Annoyances

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How americans always say POO-SHOW for peugeot cracks me up.

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Never heard that one.

Usually in the same way I'm sure of anything else. Through context or asking. If we are talking about Lord Melbourne, one of our PMs and I make mention that Byron had an affair with his wife, and then someone said "Byron...wasn't he the one that wrote Done H-won", I can be fairly sure they're referring to Byron's work

That would do it.TTFN,WK

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!

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

Indeed there are times when a shunt can be the fault of the foremost vehicle, most commonly as you describe when the foremost vehicle has actually pulled into the path of the rear vehicle and there is a marked difference in speed. This is not usually classed a rearend incident though it's generally regarded as a right of way incident or a negligent lane change.There is another scenario too where liability is not so clear cut in a rearend. That is when the foremost vehicle has stopped more suddenly than the vehicle is physically capable of on its own. For example if the road gave way and the vehicle has smashed into the tarmac (ahem asphalt) making it stop nearly instantly. The rear vehicle may well be travelling a correct distance behind to stop in a situation where the front vehicle does an emergency stop, but not when it stops instantly.The worst excuse in the world I hear on a daily basis is "The guy in front braked too sharply, it was his fault". Still, I get the dubious pleasure of it being my job to inform them that it's their fault with an air of authority.

One of my favourite mispronounced is Loughborough. I've heard "Loo Baroo" and "Loga Boroga" (though mostly the latter is done humourosly).

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I just thought of another pet peeve. The tendency for younger people to insert the word "like" every couple of words during conversation.

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I go bananas over the word "actually"--as in the secrtary who takes a phone call and says, "Actually, he has left for the day."My first impression is that this means the speaker is lying, though I have also considered that it may mean the speaker is usually lying in that context, but in this instance is being truthful.In my office, everyone has become accustomed to my "Actual Horn." Everytime I hear the word, I do my best impersonation of an air horn. It has been quite effective.

We have a problem with rising inflection, rendering statements as questions.This is my car?BBC - Leicester - Features - The rising inflection

Heh - I do this one. Not the 'like' but the 'actually'. I have a really good reason though. My computer runs really slowly at times, and so I have to, you know, fill the time that the computer takes to find information up by using actual filler words that are largely redundant on average, just a general trend I've noticed, er, but its bettter than the obvious alternative which is to leave an awkward silence on the phone which has the basic problem of needing to be filled lest one caller thinks that the other has actually been sort of....well, disconnected.You can bet whilst I'm saying it, I'm strangling my monitor.

I believe it is also a violation here...but basically ignored. But the reporter would not be accusing them of anything...just reporting the FACT that "so and so" was arrested for murder. Why would that be libel (or slander if spoken)? Just curious as to how your system justifies the law.

It's, ya know, contagious. You have to, like, avoid hearing it too much or you will, like, catch it...ya know.I hate it that health insurance companies default to the "we don't cover that" mode for any treatment besides checkups. Then you have to resubmit the claim before they will pay.You would think that an emergency room visit for electrocution would be covered.

I used to freak out at people who used the word "basically" two or three times in a sentence, it really annoyed me.This isn't as common now, but it has been taken over by another word.This is when someone who is answering a question always seems to say "absolutely" before they start to answer, it does my 'kin head in!!!!!!!!!Listen for it on TV, especially on SKY news."Do you think George Bush is a donkey""Absolutely, he struggles to string two words together""Did you find the shuttle landing impressive?""Absolutely, those infra red pics were amazing"Brian.

I believe Gary Trudeau had a Doonesbury cartoon on this phenomenon. He reckoned it was your second option; it was done to produce the appearance of sincerity, as if one habitually lies to all other callers but in your case is telling the truth.TTFN,WK

These moron get under my skin a little.

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