LondonLax Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I'd say OCD sufferer. This. Anyway, Vandal, without a shadow of a doubt. Language is always in constant transformation, try speaking "proper English" in the 13th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 "‘until stocks last’ rather than ‘while stocks last’" /\ That's another level of wrong. That just doesn't make sense. Everyone should have a problem with what is piss poor use of the language. "These will be sold until stocks last." "These will be sold only while stocks last." Both make sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 It makes no sense legov, my good man. No sense at all; "we'll sell something, until we keep selling something". It's gibberish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 It makes no sense legov, my good man. No sense at all; "we'll sell something, until we keep selling something". It's gibberish. Huh? We were talking about "while stocks last" not "keep selling something" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 15, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 15, 2011 'Until stocks last' makes no sense at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 "Until stocks last" You are waiting 'until stocks last'. What are you waiting for exactly when you say that? Until they last? It doesn't make any sense and becomes some sort of circular logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 It makes no sense legov, my good man. No sense at all; "we'll sell something, until we keep selling something". It's gibberish. Huh? We were talking about "while stocks last" not "keep selling something" "While stocks last" makes sense, it's "These will be sold until stocks last" that doesn't; it would be like saying "we'll sell something, until we keep selling something" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 15, 2011 Moderator Share Posted July 15, 2011 "‘until stocks last’ rather than ‘while stocks last’" /\ That's another level of wrong. That just doesn't make sense. Everyone should have a problem with what is piss poor use of the language. "These will be sold until stocks last." "These will be sold only while stocks last." Both make sense to me. That's unfortunate. But I'm not giving out lessons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 You're right it doesn't make much sense got a bit confused there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 To be fair, English doesn't make much sense anyway. I remember reading somewhere that it's the hardest language to learn if you're not a native speaker, thanks to the myriad of contradictory rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 He will not join the ‘five items or less’ queue at the supermarket, in protest that the sign should read ‘five items or fewer’. I don't get how anyone can read something like that and vote hero. What a sad and extremely pathetic person. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 The Stephen Fry rant referenced earlier in the thread. He nails it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 The Stephen Fry rant referenced earlier in the thread. He nails it. Could you sum what he says up into about 2 lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Yep. The guy who refuses to queue in the "five items or less" is a prick. If you want to know why, you probably have to listen to the whole thing. You can kinda skip the first ten minutes if you really have to, but then you are at home at 9pm on a Friday night so I'm guessing that like me you dont have anything better to do! *edit* listening to it again, the rant starts at about 18 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 There is a sandwich shop in town called 'Chriss's Sarnies' no need for the extra S, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 What if the shop is owned by a Mr or Mrs Chriss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Yep. The guy who refuses to queue in the "five items or less" is a prick. If you want to know why, you probably have to listen to the whole thing. You can kinda skip the first ten minutes if you really have to, but then you are at home at 9pm on a Friday night so I'm guessing that like me you dont have anything better to do! *edit* listening to it again, the rant starts at about 18 minutes. Stephen Fry accusing somebody of being rude and haughty, and showing off their superior knowledge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 What if the shop is owned by a Mr or Mrs Chriss? Shouldn't it be "Chriss' " ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomzep Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Stephen Fry is a true genius, a perfectly put argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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