Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, jimbaxters said: @Melanius Mullarkay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) Academics giving presentations on things that they don't know how to pronounce. Recent example was somebody giving a presentation centering around the prominent hill of Bennachie, which the guy was consistently calling Ben-acky (rather than Ben-a-hee). Usually the result of somebody Down South travelling up to Scotland and failing to converse with anybody outwith their little pool of researchers. Eta: this is actually well beyond 'petty' for me. The ignorance really grinds my gears. Edited January 9 by Hedgecutter 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 The amount of times someone on The Repair Shop, on receipt of their repaired item says something like ‘wow, just wow, what a job you’ve done repairing Grandma’s old ballet shoes… It’s brought her back. Has it fcuk. The Repair Shop team are good, but not that fcuking good. What they did was to fix up Grandma’s battered old ballet shoes that you allowed to rot in the garden shed before thinking ‘they’d get me on the telly’. I really like The Repair Shop… I’m just in a bit of a grumpy mood today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 3 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Academics giving presentations on things that they don't know how to pronounce. Recent example was somebody giving a presentation centering around the prominent hill of Bennachie, which the guy was consistently calling Ben-acky (rather than Ben-a-hee). Usually the result of somebody Down South travelling up to Scotland and failing to converse with anybody outwith their little pool of researchers. Eta: this is actually well beyond 'petty' for me. The ignorance really grinds my gears. I've been watching a show called "for all mankind" and they've been pronouncing Gemini as jeminy. Not once but all the time. Infuriating 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 08/01/2024 at 21:52, BukyOHare said: Lollipop men and women who are positioned at pedestrian crossings. They literally press the button for kids, wait until the green man comes on and walk to the middle of the road while people cross. A total waste of whatever money they're getting paid. I'd like to see lollipop men and women at every pedestrian crossing in Edinburgh. So they can hit cyclists who ignore the red lights and plough through pedestrians with those big poles. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) 38 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I'd like to see lollipop men and women at every pedestrian crossing in Edinburgh. So they can hit cyclists who ignore the red lights and plough through pedestrians with those big poles. Interesting fact of the day. The reason the lollipop has a black rectangle across it is because the black bit is like a blackboard at school. The lollipop people carry chalk in their pockets. Any driver that acts the Joe Kunt and endangers the kids by not stopping or whatever, if the lollipop person gets their reg’ number, they can write it on the black bit of the lollipop with the chalk. Edited January 9 by pozbaird 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: I'd like to see lollipop men and women at every pedestrian crossing in Edinburgh. So they can hit cyclists who ignore the red lights and plough through pedestrians with those big poles. I'd fucking love this. Twirling their lollipop like a ninja staff would be class. I obviously skip red lights loads, especially at ped crossings, but this would add to the intrigue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 15 hours ago, Salt n Vinegar said: I don't fly often, but my sister in law goes to Italy a couple of times a year. She reports a new development (in her experience). Lazy fekkers who board the plane at the front, but instead of taking their hand luggage cases along to where they are sitting, they put it in the overhead lockers at the front as soon as they board before marching up the plane, meaning that the folk with seats at the front have nowhere to put their bags. I'd take the bag out and leave it in the aisle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) 9 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Academics giving presentations on things that they don't know how to pronounce. Recent example was somebody giving a presentation centering around the prominent hill of Bennachie, which the guy was consistently calling Ben-acky (rather than Ben-a-hee). Usually the result of somebody Down South travelling up to Scotland and failing to converse with anybody outwith their little pool of researchers. Eta: this is actually well beyond 'petty' for me. The ignorance really grinds my gears. @Melanius Mullarkay how do you pronounce the word "concrete"? Edited January 10 by Swarley 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 19 hours ago, Salt n Vinegar said: I don't fly often, but my sister in law goes to Italy a couple of times a year. She reports a new development (in her experience). Lazy fekkers who board the plane at the front, but instead of taking their hand luggage cases along to where they are sitting, they put it in the overhead lockers at the front as soon as they board before marching up the plane, meaning that the folk with seats at the front have nowhere to put their bags. Good opportunity to go through their bags for valuables, imo.......................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 First appointment yesterday with my new dentist after my old one retired. Couldn't have been in the seat more than 3 minutes and she's done . " Ok that all looks great , you just have a wee chip on a filling there I'll need to replace so if you just make another appointment I'll get that sorted..... Oh and I'm just sending a wee referral away as well to get your wisdom tooth removed ." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) 19 minutes ago, JamesP_81 said: First appointment yesterday with my new dentist after my old one retired. Couldn't have been in the seat more than 3 minutes and she's done . " Ok that all looks great , you just have a wee chip on a filling there I'll need to replace so if you just make another appointment I'll get that sorted..... Oh and I'm just sending a wee referral away as well to get your wisdom tooth removed ." I had a small cavity in a molar that I got my first and only filling for. A couple of weeks later the outer enamel cracked away and so I got a follow-up appointment. "Hmmm... there's more filling than tooth there now, so what we'll need to do is grind the remaining part down and put a crown over it." There's now a gap between that and the next tooth along that requires me carrying a fine toothpick places to avoid extreme agitation when eating meat. Edited January 10 by Hedgecutter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 14 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Academics giving presentations on things that they don't know how to pronounce. Recent example was somebody giving a presentation centering around the prominent hill of Bennachie, which the guy was consistently calling Ben-acky (rather than Ben-a-hee). Usually the result of somebody Down South travelling up to Scotland and failing to converse with anybody outwith their little pool of researchers. Eta: this is actually well beyond 'petty' for me. The ignorance really grinds my gears. Impossible Engineering - normally a great programme, bar the one on The Falkirk Wheel. Despite no matter where they go in the world they always learn how to pronounce locations. Bar when the english twat came to Falkirk and mispronounced FALKIKRK about 20 times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 It annoys me that pronunciation isn't written/spoken as 'pronounciation'. Absolutely needless complexity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 11 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: I've been watching a show called "for all mankind" and they've been pronouncing Gemini as jeminy. Not once but all the time. Infuriating That's how they pronounced it at the time. The astrology sign was still 'Jemin-eye' but the spacecraft was different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 46 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: It annoys me that pronunciation isn't written/spoken as 'pronounciation'. Absolutely needless complexity. The way Australians mispronounce the word "maroon" has always annoyed me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, JamesP_81 said: First appointment yesterday with my new dentist after my old one retired. Couldn't have been in the seat more than 3 minutes and she's done . " Ok that all looks great , you just have a wee chip on a filling there I'll need to replace so if you just make another appointment I'll get that sorted..... Oh and I'm just sending a wee referral away as well to get your wisdom tooth removed ." I started a course of treatment yesterday 3 fillings after a deep clean of the area concerned. 3 more similar treatments to go. All very professional and virtually painless. Technique and equipment seems to have improved since I was last there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) 2 hours ago, MEADOWXI said: Impossible Engineering - normally a great programme, bar the one on The Falkirk Wheel. Despite no matter where they go in the world they always learn how to pronounce locations. Bar when the english twat came to Falkirk and mispronounced FALKIKRK about 20 times. 1 hour ago, GordonD said: That's how they pronounced it at the time. The astrology sign was still 'