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Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 10:36
by meriad
I placed an order for some goods a while back and this morning got an email from the company asking for feedback; the subject line of the email said:

What do you think to your purchases from xxxx? Please let us know


As said, it may be a dialect thing but for me it's just wrong - surely it should read: What do you think of your purchases ?

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 10:54
by Rodo
Yes you are right!

The one that is becoming so commonplace now and which drives me to distraction is when they say

........."bored of" something.

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 11:00
by lissie
The one that winds me up is the way people (mainly youngsters) put the word SO in a sentence.
Example is "I am so not doing it"

lissie :D

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 13:41
by TheOstrich
Did you order some Cheddar cheese by any chance?

Altogether now .... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Where be that Blackbird to? I know where he be,
He be up yon Wurzel tree, And I be after he!
Now I sees he, And he sees I,
Buggered if I don’t get ‘en
With a gurt big stick I’ll knock ‘im down
Blackbird I’ll ‘ave he!


http://www.thewurzels.com/lyricsblackbird.htm

Oi soooo luv that song, Lissie! :D

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 14:40
by Rodo
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 15:36
by Workingman
Because it is so up to 110% wrong I am incandescent with rage???

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 15:43
by Rodo
I'm bored of this thread now. :evil:

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 15:55
by Kaz
Ossie is right ,"Where is he to?" "What's that to?" - all heard frequently in this part of the world, in this house fairly often as well :ugeek: :lol: :lol: ............Mick uses it often, but Mike his businessman alter-ego never would :P :geek: :lol: :lol:

Fine in colloquial speech, but not in business use - that's just sloppy :roll:

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 21:18
by JoM
Kaz wrote:"Where is he to?" "What's that to?"


What do they mean? The first I reckon means "Where is he going?" ?

Re: Dialect or just plain wrong?

PostPosted: 10 Jan 2014, 21:23
by Kaz
Whoops sorry I forgot to translate :P :oops: :lol: :lol:

Yes correct for the first one, and the second means "What does that mean?" :lol: :lol: :lol: