Rod Speed formulated on Thursday :

"FromTheRafters" wrote in message
...
Rod Speed explained on 6/10/2021 :
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Cayn't get theyah from heeyah.

Nar, not that one. Said when telling someone to do something
immediately. Still cant think of it but that's just my dyslexia.

Just thought of "I want it done yesterday if not sooner" but that's
probably not it either. It'll come to you at two thirty in the morning
when you don't need it - and forgotten by dawn if your memory works
like mine.

On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 3:41:11 PM UTC-5, Rod Speed wrote:
"FromTheRafters" wrote in message
...
Rod Speed explained on 6/10/2021 :
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Cayn't get theyah from heeyah.
Nar, not that one. Said when telling someone to do something
immediately. Still cant think of it but that's just my dyslexia.

"on the qt". ??????
as in on the quicktime

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:41:02 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"FromTheRafters" wrote in message
...
Rod Speed explained on 6/10/2021 :
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Cayn't get theyah from heeyah.

Nar, not that one. Said when telling someone to do something
immediately. Still cant think of it but that's just my dyslexia.

I always thought there was something wrong with you.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:41:02 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"FromTheRafters" wrote in message
...
Rod Speed explained on 6/10/2021 :
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Cayn't get theyah from heeyah.

Nar, not that one. Said when telling someone to do something
immediately. Still cant think of it but that's just my dyslexia.

ASAP, but pronounced as a word, "aysapp"

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:01:07 +0100, FromTheRafters wrote:

Rod Speed explained on 6/10/2021 :
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Cayn't get theyah from heeyah.

Do some actually believe that can be true?

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:01:07 +0100, FromTheRafters
wrote:

Rod Speed explained on 6/10/2021 :
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be
down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say
hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Cayn't get theyah from heeyah.

Do some actually believe that can be true?

Some have been known to say that, not clear why.

On 06/12/2021 11:39 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:01:07 +0100, FromTheRafters
wrote:

Rod Speed explained on 6/10/2021 :
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be
down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say
hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Cayn't get theyah from heeyah.

Do some actually believe that can be true?

For practical purposes...

In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

'expiration date' or 'expiry date'

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On 2021-06-10 12:53 p.m., charles wrote:
In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

'expiration date' or 'expiry date'

extension date or extended date

On 6/10/2021 3:53 PM, charles wrote:
In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

'expiration date' or 'expiry date'


OK, I'll bite. What is wrong with that commonly used phrase?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expiration_date

In article ,
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 6/10/2021 3:53 PM, charles wrote:
In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

'expiration date' or 'expiry date'


OK, I'll bite. What is wrong with that commonly used phrase?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expiration_date

why not use expiry? It's shorter.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On 10/06/2021 19:01, Rod Speed wrote:
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

Visitation is for bishops only.

Bill

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:01:14 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:

gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Commentator instead of commenter.

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:01:14 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:

gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.

Commentator instead of commenter.

Never heard anyone say commenter.

On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 04:28:48 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

FLUSH the two sociopathic cretins' endless absolutely idiotic blather


--
Another typical retarded "conversation" between Birdbrain and senile Rodent:

Senile Rodent: " Did you ever dig a hole to bury your own ****?"

Birdbrain: "I do if there's no flush toilet around."

Senile Rodent: "Yeah, I prefer camping like that, off by myself with
no dunnys around and have always buried the ****."

MID:

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:54:19 +0100, gareth evans, another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered:


Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

What about "Don't feed the troll", troll-feeding asshole?

On 10/06/2021 19:23, Peeler wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:54:19 +0100, gareth evans, another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered:


Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

What about "Don't feed the troll", troll-feeding asshole?


You are one sick kiddie.

I wonder if it is possible for the community of contributors
to this NG to get you shut down on the simple basis of
your repeatedly exceeding the Breidbart limit?

On 2021-06-10 1:06 p.m., gareth evans wrote:
On 10/06/2021 19:23, Peeler wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:54:19 +0100, gareth evans, another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered:


Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

What about "Don't feed the troll", troll-feeding asshole?


You are one sick kiddie.

I wonder if it is possible for the community of contributors
to this NG* to get you shut down on the simple basis of
your repeatedly exceeding the Breidbart limit?

start a petition

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:06:18 +0100, gareth evans, another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered:


What about "Don't feed the troll", troll-feeding asshole?


