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  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,868
    The term drop as in "our new album drops tomorrow" or "the new Adidas collection drops on Friday"
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,736
    Oh_Yoni_Boy said:

    McBobbin said:

    Oh_Yoni_Boy said:

    When people say 'slaw' instead of 'coleslaw'.

    Probably sits on the well trodden path of 'Americanisms' on this thread.

    It joins OJ and Mayo on the list
    OJ - Straight red
    Mayo - Free kick given, but referee keeps his cards in his pocket on this occasion
    An 18 month ban from all football related activity should be duly awarded following the
    abbreviation "guac".

    That sort of pretentiousness goes way beyond anything that should be acceptable.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,341
    A-R-T-H-U-R said:

    Proofreaders.
    I mean it's not the hardest book to check, surely?
    image

    I think it's meant to be Fyffes bananas
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,234
    Suppose it was a potential banana skin.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256
    buckshee said:

    The term drop as in "our new album drops tomorrow" or "the new Adidas collection drops on Friday"

    Wank terminology Buckshee. It's everywhere. At the moment I get particularly wound up by going on LinkedIn and having to see all these companies refer to their places of work as 'campuses' - honestly fuck off

    It never ceases to amaze me how vomit inducing we can go with this shit. It's gradually been seeping in over a number of years, coffee shops where you can't go in and ask for a white coffee, it's a flat white, adverts for kitchens where you get your own 'project manager', and now your place of work needs to be a campus where you collaborate and foster a culture of 'intrapreneurship'

    Unfortunately for me, the world seems to be going one way, and I'm very firmly going the other, in that it all just seems to wind me up, and it's everywhere. You can't hide from it or take a breather

    Sky sports now analyse player's instagram accounts to evaluate their chances of moving during the transfer window

    Utter wank
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    edited August 2017
    cabbles said:

    buckshee said:

    The term drop as in "our new album drops tomorrow" or "the new Adidas collection drops on Friday"

    Wank terminology Buckshee. It's everywhere. At the moment I get particularly wound up by going on LinkedIn and having to see all these companies refer to their places of work as 'campuses' - honestly fuck off

    It never ceases to amaze me how vomit inducing we can go with this shit. It's gradually been seeping in over a number of years, coffee shops where you can't go in and ask for a white coffee, it's a flat white, adverts for kitchens where you get your own 'project manager', and now your place of work needs to be a campus where you collaborate and foster a culture of 'intrapreneurship'

    Unfortunately for me, the world seems to be going one way, and I'm very firmly going the other, in that it all just seems to wind me up, and it's everywhere. You can't hide from it or take a breather

    Sky sports now analyse player's instagram accounts to evaluate their chances of moving during the transfer window

    Utter wank
    So true. I was in a BP garage (note a BP garage in sussex not a coffee house in an exclusive part of Rome) and I said "A large white coffee please".

    The look of utter shock and bemusement he gave me at this obviously alien, unintelligible request it was if I'd asked to bum him over the sweet shelves before burning his house down with his mum in it.

  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,665
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    Passengers in cars on the motorway who have their bare crusty feet on the dashboard

  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    Oh_Yoni_Boy said:

    When people say 'slaw' instead of 'coleslaw'.

    Probably sits on the well trodden path of 'Americanisms' on this thread.

    Nope. It's normally coleslaw over here.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,605
    limeygent said:

    Oh_Yoni_Boy said:

    When people say 'slaw' instead of 'coleslaw'.

    Probably sits on the well trodden path of 'Americanisms' on this thread.

    Nope. It's normally coleslaw over here.
    I don't care whether you call it slaw or coleslaw, it's f****g disgusting stuff.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256
    DaveMehmet said:

    limeygent said:

    Oh_Yoni_Boy said:

    When people say 'slaw' instead of 'coleslaw'.

    Probably sits on the well trodden path of 'Americanisms' on this thread.

    Nope. It's normally coleslaw over here.
    I don't care whether you call it slaw or coleslaw, it's f****g disgusting stuff.
    I'm removing the flag here. I appreciate some of you may like coleslaw but I don't see why dave should be flagged over having a pop at it. It doesn't have any feelings and won't take offence

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  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    DaveMehmet said:

    limeygent said:

    Oh_Yoni_Boy said:

    When people say 'slaw' instead of 'coleslaw'.

