Harleyman Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 My wife says she wishes Richard Quest of CNN's "Quest means business" would suddenly disappear. His voice irritates the hell out of her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 My wife says she wishes Richard Quest of CNN's "Quest means business" would suddenly disappear. His voice irritates the hell out of her Is he the one with the big teeth, talks with his mouth wide open, if it's the one I'm thinking of he's an obnoxious bugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Is he the one with the big teeth, talks with his mouth wide open, if it's the one I'm thinking of he's an obnoxious bugger Yes it's him. Wears glasses and has a loud braying voice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chorba Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Andy McCluskey (OMD) sums up Cowell's influence on UK music with "Simon Cowell is singlehandedly responsible for some of the most -ing awful music in the last 15 years that's been inflicted on the entire planet":hihi: Source => http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-new-song-synth-pop-legends-omd Thank you for the article. I agree with them 100%. Once I heard him say: "if you say the music I produce is not good you are saying that the majority of people have bad taste, because the majority buys my music" YES Cowell people who buy your stuff have bad taste just like you! Your taste is a disgrace, you are raping musical creation in every possible way. And I don't get the whole X factor Christmas number one every year. I just don't. Who buys the CD's? People actually queue for that. Made me love Rage Against the Machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Interestingly, when I read Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue, I learned that many of the words that we associate with American English were once old English (one example being 'fall' for autumn) however, English English has evolved more. I do dislike the creeping spelling changes we see, Sibon's tale of sulphur really wound me up! I am always bemused by the Americans' use of the word 'pry' which they use as we do 'prise'. Odd that. No doubt some smartarse will tell me why this is. I love the parts of the States that I have seen, have always found Americans to be very welcoming and friendly. I am irked to see comments such as 'I hate the Yanks as much as the next man' - why? As has been said (I think), some of the best TV has come out of the States. In fact virtually everything that I watch and consider to be first class top quality drama/thriller is American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Interestingly, when I read Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue, I learned that many of the words that we associate with American English were once old English (one example being 'fall' for autumn) however, English English has evolved more. I do dislike the creeping spelling changes we see, Sibon's tale of sulphur really wound me up! I am always bemused by the Americans' use of the word 'pry' which they use as we do 'prise'. Odd that. No doubt some smartarse will tell me why this is. I love the parts of the States that I have seen, have always found Americans to be very welcoming and friendly. I am irked to see comments such as 'I hate the Yanks as much as the next man' - why? As has been said (I think), some of the best TV has come out of the States. In fact virtually everything that I watch and consider to be first class top quality drama/thriller is American. Suffragette, hi, can you use prise in a sentence, don't get that one, as for pry, you mean like to pry open a door ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Andy McCluskey (OMD) sums up Cowell's influence on UK music with "Simon Cowell is singlehandedly responsible for some of the most -ing awful music in the last 15 years that's been inflicted on the entire planet":hihi: Source => http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-new-song-synth-pop-legends-omd You mean more so than Stock, Aiken and Waterman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 You mean more so than Stock, Aiken and Waterman? Yep, more than terrible trio:D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel666 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 yay and on queue comes the next incarnation of the islamophobic troll Which is exactly what you wanted. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Suffragette, hi, can you use prise in a sentence, don't get that one, as for pry, you mean like to pry open a door ? Prise open a tin of beans or pry into your knickers. I fink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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