RMweb Premium petethemole Posted September 7, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2011 "Clutter clearing". "life laundry" and any other phrase that implies that keeping anything that you don't use frequently is bad thing. It's an immediate challenge to the average bloke, let alone modellers, and completely the opposite of the "3 Rs ". Conflict over what was and wasn't clutter contributed to the demise of my marriage. Having cleared out loads when we got married, it wasn't pleasant! Now there are books and TV shows vilifying "hoarders". Pete, with G.O.M hat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Walking past a bookshop earlier today I spotted something with the title "Teaching Business English". Now, whilst one reading of that title might give cause for hope, others are alarming. Do they really teach this stuff to people and do you really need a text book to learn how to teach it? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 The 2 phrases that should be banned forever are the "royal ""WE""" and "I'VE JUST HAD A THOUGHT", my wife uses them a lot. The first one "I think WE should decorate", I remove and replace the funiture, remove the old wallpaper, paint strip and repaint, the wife then repapers. When she says "I'VE JUST HAD A THOUGHT", I just cringe with anticipation. webbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 7, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2011 The 2 phrases that should be banned forever are the "royal ""WE""" and "I'VE JUST HAD A THOUGHT", my wife uses them a lot. The first one "I think WE should decorate", I remove and replace the funiture, remove the old wallpaper, paint strip and repaint, the wife then repapers. When she says "I'VE JUST HAD A THOUGHT", I just cringe with anticipation. webbo I just call my daughter in to arbitrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 When she says "I'VE JUST HAD A THOUGHT", I just cringe with anticipation. It should be "I just bethought me sen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Walking past a bookshop earlier today I spotted something with the title "Teaching Business English". Now, whilst one reading of that title might give cause for hope, others are alarming. Do they really teach this stuff to people and do you really need a text book to learn how to teach it? Nick There is a case for that. Students needing to learn English for travel, academic needs, engineering, medicine and general business need to use different register and different vocabulary. Teaching English to young children, teenagers and adults needs to be done in different ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I still worry about "lifetime guarantee". Especially when you read the small prinnt and find it is guaranteed for the lifetime of the product and not the purchaser. It's guaranteed until it goes wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) " Now there are books and TV shows vilifying "hoarders". Pete, Yes, but have you seen some of the hoarders? Collecting tools and equipment that "may come in someday" is one thing, but completely filing every spare foot of living space is quite different. To the extent people cannot walk across the floor of their own home. That's proper hoarding. Geoff Edited September 7, 2011 by Ohmisterporter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belsay Lad Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Bit OT: I found the immigration staff there (well Newark actually) some of the most humourless arrogant people going. Made German immigration seem positively friendly! Keith We visited Boston in 2002. As we flew from the UK via Ireland and (as we thought cleared USA Imigration control there) our arrival in Boston was a shock! Basically the third degree because we were staying for two weeks and only had one small suitcase of clothes, and other essentials, each. Is America not the land of the launderette? Having said that once we got into Boston the folks 'on the street' were extremely friendly and helpful and I would definately go back, apart from the immigration control. But to get back to the original topic... Management speak:- 'Having converstions with edge'. What does that mean? A certain team manager with the company I used to work with was awarded a special mention for her aptitude in this skill. When I asked 'does that really mean she is a stroppy c*w?' (which she was!) I was 'advised' that I might well be the recipitient of the similar from my own TM if I pursued the question... Nuf said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Yes, but have you seen some of the hoarders? Collecting tools and equipment that "may come in someday" is one thing, but completely filing every spare foot of living space is quite different. To the extent people cannot walk across the floor of their own home. That's proper hoarding. A good friend of mine (now deceased) turned out to be one, but we only found out after he passed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 7, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2011 A good friend of mine (now deceased) turned out to be one, but we only found out after he passed away. Hoarding model railway stuff - that's excusable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Perhaps, but that thar's on an industrial scale! Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Perhaps, but that thar's on an industrial scale! That wasn't the end of it either..... the entire upstairs was like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) It took two days to pick a path through the various boxes, just to take in the enormity of what he had hoarded. You then have to look at yourself and ask "Why?". Was it a mania for acquiring everything under the sun? An obsession that ran out of control? And, more worryingly, "could I end up like that one day?" Anyway, this is going OT again. Let's get back to phrases that should be banned..... Edited September 7, 2011 by Horsetan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted September 7, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2011 You don't need THAT or THEM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcmacchipilot Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Re: Australian Intonation, I Agree on that claim 100%, Not everyone over here does it but there is a fair percentage that no longer speak the queens English. "Nah?" as an Intonation suggests that the person is unsure to what should be either a yes or no answer and is a lazy way of undermining the discipline of the questioner as it makes them subservient to the questionee. The other one that really annoys me is the continual addition of "isn’t it" to the end of every sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 The other one that really annoys me is the continual addition of "isn’t it" to the end of every sentence. Or "Innit"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebrfan Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Just as annoying or maybe more so than innit is issit. Also after living in England for seven years I never could understand the use of Alright or Awright as a greeting in place of Hello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 That's more of a local dialect thing though "Awright?" or "Howyedoin'?" are accepted terms of greeting in the greater Glasgow area. Interestingly Glaswegian and Clydeside dialect owes more to Ireland than to Scotland. Once you get a few miles out of the city,past the new towns which were largely populated by Glasgow overspill, accent and intonation changes noticeably .I suspect this may have a lot to do with the big waves of Irish immigration from the mid 19th century on. Twenty five years ago, even rural Lanarkshire had a dialect more akin to 'Auld Scots'. I doubt this is the case now with the changes in society. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 8, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2011 That's more of a local dialect thing though "Awright?" or "Howyedoin'?" are accepted terms of greeting in the greater Glasgow area. Dave. In Cumbria it's "Hiya" Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) Just as annoying or maybe more so than innit is issit. Also after living in England for seven years I never could understand the use of Alright or Awright as a greeting in place of Hello. "Alright" = "How are you?" The dialogue early in "The Full Monty" that establishes that film's Sheffield authenticity: Gaz and Dave are balanced precariously atop a sinking car in the middle of the canal. Passer-by (nodding casually): "Alright?" Gaz: "Aye - Not s' bad" Edited September 8, 2011 by bluebottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 I had a close shave with an "innit" wielding trog yesterday (on the Southern @ Clapham). But that anecdote may sit better in the Quiet Zone thread. Suffice to say I was fortunate to have a rolled up copy of The Times with which to restore order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted September 9, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2011 Could win best use for the Times award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Phrases that should be banned Black Eights Semis Boxes on wheels Kettles Down with Thompson Pacifics. Gresley was right. All Great Western engines look alike I'd like to see Bachmann produce.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Phrases that should be banned ... I'd like to see Bachmann produce.. ^ Particularly this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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