Acey Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 It's all, "a bit fun" or, "a bit banter". A bit of fun. A bit of banter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 you obviously just know a load of ******s. Everyone I know uses the word of regularely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Claws Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I would say it is an essential word and if you know people that do not use it then they must be total tards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acey Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 It's on KB all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Claws Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 What a load ****... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart MacD Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 It's on KB all the time. Usually mis-spelt "off", or incorrectly, as in "if he had of.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 If I may join the grammar police for a moment....I'd like to express the cringeworthiness of using of instead of 've. Not to mention the incorrect use of went. i.e He should of went tae the bye line (Nicholas C, 1968, et seq(ad nauseum)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 If I may join the grammar police for a moment....I'd like to express the cringeworthiness of using of instead of 've. Not to mention the incorrect use of went. i.e He should of went tae the bye line (Nicholas C, 1968, et seq(ad nauseum)) Spot on. End off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 It's all, "a bit fun" or, "a bit banter". A bit of fun. A bit of banter. I'm kind of OK with this as it is a regional dialect thing and not an affectation. However, when you're writing, you don't have an accent so you should write properly for heaven's sake!! The other abuse of "of", though, gets on my nips: "End OFF" - aaargh; "I would of thought..." - eeuwuww! What's been happening in schools since I left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 It's all, "a bit fun" or, "a bit banter". A bit of fun. A bit of banter. Iwan is right - it's a dialect thing, and perfectly acceptable in speech in my view. My grandparents used to say that kind of thing all the time. If I had a couple of hours spare I'm sure I could establish a link between this particular trait of Scots and the Germanic languages which influenced it, but I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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