I Dont Like "X" and that's fine
Discussion
otolith said:
Google's idea of the Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation sounds closer to the American pronunciation to me?
https://www.google.com/search?q=jaguar+portuguese+...
(with a bit of Austin Powers thrown in)
Googles pronunciations are machine generated, ergo terrible. I've found them skewed towards the American regardless of language.https://www.google.com/search?q=jaguar+portuguese+...
(with a bit of Austin Powers thrown in)
Speaking Spanish, I dont rely on Google to pronounce words I don't know. Fortunately in Spanish you rarely have more than one way to pronounce a letter, so if you know the alphabet you can usually figure it out.
My grandfather had a theory that no one really liked opera.
I think the thing to keep in mind is that if you don't like something that someone else does, that's generally because they're appreciating something that you're missing. Not always, but often. It's worth trying to figure out what it is they're getting from something that you're not seeing. You might broaden your horizons.
Clearly there are exceptions to this, and many of those are towns in the Midlands.
I think the thing to keep in mind is that if you don't like something that someone else does, that's generally because they're appreciating something that you're missing. Not always, but often. It's worth trying to figure out what it is they're getting from something that you're not seeing. You might broaden your horizons.
Clearly there are exceptions to this, and many of those are towns in the Midlands.
ATG said:
Sporky said:
Restaurants with no acoustic treatment, so it's just a constant barrage of noise.
There's a special place in hell for the people who designed these restaurants. The special place is a corner seat in their own bleeding restaurants.Austin Powers
People who use the word "sat" instead of "sitting". It's the wrong bloody tense you morons! You were not sat there, you were sitting there. Using sat makes as much sense as saying "I was ate there" instead of "I was eating there". It used to be a Lancashire thing, but now everyone's at it.
Brioche. What's wrong with normal bread?!
People who use the word "sat" instead of "sitting". It's the wrong bloody tense you morons! You were not sat there, you were sitting there. Using sat makes as much sense as saying "I was ate there" instead of "I was eating there". It used to be a Lancashire thing, but now everyone's at it.
Brioche. What's wrong with normal bread?!
LunarOne said:
Austin Powers
People who use the word "sat" instead of "sitting". It's the wrong bloody tense you morons! You were not sat there, you were sitting there. Using sat makes as much sense as saying "I was ate there" instead of "I was eating there". It used to be a Lancashire thing, but now everyone's at it.
Brioche. What's wrong with normal bread?!
Aslo people who say "I was stood" when it is "I was standing"People who use the word "sat" instead of "sitting". It's the wrong bloody tense you morons! You were not sat there, you were sitting there. Using sat makes as much sense as saying "I was ate there" instead of "I was eating there". It used to be a Lancashire thing, but now everyone's at it.
Brioche. What's wrong with normal bread?!
Calling the ground the floor - Ground is outside, floor is inside.
Using "to be had" where it is completely redundant. e.g. "there were great views to be had" should be "there were great views [full stop]"
"as best as I can" - primary school grammar.
LunarOne said:
People who use the word "sat" instead of "sitting". It's the wrong bloody tense you morons! You were not sat there, you were sitting there. Using sat makes as much sense as saying "I was ate there" instead of "I was eating there". It used to be a Lancashire thing, but now everyone's at it.
It's not a tense thing, it's the use of sit as a stative verb. rst99 said:
Aslo people who say "I was stood" when it is "I was standing"
Calling the ground the floor - Ground is outside, floor is inside.
Using "to be had" where it is completely redundant. e.g. "there were great views to be had" should be "there were great views [full stop]"
"as best as I can" - primary school grammar.
'Ground is outside, floor is inside' is primary school thinking Calling the ground the floor - Ground is outside, floor is inside.
Using "to be had" where it is completely redundant. e.g. "there were great views to be had" should be "there were great views [full stop]"
"as best as I can" - primary school grammar.
Ground Floors are floors which are at ground level, what else would you call them?
otolith said:
LunarOne said:
People who use the word "sat" instead of "sitting". It's the wrong bloody tense you morons! You were not sat there, you were sitting there. Using sat makes as much sense as saying "I was ate there" instead of "I was eating there". It used to be a Lancashire thing, but now everyone's at it.
It's not a tense thing, it's the use of sit as a stative verb. I THINK I might go for a swim.
The house WAS red.
He HATES turnips.
I've GOT cancer.
If I were Spanish I would explain it as the difference between SER and ESTAR.
In "I am SITTING" the verb sitting should be the present continuous tense or present participle, used with the modal auxiliary verb "am" (to be). To change the tense of the sentence, you only change the tense of the auxiliary verb "am" to either "was" or "will be". Using the past tense of sit (sat) is simply incorrect, not to mention bizarre.
Lotobear said:
I am more upset by the horrible modern up and down light and house number.Actually that brings me onto the fact that I hate when someone takes a lovely old building, installs anthracite windows, has it rendered and painted grey, has a door with a long pole that looks like an office door fitted, removed all greenery and has a grey block paved drive fitted, has those up/down lights fitted and parks their Audi and Range Rover Evoque outside.
The sort of modern "the only way is Essex" type house that a certain demographic aspire to.
This sort of thing
Prior to - the word you want is “before”.
Going forward - the phrase you want is “in future”.
“Proven” is a term used in Scottish law, kindly stop substituting it for “proved”.
Christian Horner.
Fussy eaters.
Badly cooked food.
Yanks who say “Jagwah”.
Poms who deride Americanisms, many of which are actually old English – eg, sidewalk.
Lemon curd.
VW.
Olives in brine or vinegar.
Vinegar on salads.
Instant coffee.
Low-res / low-bitrate audio formats – eg, MP3.
Percebes - expensive, lethal for the ‘fisherfolk’ and they taste vile, WTF?
Dubbed films / TV.
Going forward - the phrase you want is “in future”.
“Proven” is a term used in Scottish law, kindly stop substituting it for “proved”.
Christian Horner.
Fussy eaters.
Badly cooked food.
Yanks who say “Jagwah”.
Poms who deride Americanisms, many of which are actually old English – eg, sidewalk.
Lemon curd.
VW.
Olives in brine or vinegar.
Vinegar on salads.
Instant coffee.
Low-res / low-bitrate audio formats – eg, MP3.
Percebes - expensive, lethal for the ‘fisherfolk’ and they taste vile, WTF?
Dubbed films / TV.
ThingsBehindTheSun said:
Actually that brings me onto the fact that I hate when someone takes a lovely old building, installs anthracite windows, has it rendered and painted grey, has a door with a long pole that looks like an office door fitted, removed all greenery and has a grey block paved drive fitted, has those up/down lights fitted and parks their Audi and Range Rover Evoque outside.
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