a plow

or a bail of hay.
I don't like people starting a sentence with the word , so, or people calling their children kids.

 

[DRC]

My pet hate is those that answer every question with a sentence starting with 'So......'

Beat me to it Tim

 

[David.]

Isn't it funny how we are all different.
I personally think texting is rude and pointless, when a 30 second call would be both civil, and get the point across.

 

[David.]

Anyway, I thought people from the Underbelly started every sentence with "yeah, look..." a la Ricky Ponting.

 

[yellowbelly]

I remember those days, answerfone (americanism) messages and primetime evening farmer calling at 6-7.30pm to organise the days & week ahead
Good old days

Yeah but you tea was always cold by the time you'd spoken to everybody

 

[Johnnyboxer]

More often than not I am operating noisy machinery or working with noisy animals when people ring, so I can't hear them anyway.

What happened to ringing in the evening on the landline and actually organising or planning the next day's work as used to happen in the old days here?

I remember those days, answerfone (americanism) messages and primetime evening farmer calling at 6-7.30pm to organise the days & week ahead
Good old days

 

[Johnnyboxer]

Yeah but you tea was always cold by the time you'd spoken to everybody

Yep, it was always the same

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Isn't it funny how we are all different.
I personally think texting us rude and pointless, when a 30 second call would be both civil, and get the point across.

I agree, one text is OK, but an entire conversation?
Reminds me of 'The Cone Of Silence' from Get Smart

But then, as per the OP, a phone conversation with some reveals why they text - they just have such a limited grasp of grammar, how to construct a sentence without cliché, buzzword, or some filler

I often feel their entire thought process has been condensed to "awake now"

 

[Giles1]

My pet hate is those that answer every question with a sentence starting with 'So......'

Listen to interviews with "experts" on tv or radio. It appears to be compulsory to place so at the beginning of any explanatory sentence. Would rather scrape my nails down a blackboard than listen to a shpeel starting "so".

 

[Nearly]

Listen to interviews with "experts" on tv or radio. It appears to be compulsory to place so at the beginning of any explanatory sentence. Would rather scrape my nails down a blackboard than listen to a spiel starting "so".

 

[DRC]

Listen to interviews with "experts" on tv or radio. It appears to be compulsory to place so at the beginning of any explanatory sentence. Would rather scrape my nails down a blackboard than listen to a shpeel starting "so".

There was a particularly bad one on Jeremy vine this week, talking about fracking .

 

[7610 super q]

He's " sat " on a tractor.
Or worse, he's sat on a rig / yoke / bus / weapon..........

 

[7610 super q]

Wasting punctuation............

 

[David.]

I take the "So" to mean "You are obviously mentally deficient, so I'd better explain"

 

[DrWazzock]

That's a fair unit you've got there.

 

[DrWazzock]

Let's be clear.....