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Marketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.

Thanks to simbosan for the idea

(, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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Moronic schoolchildren...
Something which happened to me frequently in senior school, then quite infrequently but still evident in sixth form was this wonderful adaptation of English:

"Can you borrow me..."
"I will borrow you..."

No. Just no. You will not. You *lend* me objects, I *lend* you objects, you borrow off of me and I borrow off of you: Something that truly makes me rage.
(, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 20:25, 5 replies)
off of?
Doesn't sound right...
(, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 21:26, closed)
You're right, it should be "off off".

(, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 0:08, closed)
'Borry' is worse
'Borry me that ladle'
(, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 22:56, closed)
i concurr
drives me mental
(, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 23:28, closed)

"No I can't borrow you my ruler, I lended it to someone else"
(, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 7:49, closed)

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