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Old 16-12-2015, 23:42
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It was utterly ridiculous how many times the girl from 'Plimmeff' parroted that phrase on You're Fired tonight! Does she really have such a limited vocabulary?

Indeed its a phrase continually trotted out by all Apprentice candidates. It drives me mad. What's so wrong with "Yes", "OK", "I agree" etc?
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Old 16-12-2015, 23:50
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Yeah it's like this in reality. One phrase gets said in one season and then it becomes a sort of catchphrase later on. Everyone is 'out of their comfort zone' too at some point in any given reality show. Language is like a virus.
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Old 17-12-2015, 00:53
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Also the "Thank you for the opportunity" upon being fired. Who says that when being fired? I'd love it if someone just said nothing and walked out.
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Old 17-12-2015, 01:19
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Merely "taking things on board" isn't enough for Charleine. Everything she is going to do is "100 per cent". As in "I'll take that on board, 100 per cent".

Also she is one of the many who think that if she says she's passionate about something people will automatically believe she can do it. She was passionate about her business, passionate about her hair dressing academy, passionate about making Lord Sugar millions of pounds. Not quite as bad as Brett who said his health food crisps were passionate. I think any candidate using the p-word like that should be fired on the spot.
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Old 17-12-2015, 01:33
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The funny thing was she wasn't wearing any socks. She was ultimately found out to be sockless. That said she is already doing well in Plymouth and now has a better idea into how to realistically expand her business. I am sure she will find a friendly banker willing to give her a loan.
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Old 17-12-2015, 05:57
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It was utterly ridiculous how many times the girl from 'Plimmeff' parroted that phrase on You're Fired tonight! Does she really have such a limited vocabulary?

Indeed its a phrase continually trotted out by all Apprentice candidates. It drives me mad. What's so wrong with "Yes", "OK", "I agree" etc?
Yes, she is an ordinary hairdresser who was being interviewed on national tv in front of a live studio audience, trying to make a good impression and probably feeling nervous.
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Old 17-12-2015, 07:23
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Merely "taking things on board" isn't enough for Charleine. Everything she is going to do is "100 per cent". As in "I'll take that on board, 100 per cent".

Also she is one of the many who think that if she says she's passionate about something people will automatically believe she can do it. She was passionate about her business, passionate about her hair dressing academy, passionate about making Lord Sugar millions of pounds. Not quite as bad as Brett who said his health food crisps were passionate. I think any candidate using the p-word like that should be fired on the spot.
Totally agree. I suppose in fairness to her she didn't 'give 110%', which was what candidates in previous series have always spouted and is, of course, impossible.

On a similar tack, was I the only one to think that 'to gamify' has to be one of the worst made-up verbs ever?

I get frustrated enough with the current vacuous fashion for having turned "I love" into a verb - "I'm loving this..." makes me want to scream at people to speak properly, but "to gamify" is even worse!
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Old 17-12-2015, 07:35
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Yes, she is an ordinary hairdresser who was being interviewed on national tv in front of a live studio audience, trying to make a good impression and probably feeling nervous.

Exactly, I wouldn't fault her for that. I'd fault her for shrieking at Selina but not for being nervous. I was stunned to hear she'd lost a child, it explains a lot about her. I feel sad for Charleine that she throws herself into things because of it, not because that's a bad way to deal with it but because it explains why she gets a bit manic at times. I think she will have that academy, she's tough and more importantly she's very persistant.
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Old 17-12-2015, 09:44
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Well, she did spend 11 years in the navy!
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Old 17-12-2015, 10:05
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Yes, she is an ordinary hairdresser who was being interviewed on national tv in front of a live studio audience, trying to make a good impression and probably feeling nervous.
I don't think she is a hairdresser at all.
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Old 17-12-2015, 10:37
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Totally agree. I suppose in fairness to her she didn't 'give 110%', which was what candidates in previous series have always spouted and is, of course, impossible.

On a similar tack, was I the only one to think that 'to gamify' has to be one of the worst made-up verbs ever?

I get frustrated enough with the current vacuous fashion for having turned "I love" into a verb - "I'm loving this..." makes me want to scream at people to speak properly, but "to gamify" is even worse!
Well, gamification is a fairly ubiquitous concept these days, and largely coherent, so I don't have a problem with it...
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Old 17-12-2015, 16:05
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I don't think she is a hairdresser at all.
There was a clip of her styling someones hair in the more info on the final 5 programme. Ergo, hairdresser.
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Old 17-12-2015, 16:08
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Along with 'I'll work my socks off' which she said about 6 times!
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Old 18-12-2015, 11:12
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Along with 'I'll work my socks off' which she said about 6 times!
Simon Ambrose (series 3 winner) kept saying "I'll work my little cotton socks off" and Lordsralan gave him a pair of socks in the live bit at the end of the final
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Old 18-12-2015, 20:03
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The funny thing was she wasn't wearing any socks. She was ultimately found out to be sockless. That said she is already doing well in Plymouth and now has a better idea into how to realistically expand her business. I am sure she will find a friendly banker willing to give her a loan.
Ah yes, but no doubt as yet unseen footage shows her turning up each day wearing socks only for her to work them off within minutes.
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Old 18-12-2015, 20:58
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I'm always hoping for the ever noble "I hold my hands up" to make an appearance.
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