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I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:20 pm
by Fade
Why is this a thing?
I am seeing it more and more frequently in headlines
"gooseberry fool Splitters 5 is Headed to PS5" for example
Why is it not "is Heading to PS5"
I'm hoping some of you intelligent chaps can help me understand why this has become an accepted form of English when it makes absolutely no sense.
It's like a grammar error that's gone viral and absolutely nobody has noticed, I find it kind of fascinating, but also like nails on a chalkboard
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:22 pm
by Moggy
Grammer Nazis
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:27 pm
by That
turtle-headed
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:27 pm
by Cuttooth
Fade wrote:Why is this a thing?
I am seeing it more and more frequently in headlines
"gooseberry fool Splitters 5 is Headed to PS5" for example
Why is it not "is Heading to PS5"
I'm hoping some of you intelligent chaps can help me understand why this has become an accepted form of English when it makes absolutely no sense.
It's like a grammar error that's gone viral and absolutely nobody has noticed, I find it kind of fascinating, but also like nails on a chalkboard
Can you understand what the author is trying to say with 'headed'? Then it makes sense.
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:37 pm
by RJ Badman
The answer is yanks.
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:12 pm
by Dual
Honestly like I could care less.
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:13 pm
by Cuttooth
Dual wrote:Honestly like I could care less?
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:18 pm
by Vermilion
I still find it unacceptable that Americans refer to biscuits as 'crackers'
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:35 pm
by Moggy
Vermilion wrote:I still find it unacceptable that Americans refer to biscuits as 'crackers'
Do they?
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:46 pm
by Jenuall
Moggy wrote:Vermilion wrote:I still find it unacceptable that Americans refer to biscuits as 'crackers'
Do they?
Yeah they have Graham crackers but other than that I don't think they use the term as Vermi is suggesting.
Calling everything a cookie is bullshit though
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:08 pm
by Corazon de Leon
Jenuall wrote:Moggy wrote:Vermilion wrote:I still find it unacceptable that Americans refer to biscuits as 'crackers'
Do they?
Yeah they have Graham crackers but other than that I don't think they use the term as Vermi is suggesting.
Calling everything a cookie is bullshit though
WHAT!?
I've been calling them Gram Crackers.
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:11 pm
by Kezzer
Shuttered
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:33 pm
by Ironhide
Corazon de Leon wrote:Jenuall wrote:Moggy wrote:Vermilion wrote:I still find it unacceptable that Americans refer to biscuits as 'crackers'
Do they?
Yeah they have Graham crackers but other than that I don't think they use the term as Vermi is suggesting.
Calling everything a cookie is bullshit though
WHAT!?
I've been calling them Gram Crackers.
Americans can't say Graham properly, or Craig, Colin and various other names for that matter.
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:41 pm
by Corazon de Leon
I knew that, but strawberry floating hell.
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:43 pm
by Jenuall
I must admit I had a WTF moment when I found out they were "Graham" and not "gram"!
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:45 pm
by Preezy
Moggy wrote:Grammer Nazis
*Nazi's
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:09 pm
by Moggy
Jenuall wrote:Moggy wrote:Vermilion wrote:I still find it unacceptable that Americans refer to biscuits as 'crackers'
Do they?
Yeah they have Graham crackers but other than that I don't think they use the term as Vermi is suggesting.
Calling everything a cookie is bullshit though
I wouldn't call this a biscuit.
It's not a cracker either though to be fair.
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:00 pm
by Alvin Flummux
Preezy wrote:Moggy wrote:Grammer Nazis
*Nazi's
*Grahamer
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:01 pm
by Jenuall
Re: I'm Headed for a Poo
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:25 pm
by RJ Badman
Ironhide wrote:Americans can't say Graham properly, or Craig, Colin and various other names for that matter.
Bernard.
While I'm at it, their spreading of the misconception that Sega is pronounced anything other than Say-Ga. They literally sing it at the start of many games as if clarification was needed. If you pronounced it "segger" back in my old school you'd fall somewhere between getting a weird look and some of the more shitey teachers accusing you of thinly veiled racism.