    Probably sits on the well trodden path of 'Americanisms' on this thread.

    Nope. It's normally coleslaw over here.
    I don't care whether you call it slaw or coleslaw, it's f****g disgusting stuff.
    Can't argue with that.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    edited August 2017
    Oh_Yoni_Boy said:



    Probably sits on the well trodden path of 'Americanisms'

    My 2 pet hates are Squirl and Mirrr for Squirrel and Mirror
  • Super_Eddie_Youds
    Super_Eddie_Youds Posts: 1,977
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,252
    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things
    Good shout on the erb thing

    Coleslaw and slaw are one and the same in the states. Thankfully I've never heard someone refer to coleslaw as slaw over here.

    People who send something like a 10meg email about something ambiguous amd just stick 'FYI' in the body. Dafuq am I meant to do with that? Does it apply to me or not? Do I NEED to read it or is it something I should file away I'm case someone ask's me a question about said ambiguous document?

    Delete
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Oh_Yoni_Boy said:



    Probably sits on the well trodden path of 'Americanisms'

    My 2 pet hates are Squirl and Mirrr for Squirrel and Mirror
    That's nuts, anyone saying that should take a good look at themselves.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things

    Erb is the correct way to say it. It comes from latin via french. It's only Victorian grammarians who were seeking ways to make themselves sound important that introduced the false 'h'. It should always be dropped.

    The really annoying thing about aitch is the number of people who say 'haitch'. I work in HR and it's amazing how many people call it Haitch-Arr. Frankly none of them are employable.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,873
    edited August 2017
    cabbles said:

    buckshee said:

    The term drop as in "our new album drops tomorrow" or "the new Adidas collection drops on Friday"

    Wank terminology Buckshee. It's everywhere. At the moment I get particularly wound up by going on LinkedIn and having to see all these companies refer to their places of work as 'campuses' - honestly fuck off

    It never ceases to amaze me how vomit inducing we can go with this shit. It's gradually been seeping in over a number of years, coffee shops where you can't go in and ask for a white coffee, it's a flat white, adverts for kitchens where you get your own 'project manager', and now your place of work needs to be a campus where you collaborate and foster a culture of 'intrapreneurship'

    Unfortunately for me, the world seems to be going one way, and I'm very firmly going the other, in that it all just seems to wind me up, and it's everywhere. You can't hide from it or take a breather

    Sky sports now analyse player's instagram accounts to evaluate their chances of moving during the transfer window

    Utter wank
    I've worked in large corporations all my life so you get accustomed to "corporate wank", and some phrases become so normal that it takes your wife calling you a twat and laughing at you to realise that you have taken it home with you - however, even I draw the line somewhere. A good friend at a company that I used to work for was Global Capability Director (that, to me, is quite a normal title). The other week he sent me an email and he is now "Global Head of Faculty".
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,369
    Stig said:

    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things

    Erb is the correct way to say it. It comes from latin via french. It's only Victorian grammarians who were seeking ways to make themselves sound important that introduced the false 'h'. It should always be dropped.

    The really annoying thing about aitch is the number of people who say 'haitch'. I work in HR and it's amazing how many people call it Haitch-Arr. Frankly none of them are employable.
    So basically no one in the U.K. has said Erb in about 4 lifetimes. If you say herb no one will notice but if you say erb people will either think you are American or something worse.
    Seriously though language evolves and my language is probably going off at a tangent to most
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,873
    charltonkeston said:

    Stig said:

    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things

    Erb is the correct way to say it. It comes from latin via french. It's only Victorian grammarians who were seeking ways to make themselves sound important that introduced the false 'h'. It should always be dropped.

    The really annoying thing about aitch is the number of people who say 'haitch'. I work in HR and it's amazing how many people call it Haitch-Arr. Frankly none of them are employable.
    So basically no one in the U.K. has said Erb in about 4 lifetimes. If you say herb no one will notice but if you say erb people will either think you are American or something worse.
    Seriously though language evolves and my language is probably going off at a tangent to most
    Let's be clear, it's herb, coleslaw, squirrel, mirror, basil and charl'un. Language doesn't evolve and is firmly rooted in mid 1970's sart London (innit).

