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FeloniousMonk

FeloniousMonk

HelenaHandbasket said:
This is normal Scottish vernacular. I learnt to speak like this - then was made to change at school in the south.
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Thank you! Believe it or not I've been worrying about this phrasing for quite a while, as I've started questioning whether I've been saying it wrong my entire life. I grew up in Sussex but now live in Yorkshire. I see "needs gone by Friday" or "wants painted".

I started asking myself well wait, I would have said "needs to be gone" or "it wants painting" but actually is that more logically or even grammatically correct? Given that we're talking about an inanimate object which doesn't actually have any wants or needs, surely the correct phrasing would be "I need this (to be) gone" rather than implying the need lies within the unattractive and dog-chewed 3 seater settee in grey crushed velvet?

These are things I think about while stuck in traffic on a motorway.

As for the mumsnet "have you no organic quinoa to offer, OP?" - that can get in the bleeping bin.
 
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Wooh

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Shout out to a Mumsnetter who gave a hummus tip which WORKS: blending two ice cubes into the nearly-finished hummus; "this will give a very silky finish." Yes, yes, it does, and I thank her/him.
 
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Back to normal programming, was it the chicken, or the wine, or the children?

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"But it's never happened before, except it has the other day, and the chicken/children was AIR FRIED!"
 
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Melian

Iamthebosun said:
Oh my god they're so dumb. Either eat chicken OR drink wine NOT BOTH and then you'll see.
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A few years ago I developed migraine after eating some pizza. Came to the conclusion it wasn't the base because I hadn't had any issues with bread. Had some cheese spread (yes I know it's not exactly the same) and had the same reaction. Came to the conclusion it was the cheese
 
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ohell95

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It is crazy how quick mumsnetters are to scream 'LTB' and line up your ducks blah blah blah. No matter how a thread starts, you can guarantee someone will come along claim the OP should be questioning their entire relationship and their partner can't possibly love them. Is every relationship just doomed to end in you both secretly hating your guts til you join mumsnet?
 
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Iamthebosun

Iamthebosun

Melian said:
A few years ago I developed migraine after eating some pizza. Came to the conclusion it wasn't the base because I hadn't had any issues with bread. Had some cheese spread (yes I know it's not exactly the same) and had the same reaction. Came to the conclusion it was the cheese
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No way, you solved a problem without creating a Mumsnet thread or going NC with anyone! They'll never believe it!
 
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TheMiceInTheShed

TheMiceInTheShed

FeloniousMonk said:
Thank you! Believe it or not I've been worrying about this phrasing for quite a while, as I've started questioning whether I've been saying it wrong my entire life. I grew up in Sussex but now live in Yorkshire. I see "needs gone by Friday" or "wants painted".

I started asking myself well wait, I would have said "needs to be gone" or "it wants painting" but actually is that more logically or even grammatically correct? Given that we're talking about an inanimate object which doesn't actually have any wants or needs, surely the correct phrasing would be "I need this (to be) gone" rather than implying the need lies within the unattractive and dog-chewed 3 seater settee in grey crushed velvet?

These are things I think about while stuck in traffic on a motorway.

As for the mumsnet "have you no organic quinoa to offer, OP?" - that can get in the bleeping bin.
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the unattractive and dog-chewed 3 seater settee in grey crushed velvet

Leave it in a puddle.

Jack Monroe will sort it for you.
 
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CatCafe234

Iamthebosun said:
Oh my god they're so dumb. Either eat chicken OR drink wine NOT BOTH and then you'll see.
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Or, like, go to a medical professional ‘cos it sounds more like gallstones than anything else? I’m not a medical expert, but pancreatitis doesn’t tend to disappear in a day :rolleyes:
 
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Brandshinynew

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Has anyone seen the thread in pregnancy about the woman who's paralysed, but not. It's a strange strange story.
 
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Kikini Bamalam

Kikini Bamalam

Lads! We have a massive bunfight going on in a thread on AIBU "to think parents don't need to be ultra smart/formal for graduation ceremonies"

We have everything from Hyacinth Bucket types to mums wearing jeans and DMs (to their sons Cambridge graduation, no less) I've done 3 graduations and just wore black trousers, black top and flat shoes. No tea dresses for me!

This one cracked me up. Nomination for thread title is "Is this a northern thing?" :LOL:

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