My answer would be. " I don't know.. Can You"?Airspeed wrote:Yes, too much molly-coddling going on.
When our grandsons say: "Can I have some cordial?"
I say: "No, because you didn't say please." [Airspeed=Grumpy old]
Try "May" .. keed.
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My answer would be. " I don't know.. Can You"?Airspeed wrote:Yes, too much molly-coddling going on.
When our grandsons say: "Can I have some cordial?"
I say: "No, because you didn't say please." [Airspeed=Grumpy old]
Ah, you sound just like my mother - she used that line on me all the time even if I added a "please" on the end! And heaven forbid if I ever dropped an "H."airboatr wrote:My answer would be. " I don't know.. Can You"?Airspeed wrote:Yes, too much molly-coddling going on.
When our grandsons say: "Can I have some cordial?"
I say: "No, because you didn't say please." [Airspeed=Grumpy old]
Try "May" .. keed.
airboatr wrote: your mother had a deep resonating voice.
Graham, how that made me laugh, though in reality it isn't funny. I have found that some young mothers' have attitude and one instance occured when a female pulled out in front of me from a give way sign with 2 children in the back of her car, I had to brake hard and sounded my horn in an attempt to make her aware that I was there, in reponse she gave me a one fingered gesture, now what does that teach her children?At the check out, I had just finished paying when mother and brats appeared behind me at the till. I said, tongue in cheek, that it was such a great pleasure to come across such well behaved and polite children.
The mother - well suffice to say I learned a few more cuss words that day.
Perhaps this has a bearing.
Don't worry Nigel, you are quite normal.
Nigel²nigelb wrote:airboatr wrote: your mother had a deep resonating voice.
Not so deep but certainly resonating!
Maybe you should invest in a good dictionary.
When used as a verb "sounds" means to convey a certain impression when heard or read
Nigel²