Why do people when there either debating or arguing think it's the best thing to say?

It seems people who get fustrated say End of when someone wants to still give their opinion. Why bother saying it when it doesn't stop anyone else from saying there opinion.

It's a pretty useless term to say really I reckon.

Heres a small quote on a post on another place I agree with.

only complete ****s use 'end of' to finish their piece,

That has been true though.

It's similar to phrases such as 'What, everrrr' and 'don't even go there'.

What, everrrr' and 'don't even go there'.

What camp people say as well.:shock:

Or evil Women.

What camp people say as well.:shock:

Or evil Women.

It's all so American.

End Of :Colorz_Grey_PDT_16:

And this countries copying a country thats language was taken from us.:Smiliz_Kingz_PDT_13

Yanks can;t even pronounce most of the words properly either!

And this countries copying a country thats language was taken from us.:Smiliz_Kingz_PDT_13

Yanks can;t even pronounce most of the words properly either!

Yes Max and the present generation of kids think the opposite, that America is the 'be all and end all' of everything we hold so dear.

Yes Max and the present generation of kids think the opposite, that America is the 'be all and end all' of everything we hold so dear.

True that and it's a joke the way they think that.

When I get back for a visit it is sad to see how the whole country seems to have adopted all the worst things from over here, going down Edge Lane a few years ago seemed like the Main Street of an american 'tube' city. Franchised restaurants selling killer junk food, that will do nothing but increase obesity.

There was a good letter in the Echo last week about this.
would it be ok to type it up here Kev ?? .. if I named the person who wrote it?

There was a good letter in the Echo last week about this.
would it be ok to type it up here Kev ?? .. if I named the person who wrote it?

don't see why not

"Please don't go there!" does my head in :retard:

Yes Max and the present generation of kids think the opposite, that America is the 'be all and end all' of everything we hold so dear
Yeah, the kids in the 50's thought the same way. Probably that's why there's so many of them in the U.S. :Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:

"Please don't go there!" does my head in :retard:


sorry SD :o .. but I like this letter ! :D

This was in the Liverpool Echo, sent in by James J Kennedy, Norris green.

festering ghettos

As we will be the European Capital of Culture in 2008, maybe now is a good time to invite visitors to see the 'culture' that is Scargreen Avenue in Norris Green.
Let them see the art work of our 'cultural' youth that is expressed in morbid American pidgin English in bouquets and graffiti.
Let them see how un-European, not just this city, but this country is. The city centre may be being regenerated, but outside it's limits are festering ghettos.
Norris Green is not unlike any ghetto of this city, where youth lead parallel lives. They speak like Americans (very sadly and, give credit to Yanks, very badly).
Make 2008 the year Liverpool and Britain become the 51st state. We are already nearly there.


I particularly go along with the last sentence. :snf (41):

... and it's quite true about us being so un-European. :rolleyes:

"Please don't go there!" does my head in :retard:

It does my head in when you read the phrase ' as we are approaching the European Capital of Culture' .... (for the umpteenth time !!) .. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ... Gawd ! that phrase is so over-used on letter pages,forums and phone-in's !

... and it's quite true about us being so un-European. :rolleyes:
There has long been a clear distinction between Anglo-American positivistic thinking and the more idealistic traditions of European social thought. Regretably we ally ourselves more naturally with the Americans in this respect.

'End of' is a British saying, not an American saying :D ...

They say 'period'.... :Colorz_Grey_PDT_16:

'Period'

I HATE that !!

(bangs head on wall !) .... don't like 'end of ' either. :rolleyes:

Periods were called "Full stops' when I was in school, so that always sounded daft to me too.

One saying that Americans have nicked off us does my head in when I hear them use it is .. 'Nuff said' ..... its 'E'nuff said' end of innit :D

Haha I must be losing some of my Scouseness, I used it yesterday.:037:

arh hey I'm gutted now :D :unibrow:

That's another one, when did 'gutted' come into the language, I thought it was something you did to fish prior to cooking.
My scousness must be on its' way out, it sounds as ridiculous as 'gobsmacked' to me. :037:

I think it arrived in the lexicon in the mid to late 70's, via football commentators and post-match player interviews... 'I'm over the moon' was another standard player reply :D

Had to be after '81 when I left. Commentators have got a lot to answer for, they have altered the pronunciation of a lot of words, I wonder if they do it deliberately. Before I left they were pronouncing the word golf as goalf, I heard people copying it, they must have thought it was correct. Will these T.V. people eventually have us all speaking the same stupid way they do?.

'Absolutely!' ;)

Had to be after '81 when I left.

I remember using the expression when I was teenager in the late 70's, it is probable that the kids picked upon it first, then it filtered into the wider society ;)

It's funny how sometimes you find yourself using phrases that you hate. :D

I hate it when grown people shorten words with 'ie' or 'y' - such as Choccy biccies and veggies ! grrrr! like how a 4 year old would say.

