The Queens, reps and the patter.

[stewart]

Noted, I don't care much whether people use proper Queens English, you say you do , yet you don't, I was really only trying to point out the irony. Either way probably best to live and let live.

English is widely spoken around the world with many accents and local colloquialisms, I therefore don't care if anyone speaks the Queens English as long as they can be understood by using correct grammar.
Chur cuzzy.

 

[Canada Farmer]

English is widely spoken around the world with many accents and local colloquialisms, I therefore don't care if anyone speaks the Queens English as long as they can be understood by using correct grammar.
Chur cuzzy.

Chur?

 

[Lapwing]

Much as I agree with you, I believe it was Dr Johnson, of dictionary renown, who said " a word means what it is understood to mean".

Nothing stands still in life.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Heard the other day of a older guy local to here, feed rep phoned him up and called him "mate" he was so pi#$@ off he is now going to another company, after being with them for donkeys years

Was he from NZ? As context and pronounceation alter the meaning ,even as the same word is said .
"Mate" is different to "Mate!!!"

 

[ARW]

News readers on the radio or tv,
Teresa May ses ....

It’s says!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kiwi Pete]

The number of people who say "the amount of people"

If minced - it could be an amount
If countable - it's a number

 

[crazy_bull]

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.

Oops sorry for texting you yesterday then , you are right everyone is different, a lot of folks prefer a text to read at their leisure as opposed to a 30 second call interrupting what they are doing. No one size fits all I guess.

C B

 

[stewart]

Chur?

Chur. Kiwi slang. Choice!!

 

[Paddington]

Football managers after their team has lost are always gutted. Perhaps they could be sponsored by Princes' or John West ?

 

[David.]

Oops sorry for texting you yesterday then , you are right everyone is different, a lot of folks prefer a text to read at their leisure as opposed to a 30 second call interrupting what they are doing. No one size fits all I guess.

C B

If you are serious Luke, I never received a text, please re-send.

IMO there is a big difference between infrequent, brief information texts, and innane texts between family/friends/colleagues firing back and forth every 5 minutes, leading to them paying more attention to their phones than the job at hand, which was what I was moaning about.

 

[Canada Farmer]

Chur. Kiwi slang. Choice!!

Sounds so Rotovegas

 

[glasshouse]

Today I hung up on one rep from a company after warning him before that I don’t tolerate phrases such as “touch base” and “going forward” etc. This follows on from telling another to leave the yard for dumbing down the queens English and using poor Americanism’s and American phrases.

Each to their own I suppose but that said, I want to be spoken to in plain basic English and given no fancy patter and spiel to make them sound very dynamic and efficient. Luckily they’re are a few old school reps etc I can deal with that are doing it properly. The new wave of up and coming sales people and people calling in or on the phone leave a lot to be desired.

Am I in a minority for detesting this sort of language and taking such actions?

Have you brought any new machinery recently?

 

[glasshouse]

Was he from NZ? As context and pronounceation alter the meaning ,even as the same word is said .
"Mate" is different to "Mate!!!"

i detest being called "mate" !

 

[Dolomite]

Have you brought any new machinery recently?

I’ve bought a new weight block and trailer recently and spent quite a considerable sum with second hand and main dealers. I’ve brought neither of the new purchases to the forum platform.

 

[Goggles]

Phoned a reputable local building firm, for them to come and price a job. The surveyor I spoke to called me ‘chap’ four times. I chose to put this to one side and arranged a meeting, at his convenience, at 6 pm, which happened to fall on my birthday. He called me 3 minutes before 6 to say he had been unavoidably delayed. I asked where he was? He was three counties away! We rearranged. He turned up, on time, fresh from the golf course and had obviously been drinking. He got a flea in his ear, as did his office.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Cowabunga had the best tip .keep a dairy. Note . He detests being called mate

 

[David.]

Mate has become a normal form of address for persons unknown, in an informal setting, I'm afraid.

By the by, what is the better alternative do we think?
Sir can sound either pikey or pompous. Boss..... I don't think so. Chap is 1960s, and can sound a bit passive aggressive.
On the phone, in a business setting plain Mr is ok, until told otherwise. But those people who ask if it is ok and then address you by your Christian name at the end of every sentence, like punctuation, really get on my nut.

 

[Gerbert]

This is one of the best reads in a long time, almost as good as @smcapstick 's ebay experiences in the grinding gears thread

 

[glasshouse]

I’ve bought a new weight block and trailer recently and spent quite a considerable sum with second hand and main dealers. I’ve brought neither of the new purchases to the forum platform.

Sorry, had to do that.
Brought drives me nuts

 

[Hilly]

People who use the term "touch base" are twits and are to be avoided plain and simple.