New Posts For Thread: “Going forward”https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward... is an expression that is really starting to get my goat.Why can’t people say, “in the future” anymore.When they say, “going forward” do they mean as opposed to “going backwards”?I was listening to some politician the other day thinkEddie Jones is a look manhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558929997#558929997Eddie Jones is a look manTue, 03 Mar 2020 14:42:50 -0600“Look, I don’t like the tone of your voice”https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558929991#558929991“Look, I don’t like the tone of your voice”Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:42:22 -0600As with ‘so’, i’ve heard a lot of Aussie & SA sportsmen start sentences with ‘Look’.I only start sentences like that when I’m intent on arguing or starting a fight.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558929603#558929603As with ‘so’, i’ve heard a lot of Aussie & SA sportsmen start sentences with ‘Look’.I only start sentences like that when I’m intent on arguing or starting a fight.Tue, 03 Mar 2020 13:56:02 -0600kincsem 02 Mar 20 22:22 "the likes of" is the crutch of the trendy horse racing journalist.The Derby was won by the likes of Shergar and Dancing Brave.Gus Elen used that phrase in music-halls over 100 years ago. George Le Brunn, who also wrote for Mhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558929107#558929107kincsem 02 Mar 20 22:22 "the likes of" is the crutch of the trendy horse racing journalist.The Derby was won by the likes of Shergar and Dancing Brave.Gus Elen used that phrase in music-halls over 100 years ago. George Le Brunn, who also wrote for MTue, 03 Mar 2020 12:58:47 -0600So, what you going to do about it Some Indian guys I used to work with had a similar annoying feature in their speech patterns.Instead of "So", they would preface their sentences with "See".https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558928935#558928935So, what you going to do about it Some Indian guys I used to work with had a similar annoying feature in their speech patterns.Instead of "So", they would preface their sentences with "See".Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:20:43 -0600So, blah blah this. So, blah blah that. This starting sentences with "So" has somehow crept into modern dialect and quite frankly I find it somewhat aggravating.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558928755#558928755So, blah blah this. So, blah blah that. This starting sentences with "So" has somehow crept into modern dialect and quite frankly I find it somewhat aggravating.Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:48:57 -0600Thanks gents, you learn something everyday.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558928405#558928405Thanks gents, you learn something everyday.Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:28:09 -0600What's the origin of the phrase 'Push the envelope'?This phrase came into general use following the publication Tom Wolfe's book about the space programme - The Right Stuff, 1979:"One of the phrases that kept running through the conversation was ‘phttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558927989#558927989What's the origin of the phrase 'Push the envelope'?This phrase came into general use following the publication Tom Wolfe's book about the space programme - The Right Stuff, 1979:"One of the phrases that kept running through the conversation was ‘pTue, 03 Mar 2020 08:48:41 -0600To be fair, 'push the envelope' has merit. It is an expression that pilots used when putting aircraft through their paces at the design and testing stages, the envelope being a set of conditions governing safe limitations of an aircraft.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558927981#558927981To be fair, 'push the envelope' has merit. It is an expression that pilots used when putting aircraft through their paces at the design and testing stages, the envelope being a set of conditions governing safe limitations of an aircraft.Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:46:23 -0600Postmen do it every dayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31631379/going-forward?post_id=558927979#558927979Postmen do it every dayTue, 03 Mar 2020 08:46:19 -0600