[Pookie]

I love the way Americans sometimes start a story with, "So I was..."

No sarcasm intended.

[Cantankerous]

we do say that. i have a nasty habit of saying "uh" in the middle of all my sentences too.

[gmku]

How do you Brits start a story, wot?

[Cantankerous]

innit

[Pookie]

We say 'Excuse me, but would you mind awfully listening to my amusing tale'.

[Hip Priest]

"I say, now here's a thing: I was perusing the Sonic Youth forum...."

[touch me i'm sick]

before i ask a question no matter what it is. i go "wait a minute"

[golden child]

how can you awfully listen?

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by Pookie

I love the way Americans sometimes start a story with, "So I was..."

No sarcasm intended.

Although now it's starting to get on my wick a bit.

[Toilet & Bowels]

what gets on my wick is the way english people say "basically" all the time

[jon boy]

its like its like its like...oh my goooodddd and etc.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

I see we're all feeling a bit edgy, nowadays.

It's what happens if you post from work. Always in a bad mood at work.

I'm much nicer when I post in the evening.

[jon boy]

pookie, in a bad mood? your the eternal optimist. maybe you really do hate christmas?

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Do any of you ever say '' Erm '' ''Hmm'' etc when you talk about something? I do that all the time and it must annoy people a lot.

I think there's a difference between writing and talking. If we all wrote the way we talked, we'd constantly be saying um and ah.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by jon boy

pookie, in a bad mood? your the eternal optimist. maybe you really do hate christmas?

I'm always in a bad mood at work.

We spend the majority of our waking hours doing something we don't want to do, and being with people we don't want to be with.

Other than work, I love my life (and I love Christmas).

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

But it's a messageboard, so i would expect a certain colloquialism in the way people express themselves. I can never concentrate enough while posting on here because i need to really concentrate on using a more formal form of the english language with people i have to deal with for work.

But surely you'd expect people to cut out those parts of the spoken language we use which are superfluous, and just inserted because of lack of confidence, lack of articulacy, or because we're afraid of silence?

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

I thought that you liked what you do.

It's all relative really. I'd much rather be with my family and friends.

Then again, I don't dread going to work each morning, the way I have with some jobs I've had.

[jon boy]

Originally Posted by Pookie

I'm always in a bad mood at work.

We spend the majority of our waking hours doing something we don't want to do, and being with people we don't want to be with.

Other than work, I love my life (and I love Christmas).

anyone that happy is obviously a liar and a murderer and a conservative party member and a fox hunter and a U2 fan.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by jon boy

anyone that happy is obviously a liar and a murderer and a conservative party member and a fox hunter and a U2 fan.

Two of those things apply to me.

[jon boy]

murdering tory!

which two?

[jon boy]

ok i will admit that yes i am generally not in my best moods when i am at work. i generally dont like the people i work with and its strange to think that such a random group of people are thrown together and have to try and get along.

they also say that a lot of people find their love at work. i dont really think thats possible for me unless i am willing to make some major changes in my life. i am sat in the marriage chair apparantly. everyone who sits here ends up getting married apparantly.