Arrogant south africans

[smartcooky]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/s...title-contenders/story-e6frf4qu-1226005500698

These types of comments have a really annoying habit of biting you in the arse.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Sorry but I really don't see the problem. It's just one of those things pointed out and magnified by the media in order to get the debate going. Well done on that point

 

[Sam Owen]

Totally unrelated but why do NZ/Aus bloggers keep typing things like 'should of' instead of 'should have' and use 'then' for 'than' etc? Is that standard English in Australasia?

Yeah I think so, but a lot of us do say 'should have' its more like 'should've' though. Maybe its just more convenient to write 'should of' then 'should have', ohh I dont know Im just speculating.

We even have our own spelling of a few words like honour for instance, some other countries spell it honor with no u in it. Why??...I dont know, I just follow the rest of the gang.

 

[MrChairman]

I think it's probably cos of the way we pronounce 'should've', it sounds a lot more like 'should of' haha.

 

[TRF Mr Fish]

So, how is this arrogant? They say they fear the NZ teams and the Bulls and Sharks the most - they don't write off the Oz teams as far as I can tell... This has been blown completely out of proportion, you can't say every teams is the biggest threat...

 

[Boggle]

Yeah I think we've pretty much established the article is rubbish, we've now moved on to the improper use of grammar by the author of the article.
Do try to keep up

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

So it is improper then? I'm interested as I am interested in getting my English continually improved as it is the international business language. At least until 2016 when we should all probably be learning Mandarin.

 

[TRF Mr Fish]

"Should've", "would've" etc are short for "should have" and "would have".

"Should of" is lazy and wrong, and generally displays a lack of competence.

 

[Shaggy]

I wonder if this means that Rod MacQueen doesn't rate the New Zealand and South African teams and that Australians are arrogant

... I'm joking obviously

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/super-rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=331&objectid=10706586