out of fashion

[trevlad]

i was just looking at blots thread about the use of the word - twice, and it occured to me that its probably going out of fashion.
i use this term with my mum when she asks have we got this or do we want that.
amongst other things out of fashion are - beetroot,milk in bottles, beef dripping,tap water, proper shoe polish, boiled potatoes, spotted dick, reference books,proper english,football scarves, proper cartoons, hot water bottles,

the list can be endless if you think about natural changes and eating habits/modern technology etc?

any one else got any 'favorites'

[Chloe]

I know that you can still see them is some shops - but jars of sweets. I love asking for a 'quarter' of pear drops,( I know that measurment should be obsolete). Sweets in paper bags reminds me of my childhood. Chloe

[brizzle]

I suppose the phrase 'I taped...' or 'tape it forward' will soon be a thing of the past as tapes will no longer be the medium we use for video/audio. Come to think of it the idea of 'rewinding a film/music' as well.

[E. Cosgrove]

As well as sweets being weughed out of jars some were in boxes lined with wax paper, lions wine gums, chewing nuts cocnut macaroons to name but a few. If you only bought 2 oz of sweets the paper bag was kite shaped, square if you bought a 1/4. I grew up living behind and above the sweet shop my parents owned, probably where I developed my sweet tooth!<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Chloe
I know that you can still see them is some shops - but jars of sweets. I love asking for a 'quarter' of pear drops,( I know that measurment should be obsolete). Sweets in paper bags reminds me of my childhood. Chloe
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[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote: i was just looking at blots thread about the use of the word - twice, and it occured to me that its probably going out of fashion.
i use this term with my mum when she asks have we got this or do we want that.
amongst other things out of fashion are - beetroot,milk in bottles, beef dripping,tap water, proper shoe polish, boiled potatoes, spotted dick, reference books,proper english,football scarves, proper cartoons, hot water bottles,

the list can be endless if you think about natural changes and eating habits/modern technology etc?

any one else got any 'favorites'[/quote]
Well as you ask, I believe that something that has gone out of fashion is any attempt to follow the rules of grammar and spell words correctly. For instance:

Names spelt without a capital letter e.g. blot(sic)

No space left after a comma e.g. reference books,proper english

English written without a capital 'E'.

No apostrophe used, e.g. blots instead of Blott’s.

“i” instead of ‘I’.

‘favourites’ spelt as “favorites”, ‘occurred’ as “occured”, ‘anyone’ as “any one”, ‘Blott’ as “blot”

Sentences ending with a comma. e.g. “hot water bottles,”

Sentences commencing without a capital letter e.g. “the list can be endless”

Quotations not placed in quotation marks e.g. when she asks “have we got this?”

personnaly I is metikulus aboutt getin dese fings writen down proper like –no whot I meen?

LOL

[emm]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by trevlad
i was just looking at blots thread about the use of the word - twice, and it occured to me that its probably going out of fashion.
i use this term with my mum when she asks have we got this or do we want that.
amongst other things out of fashion are - beetroot,milk in bottles, beef dripping,tap water, proper shoe polish, boiled potatoes, spotted dick, reference books,proper english,football scarves, proper cartoons, hot water bottles,

the list can be endless if you think about natural changes and eating habits/modern technology etc?

any one else got any 'favorites'
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I always suspected that I was old fashioned, and now here is the proof.... We still drink tap water, eat beetroot (occasionally), use proper shoe polish on our shoes, consult reference books and nothing beats a hot water bottle when you are feeling unwell!
[msnwink]

[LiesaAnna]

we use hot water bottles here in my home! and i try to use the correct grammer where possible except when answering sometimes here, i dont like reading some of the childrens school books because the use of "dont, wont, cant," are used so much, in my day they were not allowed it had to be "do not, can not, will not, have not," etc...

my daughter often sends me texts on her mobile, she is only 16 da is used so much and i do not understand what it is she is trying to say to me! then the penny will drop "the" is what she's trying to say but doesnt have the time to write "the"

its all so different to day![msnwink]

[Ray&Sarah]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Chloe
I know that you can still see them is some shops - but jars of sweets. I love asking for a 'quarter' of pear drops,( I know that measurment should be obsolete). Sweets in paper bags reminds me of my childhood. Chloe
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Someone posted this link on a previous thread Chloe, check it out: http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/
[msnsmile2][msnsmile2][msnsmile2]

[Newhomebuyer]

I love my hot water bottle. It has an Eeyore cover on it.
Beetroot is a regular on my shopping list.
Boiled potatoes are delicious, (especially with butter dripping from them.)
I must be too old to have noticed they were no longer fashionable.

[resorthomerentals]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote: i was just looking at blots thread about the use of the word - twice, and it occured to me that its probably going out of fashion.
i use this term with my mum when she asks have we got this or do we want that.
amongst other things out of fashion are - beetroot,milk in bottles, beef dripping,tap water, proper shoe polish, boiled potatoes, spotted dick, reference books,proper english,football scarves, proper cartoons, hot water bottles,

the list can be endless if you think about natural changes and eating habits/modern technology etc?

any one else got any 'favorites'[/quote]
Well as you ask, I believe that something that has gone out of fashion is any attempt to follow the rules of grammar and spell words correctly. For instance:

Names spelt without a capital letter e.g. blot(sic)

No space left after a comma e.g. reference books,proper english

English written without a capital 'E'.

No apostrophe used, e.g. blots instead of Blott’s.

“i” instead of ‘I’.

‘favourites’ spelt as “favorites”, ‘occurred’ as “occured”, ‘anyone’ as “any one”, ‘Blott’ as “blot”

Sentences ending with a comma. e.g. “hot water bottles,”

Sentences commencing without a capital letter e.g. “the list can be endless”

Quotations not placed in quotation marks e.g. when she asks “have we got this?”

personnaly I is metikulus aboutt getin dese fings writen down proper like –no whot I meen?

LOL

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This is where the differences between the UK and the USA show up again. Here in the US we have "favorites" not "favourites", "colors" not "colours", and even "inquiries" instead of "enquiries".[msntongue] It's hard to keep it all straight!