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Am I completely out of touch with the way people speak?

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Chinnychinnychinnychib · 25/02/2017 09:24

What would you interpret the meaning of this sentence as?

'Are you quite financial this month?'

To me, that makes no sense. DH (who asked it) says it's perfectly obvious and it's how people talk these days. He meant, are you quite financially secure this month.

AIBU for this to piss me right off? He says I am a hopeless pedant and this is just the casual parlance du jour.

OP posts:
x2boys · 25/02/2017 10:15

i havent worked for a couple of years as i care for ds2 whose disabled but as a former nurse we used to play bull shit bingo every time we had manadtory training and see what bullshit terms the managers would come out with .

WutheringTights · 25/02/2017 10:23

Nothing wrong with ending a sentence with a preposition. blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/11/grammar-myths-prepositions/ # missespoint

Wdigin2this · 25/02/2017 10:30

Stupidly put question....I despair of the chances for the English language!

StayAChild · 25/02/2017 10:32

OP thanks for the laugh this morning.

I've just asked my DH if the printer is quite inked (I was printing something while reading this thread). He just looked at me weird and carried on what he was doing, so I didn't get chance to use your DH's parlance du jour phrase.

I really like bullshit bingo x2boys grin

Bluntness100 · 25/02/2017 10:32

No one speaks like that. It makes no sense. Even teenagers would think wtf does that mean. You can't just make up your own language and pretend you haven't and everyone talks like that. 😂

StayAChild · 25/02/2017 10:33

grin fail Grin

Archfarchnad · 25/02/2017 10:33

DH has been annoying the hell out of me for the past two years with this - but he does it as a joke. Ha fecking ha.
His research field is applied linguistics and he read it in some linguistics book on global varieties of English, apparently the expression is used in certain African countries. Now whenever the question comes up of which of us should pay for something, he insists on asking me 'Are you Financial?' (Autocorrect changed the f to F and refuses to change it back now). Any judge would grant me a divorce on the grounds of sustained mental cruelty, surely...

ZaZathecat · 25/02/2017 10:35

He's either ab ex-Apprentice Candidate ("Yourself can do that", "it's a learning curve" (steep, gentle, what?)), or as Milady implied, he is secretly Japanese and has to Google translate everything before he says it.

Archfarchnad · 25/02/2017 10:35

So the answer is, yes it exists in some English dialects in other countries, but is not - and should never be a part of - standard British English.

AYankinSpanx · 25/02/2017 10:37

'Are you quite financial this month?'

"Are you feeling quite twattish today?"

ememem84 · 25/02/2017 10:41

Set fire to him

Mil does this and it's infuriating. For example. She doesn't buy something. She acquires it. She goes "acquisitioning" instead of shopping.

DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 25/02/2017 10:43

Are you married to Del Boy?

Foslady · 25/02/2017 10:59

It's better by a margin? Surely by saying marginally better (whatever the rights and wrongs of the grammar- neither are great) it's less syllables so would be more 'down with it'?

AdoptionorNot · 25/02/2017 11:03

Pigeon English

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 25/02/2017 11:09

it's less syllables so would be more 'down with it'?

Fewer Wink

NotYoda · 25/02/2017 11:09

If you read fashion or interior design magazines, you may be familiar with the term 'curate' to describe (for instance) choosing and displaying ornaments in your home. If I were to meet someone who actually says that I'd be tempted to reconfigure their Laughing Gear.

Foslady · 25/02/2017 11:12

UntilGrinGrinGrin

I never got the hang of it - took years for me to get the have/of thing right!!!!

MrsDoylesTeabags · 25/02/2017 11:15

I don't know Chinny maybe going forward you ned to run it up a flagpole to see which way the winds blowing? or some shit like that

PollytheDolly · 25/02/2017 11:18

*Is the Kitchen quite grocery this week?

Is the car quite petroleum today?*

Is the laundry fresh this week?

Hahahaaaa!! Brilliant.

TheStoic · 25/02/2017 11:19

Not a phrase I'd use, but I understand what it means.

Were you really not able to understand it? Or did you just pretend you didn't to make a point?

user1471596238 · 25/02/2017 11:25

Bit too casual for me. I wouldn't have got the point of that question either! Are you financial(ly) secure? Yes, that makes sense. Are you financial? Wtf?

Bluntness100 · 25/02/2017 11:27

In all seriousness though, Is English maybe not his first langauge? That would explain it? Or does he have literacy issues or learning difficulties which prevent him understanding how to construct sentences or understand the meaning of words easily?

Genuinely I'd suspect maybe an underlying issue in terms of language skills, as this is a near fifty year old man. Maybe he struggles with language and needs help rather than setting on fire?

Ohyesiam · 25/02/2017 11:28

It's not teen speak, I just ran it past a couple of them. Is it boardroom management speak? Maybe your husband has a very dull desk job, which he is bringing home?

Ohyesiam · 25/02/2017 11:29

the stoic , I am often able to grasp slang quite easily , but this could mean either counting the pennies or flush.

TheStoic · 25/02/2017 11:36

the stoic , I am often able to grasp slang quite easily , but this could mean either counting the pennies or flush.

Counting the pennies would be 'unfinancial'. It's not that tricky, is it?