Bored of the view?

[Feltwell]

Then just change it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18168278

Bit pricey though.

 

[Sandsni]

Totally bonkers, but I love the idea of it. It's got me wondering where I'd like to move my house to if money was no object. West coast of Ireland, Africa, Bahamas? :wink:

 

[Penners]

No...

...bored WITH...

:evil:


P. Edant.

 

[Feltwell]

:roll:

As in "Bored of the Rings" - a delight for Tolkien fans everywhere. :wink:

 

[Moo]

No...

...bored WITH...

:evil:


P. Edant.

Oh, thank you so much for saying that, Mr Edant.

 

[Flyfisher]

"bored of . . . " and similar constructs seem to be commonly used these days.

I wonder how long it takes for such things to become normalised (now there's a horrible word!) into language grammar?

 

[Penners]

In the Penners house, 1000 years!

Mind you, "bored of" is a mere gnat-bite compared with... I can hardly bring myself to type it... "should of".

That was physically painful. :evil:

 

[Feltwell]

Just for Penners:-

http://languagerules.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/could-of-should-of-would-of/

 

[Penners]

That's the biggest load of old doo-dah! Correct? I don't think so!

It's easy to check whether a construction like that is correct. Simply remove the word "should". Does it still make sense?

"I should have gone shopping" becomes "I have gone shopping". A perfectly correct construction.

"I should of gone shopping" becomes "I of gone shopping". Clearly nonsense.