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AIBU?

the word is TEXTS, not TEXTSES!!!

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vmcd28 · 14/06/2011 23:42

I'm hearing this more and more. On tv, radio, pals etc etc. Drives me mad.

And don't even start me on breakfastses.

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sungirltan · 15/06/2011 20:50

just being DA but hasn't the word season turned up because of the really long running telly shows. i'm sure it started being used when Lost started. what i mean is you would say 'eastenders is a drama series on the beeb' but 'which series of lost have you got up to?' 'oh we're watching season 5 atm'

you reckon?

GemmaReeto · 15/06/2011 18:29

:o This post has made me laugh as its something I say....I also say 'crussies' instead of crusts and people always point it out to me

I've said it since I remember, its just automatic. I dont know where I've heard it from as no-one I know says it. I am from Stoke but I'm not Jeremy Kyle material by any means!

chipmonkey · 15/06/2011 18:02

When ds2 was being potty trained he used to say "My pantses is wet" But in his defence he was a toddler!

vmcd28 · 15/06/2011 17:57

Mrsk, nope I've never ever heard "gotten" used here in Scotland. It doesn't work well with the Scottish accent

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ShoutyHamster · 15/06/2011 17:00

'I'll give you a right texting in a minute'

microfight · 15/06/2011 16:59

there's a great new drama or comedy called x it is a series with x episodes in each??

OrdinaryJo · 15/06/2011 16:58

YANBU. But the thing that makes me crazy is 'gave' as in 'I gave her a text', 'I'll give you a text when I'm on the way'. No you won't. You'll send one. SEND ONE!

heads for darkened room, at speed

microfight · 15/06/2011 16:57

Friends is a great show? TV program?

TrillianAstra · 15/06/2011 16:56

"There's a great new series on Channel 4...."

Season has replaced series in one usage but not the other. It's useful to have two different words for two different things.

sungirltan · 15/06/2011 16:55

i know 'gotten' is a real word innit BUT in a similar way to the over use of 'like' it has only come into use lately because of yank tv shows such as friends.

microfight · 15/06/2011 16:53

It just needs called the name of the programme like Friends!!!! Or the series friends. Series 1,2,3 etc.
The name season has just replaced the word series.

mrskbpw · 15/06/2011 16:52

I think gotten is used quite a lot in Scotland, isn't it? It's not wrong, it's just different. English English and American English all came from the same place, they've just developed differently.

I've also never heard textses but I HATE text being used as a past tense. "She text me and said she'd be late..."

TEXTED! It's TEXTED! If you're using it as a verb then use it as a verb properly. Tsk.

BTW I think it's fine to use text as a verb. And google. I'm guessing people once made a fuss about telephone being used as a verb..

TrillianAstra · 15/06/2011 16:49

If series is the name for each group of episodes then what is the whole thing called? Series again?

"Friends is such a great series" AND "Series 2 of Friends is my favourite"?

GollyHolightly · 15/06/2011 16:45

Textses always sounds like testes to me. What is the world coming to, I axe you?

quirrelquarrel · 15/06/2011 16:44

Only 8 Posh Nosh ever made!

God, that's such a fab series. Wish there was a DVD of it. We have wavery old video recordings. "Humiliate the salad. Now, the difference about our walled garden..."

microfight · 15/06/2011 16:43

I thought we had a series 1 made up of x episodes series 2 made up of x episodes etc? Why do we need the name season?

TrillianAstra · 15/06/2011 16:41

Since we started watching more American shows that have more episodes (only 12 Fawlty Towers ever made!) and needed more distinctions.

e.g. Friends is a series made up of 10 seasons, each of which has 22-24 episodes.

microfight · 15/06/2011 16:37

And when did a series become a season? Tell me that!

TrillianAstra · 15/06/2011 16:35

quirrelquarrel · 15/06/2011 16:26

What's so wrong with using poor old "gotten"?
I use them interchangeably, I think. Sounds like one of the things my parents used to correct me on when I was little- they'd learnt English grammar up all the way, so they were Chief Pedants.

MindyMacready · 15/06/2011 16:20

what is wrong with using the word "Become" not bleedin' gotten

quirrelquarrel · 15/06/2011 16:17

LOL at "we need all sorts on MN".

How gracious of you! :o

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quirrelquarrel · 15/06/2011 16:16

Ooh this is a tagent of my own particular bugbear, which is when people abbreviate names like Rebecca to "Bexs". It's just "Bex". No 's' needed! Or otherwise they need an apostrophe.

I use "gotten" all the time. Sometimes I could avoid it, but it's natural now. No big deal.

slowshow · 15/06/2011 10:51

YES! I thought it was just me. It really, really makes me cringe.

Having said that, thegruffalosma is right - I've only ever heard it on Jezza Kyle. Example dialogue:

"A texed me and said that B was sleeping with C and D ain't the father!"
"I've got the texes on my phone as proof! Loads of texes!"

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh.

GabbyLoggon · 15/06/2011 10:26

yep some things do irritate. I have done "have you had your invite?" before.But we need all sorts on MN

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