.. and yet I find myself saying 'photies' :rolleyes: ... and of course 'ciggies' :D

I'd rather say photographs, but as it's long winded to keep typing the same word, I'll shorten it to photies.
I wouldn't say 'piccies' tho' :D 'pics' is better.

That's another one, when did 'gutted' come into the language, I thought it was something you did to fish prior to cooking.
My scousness must be on its' way out, it sounds as ridiculous as 'gobsmacked' to me. :037:

I quite like gobsmacked. Ha!

You can get a vision of someone being so shocked that they look like they've been hit with a wet kipper ! :celb (23):

Sorry FKoE I just seen your word 'veggie' in the shoutbox !

..... but I'm talking about when grown people talking about food say, 'eat a good diet with plenty of veggies', or ' the menu consists of many dishes containing lots of veggies' (me banging head on wall) ... why do they say this as if they are talking to primary school kids !??

:D ... its mad aye ? ... alphabet spaghetti whats that about? :D

It is sad in a way, the way the language changes makes me feel like a foreigner when I come for a visit. The money sems to change frequently too, always seems to be a new coin, People in shops must think I've been in jail for a long time, I sound like I should know what the money is but often look dumbfounded at it.
Last time I was there someone in a pub refused a ten pound note, said it was too old, I thought she was joking but she was right, it was one that I had left from a previous visit. My sister took it to the bank and got it changed.:037:

That flag!:eek:

Y'know shy I can still remember seeing my first fifty pence piece... i was about 5, and it was in the the little police office on the lanny, and a young police woman let me look at it , to shut me up when i'd got lost from me mam :D

I had an aunt who lived to a ripe old age, she died in about '90, she never converted, always refered to a 10p as two shillings etc.:)

That flag!:eek:


Yeah love it :)

I must burn it!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

S'ok max, the second amendment allows burning the flag in public.

This thread is finished.

End of.

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S'ok max, the second amendment allows burning the flag in public.

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hehehe... born 65 Lindy .. you can't be more than a year or two older than me girl ;D

I was driving a Liverpool cab at the time of the change, five shillings worth of pennies weighed !lb 4oz. so I was relieved, used to wear out pockets like crazy.

Who knows, but I may have been in your cab Shy :D

Could well be, I hope you gave me a good tip.:037:

:D ... its mad aye ? ... alphabet spaghetti whats that about? :D

.... and what's all this 'spits & spots' the weather forecasters say ! like something off cbeebies ! :rolleyes:

hahaha :D

Could well be, I hope you gave me a good tip.:037:

I may well have been sick in the back :D

Lucky you, it only cost a fiver to clean in those days, it is twentyfive now.:037:

I think I may have given you a two bob tip, for your trouble squire :D

Two bob eh, is that how I got this poor :)

Its paying for all that sawdust which skint yer Shy :D

My Spell Checker is Yanky:-

So if I have had a few bevies, I click it on.

I am still sussed out. All my mates on the Messenger say, "Steve,,,,, you don't spell colour like that,,,,, Color is American."

Center is the American way its spelt whilst English version is Centre. I get annoyed when buses have City Center on the destination :disgust:

Center is the American way its spelt whilst English version is Centre. I get annoyed when buses have City Center on the destination :disgust:

Ironically, here in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, there is a "Centre Street" possibly a leftover of colonial days. There is also a Centreville (http://www.centreville-md.org/) on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where quite a number of placenames betray an English origin: e.g., Salisbury, Cambridge, and Oxford.

Chris

I've only just discovered this thread.
Love it.

There are words that Scousers use on this site that I don't understand, and I've lived in Liverpool almost 40 years!

My memory's gone - I can't think of any at the moment.

Anyway, I know exactly where "gobsmacked" came from.
The first time I heard it was when Elsie Tanner (Patricia Phoenix) in Coronation Street used it.

I hate abbreviations like Corrie, but accept that Scousers have always used them.
All the cinemas got their names abbreviated.
I shudder to think what the Homer was called!

I hate those abreviations too. ' Corrie' .. I've noticed that even tv presenters are saying it now. :rolleyes:

the worst one I hate is MACCIES .. grrrr ... for Mac Donalds .. grrrrrrrrrr !!!

Sorry .. I've seen it on here. :)

I hate all those shortened words like 'leccie' for electric, or 'baggsie' for the launderette. (it comes form the term 'bagwash'). Workies - workmen.
There's loads more I can't think of at the moment.

I hate those abreviations too. ' Corrie' .. I've noticed that even tv presenters are saying it now. :rolleyes:

the worst one I hate is MACCIES .. grrrr ... for Mac Donalds .. grrrrrrrrrr !!!

Sorry .. I've seen it on here. :)

I hate all those shortened words like 'leccie' for electric, or 'baggsie' for the launderette. (it comes form the term 'bagwash'). Workies - workmen.
There's loads more I can't think of at the moment.

Well said, Lindy, but it's probably a term of affection when local places get abbreviated.
The most obvious one at the moment is "Pivvy" which is up in neon on the former Pavilion Theatre in Lodge Lane.