English, innit?

[prettyxcool]

Which is correct:

"Can you please email me a copy?"

or

"Can you email me a copy please?"

I always start with Please so it is not so needy. "Please can you email me a copy. Thanks!"

[Beate]

I would say "Could you email me a copy please?"

[TheyCallMeMrGlass]

This is turning into an English class!

"Begging your pardon, madam, might I bother you for a digital copy of your online letter? I would be most grateful!"

[prettyxcool]

Love it!

[a_person]

I would say "Could you email me a copy please?"

That's what I would say.

[raj101]

I believe, most natives in the world dont actually speak their own language properly simply because their native language evolves into different dialects with the inclusion of various slang. I think an English personwho learns French would more likely to technically speak the language better than the natives. As far as I can tell, most foreigners in this country speak far better English than I do. I would also have to add that maybe the more multi-cultural a society becomes, the more the native language becomes fused with the "parents" home language, thats just a guess though!

I do find it a little sad though that no one speaks like George Sanders or Trevor Howard etc, that old quaint Queen's English is such a rarity now. At least we have people like Stephen Fry (who is not even English born!) keeping that beautiful language alive :)

you ought to come up to our posh university halls sometime, Mr G. half the people there talk Queen's. its wierd!

spending my obligatory year in halls was one of the odddest things I ever did. The med school is even more far out.... I sat down in a seminar once and the other students were reminiscing of their pack days as kids when foxhunting!! first time in my life i ever met a foxhunter!

Theres people you'd think were never posh talkers, they've got a good yorkshire look about them and suddenly they start speaking posh! Before coming here I'd never seen an asian or black person talk posh. man, its an eye opener seeing an asian chick talking queens. Or the shock on the first day when my black neighbour first opened her mouth ' oh yay, i''d love a cup of teeea'.... i thought she was fooling around at first! its the wierdest thing, esp wehn you've never seen it for nearly 30 years of living!

[Beate]

Ahem - the word is weird. It's also receive not recieve but niece not neice. Seems to confuse people terribly!

[hip2thabone]

U know what i'm saying cuz

[Doris]

Another that annoys me: etc/ect

[raj101]

and what annoys you about electrocution therapy, llbaxx?