This one is for any Ex Armed Forces personal & families

[ramone]

English is English not some bastardised version.

 

[IndoMike]

English is English not some bastardised version.

Many posters on Exeweb need reminding of this. I feel an obligation to correct English on these boards to avoid any youngsters picking up bad grammar and spelling but was banned for a minor
correction. Strangely some of our most nationalistic posters are the worst cases. If you love your county you love your language, right?

 

[tonykellowfan]

Language changes all the time.

 

[ramone]

Many posters on Exeweb need reminding of this. I feel an obligation to correct English on these boards to avoid any youngsters picking up bad grammar and spelling but was banned for a minor
correction. Strangely some of our most nationalistic posters are the worst cases. If you love your county you love your language, right?

County or Country Mike and the other word innit really annoys me to be honest.

At times I can be very fluent in Debonish and a$$hole.

 

[IndoMike]

County or Country Mike and the other word innit really annoys me to be honest.

At times I can be very fluent in Debonish and a$$hole.

It's just a silly little thing using "innit".
County and country.
Born and bred in Exete. Family goes back hundreds of years. Proud Exeter bauy and proud Devonian.

 

[Stuffy]

Honor, neighbor, clamor - American English, innit.

Pete does occasionally speak in what we once used to call a "mid atlantic" fashion.

 

[IndoMike]

Pete does occasionally speak in what we once used to call a "mid atlantic" fashion.

To be fair, when you live in a foreign country for a long time you do start picking up an accent, idioms, gestures etc.

 

[PeterF]

Pleased to say this group starts on Tuesday 5th March 2019 at 10:00 .
If you know of anyone who might benefit from this , please tell them about the group and encourages them to come along .
Full details about the group can be found here :
https://www.exetercitycommunitytrust.co.uk/blog/2019/03/01/city-community-trust-offer-new-support-sessions-to-former-armed-forces-members?fbclid=IwAR2BgqN4VgD9kgWZKuAUQGFxZb-4h7JTByjlZohDSpxr_eJ4P0UvspsbDng

 

[fred binneys head]

To be fair, when you live in a foreign country for a long time you do start picking up an accent, idioms, gestures etc.

Gesture minute, who are you calling an idiom?

 

[IndoMike]

Gesture minute, who are you calling an idiom?

Arfur Mo : I'll get back to you on that.