Heartland

Currently wanting to punch lyricists who do the following:

• Unnecessarily invert the word order of a sentence just to make it rhyme
• Use Till (as in cash register) to mean 'til (as in until)
• Use positional adjectives such as "higher" to describe physical properties (i.e. Where they should use "taller")
• Take words completely out of context e.g. "Deeper than a submarine" when in fact they mean "Deeper than an ocean"

The first one is acceptable when done properly. The remainder are completely cringe-worthy unless done for severe irony ¬.¬

Nope till is a word and not just to till the soil or as in the cash register.... now where's me dikshunairy

from Dusk Till Dawn

"Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred"

The case that was irking me this morning fulfilled that criteria

[quote="Motz"] "Deeper than a submarine" when in fact they mean "Deeper than an ocean"[/list]
quote]

OOOh that 'Deeper than a submarine' line, where's it from Motz? Not a goddy/assembly song you sing at school is it Motz?

Goes with your hatred of higher instead of taller...

I know's Great Big God, I do

He's higher than a skyscraper and deeper than a submarine

You've got me

And it's from Church. My school's reasonably secular and we're a little too old for that one anyhow

I'm starting to think that Christianity and grammatical ability are mutually exclusive. If someone's going to tell me that I'm going to hell, I'd rather they did it in proper English.

Can someone remind me why I go to Church?

HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

Do you do the actions too Motz??

Bloody hell no

Unless head in hands and cringing counts as the actions?

Just for EVERYONE!!

http://lib.store.yahoo.com/lib/worshipm ... 375-01.mp3

Just a snippet but hey you'll get the idea

It casues ALL sorts of mayhem when we sing that in Assembly - kids get all daft.

Debaser wrote:Just for EVERYONE!!

http://lib.store.yahoo.com/lib/worshipm ... 375-01.mp3

Just a snippet but hey you'll get the idea

Now,thats NOT how I tho't Motz band would sound like,you do surprise me !

Motz wrote:Currently wanting to punch lyricists who do the following:

• Unnecessarily invert the word order of a sentence just to make it rhyme
• Use Till (as in cash register) to mean 'til (as in until)
• Use positional adjectives such as "higher" to describe physical properties (i.e. Where they should use "taller")
• Take words completely out of context e.g. "Deeper than a submarine" when in fact they mean "Deeper than an ocean"

The first one is acceptable when done properly. The remainder are completely cringe-worthy unless done for severe irony ¬.¬

There isn't any one correct form of english, any good linguist would know this. Proper English is one of many forms of english, just because it's the only one to reach prestige doesn't mean we should look down at the others.

You should read this book.

Ahhhhhhhhh Mr Crystal

scotty wrote:

Debaser wrote:Just for EVERYONE!!

http://lib.store.yahoo.com/lib/worshipm ... 375-01.mp3

Just a snippet but hey you'll get the idea

Now,thats NOT how I tho't Motz band would sound like,you do surprise me !

I would link you to what my music actually sounds like, but I fear that Blast would bite my head off for it

Motz wrote:

scotty wrote:

Debaser wrote:Just for EVERYONE!!

http://lib.store.yahoo.com/lib/worshipm ... 375-01.mp3

Just a snippet but hey you'll get the idea

Now,thats NOT how I tho't Motz band would sound like,you do surprise me !

I would link you to what my music actually sounds like, but I fear that Blast would bite my head off for it

You should,I'd like a listen,don't worry he'll moan about it to me all the way to Leeds!!

Ok, check your PMs

Motz wrote:Ok, check your PMs

,cheers.

Or just use the clicky in my sig.

I refuse to change it. They can do what they want, even ban me, but it's staying as long as I am.