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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,605
    charltonkeston said:

    Stig said:

    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things

    Erb is the correct way to say it. It comes from latin via french. It's only Victorian grammarians who were seeking ways to make themselves sound important that introduced the false 'h'. It should always be dropped.

    The really annoying thing about aitch is the number of people who say 'haitch'. I work in HR and it's amazing how many people call it Haitch-Arr. Frankly none of them are employable.
    So basically no one in the U.K. has said Erb in about 4 lifetimes. If you say herb no one will notice but if you say erb people will either think you are American or something worse.
    Seriously though language evolves and my language is probably going off at a tangent to most
    Say it in a Jamaican accent and it means something completely different.
  • Super_Eddie_Youds
    Super_Eddie_Youds Posts: 1,977
    Stig said:

    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things

    Erb is the correct way to say it. It comes from latin via french. It's only Victorian grammarians who were seeking ways to make themselves sound important that introduced the false 'h'. It should always be dropped.

    The really annoying thing about aitch is the number of people who say 'haitch'. I work in HR and it's amazing how many people call it Haitch-Arr. Frankly none of them are employable.
    So you actually say 'erb then?

    Absolutely agree on aitch and haitch though, annoying how acceptable it has become.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    When your internet speed is so slow, you get a "This site can’t be reached" message come up while you are trying to test your internet speed on a special site
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    edited August 2017
    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Stig said:

    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things

    Erb is the correct way to say it. It comes from latin via french. It's only Victorian grammarians who were seeking ways to make themselves sound important that introduced the false 'h'. It should always be dropped.

    The really annoying thing about aitch is the number of people who say 'haitch'. I work in HR and it's amazing how many people call it Haitch-Arr. Frankly none of them are employable.
    So you actually say 'erb then?

    Absolutely agree on aitch and haitch though, annoying how acceptable it has become.
    No, I say herb like I was taught at school. But I'm keen to defend those who say it properly.

    The 'haitch' thing drives me nuts though. Especially that it goes unchallenged. How did this ever become acceptable?
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    SporadicAddick said:

    cabbles said:

    buckshee said:

    The term drop as in "our new album drops tomorrow" or "the new Adidas collection drops on Friday"

    Wank terminology Buckshee. It's everywhere. At the moment I get particularly wound up by going on LinkedIn and having to see all these companies refer to their places of work as 'campuses' - honestly fuck off

    It never ceases to amaze me how vomit inducing we can go with this shit. It's gradually been seeping in over a number of years, coffee shops where you can't go in and ask for a white coffee, it's a flat white, adverts for kitchens where you get your own 'project manager', and now your place of work needs to be a campus where you collaborate and foster a culture of 'intrapreneurship'

    Unfortunately for me, the world seems to be going one way, and I'm very firmly going the other, in that it all just seems to wind me up, and it's everywhere. You can't hide from it or take a breather

    Sky sports now analyse player's instagram accounts to evaluate their chances of moving during the transfer window

    Utter wank
    I've worked in large corporations all my life so you get accustomed to "corporate wank", and some phrases become so normal that it takes your wife calling you a twat and laughing at you to realise that you have taken it home with you - however, even I draw the line somewhere. A good friend at a company that I used to work for was Global Capability Director (that, to me, is quite a normal title). The other week he sent me an email and he is now "Global Head of Faculty".
    There used to be "Trucking" companies over here, now they're "Logistics" companies.
  • muppetman
    muppetman Posts: 287
    limeygent said:

    SporadicAddick said:

    cabbles said:

    buckshee said:

    The term drop as in "our new album drops tomorrow" or "the new Adidas collection drops on Friday"

    Wank terminology Buckshee. It's everywhere. At the moment I get particularly wound up by going on LinkedIn and having to see all these companies refer to their places of work as 'campuses' - honestly fuck off