You are one sick kiddie.

I wonder if it is possible for the community of contributors
to this NG to get you shut down on the simple basis of
your repeatedly exceeding the Breidbart limit?

You don't have the slight feeling that it's actually the clinically insane
trolling attention whore and YOU, his troll-feeding senile idiot, who are
the real sickos here? No? VBG

On 2021 Jun10, gareth evans wrote
(in article ):

On 10/06/2021 19:23, Peeler wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:54:19 +0100, gareth evans, another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered:


Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

What about "Don't feed the troll", troll-feeding asshole?

You are one sick kiddie.

I wonder if it is possible for the community of contributors
to this NG to get you shut down on the simple basis of
your repeatedly exceeding the Breidbart limit?

Just killfile him. I did.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 07:42:01 -0400, Wolffan, another demented senile twit,
babbled:


What about "Don't feed the troll", troll-feeding asshole?

You are one sick kiddie.

I wonder if it is possible for the community of contributors
to this NG to get you shut down on the simple basis of
your repeatedly exceeding the Breidbart limit?

Just killfile him. I did.

He can't do it. Just like you and all the others here can't do it. Though
all of you are OBVIOUSLY senile, you STILL feel that I'm posting nothing but
the TRUTH.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:54:19 +0100, gareth evans wrote:

On 10/06/2021 17:36, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Heads up.

"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:54:19 +0100, gareth evans
wrote:

On 10/06/2021 17:36, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Heads up.

Heads doesn't work.

On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 04:27:56 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

FLUSH the two sociopathic cretins' endless absolutely idiotic blather

--
Typical retarded "conversation" between the Scottish ****** and the senile
Ozzietard:

Birdbrain: "Horse **** doesn't stink."

Senile Rodent: "It does if you roll in it."

Birdbrain: "I've never worked out why, I assumed it was maybe meateaters
that made stinky ****, but then why does vegetarian human **** stink? Is it
just the fact that we're capable of digesting meat?"

Senile Rodent: "Nope, some cow **** stinks too."

Message-ID:

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:36:53 +0100, Birdbrain Macaw (aka "Commander Kinsey",
"James Wilkinson", "Steven ******","Bruce Farquar", "Fred Johnson, etc.),
the pathological resident idiot and attention whore of all the uk ngs,
blathered again:

FLUSH the subnormal sociopathic trolling attention whore's latest
attention-baiting sick bull**** unread again


--
about Birdbrain Macaw's (now "Commander Kinsey" LOL)
trolling:
"He is a well known attention seeking troll and every reply you
make feeds him.
Starts many threads most of which die quick as on the UK groups anyone
with sense Kill filed him ages ago which is why he now cross posts to
the US groups for a new audience.
This thread was unusual in that it derived and continued without him
to a large extent and his silly questioning is an attempt to get
noticed again."
MID:

--
ItsJoanNotJoann addressing Birdbrain Macaw's (now "Commander Kinsey" LOL):
"You're an annoying troll and I'm done with you and your
stupidity."
MID:

--
AndyW addressing Birdbrain:
"Troll or idiot?...
You have been presented with a viewpoint with information, reasoning,
historical cases, citations and references to back it up and wilfully
ignore all going back to your idea which has no supporting information."
MID:

--
Phil Lee adressing Birdbrain Macaw:
"You are too stupid to be wasting oxygen."
MID:

--
Phil Lee describing Birdbrain Macaw:
"I've never seen such misplaced pride in being a ****ing moronic motorist."
MID:

--
Tony944 addressing Birdbrain Macaw:
"I seen and heard many people but you are on top of list being first class
ass hole jerk. ...You fit under unconditional Idiot and should be put in
mental institution.
MID:

--
Pelican to Birdbrain Macaw:
"Ok. I'm persuaded . You are an idiot."
MID:

--
DerbyDad03 addressing Birdbrain Macaw (now "Commander Kinsey" LOL):
"Frigging Idiot. Get the hell out of my thread."
MID:

--
Kerr Mudd-John about Birdbrain Macaw (now "Commander Kinsey LOL):
"It's like arguing with a demented frog."
MID:

--
Mr Pounder Esquire about Birdbrain Macaw (now "Commander Kinsey" LOL):
"the **** poor delivery boy with no hot running water, 11 cats and
several parrots living in his hovel."
MID:

--
Rob Morley about Birdbrain:
"He's a perennial idiot"
MID: 20170519215057.56a1f1d4@Mars

--
JoeyDee to Birdbrain
"I apologize for thinking you were a jerk. You're just someone with an IQ
lower than your age, and I accept that as a reason for your comments."
MID: l-september.org

--
Sam Plusnet about Birdbrain (now "Commander Kinsey" LOL):
"He's just desperate to be noticed. Any attention will do, no matter how
negative it may be."
MID:

--
asking Birdbrain:
"What, were you dropped on your head as a child?"
MID:

--
Christie addressing endlessly driveling Birdbrain Macaw (now "Commander
Kinsey" LOL):
"What are you resurrecting that old post of mine for? It's from last
month some time. You're like a dog who's just dug up an old bone they
hid in the garden until they were ready to have another go at it."
MID:

--
Mr Pounder's fitting description of Birdbrain Macaw:
"You are a well known fool, a tosser, a pillock, a stupid unemployable
sponging failure who will always live alone and will die alone. You will not
be missed."
MID:

--
Richard to pathetic ****** Hucker:
"You haven't bred?
Only useful thing you've done in your pathetic existence."
MID:

--
about Birdbrain (now "Commander Kinsey" LOL):
""not the sharpest knife in the drawer"'s parents sure made a serious
mistake having him born alive -- A total waste of oxygen, food, space,
and bandwidth."
MID:

--
Mr Pounder exposing sociopathic Birdbrain:
"You will always be a lonely sociopath living in a ******** with no hot
running water with loads of stinking cats and a few parrots."
MID:

--
francis about Birdbrain (now "Commander Kinsey" LOL):
"He seems to have a reputation as someone of limited intelligence"
MID:

--
Peter Moylan about Birdbrain (now "Commander Kinsey" LOL):
"If people like JWS didn't exist, we would have to find some other way to
explain the concept of "invincible ignorance"."
MID:

--
Lewis about nym-shifting Birdbrain:
"Typical narcissist troll, thinks his **** is so grand he has the right to
try to force it on everyone."FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest
troll**** unread
MID:

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:36:53 +0100, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Tap instead of click.

That makes sense if you're talking about a phone.

App instead of program.

Definitely. The whole process of ignoring computer and writing only
about phones annoys me.

Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).

Yes, people should get that right.

Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).

Doesn't bother me. But it is interesting that people say both and
mean the same thing.

People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.

My own car radios have all been factory, but the truck I'm borrowing
says "Hi there" and something like Have a nice day, when I turn it on or
off.

Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.

It hasn't come up. I suppose people get it right or I might notice.

Forward instead of forwards.

Havben't noticed.


Also. i.e. instead of e.g. People get that wrong more than half of the
time, and in reverse too, wrong more than half the time. If they don't
understand Latin, they should use English. Maybe they should use
English even if they do understand Latin. It looks like an affectation,
even in books.

I also don't like "different than". It should be "different from".

On 2021-06-10 1:23 p.m., micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:36:53 +0100, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Tap instead of click.

That makes sense if you're talking about a phone.

App instead of program.

Definitely. The whole process of ignoring computer and writing only
about phones annoys me.

Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).

Yes, people should get that right.

Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).

Doesn't bother me. But it is interesting that people say both and
mean the same thing.

People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.

My own car radios have all been factory, but the truck I'm borrowing
says "Hi there" and something like Have a nice day, when I turn it on or
off.

Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.

It hasn't come up. I suppose people get it right or I might notice.

Forward instead of forwards.

Havben't noticed.


Also. i.e. instead of e.g. People get that wrong more than half of the
time, and in reverse too, wrong more than half the time. If they don't
understand Latin, they should use English. Maybe they should use
English even if they do understand Latin. It looks like an affectation,
even in books.

I also don't like "different than". It should be "different from".
what's the difference i'm not here to care about what you like

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:23:56 -0400, micky mouse, the notorious,
troll-feeding, senile ASSHOLE, blathered again:



I also don't like "different than". It should be "different from".

I especially don't like trolling assholes and their troll-feedings senile
assholes, such as you are, micky mouse!

On 10/06/2021 21:23, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:36:53 +0100, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Tap instead of click.

That makes sense if you're talking about a phone.

App instead of program.

Definitely. The whole process of ignoring computer and writing only
about phones annoys me.

Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).

Yes, people should get that right.

Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be down).

