Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
FourWheelDrift said:
JonRB said:
Europa1 said:
People (usually lazy journalists, but weirdly it seems many of the posters in the F1 forums)who add the word "gate" to any minor incident - Exhibit A: apparently the baseball cap moment on the room of awkwardness after the US Grand Prix is "Hat-gate".
"Cap gate" actually. And it was Ted Kravitz who coined it in a jokey and ironic way, and people just picked it up. Nobody meant it seriously. But in more general terms, I completely agree that it does seem that the Media like to append "gate" to almost any scandal and I agree that it is annoying.
JonRB said:
Einion Yrth said:
Hamburgers have never been made from ham, this sort of thing happens all the time in English - it's a very playful language.
Hamburgers are so called because they originated from the city of Hamburg. Nothing to do with ham. Who can forget JFK famously saying "I am a traditional German pastry similar to a doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, with a marmalade or jam filling and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top?"
JonRB said:
Einion Yrth said:
Hamburgers have never been made from ham, this sort of thing happens all the time in English - it's a very playful language.
Hamburgers are so called because they originated from the city of Hamburg. Nothing to do with ham. rohrl said:
Similarly beefburgers come from Beefburg and chickenburgers come from Chickenburg.
Who can forget JFK famously saying "I am a traditional German pastry similar to a doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, with a marmalade or jam filling and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top?"
I realise that you are being obtuse (and/or making some lame attempt at being funny), but the term Hamburger came first. Then the suffix "-burger" derived from that as a back-formation, in much the same way as "-gate" has.Who can forget JFK famously saying "I am a traditional German pastry similar to a doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, with a marmalade or jam filling and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top?"
rohrl said:
JonRB said:
Einion Yrth said:
Hamburgers have never been made from ham, this sort of thing happens all the time in English - it's a very playful language.
Hamburgers are so called because they originated from the city of Hamburg. Nothing to do with ham. Who can forget JFK famously saying "I am a traditional German pastry similar to a doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, with a marmalade or jam filling and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top?"
It might have been mentioned but the twee ways people dress up the word "died".
A post on the local police Facebook page about a car vs pedestrian accident, one post "I believe the old man has passed". Passed? Passed what? I've heard mention of people "falling asleep", being "taken from us", all sorts of crap.
A post on the local police Facebook page about a car vs pedestrian accident, one post "I believe the old man has passed". Passed? Passed what? I've heard mention of people "falling asleep", being "taken from us", all sorts of crap.
rohrl said:
JonRB said:
Einion Yrth said:
Hamburgers have never been made from ham, this sort of thing happens all the time in English - it's a very playful language.
Hamburgers are so called because they originated from the city of Hamburg. Nothing to do with ham. Who can forget JFK famously saying "I am a traditional German pastry similar to a doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, with a marmalade or jam filling and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top?"
markmullen said:
It might have been mentioned but the twee ways people dress up the word "died".
A post on the local police Facebook page about a car vs pedestrian accident, one post "I believe the old man has passed". Passed? Passed what? I've heard mention of people "falling asleep", being "taken from us", all sorts of crap.
A post on the local police Facebook page about a car vs pedestrian accident, one post "I believe the old man has passed". Passed? Passed what? I've heard mention of people "falling asleep", being "taken from us", all sorts of crap.
Disastrous said:
Also, can we add in Chocaholic, Sexaholic et al. Pretty sure there is no such thing as sexahol.
One glass of Prosecco if my wife's anything to go by I find people saying "I've got OCD" rather annoying, when they actually just like things neat & tidy, it's not like they have to turn each light switch in their house on & off 21 times before they can go out, or collect their wee in Kilner jars.....
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