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  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    Berks who leave their phones charging at their desk and wander off without turning them to silent. I don't really need to hear the entire catalogue of Apple's stock sound effects all morning.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,257
    LuckyReds said:

    Duolingo.

    I used it to learn a bit of Swedish a few years ago, and was bemused by some of the phrase choices - i.e "The boy eats the dog food".

    I'm currently using it to learn some basic Russian, and it's now teaching me classics like "This is a cafe, not my house.".

    I'd heard this was meant to be one of the better ones for languages as well
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    edited January 2018
    LuckyReds said:

    Duolingo.

    I used it to learn a bit of Swedish a few years ago, and was bemused by some of the phrase choices - i.e "The boy eats the dog food".

    I'm currently using it to learn some basic Russian, and it's now teaching me classics like "This is a cafe, not my house.".

    so what would you say if you were in a café in Russia and someone asks you to go and make them a cup of tea and can they have a quick look at your bedroom while the kettle is boiling?
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,609
    cafcdave123 said:

    LuckyReds said:

    Duolingo.

    I used it to learn a bit of Swedish a few years ago, and was bemused by some of the phrase choices - i.e "The boy eats the dog food".

    I'm currently using it to learn some basic Russian, and it's now teaching me classics like "This is a cafe, not my house.".

    so what would you say if you were in a café in Russia and someone asks you to go and make them a cup of tea and can they have a quick look at your bedroom while the kettle is boiling?
    I'd ask them if that was a euphemism.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,257
    I don't get Jim White's approach to his job. He's meant to be a football reporter, but seems more interested in taking selfies with them like some sort of roady. Often on his twitter feed is him with his arm round one like a fan. Odd
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    cabbles said:

    LuckyReds said:

    Duolingo.

    I used it to learn a bit of Swedish a few years ago, and was bemused by some of the phrase choices - i.e "The boy eats the dog food".

    I'm currently using it to learn some basic Russian, and it's now teaching me classics like "This is a cafe, not my house.".

    I'd heard this was meant to be one of the better ones for languages as well
    It's a cracking app; just some of the examples are questionably useful...



  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    cafcdave123 said:

    LuckyReds said:

    Duolingo.

    I used it to learn a bit of Swedish a few years ago, and was bemused by some of the phrase choices - i.e "The boy eats the dog food".

    I'm currently using it to learn some basic Russian, and it's now teaching me classics like "This is a cafe, not my house.".

    so what would you say if you were in a café in Russia and someone asks you to go and make them a cup of tea and can they have a quick look at your bedroom while the kettle is boiling?
    What would I say? Well, if Russian dash cam footage has taught me anything, I'd pick my words very carefully indeed..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Y9aNntfK8
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,233
    I've not read this thread for pages and pages so it might have been mentioned but using the word ASS instead of ARSE is completely unacceptable from anyone bar our American posters. You don't write pain in the ass. NO!!

    Yes I'm looking at you offenders, two particulars one but I wont mention any names as yet.

    It is ARSE. DO YOU HEAR ME? ARSE

    ARSE!

    Really annoys me.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    People who tell me I have to say poor arse rather than poor ass when my pet donkey isn't well
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,233
    Ill give you that exception Lenny.

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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,657
    Curb_It said:

    I've not read this thread for pages and pages so it might have been mentioned but using the word ASS instead of ARSE is completely unacceptable from anyone bar our American posters. You don't write pain in the ass. NO!!

    Yes I'm looking at you offenders, two particulars one but I wont mention any names as yet.

    It is ARSE. DO YOU HEAR ME? ARSE

    ARSE!

    Really annoys me.

    "its all bottoms to you Americans............"

    Basil Fawlty.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    The Organiser said:

    The latest office lingo at my place.......Agile thinking!!! Ffs!!

    www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/workers-need-more-pretend-training-with-overpaid-bullshit-merchants-201004072621
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,421
    When I'm walking my dogs on a bin day, the pavements aren't wide enough. ;)image
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,868
    T_C_E said:

    When I'm walking my dogs on a bin day, the pavements aren't wide enough. ;)image

    That's the Island for you.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    SuedeAdidas said:

    Raith_C_Chattonell said:

    The BBC's replacement of 'local news' with 'the news where you are'. A dumbing down too far imo.

