Two times winner/loser etc. seems to be the in thing on all the TV channels!
2007-10-25 01:57:10 · 11 answers · asked by John T 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It sounds and seems silly to say something like ` Two times I went to town today` or `You will have to go around the block two times`. I havn`t noticed this myself , but why aren`t they saying `Twice a winner/loser`? It sounds much better....beats me!
2007-10-25 03:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by *~STEVIE~* *~B~* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am becoming increasingly terrified at the horrendous use of English Language. I was in my Mother-in-Law's house the other night and she had the subtitles on the television and they actually printed/typed " would of " when someone said 'Would've' Now I don't mean to go on but it's like watching a bad road accident happen in front of your eyes and being completely helpless. Why is this kind of grammatical error allowed?
2007-10-25 09:17:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I still use it, and I teach it to my English students. After all, nothing's happened to 'once'. Now 'thrice' does seem to have gone out of fashion. What was that song, 'She's once, twice, three times a lady'?
2007-10-25 09:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question has made me realise this is starting to happen a lot. It could just fade out of general use like thrice which is hardly ever used now.
Shame
2007-10-25 09:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by susie03 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely agree with Brian M here. I was in Woolworths a while ago and they were selling 'Poker Dices'! Good grief.
2007-10-25 11:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by RobEll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I prefer the word "thrice", it has such a Shakespearean twang to it
Nay, nay and thrice nay - good old Frankie Howerd
2007-10-25 09:08:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its an example of our deteriorating language, like text language. Hopefully it will go full circle and people will start to speak properly again. :(
2007-10-25 10:44:10 · answer #7 · answered by zanzabarr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's called 'padding it out' - using three words where 1 will do. We just used to call it waffling!
2007-10-25 09:01:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's like the phrase, "Six on one hand, half a dozen on the other."
I look at my own hands and figure, "FIVE on one hand, and half of TEN on the other."
2007-10-25 09:13:22 · answer #9 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You mean "trice", spoken by a lisper?
2007-10-25 10:59:31 · answer #10 · answered by captbullshot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