BOF Posted January 24, 2011 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2011 My father's unwillingness or inability to install toilet paper the right way. The next leaf is away from the wall. It isn't stuck up against it. I'm with your Dad on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 24, 2011 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2011 Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 24, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2011 Poll created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'm afraid Yillan knows the right way. Otherwise you occasioanlly have to try and lever behinds it to reach it! 606 closing. it's flawed, poorly moderated and full of WUMs but its got a load of damn decent posters on it who aren't Villans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think that Americanisation (or perhaps I should say Americanization) of English spelling is inevitable and irreversible. It's going to take over, and I can live with it. It doesn't bother me anywhere near as much as stuff like there/their/they're, mis-spelling/misusing words like "diffuse" (for "defuse"), "flaunt" (for "flout"), etc., or mangled idioms such as "the proof is in the pudding". Isn't "diffuse" the spread of a smell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 People who have days off work because its their birthday! Seriously, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 24, 2011 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2011 People who have days off work because its their birthday! Seriously, why? A day of rest. It's the one day of the year I get to be (and want to be) Lord Muck. Though mine is Dec 27th and I'm typically off work anyhoo, but I get a day off everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 People who have days off work because its their birthday! Seriously, why? A day of rest. It's the one day of the year I get to be (and want to be) Lord Muck. Though mine is Dec 27th and I'm typically off work anyhoo, but I get a day off everything If your birthday was say December 8th, would you book a day off work Bri? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 24, 2011 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2011 If your birthday was say December 8th, would you book a day off work Bri? I'd either book that day or the next one (depending on whether I would be recovering from a night out). But yeah, I'd lose a day's leave over it either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 I've never booked my birthday off. Saying that this year was the first birthday in employment I've had a work day birthday on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 24, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think that Americanisation (or perhaps I should say Americanization) of English spelling is inevitable and irreversible. It's going to take over, and I can live with it. It doesn't bother me anywhere near as much as stuff like there/their/they're, mis-spelling/misusing words like "diffuse" (for "defuse"), "flaunt" (for "flout"), etc., or mangled idioms such as "the proof is in the pudding". Isn't "diffuse" the spread of a smell?Yes - or indeed any gaseous (or possibly liquid) substance. But you often hear people talk about "diffusing" a bomb - and I've even seen it printed in that context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 24, 2011 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2011 I've never booked my birthday off. Saying that this year was the first birthday in employment I've had a work day birthday on. So you've never done something you never had the chance to do anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 24, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think that Americanisation (or perhaps I should say Americanization) of English spelling is inevitable and irreversible. It's going to take over, and I can live with it. Considering that a majority of native English speakers are US residents, it's not surprising.... Ah-Loo-Min-Um, bitches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 24, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think that Americanisation (or perhaps I should say Americanization) of English spelling is inevitable and irreversible. It's going to take over, and I can live with it. Considering that a majority of native English speakers are US residents, it's not surprising.... Ah-Loo-Min-Um, bitches!Hmmm, not so happy about that one. But I'm not too fussed about some of the "French endings" changing - centre/center, etc. Metre/meter is slightly different, as I like the differentiation between the unit of measurement and the recording device - a meter and a metre are different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 24, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2011 That Aston Villa was not included in the list at the end of this Wall Street Journal piece: Wealthy Americans and Russians now own all or parts of the English soccer clubs Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, a development that has alarmed some loyalists who feel caught in a replay of the Cold War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 24, 2011 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2011 It's all about dumbing down. Making things easier. Easier to spell. Easier to pronounce. But that's just a general social commentary really. It's also why things like Dancing On Ice are so popular. Peoples' brains are de-evolving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted January 24, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think everyone should be entitled to have their birthday off work. And on the American spelling, to quote Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro: I pronounce it aluminium, 'Cause there's an 'I' next to the 'U' and 'M'. Now write it down slowly, And read it out fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 I've never booked my birthday off. Saying that this year was the first birthday in employment I've had a work day birthday on. So you've never done something you never had the chance to do anyway No, I had the chance this year, my birthday was two weeks ago! I thought about it and said "meh" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 24, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2011 a meter and a metre are different things. But between them they are the measure of all things. (even in the US where the customary units are generally legally defined in terms of metric units) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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