Chunky and fraggle - cheers Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! ...I think i'll just stick with the Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! ! Rolling on floor while typing seems like too much effort.
Words that should be banned. All 'txt spk'. Spell words correctly, or get ignored. I work in tech support. I bounce any calls with 'txt spk' back to the helpdesk. I speak English, not txt. Sooner or later, they'll realise that typing in txt isn't quicker than typing in their stupid childish shorthand, and retyping it in correct English so it can be understood. Phrases. "At the end of the day, ..." what? It gets dark? We go to bed? Useless, meaningless intro. "Well, I'm sorry but, ..." no, you aren't sorry, you're about to have a rant, but want to come across as reasonable. "In the post Sept 11th world, ...", "With the new threat from terrorism, ..." nope, nothing much changed that day. We aren't suddenly in danger from terrorists, for some people, in some countries, it's been a very real danger for a long time.
"dude" "bud" "man" all used to respond to a specific person. That has always irritated me. i.e. "Hey bud, I'm a moron for saying this" or "Dude, I'm so stupid I can't remember your name!" or "I don't know what to say, man." The phrase "In my honest opinion" or "IMHO". Were you really intending to give us your dishonest opinion? And if so, why bother? And outside the forums, anyone who does the little fingers "quote" thing (i.e. when they put their hands beside their head and make imaginary quotation marks in the air) deserves to have the first two fingers of both of their hands permanently severed from their bodies.
Most people have assumed it means honest. That aside, even "humble" doesn't fit. If you are giving your humble opinion to a large community on the internet and must tell everyone that you are being humble about it, you are probably not being humble.
How about NIC card or VIN number? Sorry for the obscurity. Oh, I REALLY hate "empower" and "gravitas".
When you're arguing with someone, and they say "Well, in my personal opinion..." Who else's opinion would it be, moron? (surprised Rappaccini didn't jump on this one. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!)
Well, maybe not. Sir Humphrey Davy first named the metal 'Alumium' in 1807 before it was ever successfully extracted. He himself tried to extract the metal from Alum (Potassium aluminium sulphate) , after Lavoisier claimed to have done so, but failed. Oersted successfully extracted Alumium in 1824. At the time, the names Alumium, and Aluminum were both used, but these failed to fall into the usual naming conventions, and it was accepted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists to use the 'Aluminium'. Then, in 1925, the American Chemical Society, voted to use the word 'Aluminum' in all publications. So it's America using to an old world, just like they still use imperial measuremants. Quaint, eh?
"In the post Sept 11th world, ...", "With the new threat from terrorism, ..." nope, nothing much changed that day. We aren't suddenly in danger from terrorists, for some people, in some countries, it's been a very real danger for a long time." by phogistican yes, its called an excuse....... oh and 'at the end of the day' is what can be called a metaphor.
Rate of speed? lmao. What does that mean? Acceleration? Rate of change of speed with respect to what? Or does this mean something else? wow.
Yikes! It's redundant Absane. At what rate are you traveling? At what speed are you traveling? Get it?
I dunno - while it does not make any sense to me either, "unthaw" is in my copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, as well as here, here and here... :m: Peace
lol, I'll be damned your right. It still doesn't make sense to me but "unthaw" and "thaw" are indeed synonymous. I stand corrected. BTW - 1 to 0? my score isn't nearly that good.
