The_Rev Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Ten miles behind a slow moving HGV on a single carriageway road while touching cloth is hell on earth. Just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 When people give you their phone number in 2 number blocks. 09...09...86...00...74...2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 11, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2011 People who keep saying "Do you know what I'm saying?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 People who keep saying "Do you know what I'm saying?" On that note, people who say... "i really like that i do" "i'm really tired i am" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I was going to put full tilt in here, then I realised it should piss me off, so they don't belong in here, but I'll post it anyway because the fact it doesn't belong here pisses me off, but shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 11, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2011 People who keep saying "Do you know what I'm saying?" On that note, people who say... "i really like that i do" "i'm really tired i am"How about: "I'm really tired, me"? French has a similar idiom for emphasis: "Je suis fatigué", ou: "Moi, je suis fatigué". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 When people give you their phone number in 2 number blocks. 09...09...86...00...74...2 i'd rather that than people who give you their number in 5-6 number blocks. 07897... 421863 (made up number) no, i can't write that fast you fool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted July 11, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2011 When people give you their phone number in 2 number blocks. 09...09...86...00...74...2 i'd rather that than people who give you their number in 5-6 number blocks. 07897... 421863 (made up number) no, i can't write that fast you fool! They should do it in threes, we can handle that. Also the first two digits of a mobile phone number are always 07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 11, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2011 When people give you their phone number in 2 number blocks. 09...09...86...00...74...2 i'd rather that than people who give you their number in 5-6 number blocks. 07897... 421863 (made up number) no, i can't write that fast you fool!Oooh, no, I'm with Wiggy on this one. I think of mobile numbers as 5 + 6 (actually 5 + [3+3]). So I'd say: 07897 (pause) 421 (shorter pause) 863. That's how I'd expect to be given it, too. If somebody does it in twos it completely throws me. Germans (and, I think, French) do it that way IIRC: null sieben, acht neun, sieben vier, zwei eins, acht sechs... drei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 When people give you their phone number in 2 number blocks. 09...09...86...00...74...2 i'd rather that than people who give you their number in 5-6 number blocks. 07897... 421863 (made up number) no, i can't write that fast you fool!Oooh, no, I'm with Wiggy on this one. I think of mobile numbers as 5 + 6 (actually 5 + [3+3]). So I'd say: 07897 (pause) 421 (shorter pause) 863. That's how I'd expect to be given it, too. If somebody does it in twos it completely throws me. Germans (and, I think, French) do it that way IIRC: null sieben, acht neun, sieben vier, zwei eins, acht sechs... drei. Acht funf null funf acht. Jawohl. Now schnell schnell send in the texts Ja? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 11, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2011 The terms "rugby union" and "rugby league" when referring to the sport itself, rather than its governing bodies/rule codes. You might say: "I prefer 20/20 cricket to test cricket", but you wouldn't say: "I prefer cricket 20/20 to cricket test". You might say: "I prefer Championship football to Premier League football", but you wouldn't say: "I prefer football Championship to football Premier League". So it should be: "I prefer Union rugby to League rugby", not "I prefer Rugby Union to Rugby League". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 The terms "rugby union" and "rugby league" when referring to the sport itself, rather than its governing bodies/rule codes. You might say: "I prefer 20/20 cricket to test cricket", but you wouldn't say: "I prefer cricket 20/20 to cricket test". You might say: "I prefer Championship football to Premier League football", but you wouldn't say: "I prefer football Championship to football Premier League". So it should be: "I prefer Union rugby to League rugby", not "I prefer Rugby Union to Rugby League". The words "Union" and "League" always go after the subject noun in English. You don't say the 'League Premier' or the 'Union Teachers' in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshot Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 When people give you their phone number in 2 number blocks. 09...09...86...00...74...2 i'd rather that than people who give you their number in 5-6 number blocks. 07897... 421863 (made up number) no, i can't write that fast you fool!Oooh, no, I'm with Wiggy on this one. I think of mobile numbers as 5 + 6 (actually 5 + [3+3]). So I'd say: 07897 (pause) 421 (shorter pause) 863. That's how I'd expect to be given it, too. If somebody does it in twos it completely throws me. Germans (and, I think, French) do it that way IIRC: null sieben, acht neun, sieben vier, zwei eins, acht sechs... drei. The French (and maybe even the Germans) say the actual 2-digit number rather than splitting it (soixante-dix-huit, quatre-vingt-dix-sept, quarante-deux, etc.) They generally drop the 0 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 11, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2011 When people give you their phone number in 2 number blocks. 09...09...86...00...74...2 i'd rather that than people who give you their number in 5-6 number blocks. 07897... 421863 (made up number) no, i can't write that fast you fool!Oooh, no, I'm with Wiggy on this one. I think of mobile numbers as 5 + 6 (actually 5 + [3+3]). So I'd say: 07897 (pause) 421 (shorter pause) 863. That's how I'd expect to be given it, too. If somebody does it in twos it completely throws me. Germans (and, I think, French) do it that way IIRC: null sieben, acht neun, sieben vier, zwei eins, acht sechs... drei. The French (and maybe even the Germans) say the actual 2-digit number rather than splitting it (soixante-dix-huit, quatre-vingt-dix-sept, quarante-deux, etc.) They generally drop the 0 as well.Yes, that's it. I knew there was something odd about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 11, 2011 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2011 I like the French way of doing it tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 I do phone numbers in 5-3-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 But do you say Zero or oh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Depends on who I am talking to. At work it is always zero. Outsize? Usually oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Anyone who says O instead of 0 is an uneducated simpleton. It's a **** letter. You may as well say L instead of 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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