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Passengers (or should that be customers) are advised to "de-train". The most extreme example of the "de-" prefix I ever came across was in an article in the Guardian which referred to an art gallery "de-acquisitioning" some paintings.
Eric Arthur Blair, where are you when we need you?
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I think you will find that British Army soldiers are still tutored in the art of "debussing", i.e. leave a vehicle (usually a canvas sided lorry), with the utmost alacrity.
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Oh, and check out: "A train pauses in platform 1 for passengers to entrain and detrain. Note that Polegate still has a number of semaphore signals, though the post of the platform starter is of decidedly non-Southern tubular steel. The Signalbox beyond the level crossing has only six working levers left in use, for the distant, home and starting signals in each direction." http://www.semg.org.uk/location/polegate2.html |
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« Reply #768 on: 17:56:34, 30-03-2007 » |
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No seats on the bus? You are a `standee`. How much did they pay that moron? Who probably never travels by bus. Grrrr.
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« Reply #769 on: 18:00:36, 30-03-2007 » |
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"These ones" and "Those ones" - Arrgh!
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« Reply #770 on: 18:03:58, 30-03-2007 » |
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an article in the Guardian which referred to an art gallery "de-acquisitioning" some paintings.
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"These ones" and "Those ones" - Arrgh!
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« Reply #772 on: 18:24:40, 30-03-2007 » |
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"singlicate" what the hell does that mean? Surely it's "singular" or "singly". Sadly, in my line of work this is becoming a regularly used word  |
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« Reply #773 on: 18:37:12, 30-03-2007 » |
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And another thing..... when you go to the Post Office to send a lovingly chosen birthday present to your nephew, as I have just done, why do they force you to confess that it is not very valuable in front of the entire queue?
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No seats on the bus? You are a `standee`. How much did they pay that moron? Who probably never travels by bus. Grrrr.
Mort, one becomes a standee only on particularly crowded buses, i.e. when someone stands on one's toes, surely? Yes, I have seen, and commented on, such illiterate notices as "5 standees only". |
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« Reply #775 on: 19:42:19, 30-03-2007 » |
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No seats on the bus? You are a `standee`. How much did they pay that moron? Who probably never travels by bus. Grrrr.
Mort, one becomes a standee only on particularly crowded buses, i.e. when someone stands on one's toes, surely? Bryn, Ah, that`ll be the @%$$!? C11 from Archway then? |
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Adding my two-penn'orth (with Britannia still holding shield and spear), the American preference for "burglarized" over "burgled" never fails to amuse or irritate me, depending on the overall mood of the day.
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« Reply #777 on: 21:48:32, 30-03-2007 » |
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Can myself add some things that myself does that annoy the carp out of myself?
The way that, whenever myself sends off a job application/funding application/competition entry, and the person working in the Post Office says 'is it worth more than £20?', myself always replys 'Only if myself gets this job/win this prize!' and grin desperately.
The way that myself got wireless internet today (broadband package actually works out cheaper this way, if that makes any sense...), and where do you think that myself is sitting? The same place myself always sits with my computer...
These are just a small taster of how annoying I find myself.
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« Reply #778 on: 22:42:33, 30-03-2007 » |
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Shopkeepers who call me "mate".
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« Reply #779 on: 22:44:29, 30-03-2007 » |
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Shopkeepers who call me "mate".
ANYONE who calls me "mate"... I was thinking of simplifying the whole equation by saying that the following make me cross: Other human beings Any other living thing Inanimate objects Myself |
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