    The fact that they still haven’t managed to show it in HD pisses me off far more.
    that brings us to another annoyance. I get that they can't do local news in HD because they're crap but why does that mean they have to just display a screen telling me that it is not available in HD? surely HD channels are capable of showing non HD programmes
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,257
    T_C_E said:

    When I'm walking my dogs on a bin day, the pavements aren't wide enough. ;)image

    Great photo TCE mate. They look like a quality trio :smiley:
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,105
    Isn't it more that the channel (101 for example) is national while channel 1 is regional.
    So when the local news comes on and it says switch to 1 it's simply because they can't display different shows to the entire country on 101.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    edited January 2018
    T_C_E said:

    When I'm walking my dogs on a bin day, the pavements aren't wide enough. ;)image

    Get puppies then. Dare I say it you're a binsworth!
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,257
    The Bristol City gifs on twitter when they score

    Harmless I know, they just wind me up
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,189
    LuckyReds said:

    Being polite.

    I've returned to the client office today, been out of it since Dec 23rd, and even missed a week in Tel Aviv because of it. (See above, and the point about getting run down)

    I bumped in to a girl from the office outside, and all she had to say was "Oh, you're back! I was wondering because you have a set of keys.".

    Charming, love. Absolutely charming, just what I want to hear when I'm dreading my return. I regret getting the missus to buy you a nice secret Santa gift now!

    I'm doing Italian on it- I think it might have been written by the mafia as it taught me "the Uncle dies in December" the other night.

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  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,815
    Is that future tense?

    lo zio muore a dicembre
  • WSA
    WSA Posts: 1,913
    Chris has gone to Southend.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,257
    I’m doing French in a Belgian dialect

    “The old lunatic with bad teeth and duck taped shoes wants to play a diamond”
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    stackitsteve said:

    Isn't it more that the channel (101 for example) is national while channel 1 is regional.
    So when the local news comes on and it says switch to 1 it's simply because they can't display different shows to the entire country on 101.

    maybe. but then they should just show something. they're already producing 15ish different regional broadcasts so they may as well do a generic one on top to show on HD. they must lose loads of viewers who switch over when they cut the broadcast for a few minutes
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    T_C_E said:

    When I'm walking my dogs on a bin day, the pavements aren't wide enough. ;)image

    I guess you could go on a diet.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,501
    T_C_E said:

    When I'm walking my dogs on a bin day, the pavements aren't wide enough. ;)image

    People who take up the whole pavement when walking their dogs ;)
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,501
    ricky_otto said:

    T_C_E said:

    When I'm walking my dogs on a bin day, the pavements aren't wide enough. ;)image

    I guess you could go on a diet.
    Guess his bigger issue is where's his head gone?
  • bellz2002
    bellz2002 Posts: 1,362
    ForeverAddickted said:

    ricky_otto said:

    T_C_E said:

    When I'm walking my dogs on a bin day, the pavements aren't wide enough. ;)image

    I guess you could go on a diet.
    Guess his bigger issue is where's his head gone?
    Same place as Jacko's legs.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,749
    stackitsteve said:

    Isn't it more that the channel (101 for example) is national while channel 1 is regional.
    So when the local news comes on and it says switch to 1 it's simply because they can't display different shows to the entire country on 101.

    Seems like it’s more about cost......

    http://www.a516digital.com/2017/10/bbc-one-hd-regions-creative-solutions.html?m=1
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,961
    People who get offended on behalf of others. We were having a relaxed afternoon at work with bot much going on so there was a fair bit of chatter. It turned out that one girl on my team didnt know whete italy was even though she'd been there 3 times. It was then put to her that she had studied geography at university. Her reply was "we didn't just spend the whole time looking at maps you know" to which I replied "no, you spent it colouring them in". Standard joke about geography degrees. Everyone laughed and found it funny including the person it was aimed at. Then another girl on my team (who is a right bitch -but more on that later) who wasn't even part of the conversation starts off about how I am so rude and I should show respect to people and not put down their qualifications. Then it turns out this girl had never studied geography and just likes getting offended.
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