Doesn't bother me. But it is interesting that people say both and
mean the same thing.

People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say hello.

My own car radios have all been factory, but the truck I'm borrowing
says "Hi there" and something like Have a nice day, when I turn it on or
off.

Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.

It hasn't come up. I suppose people get it right or I might notice.

Forward instead of forwards.

Havben't noticed.


Also. i.e. instead of e.g. People get that wrong more than half of the
time, and in reverse too, wrong more than half the time. If they don't
understand Latin, they should use English. Maybe they should use
English even if they do understand Latin. It looks like an affectation,
even in books.

I also don't like "different than". It should be "different from".


One example that illustrates the lamentable level of education in
England despite the free and comprehensive schooling from age
5 to age 18 is the use of, "should of" as a misunderstood,
"should've", which is a contraction of, "should have"

"micky" wrote in message
...

I also don't like "different than". It should be "different from".


People who use clichés or standard phrases, but get them the wrong way round
so they make no logical sense: "cheap at half the price" (it should be
"cheap at twice the price" if you mean "very cheap") and that Americanism "I
could care less": no, you *don't* mean that, it makes no sense; you mean "[I
care so little that] I could *not* care less".

Then there's the ultimate "should of" ("I should of noticed that you were
wearing a new dress"). Grrrr. "Should have"... And that makes its way into
written English, so it's not just sloppy/hurried speech.


The thing that really makes my strangling-fingers start fidgeting (!) is
American-style business-meeting bull****: "leverage" (always pronounced the
US way - levveridge, even by Brits), "blue-sky thinking", "thinking out of
the box", "OpEx and RatEx", "run that up the flagpole and see who salutes",
"Reaching out [to someone]" etc. I suppose it's an offshoot of business
letter clichés from earlier times, such as "I beg to inform you that...",
"Assuring you of our best intentions at all times, I remain your loyal
servant" (*), and "Please find enclosed/attached..." (what's wrong with
"Here is..."?).


(*) Someone overdosed on the Uriah Heep obsequiousness tablets! So cringing
that it's prostrate. FFS, just say "Yours sincerely/faithfully" depending
whether you started with "Dear [name]" or "Dear Sir/Madam". Except that
addressing "Dear Sir/Madam" is not sufficiently gender-inclusive for the
Wokesters of today.

"NY" wrote in message
...
"micky" wrote in message
...

I also don't like "different than". It should be "different from".


People who use clichés or standard phrases, but get them the wrong way
round so they make no logical sense: "cheap at half the price" (it should
be "cheap at twice the price" if you mean "very cheap") and that
Americanism "I could care less": no, you *don't* mean that, it makes no
sense; you mean "[I care so little that] I could *not* care less".

Then there's the ultimate "should of" ("I should of noticed that you were
wearing a new dress"). Grrrr. "Should have"... And that makes its way
into written English, so it's not just sloppy/hurried speech.


The thing that really makes my strangling-fingers start fidgeting (!) is
American-style business-meeting bull****: "leverage" (always pronounced
the US way - levveridge, even by Brits), "blue-sky thinking", "thinking
out of the box", "OpEx and RatEx", "run that up the flagpole and see who
salutes", "Reaching out [to someone]" etc. I suppose it's an offshoot of
business letter clichés from earlier times, such as "I beg to inform you
that...", "Assuring you of our best intentions at all times, I remain your
loyal servant" (*), and "Please find enclosed/attached..." (what's wrong
with "Here is..."?).

(*) Someone overdosed on the Uriah Heep obsequiousness tablets! So
cringing that it's prostrate. FFS, just say "Yours sincerely/faithfully"
depending whether you started with "Dear [name]" or "Dear Sir/Madam".

I never use any of those, nothing at the start or the end.

I don't even use Yours at the end because I never am their anything.

Except that addressing "Dear Sir/Madam" is not sufficiently
gender-inclusive for the Wokesters of today.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 07:23:37 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

(*) Someone overdosed on the Uriah Heep obsequiousness tablets! So
cringing that it's prostrate. FFS, just say "Yours sincerely/faithfully"
depending whether you started with "Dear [name]" or "Dear Sir/Madam".

I never use any of those, nothing at the start or the end.

I don't even use Yours at the end because I never am their anything.

