It’s just a nouveau spelling of “nauseated”.
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Teeth itching isn’t it?
And the wrong and over use of mortified
eg
I was mortified when the hotel did not offer kippers for breakfast
Have they never ever read or consulted a dictionary?
Mortified is being highly embarrassed at one’s own shortcomings I understand
Talking of understand who has heard the
To understand about X we asked questions
I would learn about X by asking questions and through learning eventually understand X
Or I would understand a person speaking in a different language by gestures and pidgin English
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“Little Vinnie was mortified after he insulted Sparrer’s Bruvver.”
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Mort as in dedd ified?
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Goodness, I have absolutely no idea. Maybe he’s gone for a long holiday somewhere nice. Yes, let’s say that.
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Your bruvver is so good to those he knows long holidays are not cheap
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Presumably for asking for them after going to the effort of choosing a place with the decency not to pollute the dining room with them.
Meanwhile, “sangwidge” < shudder >
And “Wednesday” pronounced in a way that makes me want to answer: “Between dawn and sunset”
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Or in some areas, “as soon as I can find my machete”.
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Christianna Brand made a career out of sneering at people’s accents in her detective stories, and that one was a favourite of hers. I found that reading her cattiness going on and on largely cured me of doing it myself.
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I dislike the “very or so unique” that has started to describe something
The root of unique is una which is one
How can one be more individual than itself?
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Meteoric rise, anyone?
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Missed!
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In M&S it might be. unicus*
*fecking students
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Gus, how do you feel about the elimination of “when” from the language, as in someone talking about the sixties as “the time where” people wore psychedelic clothing?
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Uncharitable.
When shall we meet?
Under the clock.
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Space is time and time is space. Spin round a bit in four dimensions and it’ll all make more sense.
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Obviously I forgot my Latin and used Spanish Gus
Perhaps Latin is your native tongue?
I am too young for that and was taught a dead language as a frame for a lot of European languages!
Runs away to hide from the scary limpet…
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liga te ipsum!
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Nah shan’t - I dislike ligatures!
Have a soft fried egg with an Ulster fry…
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fiæ!
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