    It never ceases to amaze me how vomit inducing we can go with this shit. It's gradually been seeping in over a number of years, coffee shops where you can't go in and ask for a white coffee, it's a flat white, adverts for kitchens where you get your own 'project manager', and now your place of work needs to be a campus where you collaborate and foster a culture of 'intrapreneurship'

    Unfortunately for me, the world seems to be going one way, and I'm very firmly going the other, in that it all just seems to wind me up, and it's everywhere. You can't hide from it or take a breather

    Sky sports now analyse player's instagram accounts to evaluate their chances of moving during the transfer window

    Utter wank
    I've worked in large corporations all my life so you get accustomed to "corporate wank", and some phrases become so normal that it takes your wife calling you a twat and laughing at you to realise that you have taken it home with you - however, even I draw the line somewhere. A good friend at a company that I used to work for was Global Capability Director (that, to me, is quite a normal title). The other week he sent me an email and he is now "Global Head of Faculty".
    There used to be "Trucking" companies over here, now they're "Logistics" companies.
    I worked in the rag trade, and for years I was known as a warehouse man, the company I worked for employed a new Financial Director who changed our job titles to fabric allocation and relocation technicians.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,129
    A-R-T-H-U-R said:

    Just nothing, nothing is right here, I'm blaming @A-R-T-H-U-R for sharing...
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,129
    Stig said:

    Super_Eddie_Youds said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Pronouncing the herb Basil as Baysal

    And the word 'herb' as 'erb'

    PS. I think coleslaw and slaw are two different things

    Erb is the correct way to say it. It comes from latin via french. It's only Victorian grammarians who were seeking ways to make themselves sound important that introduced the false 'h'. It should always be dropped.

    The really annoying thing about aitch is the number of people who say 'haitch'. I work in HR and it's amazing how many people call it Haitch-Arr. Frankly none of them are employable.
    Does that mean that you tell people you work in Herr-Err? That must put their mind at rest when they come for an interview?
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,369
    muppetman said:

    limeygent said:

    SporadicAddick said:

    cabbles said:

    buckshee said:

    The term drop as in "our new album drops tomorrow" or "the new Adidas collection drops on Friday"

    Wank terminology Buckshee. It's everywhere. At the moment I get particularly wound up by going on LinkedIn and having to see all these companies refer to their places of work as 'campuses' - honestly fuck off

    It never ceases to amaze me how vomit inducing we can go with this shit. It's gradually been seeping in over a number of years, coffee shops where you can't go in and ask for a white coffee, it's a flat white, adverts for kitchens where you get your own 'project manager', and now your place of work needs to be a campus where you collaborate and foster a culture of 'intrapreneurship'

    Unfortunately for me, the world seems to be going one way, and I'm very firmly going the other, in that it all just seems to wind me up, and it's everywhere. You can't hide from it or take a breather

    Sky sports now analyse player's instagram accounts to evaluate their chances of moving during the transfer window

    Utter wank
    I've worked in large corporations all my life so you get accustomed to "corporate wank", and some phrases become so normal that it takes your wife calling you a twat and laughing at you to realise that you have taken it home with you - however, even I draw the line somewhere. A good friend at a company that I used to work for was Global Capability Director (that, to me, is quite a normal title). The other week he sent me an email and he is now "Global Head of Faculty".
    There used to be "Trucking" companies over here, now they're "Logistics" companies.
    I worked in the rag trade, and for years I was known as a warehouse man, the company I worked for employed a new Financial Director who changed our job titles to fabric allocation and relocation technicians.
    And there's another one that gets my goat.
    Job titles,
    Craftsmen that are not craftsman
    Technicians that are not technicians
    Engineers that are not engineers
    Associates that are not associates
    Partners that are not partners
    Professionals that are not professionals.

    When I left school you had to work towards and get qualifications to get called any of the above.

  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,731
    Fumbluff said:

    A-R-T-H-U-R said:

    Just nothing, nothing is right here, I'm blaming @A-R-T-H-U-R for sharing...
    controversial! good god, never mind Trumps Tweets this is the kind of thing that can start wars. fucking pickled onion monster munch on the 'low tier'?! salt and vinegar walkers and skips shit?!! wtf! that Adam Higgins needs a slap.
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