Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)
Discussion
mko9 said:
We do not have non coms in the US military, we have NCOs. And for the record, I am a Lootenant Colonel, not a Leftenent Colonel. There is no 'F' in that word.
And there's no K in schedule but the American pronunciation is with a hard 'K' sound, so that's not a very compelling argument. 
mko9 said:
DoubleD said:
Frank7 said:
borcy said:
non com? It's something an american would use, never heard it used in the uk military.
Accepted, he probably said NCO, but non com came to mind, (mine), when I was typing.yellowjack said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
The TV show "Abandoned Engineering"
The subject matter interests me, but the faux intrigue and padding really does annoy me beyond reason.
Especially when the payoff is superficial.
For example, Google for "Battleship Island" in Japan. Absolutely fascinating, and about 5% of it is mentioned in Abandoned Engineering once you get past the padding.
"...but what was it, and why was it built here?"The subject matter interests me, but the faux intrigue and padding really does annoy me beyond reason.
Especially when the payoff is superficial.
For example, Google for "Battleship Island" in Japan. Absolutely fascinating, and about 5% of it is mentioned in Abandoned Engineering once you get past the padding.
Errrrm? It's a tunnel. With dimensions much like railway tunnels the world over. So I'm going to have a wild stab in the dark and say that it's a railway tunnel, and it was built because it's very hard to drive locomotives up hills, so they decided to go through the hill instead. Much like the last seven railway tunnels you've done a segment about...
I, too, love the show, and I fully agree that they could drop the padding and present a great deal more factual information about each abandoned project.
t like "World's Greatest Suspension Bridges, was it Aliens?" and such like. NoVetec said:
mko9 said:
DoubleD said:
Frank7 said:
borcy said:
non com? It's something an american would use, never heard it used in the uk military.
Accepted, he probably said NCO, but non com came to mind, (mine), when I was typing.DoubleD said:
NoVetec said:
mko9 said:
DoubleD said:
Frank7 said:
borcy said:
non com? It's something an american would use, never heard it used in the uk military.
Accepted, he probably said NCO, but non com came to mind, (mine), when I was typing.NoVetec said:
DoubleD said:
NoVetec said:
mko9 said:
DoubleD said:
Frank7 said:
borcy said:
non com? It's something an american would use, never heard it used in the uk military.
Accepted, he probably said NCO, but non com came to mind, (mine), when I was typing.Blame the F in French?
NoVetec said:
Just insofar as the more general Franco influence in British English. The word comes from the French phrase 'in place of' IIRC which we took on with the F sound for some reason.
I know what you mean, for instance;I was at a funeral recently, where we were asked to contribute to cancer research, in left of flowers.
Some of the women there wore black trouser suits, in left of dresses.
We drank liquor at the wake, in left of beer.
After a lot of drinking, there were long queues for the lefts.
SCEtoAUX said:
"Show Dogs in Transit"
Oh just fk off.
Oh just f
k off.
Yup. No-one cares, you goons. Except for the fact that you're crawling along so as not to stress your Lapsang Souchong, or whatever the f
k it is. Either speed up and drive like a functioning member of society, or pull over and let the enormous queue of traffic behind you get past. Grrrr. 
yellowjack said:
SCEtoAUX said:
"Show Dogs in Transit"
Oh just fk off.
Oh just f
k off.Yup. No-one cares, you goons. Except for the fact that you're crawling along so as not to stress your Lapsang Souchong, or whatever the f
k it is. Either speed up and drive like a functioning member of society, or pull over and let the enormous queue of traffic behind you get past. Grrrr. Frank7 said:
I know what you mean, for instance;
I was at a funeral recently, where we were asked to contribute to cancer research, in left of flowers.
Some of the women there wore black trouser suits, in left of dresses.
We drank liquor at the wake, in left of beer.
After a lot of drinking, there were long queues for the lefts.
English is an idiosyncratic language with many rules and even more exceptions to those rules.I was at a funeral recently, where we were asked to contribute to cancer research, in left of flowers.
Some of the women there wore black trouser suits, in left of dresses.
We drank liquor at the wake, in left of beer.
After a lot of drinking, there were long queues for the lefts.
Your frequent use of Americanisms (eg. "liquor") and arguing in favour of American pronunciations makes me think you'd be happier moving to America. Certainly we would be happier if you did, if nothing else.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Monday 9th March 08:58
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Frank7 said:
I know what you mean, for instance;
I was at a funeral recently, where we were asked to contribute to cancer research, in left of flowers.
Some of the women there wore black trouser suits, in left of dresses.
We drank liquor at the wake, in left of beer.
After a lot of drinking, there were long queues for the lefts.
English is an idiosyncratic language with many rules and even more exceptions to those rules.I was at a funeral recently, where we were asked to contribute to cancer research, in left of flowers.
Some of the women there wore black trouser suits, in left of dresses.
We drank liquor at the wake, in left of beer.
After a lot of drinking, there were long queues for the lefts.
Your frequent use of Americanisms (eg. "liquor") and arguing in favour of American pronunciations makes me think you'd be happier moving to America. Certainly we would be happier if you did, if nothing else.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Monday 9th March 08:58
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