Haye-Wlad - HBO Face Off Video

[Gandalf]

For fuck's sake Miles, and you wonder why people think you're a middle-class snob

I'm from near enough the same area as Haye and 'shook' means someone is scared or nervous. In fact, I think if you used that anywhere in London, people would understand what you mean. I've got a lot of views about Haye as a person & know a hell of a lot more things to make me think less of him than damn near anyone on here, but he in no way speaks bad English. He speaks colloquial English quite articulately and for a guy from South-East London uses very little slang, but one word that really shouldn't be that hard to get the meaning of & it's the end of the world.

Has Hatton's much poorer use of the English language ever bothered you Miles?

It is poor English, if you had to check that in a GCSE test you would have to mark him down, he is clearly uneducated and somewhat simple. But having said that, I agree that many native speakers use poor spoken English, it is one reason why I think teachers need to be qualified rather than just from a specific country. You have too many chav inbreds, spouting grammatical weirdness and it is just insulting to the ears.

Anyway, the original point I was making was that Wlad speaks very good English and is arguable more articulate and succinct than Amir Khan. Haye can hold a conversation in his own way, but I think it is limited and cringeworthy at times. He makes silly errors with language that make me shudder. Hatton does too for that matter, but less obviously. There is that 'likkle' thing he says which I find quite weird, but on the whole he has a firm grasp of his tenses.

All in all it is no big deal and not a fight breaker. I am looking forward to it.

Miles, when you're calling somone out on their usage of English shouldn't you make sure you're not commiting errors yourself? I found two errors up there in your quote and I'm not even a native speaker. Hence you get a C- haha

Dammit, should have done some proofreading.

That's the thing with spoken language actually, you can't really erase and start again. Though constantly repeating "he's shook" is hardly the way to go about things. Say it once, correct yourself and move on.

Why am I still going on about this? Stop quoting me people, I want to move onto something else. I am not even that bothered about Haye's spoken English! Aaargh!

[Gandalf]

I would love to do one of these face offs with Bilbo actually. Master can play Max Kellerman. It would likely have a few gay moments.