I have repeatedly chastised SAS on this forum for having appalling linguistic skills of.. let me see.. a 10 year old, and, like you, I find his use of the invalid constructions such as "you was" absolutely appalling. I don't think even at six I would have made that error, and yet he has worked around intelligent people who must have provided examples of correct grammar usage for most of his life and yet STILL makes gross errors, so he must be linguistically retarded to some degree.

What qualifies me to make a passing judgement is the evidence before me, my own personal experience and what I observe in children around me.

If you think I was seriously suggesting that KP had exactly the literacy skills of a six year old then you really need a humour upgrade, I mean she could possibly qualify as a seven year old on a good day if the subject of discussion was female underwear and make up, if only because her vocabulary might just compensate for her lack of grammar skills.

I'm a qualified linguistics teacher and (and this is only a guess, based a lot on what we know of him as a person) I see it as potentially a mix of: a stubborn refusal to change (i.e. arrogance), a two-fingers up to those he feels got a better start in life (i.e. reverse snobbery), part of his unique 'character' that he feels he has to uphold, and genuinely not wanting to 'betray' his roots.

Can I just add the following retort to this ongoing debate?

Blimey!!!

I'll do anything for money too, but haven't done quite so well out of it as our Katie has

I think you are right, and the way he speaks has not hindered his ability to make money. I admire the man for what he has achieved.

Do you want me to tell you how to do as well as katie has? You might not like some of the things I could mention.:

I muvh prefer him to Adian Chiles

Me too, and I think he's really earning his money this series because the other guests have not been good (last night was all duds) and the candidates are dull

best part last night was when katie put her hand to her chin and you could see the difference in the tan colour so you can definitely tell that she must be bottled-tan.com's best customer

She doesn't put me off enough to boycott the programme, but Ruby Wax does.

I adore it when Ruby Wax is on. She's witty and gets the point, unlike those stuffed dummies last night.

In some ways it was a better episode, in that they had a better candidate so there was more to talk about. In several recent episodes they've all but ignored the candidate to make jokes about whatever else strikes their fancy.

That said, I think the "sports fitness video" theme was intended to bring out some rather low humour.

Yes, its her fault and I scorn her for adding to the miserable celeb obsessed shithole this country is today.

I'd emigrate if it wasn't for Spurs.

You're right she has done well for herself. I can only agree. However, she did not come across as educated or articulate on this show. She stumbled with her words and she showed she had little insight into the world of business.

I'll bet she won't be asked again.

I think they should let Marge Mountford present this show. LOL.

I'm not a big fan of Katie Price as a person but she merits a place on the show as much as many others on there. She was better than some of the alleged comedians (why chose bad ones when at the moment there are so many who are half decent). Either KP is good at business or is good at choosing employees who are. Whether I like how she started or not, Katie has built a career which many envy and strive for the same. The degree of loathing she attracts, I find slightly bizarre, there are so many who have done genuinely inhuman things.

So how do you feel about ignorant, inarticulate footballers adding to the celebrity shithole quo.

The comedian role is different to the expert role. I felt she was poor in the role she had. She had no insight, nothing intelligent or surprising to say. Her opinions were only interesting if you were interested in her as a celebrity.

The most alarming thing about Katie Price's supposed appearance on this show was the complete lack of any facial movement.
I'm convinced it was her Madame Tussaud's waxwork with someone doing the voice

Not good.

I've no doubt you've heard the expression "don't dish it out if you can't take it," but I'm sure such oversensitity does not apply to you and that you'll take the following advice on board without feelings of rancour.


In the above sentence you have used the wrong indefinite article. 'An' is used only when followed by a vowel sound. In this instance the adjective following the indefinite article starts with a consonant; thus it should be preceded by 'a.'


I assume you mean she didn't deserve a spot on the panel.

Childlike does not require a hyphen.

Cringeworthy is one word.


It ill behoves you to criticise others unless you can claim perfection.


That is an unnecessarily long sentence that would benefit from the use of a full stop between 'entrepreneur' and 'the.'

You seem very attached to hyphens. Readily available is not hyphenated.


The puncuation required between 'me' and 'my' is a semicolon.

Can't stand Ruby Wax either, both she & Kelvin McKenzie make me boycott the show when there on.

Dishing out this little lesson doesn't make Price's existence any easier to bear.

Sadly for you he seems not to have noticed your chastisement. As for being linguistically retarded, Alan Sugar is very proud of his working class roots, so why should he polish up the way he speaks to please grammar nazis? "You was" is very widely used. It's wrong, but it's hardly a "gross error".

Contrary to the OPs view, I still find You're Fired very entertaining. Dara O Briain is IMO better than Adrian Chiles (though he did a good job too). The panel this week was a bit weak, Katie Price added nothing. It's still the only reality TV follow up show which is essential viewing. Rather than just being inane chatter it actually adds something to the main show, as well as offering a satirical slant.