Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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popeyewhite said:
ShiningWit said:
It's an abbreviation. An acronym is a separate word formed from an abbreviation. Such as RADAR or SCUBA. There are some words you'd be forgiven for thinking are acronyms when they're not. BEEB, for example, is a colloquialism.Wiktionary said:
Acronym (plural acronyms)
- An abbreviation formed by (usually initial) letters taken from a word or series of words, that is itself pronounced as a word, such as RAM, radar, or scuba; sometimes contrasted with initialism.
- A pronounceable word formed from the beginnings (letter or syllable) of other words and thus representing the phrase so formed, e.g. Benelux = the countries Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg considered as a political or economic whole.
- Any abbreviation so formed, regardless of pronunciation, such as TNT, BBC, IBM, or XML.
- An abbreviation formed by (usually initial) letters taken from a word or series of words, that is itself pronounced as a word, such as RAM, radar, or scuba; sometimes contrasted with initialism.
- A pronounceable word formed from the beginnings (letter or syllable) of other words and thus representing the phrase so formed, e.g. Benelux = the countries Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg considered as a political or economic whole.
- Any abbreviation so formed, regardless of pronunciation, such as TNT, BBC, IBM, or XML.
Americanisms such as this-
lxm said:
I have been contacted by a 2010 Polo owner on another forum, they have just put their car in for its 70k service and apparently the dealer said that the tensioner and chain needed replaced.... VW UK paid 95% of the bill.
The poster must be an American visitor, because in England we say "needed replacing".rohrl said:
It's actually an initialism, which is a subset of acronyms and also an abbreviation.
You're confused. No one's saying it's not an initialism or an abbreviation. What OGM clearly isn't is an acronym.It's not good form to reference wiki-anything btw...
popeyewhite said:
rohrl said:
It's actually an initialism, which is a subset of acronyms and also an abbreviation.
You're confused. No one's saying it's not an initialism or an abbreviation. What OGM clearly isn't is an acronym.It's not good form to reference wiki-anything btw...
Could you try to be a little more patronising btw...
LordJammy said:
The relentless sniveling and support of the rioters in London because the Tories won that I'm seeing on Facebook.
There was an election, Labour didn't win.
Sit the f
k down.
Yes, people I thought were intelligent, sensible people suddenly seem to be suggesting that "we make them hear the voice of the people". They did, it's just there are more of the other people than yours. Do a better campaign next time.There was an election, Labour didn't win.
Sit the f
k down.Cretins on the M25 who act like it is their God given right to pull in front of you where there is no gap, and then slow down. Seriously Wtf?! Wouldn't bother me if they actually put their foot down having forced their way in.
Missing dog posts on Facebook. There's just so many of them!
Missing dog posts on Facebook. There's just so many of them!
Condi said:
fking ing retards who hit cars in carparks then drive off without leaving a note. God will smite for you for being a .
I witnessed this very thing on Friday evening outside my local shop.king ing retards who hit cars in carparks then drive off without leaving a note. God will smite for you for being a . So after checking in the shop and the bookies next door to see if anyone owned the car, I left a note on it.
I'm quite surprised not to have heard anything about it yet, which is strangely annoying.
Not the best of pictures, but the BMW in lane 2 is stationary. Waiting to be let in.
By this point I had been sitting in traffic for 30 minutes.
What gives him the right?
What does a 38 tonne lorry do when he is approaching at 55 with nowhere to go???
Untitled by Jim Pritchard, on Flickr
By this point I had been sitting in traffic for 30 minutes.
What gives him the right?
What does a 38 tonne lorry do when he is approaching at 55 with nowhere to go???
Untitled by Jim Pritchard, on Flickrfking India and their fking enormous population which means every job that's done by 1 person in the UK is done by 6 of the fkers here, so in order to get something done you need to email 15 people and if any of them drop the ball the whole fking system grinds to a halt. Look, Parameter, or whatever your fking name is, just send the fking cheque from the company we both work for, and that was agreed in my Ts and Cs to the hotel I'm living in. I don't appreciate a £1400 bill out of the blue, especially when it's coming out of the money I've got to pay my UK mortgage in. Wobbling your fking head and smiling at me won't cut it. I don't like playing the shouty white boss man (I'm not a boss, just a technical guy here to help YOUR fking ex-villager colleagues become more employable to UK/European divisions) but if I've got to drive halfway across Bombay, and stand on your desk and fking scream at you, I will. Even getting a sim card here involves an interview, 20 signatures, details about my octogenarian father and my inside leg measurement.
Great food, and outside of work they're a lovely people, but fking awful, awful organisation. Like going back in time a hundred years. And there's a billion of them who are going to just perpetuate this stty "skill" for another generation.
2 weeks down, 6 months to go... I'll have a heart attack before my time here is over.
king India and their fking enormous population which means every job that's done by 1 person in the UK is done by 6 of the fkers here, so in order to get something done you need to email 15 people and if any of them drop the ball the whole fking system grinds to a halt. Look, Parameter, or whatever your fking name is, just send the fking cheque from the company we both work for, and that was agreed in my Ts and Cs to the hotel I'm living in. I don't appreciate a £1400 bill out of the blue, especially when it's coming out of the money I've got to pay my UK mortgage in. Wobbling your fking head and smiling at me won't cut it. I don't like playing the shouty white boss man (I'm not a boss, just a technical guy here to help YOUR fking ex-villager colleagues become more employable to UK/European divisions) but if I've got to drive halfway across Bombay, and stand on your desk and fking scream at you, I will. Even getting a sim card here involves an interview, 20 signatures, details about my octogenarian father and my inside leg measurement. Great food, and outside of work they're a lovely people, but f
king awful, awful organisation. Like going back in time a hundred years. And there's a billion of them who are going to just perpetuate this stty "skill" for another generation. 2 weeks down, 6 months to go... I'll have a heart attack before my time here is over.
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