Rob Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 ...on this forum specifically, is the amount of people using "end of." to conclude their posts. It's a forum, if you want to use your statement to close a discussion then you'd best become a moderator so you can lock threads. Saying "end of" at the 'end of' every post just appears big-headed to me, like "I have spoken, that is the end of the matter" (wait for it) Please feel free to discuss the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 eh? have I missed something? is this about the motorbike 'spat'....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 No, it's every spat that's on here at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 i've think you've said enough.... (its comming)........ end of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markymark Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 end of. there's always one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I haven't seen it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 No, it's every spat that's on here at the moment. Even the Veilside ones?..... Just getting my coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 Kopite, since you've answered I'm going to hijack my own thread... What does "Plastic Scouser" actually mean, and why, in relation to the Mansun song Stripper Vicar, would dobbing on the vicar result in him being called a plastic scouser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Scouser In the English city of Liverpool, Plastic Scouser is a term used to describe a person who sounds Scouse but lives on the other side of the River Mersey to the city itself. Usually people in Birkenhead and Wallasey are referred to by this term. "Plastic" refers to fake or imitation and is also used in other cases such as "plazzy scally" for a middle class person who pretends to be from a working class background in order to gain street credit. "Plastic Scouser" can also refer to someone very proud of, and quick to emphasise their supposedly "scouse" heritage, despite living in a town that is not part of Liverpool, not necessarily just a town on the opposite side of the River Mersey. People on the Wirral tend to speak in a softer Scouse, and are indeed considered "posh" to their fellow Scousers. End of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKIVDreamer Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Interesting Question! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Scouser Edited: DOH ! - that Jake is quick off the draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Plastic Scouser (or Placcy/Plazzy scouser round here) is just someone who's not from Liverpool itself but says they are. Like i'm only 10 miles outside the city centre itself so a few people could use that term at me, but i was born in and used to live in the city itself so i wouldn't get that. Normally people from Cheshire etc or the Wirral. Not sure about the song though lol EDIT: Jake already answerered.... serves me right for watching Top Gear while posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Why would someone want to pretend to be from Liverpool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 To make themselves sound good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 So do you get Plastic Cockneys then? All those people that say they're from London when they actually live in Surrey or Berkshire? I suppose I'm a Plastic Skate then, cos I always say I'm from Pompey but actually I live about 10 miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 the bike thread thingy was my fault , must be the weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 So do you get Plastic Cockneys then?. That's a 'mockney' isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 So do you get Plastic Cockneys then? All those people that say they're from London when they actually live in Surrey or Berkshire? I suppose I'm a Plastic Skate then, cos I always say I'm from Pompey but actually I live about 10 miles away. Don't see why not, dunno how long the terms been round here. Same for "wollybacks" too which is the same thing really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I've heard Pompey peeps described as plastic cockneys a few times... I think the accent is stronger on Pompey than it is in South London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Pompey's got a Dorset twang though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Pompey's got a Dorset twang though. The scummers have.... erm, sorry I mean those good folks from the nice town of Southampton.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Im a Cardboard Geordie then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Mockney From Wikipedia, In British English, the term mockney (a Portmanteau of "mock" and "cockney") has come to be used, predominantly in the media, to describe those who present themselves as cockneys (or, by extension, other working-class groups) with the intention of gaining popular credibility. A stereotypical mockney comes from a middle or upper-middle class background in England's Home Counties. The mockney speaks, or attempts to speak, in the working-class London accent popularly known as "cockney" (although spoken by many who are not cockneys at all) and often referred to as estuary English. It is an affectation sometimes adopted for aesthetic purposes, other times just to sound "cool" or in attempt to generate street credibility. The phenomenon was first named in the mid-1990s and was made famous in describing Britpop bands such as Blur and, on occasions, politicians such as Tony Blair. Mick Jagger is often accused of having been the first celebrity in modern times to overplay his regional accent in order to boost his street credibility ("street cred"). Another highly influential rock act, The Kinks, are also pointed to as a mockney band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 So what am I then? Born in London, raised in the south and living in Yorkshire. A porkie Yorkie perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I was eating an ice cream and I bit the..end off. Should I lock this thread now? JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 is this a 'hit it JB' moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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