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I shouldn't of started this thread

54 replies

colditz · 29/06/2008 14:52

I wouldn't of done but it needed to be said or I might of exploded.

Please.

Please.

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aDad · 29/06/2008 14:53

You should of known better.

You could of guessed that bad things would come of it.

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wonderstuff · 29/06/2008 14:55

? I hate it when i don't understand

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WigWamBam · 29/06/2008 14:56

Has this thing kicked off yet?

It should of, you know.

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moshie · 29/06/2008 14:57

I can't do it.
I tried but I can't.
HAVE HAVE HAVE

Agree Colditz, it makes my teeth itch.

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WaynettaSlob · 29/06/2008 14:59

you should of known the reaction you'd get.......

(it has taken me 5 minutes to bring myself to post that - I actually want to correct it, and it feels, I don't know, dirty leaving it like that!)

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tortoiseSHELL · 29/06/2008 14:59

Drives me nuts!

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QuintessentialShadows · 29/06/2008 15:01

I should of brought myself some new shoes.

tic tic tic tic

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kkdmom · 29/06/2008 15:02

should of
could of
would of
might of

decisions, decisions, decisions. [sigh]

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TheProvincialLady · 29/06/2008 15:03

If you was here in front of me I would of learned you about laughing at other people

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MaryAnnSingleton · 29/06/2008 15:05

I'm sat here agreeing, though I might lay down shortly because I'm a bit fed up of it all

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tortoiseSHELL · 29/06/2008 15:06

Almost as much as rogue apostrophe's.

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StellaWasADiver · 29/06/2008 15:17

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DoubleBluff · 29/06/2008 15:19

almost as bad as ' recommend me...'

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hatwoman · 29/06/2008 15:23

I have nightmares about his. I genuinely fear that this is becoming so widespread that in a couple of generations it will be [shudder] "correct".

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hatwoman · 29/06/2008 15:23

his what? this

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Hecate · 29/06/2008 15:35

Thank you. As a result of this thread, my sphincter has contracted so fiercely that it created some sort of vacuum and sucked my entire village in. It's true, everything within a five mile radius is now wedged up my colon. Sky News just turned up. Go and check.

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StealthPolarBear · 29/06/2008 15:56

lay off of it yous lot

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StealthPolarBear · 29/06/2008 16:05

Sorry - "you's lot"

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magicfarawaytree · 29/06/2008 16:22

leave 'could of, would of, should of' alone they ain't doing nothing wrong.

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noddyholder · 29/06/2008 16:28

I always cringe at this but what i hate most is 'we was'

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ShowOfHands · 29/06/2008 16:34

This thread title has made me loose the plot.

I should of clicked on hide/reported it to MN ect.

That was painful to type.

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Harrumph · 29/06/2008 16:43

What's the big deal about 'should of'? What is it pacifically that annoys you so much?

Hahahaha! Oh, dear, you chaps have brought tears to my eyes. I needed cheering up!

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QuintessentialShadows · 29/06/2008 16:50

I am too pacifyable to annoy.

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MrsThierryHenry · 29/06/2008 16:55

Don't you mean you're 'to' pacifyable?

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MrsThierryHenry · 29/06/2008 16:56

Sorry, 'your'. God, my grammer sucks!

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