Good grief! What idiotic off topic senile **** is this about again? tsk

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On 10/06/2021 22:01, NY wrote:
People who use clichés or standard phrases, but get them the wrong way
round so they make no logical sense: "cheap at half the price"

That one is actually a joke. No-one says it seriously.

Bill

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:01:57 +0100, "NY"
wrote:

"micky" wrote in message
.. .

I also don't like "different than". It should be "different from".


People who use clichés or standard phrases, but get them the wrong way round
so they make no logical sense: "cheap at half the price" (it should be
"cheap at twice the price" if you mean "very cheap")

I don't know the origin of that one.

and that Americanism "I
could care less": no, you *don't* mean that, it makes no sense; you mean "[I
care so little that] I could *not* care less".

But this one started with a sarcastic line from a Catskill commedian***,
saying "I could care less?" where the intonation** showed that he meant,
Could I care less?, and his implied answer was, "No, I couldn't care
less."

So it wasn't backwards when it started but at some point, the intonation
and the question mark at the end got ignored and dropped and what was
left was "I could care less."


***It might have been one specific commedian, but I was little and I
don't remember, and if there was one in particular, I don't remember
who.

**I'm not good at recognizing pitch, but I think you can make most
affirmative statements into questions by raising the pitch of the last
word, "You're done already?" when the spearker doesnt' think he's spent
enough time to actually be done..

If your name is NY, you should know that before airplanes and
air-conditioning, the Catskills was the most popular resort area for New
York City and the entertainment every night included a commedian.
Because of higher elevation, it's cooler there than in the city.

Then there's the ultimate "should of" ("I should of noticed that you were
wearing a new dress"). Grrrr. "Should have"... And that makes its way into
written English, so it's not just sloppy/hurried speech.

I've only seen that a couple times, but both of them in the last month
or so.


The thing that really makes my strangling-fingers start fidgeting (!) is
American-style business-meeting bull****: "leverage" (always pronounced the
US way - levveridge, even by Brits),

What's the other pronunciation?

"blue-sky thinking", "thinking out of
the box", "OpEx and RatEx", "run that up the flagpole and see who salutes",
"Reaching out [to someone]" etc. I suppose it's an offshoot of business
letter clichés from earlier times, such as "I beg to inform you that...",
"Assuring you of our best intentions at all times, I remain your loyal
servant" (*), and "Please find enclosed/attached..." (what's wrong with
"Here is..."?).

I don't know but I've used one or two such phrase on a few occasions, in
letters usually to businesses.

(*) Someone overdosed on the Uriah Heep obsequiousness tablets! So cringing
that it's prostrate. FFS, just say "Yours sincerely/faithfully" depending
whether you started with "Dear [name]" or "Dear Sir/Madam". Except that
addressing "Dear Sir/Madam" is not sufficiently gender-inclusive for the
Wokesters of today.

"micky" wrote in message
news
In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:01:57 +0100, "NY"
wrote:

"micky" wrote in message
. ..

I also don't like "different than". It should be "different from".


People who use clichés or standard phrases, but get them the wrong way
round
so they make no logical sense: "cheap at half the price" (it should be
"cheap at twice the price" if you mean "very cheap")

I don't know the origin of that one.

and that Americanism "I
could care less": no, you *don't* mean that, it makes no sense; you mean
"[I
care so little that] I could *not* care less".

But this one started with a sarcastic line from a Catskill commedian***,
saying "I could care less?" where the intonation** showed that he meant,
Could I care less?, and his implied answer was, "No, I couldn't care
less."

So it wasn't backwards when it started but at some point, the intonation
and the question mark at the end got ignored and dropped and what was
left was "I could care less."


***It might have been one specific commedian, but I was little and I
don't remember, and if there was one in particular, I don't remember
who.

**I'm not good at recognizing pitch, but I think you can make most
affirmative statements into questions by raising the pitch of the last
word, "You're done already?" when the spearker doesnt' think he's spent
enough time to actually be done..

If your name is NY, you should know that before airplanes and
air-conditioning, the Catskills was the most popular resort area for New
York City and the entertainment every night included a commedian.
Because of higher elevation, it's cooler there than in the city.

Then there's the ultimate "should of" ("I should of noticed that you were
wearing a new dress"). Grrrr. "Should have"... And that makes its way
into
written English, so it's not just sloppy/hurried speech.

I've only seen that a couple times, but both of them in the last month
or so.


