13-02-2012, 08:50 PM
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Item.
I keep hearing the expression 'Item' a lot lately, on TV, in films and even some radio plays. Things like "They are an item you know." or "Are they an item now?, and "I hear him and her are an item". What the hell are they talking about?, of course people can say what they like within reason, and this is not really a grump, more annoying to me. When I went to school many moons ago, an item was an article, a unit of one, and although there are some right looking articles waltzing around the City in pyjamas, who should be sent to unit one, I would never refer to a human being as an item, two people are a pair or a couple, now three items are six people?. In stocktaking we are asked to "List all the items on that shelf", what a mess there would be if singles were listed as doubles, and what about "A collectors item?", will that now be called "a collectors couple". When a couple get married (Do they still do that?
), will they be officially itemised? "Hello Jack, how's that lovely daughter of yours?. "She's very happy Jem, she's getting itemised in May". This is all very confusing for me
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13-02-2012, 08:54 PM
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Re: Item.
Originally Posted by jemflux
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When a couple get married (Do they still do that?), will they be officially itemised? "Hello Jack, how's that lovely daughter of yours?. "She's very happy Jem, she's getting itemised in May". This is all very confusing for me.
Good post! When the media dubbed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as "Brangelina" (which makes me cringe) it made them sound like an item.
you are absolutely correct though, 'an item' is a silly expression for two humans.
14-02-2012, 02:22 PM
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Re: Item.
It's strange how the English language is in constant change and how some words like Jem's item comes to mean something different and acceptable.I have noticed recently that the word random is being used by young ones, out of context. In fact they are using it randomly
24-02-2012, 05:16 PM
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Re: Item.
Originally Posted by jemflux
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I keep hearing the expression 'Item' a lot lately, on TV, in films and even some radio plays. Things like "They are an item you know." or "Are they an item now?, and "I hear him and her are an item". What the hell are they talking about?, of course people can say what they like within reason, and this is not really a grump, more annoying to me. When I went to school many moons ago, an item was an article, a unit of one, and although there are some right looking articles waltzing around the City in pyjamas, who should be sent to unit one, I would never refer to a human being as an item, two people are a pair or a couple, now three items are six people?. In stocktaking we are asked to "List all the items on that shelf", what a mess there would be if singles were listed as doubles, and what about "A collectors item?", will that now be called "a collectors couple". When a couple get married (Do they still do that?), will they be officially itemised? "Hello Jack, how's that lovely daughter of yours?. "She's very happy Jem, she's getting itemised in May". This is all very confusing for me.
and yes I agree with you. I know this is about Item, but have you noticed some of the youngsters on tv saying "laters" meaning see you later?
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