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![]() "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) tim |
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On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:48:39 UTC, tim... wrote:
"harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) tim You never watched the video did you? |
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![]() "harry" wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:48:39 UTC, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) tim You never watched the video did you? when I found out it was 30 minute long no It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? tim |
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The lady plumbers and decorators I've used charge the same as the blokes do.
Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be |
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On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 19:24:23 UTC, tim... wrote:
"harry" wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:48:39 UTC, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) tim You never watched the video did you? when I found out it was 30 minute long no Me too. It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? He seemed to waffle an aweful lot without actually saying much. I'd like to know what he thinks about some of the weird **** they come up with here. I mean they set up special course so that some women get promoted so we have this athena swan group and that looks only at women, then we have our equality committee and the head of that told me that they are fighting for womens rights. |
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Brian Gaff wrote: The lady plumbers and decorators I've used charge the same as the blokes do. Brian When I started work in the '60s for the BBC, everyone doing the same job which had a BBC grade was paid the same male or female. Although in those days it wasn't that common to have males and females doing the same job. The problem is more with those like talent where each contract is individual. -- *Money isn't everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:00:07 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave
wrote: snip It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? He seemed to waffle an aweful lot without actually saying much. Just OOI, how does that compare with waffling an awful lot without saying much that is actually comprehendible? Was your degree in 'Barking up the wrong tree' and with the ball in your court, make sure you don't bite off more than you can chew so make sure it cut's the mustard. Cheers, T i m |
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On Thursday, 18 January 2018 11:24:35 UTC, T i m wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:00:07 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: snip It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? He seemed to waffle an aweful lot without actually saying much. Just OOI, how does that compare with waffling an awful lot without saying much that is actually comprehendible? comprehendible to who, you or me. |
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:00:42 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave
wrote: On Thursday, 18 January 2018 11:24:35 UTC, T i m wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:00:07 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: snip It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? He seemed to waffle an aweful lot without actually saying much. Just OOI, how does that compare with waffling an awful lot without saying much that is actually comprehendible? comprehendible to who, you or me. Well, one would assume it should be comprehendible by you because you said it (no guarantees of course) and so by me / anyone? Cheers, T i m |
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On Thursday, 18 January 2018 12:26:52 UTC, T i m wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:00:42 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: On Thursday, 18 January 2018 11:24:35 UTC, T i m wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:00:07 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: snip It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? He seemed to waffle an aweful lot without actually saying much. Just OOI, how does that compare with waffling an awful lot without saying much that is actually comprehendible? comprehendible to who, you or me. Well, one would assume it should be comprehendible by you because you said it (no guarantees of course) and so by me / anyone? Cheers, T i m That's why you must make things clear. I thought it was quite clear that he was plugging his book, I;ve no idea what you thought he was doing, that's for uo to decide. |
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On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 19:24:23 UTC, tim... wrote:
"harry" wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:48:39 UTC, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) tim You never watched the video did you? when I found out it was 30 minute long no It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? tim Well until you watch it you'll never know. Your type always has a short attention span. |
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![]() comprehendible Long words are more impressive when they're correctly spelled. -- No lollipop |
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On 18/01/2018 14:23, harry wrote:
On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 19:24:23 UTC, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:48:39 UTC, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) tim You never watched the video did you? when I found out it was 30 minute long no It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? tim Well until you watch it you'll never know. Your type always has a short attention span. Well it is worth watching for one minute starting at 22:00. If only to see Kathy Newman lost for words. -- Chris B (News) |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:47:30 +0000, tim... wrote:
"harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) There are some occupations where the gender pay gap is the other way round such as in Professional Tennis where the women don't have to play as many matches to receive their prize payouts as the men have to do in their tournaments. -- Johnny B Good |
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![]() "harry" wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 19:24:23 UTC, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 17:48:39 UTC, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) tim You never watched the video did you? when I found out it was 30 minute long no It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? tim Well until you watch it you'll never know. Your type always has a short attention span. I'm perfectly capable of concentrating on a program for 30 minutes it's that I have 200 episodes of things that I do want to watch already in the queue tim |
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On Thursday, 18 January 2018 12:26:52 UTC, T i m wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:00:42 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: On Thursday, 18 January 2018 11:24:35 UTC, T i m wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:00:07 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: snip It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? If women did the same job as men for less money, why are any men at all in employment? |
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![]() "harry" wrote in message ... On Thursday, 18 January 2018 12:26:52 UTC, T i m wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:00:42 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: On Thursday, 18 January 2018 11:24:35 UTC, T i m wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:00:07 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: snip It takes 2 minutes to make the argument that I made. what did he do with the rest? If women did the same job as men for less money, you will note that I did not make that claim at all in my post why are any men at all in employment? because they don't (get less pay for the same job) tim |
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On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:30:35 UTC, Johnny B Good wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:47:30 +0000, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) There are some occupations where the gender pay gap is the other way round such as in In the sex industry women get paid more. |
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![]() "whisky-dave" wrote in message ... On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:30:35 UTC, Johnny B Good wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:47:30 +0000, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) There are some occupations where the gender pay gap is the other way round such as in In the sex industry women get paid more. do they? there may be many more of them, but ITYF that the men in the "industry" get paid better (on average) tim |
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:07:20 +0000, lid (Orvat
Pehzoyl) wrote: comprehendible Long words are more impressive when they're correctly spelled. English not your native language 'Orvat'? https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/comprehendible https://www.collinsdictionary.com/di...comprehendible https://www.thefreedictionary.com/comprehendible Ironic, given the word. ;-) Cheers, T i m |
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whisky-dave wrote: There are some occupations where the gender pay gap is the other way round such as in In the sex industry women get paid more. You know this just how? Equally familiar with tarts and rent boys? -- *Taxation WITH representation ain't much fun, either. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Friday, 19 January 2018 12:18:45 UTC, tim... wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message ... On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:30:35 UTC, Johnny B Good wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:47:30 +0000, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) There are some occupations where the gender pay gap is the other way round such as in In the sex industry women get paid more. do they? Yes. there may be many more of them, but ITYF that the men in the "industry" get paid better (on average) No they don't, unless you have a weird way of working out averages, which wouldn't suprise me. I suppose if yuo say hugh hefner earns the most from the sex industry you could be correct, but who gets paid the most from page 3 type. When I was at my camera club we never paid for male models only female models. tim |
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In article , tim...
