Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]

[Einion Yrth]

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.

Which is odd when the original incident "Watergate" had nothing to do with water.

Hamburgers have never been made from ham, this sort of thing happens all the time in English - it's a very playful language.

[JonRB]

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]

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.

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?"

[Einion Yrth]

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.

I am well aware of this, I didn't expect to have to point it out when that could be read between the lines as being the entire point of my post. I'll not even attempt to explain the origins of the words "orange" and "newt" or we'll be here all bleeding day.

[JonRB]

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.

[dudleybloke]

"Burger-gate"

[JonRB]

dudleybloke said:

"Burger-gate"

[rohrl]

JonRB said:

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.

Jeez, lighten up JonRB. I did know that.

[Hugo a Gogo]

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.

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?"

you're talking krapfen

[markmullen]

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.

[rohrl]

Hugo a Gogo said:

you're talking krapfen

[br d]

JonRB said:

dudleybloke said:

"Burger-gate"

I heard someone refer to the Andrew Mitchell/Downing Street incident as Gate-gate.

[Stickyfinger]

Someone stole Mr Gate's (next door) gate, a Mr Gate, Gate-Gate ?

[hidetheelephants]

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.

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?"

Or not.

[I Love Cake]

Lowlife scrotes who carry their money around screwed up in their pockets likes it's rubbish.

[Pesty]

Apps for websites like eBay or IMDb google maps etc


Just let me use the normal funking page apps are st

[Willy Nilly]

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.

[DJFish]

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.....

[AstonZagato]

Pesty said:

Apps for websites like eBay or IMDb google maps etc


Just let me use the normal funking page apps are st

Also when it asks you EVERY TIME you go to the webpage whether you want to download the app. NO I DO NOT. If I wanted to, I'd have done it the first time.

[The Don of Croy]

Stickyfinger said:

Someone stole Mr Gate's (next door) gate, a Mr Gate, Gate-Gate ?

Or Bill Gates accused of walking strangely, maybe a little fey - Gates Gay Gait - gate.


That should annoy some people beyond reason...