The thing that really makes my strangling-fingers start fidgeting (!) is
American-style business-meeting bull****: "leverage" (always pronounced
the
US way - levveridge, even by Brits),

What's the other pronunciation?

Leeever-idge.

"blue-sky thinking", "thinking out of
the box", "OpEx and RatEx", "run that up the flagpole and see who
salutes",
"Reaching out [to someone]" etc. I suppose it's an offshoot of business
letter clichés from earlier times, such as "I beg to inform you that...",
"Assuring you of our best intentions at all times, I remain your loyal
servant" (*), and "Please find enclosed/attached..." (what's wrong with
"Here is..."?).

I don't know but I've used one or two such phrase on a few occasions, in
letters usually to businesses.

(*) Someone overdosed on the Uriah Heep obsequiousness tablets! So
cringing
that it's prostrate. FFS, just say "Yours sincerely/faithfully" depending
whether you started with "Dear [name]" or "Dear Sir/Madam". Except that
addressing "Dear Sir/Madam" is not sufficiently gender-inclusive for the
Wokesters of today.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:44:57 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


The thing that really makes my strangling-fingers start fidgeting (!) is
American-style business-meeting bull****: "leverage" (always pronounced
the
US way - levveridge, even by Brits),

What's the other pronunciation?

Leeever-idge.

Such brilliant senile assholes! LOL

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In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:44:57 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



The thing that really makes my strangling-fingers start fidgeting (!) is
American-style business-meeting bull****: "leverage" (always pronounced
the
US way - levveridge, even by Brits),

What's the other pronunciation?

Leeever-idge.

So I bet lever is also/still pronounced differently!

On Friday, June 11, 2021 at 12:45:07 AM UTC-4, Rod Speed wrote:
"micky" wrote in message

What's the other pronunciation?
Leeever-idge.

For those of us who do not pronounce "lever" as "Leeever", the
"annoying" pronunciation makes sense.

"Please hand me that levver. I need to get some levveridge."

On 10/06/2021 10:01 pm, NY wrote:
"micky" wrote in message
...

I also don't like "different than".Â* It should be "different from".


People who use clichés or standard phrases, but get them the wrong way
round so they make no logical sense: "cheap at half the price" (it
should be "cheap at twice the price" if you mean "very cheap") and that
Americanism "I could care less": no, you *don't* mean that, it makes no
sense; you mean "[I care so little that] I could *not* care less".

Then there's the ultimate "should of" ("I should of noticed that you
were wearing a new dress"). Grrrr. "Should have"...Â*Â* And that makes its
way into written English, so it's not just sloppy/hurried speech.


The thing that really makes my strangling-fingers start fidgeting (!) is
American-style business-meeting bull****: "leverage" (always pronounced
the US way - levveridge, even by Brits), "blue-sky thinking", "thinking
out of the box", "OpEx and RatEx", "run that up the flagpole and see who
salutes", "Reaching out [to someone]" etc. I suppose it's an offshoot of
business letter clichés from earlier times, such as "I beg to inform you
that...", "Assuring you of our best intentions at all times, I remain
your loyal servant" (*), and "Please find enclosed/attached..." (what's
wrong with "Here is..."?).

I don't think "Please find enclosed/attached" is an Americanism. Scrooge
and Cratchit would have been familiar with it (had they existed).

"Here is / are" doesn't really work as well as "Please find enclosed".
The idea is to leave no doubt that the item or information being sent is
in a separate document (or might be a cheque / banker's draft, etc).

(*) Someone overdosed on the Uriah Heep obsequiousness tablets! So
cringing that it's prostrate. FFS, just say "Yours sincerely/faithfully"
depending whether you started with "Dear [name]" or "Dear Sir/Madam".
Except that addressing "Dear Sir/Madam" is not sufficiently
gender-inclusive for the Wokesters of today.

:-)

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:23:56 -0400, micky wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:36:53 +0100, "Commander
Kinsey" wrote:

Tap instead of click.

That makes sense if you're talking about a phone.

App instead of program.

Definitely. The whole process of ignoring computer and writing only
about phones annoys me.

Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).

Yes, people should get that right.

Saying less when they mean fewer is annoying to me. My local news makes
that mistake almost daily. "Less people attended the art festival this
year." Less people? WTH is that? Amputees? They mean fewer people, of
course, but it annoys me that I have to mentally translate.

Also, orientated instead of oriented, or drownded instead of drowned.