writes "whisky-dave" wrote in message ... On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:30:35 UTC, Johnny B Good wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:47:30 +0000, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) There are some occupations where the gender pay gap is the other way round such as in In the sex industry women get paid more. do they? there may be many more of them, but ITYF that the men in the "industry" get paid better (on average) tim I wouldn't know. -- bert |
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On 19/01/18 16:19, whisky-dave wrote:
Lots of women have complained over the years about page 3 and the equivalants saying they potray women as sex objects, so where do they get that idea ? http://vps.templar.co.uk/slideshow.p...x%20Object.jpg -- Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of a car with the cramped public exposure of Øan airplane. Dennis Miller |
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On 19/01/2018 11:00, whisky-dave wrote:
8 There are some occupations where the gender pay gap is the other way round such as in In the sex industry women get paid more. Don't base what you can charge on your limited knowledge. Its down to supply and demand and few demand you. |
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:00:38 -0800, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:30:35 UTC, Johnny B Good wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:47:30 +0000, tim... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... Bit long but interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcj...ature=youtu.be the gender pay gap (the average salary paid to women against the average salary paid to men) is caused because some women leave employment or take a long career beak to look after a family The only solution to that is to encourage an equal number of men to leave employment/take a long career break to look after the family nothing else works (or is a fair solution) There are some occupations where the gender pay gap is the other way round such as in In the sex industry women get paid more. And as wet nurses. Men rarely do that... -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:07:20 +0000, lid (Orvat Pehzoyl) wrote: comprehendible Long words are more impressive when they're correctly spelled. English not your native language 'Orvat'? https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/comprehendible https://www.collinsdictionary.com/di...comprehendible https://www.thefreedictionary.com/comprehendible Ironic, given the word. ;-) Cheers, T i m I wonder if comprehendible is in the same state of development as 'irregardless'? In other words, it is so widely used by relatively new, or ex-colonial, English speakers who do not know the word 'comprehensible' that it is in at least the New World dictionaries, but it still sounds wrong to more widely read English speakers. -- Roger Hayter |
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Roger Hayter wrote:
T i m wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:07:20 +0000, lid (Orvat Pehzoyl) wrote: comprehendible Long words are more impressive when they're correctly spelled. English not your native language 'Orvat'? On the contrary, it is my mother tongue, 'T i m'. https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/comprehendible https://www.collinsdictionary.com/di...comprehendible https://www.thefreedictionary.com/comprehendible Ironic, given the word. ;-) Cheers, T i m The frequency of use of 'comprehenDible' as compared with 'comprehenSible' is instructive, 'T i m'. By the way, please excuse me for imitating your use of scare quotes around my current persona's name; I dislike descent to puerile ad hominem abuse, I will try to do better next time. I wonder if comprehendible is in the same state of development as 'irregardless'? In other words, it is so widely used by relatively new, or ex-colonial, English speakers who do not know the word 'comprehensible' that it is in at least the New World dictionaries, but it still sounds wrong to more widely read English speakers. Thank you, Roger, I couldn't have put it better myself. -- Lollipop? What lollipop? |
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On 20/01/18 09:33, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Roger Hayter wrote: I wonder if comprehendible is in the same state of development as 'irregardless'?Ā* In other words, it is so widely used by relatively new, or ex-colonial, English speakers who do not know the word 'comprehensible' that it is in at least the New World dictionaries, but it still sounds wrong to more widely read English speakers. 'irregardless' is not a word. What is it then? -- The biggest threat to humanity comes from socialism, which has utterly diverted our attention away from what really matters to our existential survival, to indulging in navel gazing and faux moral investigations into what the world ought to be, whilst we fail utterly to deal with what it actually is. |
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Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Roger Hayter wrote: I wonder if comprehendible is in the same state of development as 'irregardless'? In other words, it is so widely used by relatively new, or ex-colonial, English speakers who do not know the word 'comprehensible' that it is in at least the New World dictionaries, but it still sounds wrong to more widely read English speakers. 'irregardless' is not a word. Neither is 'comprehendible'; but both are in recent editions of American dictionaries. 'Inspirational' is not a word either, but has become nearly universal even in the UK. -- Roger Hayter |
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On Saturday, 20 January 2018 10:42:00 UTC, Roger Hayter wrote:
Tim Streater wrote: In article , Roger Hayter wrote: I wonder if comprehendible is in the same state of development as 'irregardless'? In other words, it is so widely used by relatively new, or ex-colonial, English speakers who do not know the word 'comprehensible' that it is in at least the New World dictionaries, but it still sounds wrong to more widely read English speakers. 'irregardless' is not a word. Neither is 'comprehendible'; but both are in recent editions of American dictionaries. 'Inspirational' is not a word either, but has become nearly universal even in the UK. which makes it a word |
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On 20/01/2018 11:08, Tim Streater wrote:
8 We shouldn't be giving currency to these non-words, even if lazy ****s likeĀ* T i mĀ* think they are able to produce references for them. You shouldn't be posting here then as computers, usenet, etc. don't exist. I wonder how you are going to describe say TV using words from say 1600 as you don't want any new words? |
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![]() "dennis@home" wrote in message ... On 20/01/2018 11:08, Tim Streater wrote: 8 We shouldn't be giving currency to these non-words, even if lazy ****s like T i m think they are able to produce references for them. You shouldn't be posting here then as computers, usenet, etc. don't exist. I remember when I first started my interest in computing I was told by school teachers that the word "program" didn't exist (in UK English) Now, if you you told someone that, they would look at you like you had claimed to have just arrived from Mars. tim |
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On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:08:31 +0000, Tim Streater
wrote: In article , Roger Hayter wrote: Tim Streater wrote: In article , Roger Hayter wrote: I wonder if comprehendible is in the same state of development as 'irregardless'? In other words, it is so widely used by relatively new, or ex-colonial, English speakers who do not know the word 'comprehensible' that it is in at least the New World dictionaries, but it still sounds wrong to more widely read English speakers. 'irregardless' is not a word. Neither is 'comprehendible'; but both are in recent editions of American dictionaries. 'Inspirational' is not a word either, but has become nearly universal even in the UK. We shouldn't be giving currency to these non-words, even if lazy snip expletive like T i m think they are able 'Think'? to produce references for them. Because I did! I hope that annoys and offends you even more (and I think it does). ;-) The best thing about using modern words is that it winds the left brained dinosaurs and self appointed spelling / grammar cops up (in a d-i-y group ffs)! Cheers, T i m |
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dennis@home wrote:
On 20/01/2018 11:08, Tim Streater wrote: 8 We shouldn't be giving currency to these non-words, even if lazy ****s like T i m think they are able to produce references for them. You shouldn't be posting here then as computers, usenet, etc. don't exist. I wonder how you are going to describe say TV using words from say 1600 as you don't want any new words? I think we don't need any silly, lazy and ignorant new words where there are perfectly good ones already. I agree it is a losing battle; but if it amuses me to fight a rearguard action of gratuitous rudeness and sarcasm against them then I shall continue to do so. PS television was adequately described using words promiscuously stolen from various ancient civilisations. Not back formations from a very limited vocabulary of English words, which did not include the well-known forms which had been used in educated speech and literature for hundreds of years. -- Roger Hayter |
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tim... wrote:
"dennis@home" wrote in message ... On 20/01/2018 11:08, Tim Streater wrote: 8 We shouldn't be giving currency to these non-words, even if lazy ****s like T i m think they are able to produce references for them. You shouldn't be posting here then as computers, usenet, etc. don't exist. I remember when I first started my interest in computing I was told by school teachers that the word "program" didn't exist (in UK English) Now, if you you told someone that, they would look at you like you had claimed to have just arrived from Mars. So? If you didn't know the latest plot line in Eastenders they would also look at you as though you were an alien being. Your point is? -- Roger Hayter |
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T i m wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:08:31 +0000, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Roger Hayter wrote: Tim Streater wrote: In article , Roger Hayter wrote: I wonder if comprehendible is in the same state of development as 'irregardless'? In other words, it is so widely used by relatively new, or ex-colonial, English speakers who do not know the word 'comprehensible' that it is in at least the New World dictionaries, but it still sounds wrong to more widely read English speakers. 'irregardless' is not a word. Neither is 'comprehendible'; but both are in recent editions of American dictionaries. 'Inspirational' is not a word either, but has become nearly universal even in the UK. We shouldn't be giving currency to these non-words, even if lazy snip expletive like T i m think they are able 'Think'? to produce references for them. Because I did! I hope that annoys and offends you even more (and I think it does). ;-) The best thing about using modern words is that it winds the left brained dinosaurs and self appointed spelling / grammar cops up (in a d-i-y group ffs)! Cheers, T i m Try re-reading Brave New World and 1984 and you might see what we are getting at. -- Roger Hayter |
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