Posts by James Francis

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  • Island Life: Abusage,

    Ooh! Ooh!

    The absolute near-guaranteed certainty that anyone on TV from Mark Sainsbury down (or up) will say, "Congradulations".

    It has a 't'. Big grumpiness at that one.

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: Abusage,

    Might I suggest that, pronunciation notwithstanding, 'heinous' is consigned to the same deep, dark linguistic hole as 'absolutely'. The way I've heard it used to describe anything from the mildly irritating to the fractionally dire is... there's a word for it somewhere.

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Radio Times,

    I'd suggest a battery connected to Duncan Garner's testicles that give him a shock every time he starts a sentence "Listen..."

    Aww, do you really need the qualifier?

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Southerly: A Trip to Canberra with Alan Bollard,

    ... but could def. be turned into a film by Tarantino

    I could hear this/these as monologue plays on National Radio. Nine to Noon. Oh yes. I'd be listening. Even behind the closed curtains in Karori would, I am certain, be the muffled sounds of laughter.

    David, you're good.

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Southerly: A Trip to Canberra with Alan Bollard,

    Please, please let it be true.

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: I don't just read the…,

    But generally it's an English thing. You just have to be there .and when you see one you just know.:)

    I met one last year. (In Newfoundland of all places). Your description to a 'T'.

    Thanks, Sofie

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: I don't just read the…,

    Thank you.

    My work and wandering attention thanks you.

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: I don't just read the…,

    Why do I feel that a simple comment has right-turned into a diatribe?

    As soon as I find out what a chav is I'm going back to work.

    Writing an ad.

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: I don't just read the…,

    Just do better than me and don't betray the fact that you think it's pronounced 'shaav'.

    You mean that not only do I not know what a chav is but I can't pronounce it either? Now I'm feeling very insecure.

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

  • Cracker: I don't just read the…,

    you're making out that there's simply no possible way that they could be using real people.

    I thnk you're putting words in my mouth. I said that they were probably talent.

    Yes, you can use 'real' people but as I said before most commercials are made with talent.

    Sunny Tawa by the sea • Since Nov 2006 • 111 posts Report Reply

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