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Topic: Annoyances
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CK
Member (Idle past 4158 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: 07-04-2004
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Message 24 of 93 (230681)
08-07-2005 11:01 AM
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Reply to: Message 23 by Yaro
08-07-2005 10:56 AM
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Re: Re asswds.
Lots of the government organizations I work with use a combination of password,username and identification number. All users are giving a little device (the same of a small flashdrive) with an LCD display - when you log-on you put in your username, your password and then press the button on the device and it gives you a 10 digit number than is good for that minute.
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CK
Member (Idle past 4158 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: 07-04-2004
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Bah - you can stick your "labor" and your "trucks" and I'll stick with the fags! ABE: oh and your ColoUrs are wrong - Right-wing=Blue, Left-wing=Red. This message has been edited by Charles Knight, 07-Aug-2005 04:42 PM
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CK
Member (Idle past 4158 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: 07-04-2004
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Message 58 of 93 (231132)
08-08-2005 5:56 PM
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Reply to: Message 56 by Faith
08-08-2005 5:10 PM
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One of the commonest mistakes is to use an apostrophe to indicate plurals. It's called the greengrocer's apostrophe, because it's at the greengrocer's that you'll see them: apple's, orange's, pear's, banana's. The Daily Telegraph, a UK newspaper, ran a story on this phenomenon a few years back, and managed to confuse even itself, referring to the greengrocer's apostrophe and the greengrocers' apostrophe in the same article.
Do you use the same term?
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CK
Member (Idle past 4158 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: 07-04-2004
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Message 68 of 93 (231228)
08-09-2005 5:08 AM
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Reply to: Message 48 by FliesOnly
08-08-2005 4:11 PM
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from over the water
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1. Anyone that talks on their cell phone while driving.
Illegal without a headset - 1000 fine plus points on license (12=no license).
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2.People that do not use turn signals.
Driving without due care and attention - Fine plus points on license.
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6. Ok, I have one more. It's the over use by the media of the word allegedly. It literally drives me up the friggen wall () when I hear some news anchor say something like..."Joe Blow was arrested today for allegedly molesting a small kitten, two puppies, and a gerbil". Bull shit! He was arrested because there was sufficient evidence to support the allegations. Whether or not he did it has yet to be determined. I once listened to an NPR story about a murder and in a 3 minute segment they used the word something like 23 times. It was awful. Someone is not arrested for allegedly committing a crimethey are arrested for committing the crime, and a trial ensues that will then determine their guilt or innocence. Look, if John Doe is arrested for a murder and as a TV anchor I say Today, John Doe was arrested for the murder of Jane Doe, I have done nothing wrong. John Doe WAS arrested for the murdersorry Johnno slander there.
I know what you are say BUT under english law it would be libel not to use alleged.
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CK
Member (Idle past 4158 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: 07-04-2004
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Never encountered that either, it's always been DON key HO tee. How americans always say POO-SHOW for peugeot cracks me up. I can however forgive BI-CESTER (It's actually "BISS-TER"). This message has been edited by Charles Knight, 09-Aug-2005 05:12 AM This message has been edited by Charles Knight, 09-Aug-2005 05:17 AM
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CK
Member (Idle past 4158 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: 07-04-2004
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Oh and King Canute KNEW what he was doing - that's the whole bloody point of the story! Not that he was a headcase who believed that he could turn the tide back! BAH BAH!
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CK
Member (Idle past 4158 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: 07-04-2004
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Message 80 of 93 (231272)
08-09-2005 8:38 AM
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Reply to: Message 75 by nator
08-09-2005 7:33 AM
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Re: from over the water
yeah I already know this - it's broadly an area I examine on a professional basis. This message has been edited by Charles Knight, 09-Aug-2005 08:40 AM
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CK
Member (Idle past 4158 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: 07-04-2004
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Rising inflection
We have a problem with rising inflection, rendering statements as questions. This is my car? BBC - Leicester - Features
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The rising inflection
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