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Carruthers 05-07-2018 03:07 AM
'Grow the business'.

I realise that any argument against this usage is unlikely to get very far on purely grammatical grounds so I'll have to try something else.
I find it extremely irritating.

You can grow old, you can grow spuds (preferably Jersey Royals), but you cannot grow a business.
I do not advocate the use of deadly force, but it should at least be summoned to the headmaster's study and given a stern talking to.

I have spoken.

limey 05-07-2018 05:33 AM
Words that need to be taken out behind teh woodshed and shot in the face
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigV (Post 1008160)
"Yeah. No."

English, motherfucker, do you speak it?

Then, bam, right in the face.


But the Russians say this as well: “Da NIET!”. It’s a no. A splendidly idiomatic “no” which gets me brownie points every time I use it. [emoji4]


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Flint 05-07-2018 11:56 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigV (Post 1008160)
"Yeah. No."
Quote:
An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.”

A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”

DanaC 05-07-2018 03:56 PM
He's right you know. There's really no need for all these half-baked puns.

monster 05-07-2018 05:15 PM
reach out

DanaC 05-07-2018 05:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 1008202)
He's right you know. There's really no need for all these half-baked puns.
Like, totally posted in the wrong thread

lumberjim 05-07-2018 06:10 PM
'SHOULD'

think about that.

sexobon 05-07-2018 06:40 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 1008206)
Quote:
Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 1008202)
He's right you know. There's really no need for all these half-baked puns.
Like, totally posted in the wrong thread
But we can still take them out and shoot them can't we?!!!

I think; though, we'll need a barn, a barn and a machine gun.

:rattat:

Griff 05-08-2018 06:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by limey (Post 1008185)
But the Russians say this as well: “Da NIET!”. It’s a no. A splendidly idiomatic “no” which gets me brownie points every time I use it. [emoji4]


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...and if the Russians jumped off a bridge or invaded Afghanistan are we supposed to do it too? ;)

Squawk 05-09-2018 08:25 PM
https://reallifedilbert.files.wordpr...it20bingo1.jpg

monster 05-09-2018 08:46 PM
SOP

monster 05-09-2018 08:47 PM
ooh never mind on board ...onboarding... (orientation of new employees)

...please shoot this one twice

limey 05-10-2018 02:25 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1008216)
...and if the Russians jumped off a bridge or invaded Afghanistan are we supposed to do it too? ;)
Da NIET!

Griff 05-10-2018 06:12 AM
:lol:

limey 05-10-2018 07:45 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1008216)
...and if the Russians jumped off a bridge or invaded Afghanistan are we supposed to do it too? ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by limey (Post 1008287)
Da NIET!
Which is exactly how this phrase should be used! :D


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