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[Johnny English]

Moved this to gendiss as its developed into something greater than perhaps first envisaged. 

I'm about that, Sir !    Suspect how you mean but could you use an other word instead of "gendiss", please ... Dictionaries don't know...

[Andy B]

.... Suspect how you mean but could you use an other word instead of "gendiss", please ... Dictionaries don't know...

General Discussion 

[Johnny English]

Thanks again!  Have you noticed? I became an Intermediate Member! 

[Andy B]

Thanks again!  Have you noticed? I became an Intermediate Member! 

No I hadn't, but that means you can now you can buy & sell stuff (not staff  )     

[Johnny English]

Thanks again!  Had you noticed? I became an Intermediate Member! 

No I hadn't, but that means you can now you can buy & sell stuff (not staff  )     

[Johnny English]

hey all,

VAT is my next question, I read your threads and clear that you hate it as supposedly any kind of tax but I'm not sure. Please somebody explain me what that's exactly...   yes, you're right Wiki knows everything but I rather believe in magic of personality than Wiki. ( Sorry Wiki ! ) 

[ninjapirate]

VAT is value added tax, 20% added to most products we buy. It sucks   

(atleast i think its 20%  )

[Johnny English]

Thanks, sensei!  (quietly say, hereby VAT is 25% )

[Johnny English]

Hi all,
don't let you to be bored too long
Well, how can I expect my respect for anybody? I mean if you use occasionally any more respectful form of "you" ?  I talked about it with some people, they said not to worry but sometimes I've got a feeling any more effective word to be used to express my respect...In the Hun language there are two shape of "you" a simple, which you use in case of the same or almost the same age and a more respectful shape you use if somebody older than you...When I write "you" and know well that you possibly older than me I miss something all the time... 

[millwall]

your doing well  lazslo  time to step up the lessons   dog and bone = phone     apples and pears = stairs    richard the third = bird (girlfreind)     tom tit = shit    jack and danny =   well you get my drift

[kev2b4]

I'm learning now , and I came from Epsom, then portsmouth, then Newcastle, then MK area for last two years , ( and my missus is from Highams park) and I'm still learning these strange local dialects

[Johnny English]

Oh really ?    ...at least I'm not alone ! 

[Andy B]

Hi all,
don't let you to be bored too long
Well, how can I expect my respect for anybody? I mean if you use occasionally any more respectful form of "you" ?  I talked about it with some people, they said not to worry but sometimes I've got a feeling any more effective word to be used to express my respect...In the Hun language there are two shape of "you" a simple, which you use in case of the same or almost the same age and a more respectful shape you use if somebody older than you...When I write "you" and know well that you possibly older than me I miss something all the time... 

No need to worry, the English language only has one word for you. 

[Johnny English]

Once I worked with Englishmen they used about four-five sort of dialect...was a precious experience. Just one more question , please, I heard a lot this : "aren't I"  , could you so nice to explain how I should use this ?

Have a read through this ...... http://www.grammarerrors.com/grammar/arent-iam-i-not/
We all use the phrase, but it isn't correct English 

A screenshot from grammarerrors.com...



...and a photo of a page of my language book...



No need explanation, I posted it as a curiosity.  There is no general consensus in case of English teaching I guess.

[MaxV6]

if you think English is confusing, you should try Welsh (Cymraeg ) ....   


English used to have more than one word for "you",  well actually, in some ways ,  it still does, it's not like it lost them behind the sofa, it's just that no one uses them..... 

so "You" has become the default common use option, that everyone applies , even when other words, such as "Thou" might be more appropriately utilised.

but these days "Thou" would just sound silly.....    no one in general population has used that in normal conversation in probably more than a 100 years....    we all still know what it means,  and recognise it as a more formal version of "you" but no one uses it....   we are the proletariat ,  no one speaks linguistically with formal implication of inferior status ......






god i can't half talk some dangle berries when i feel like it....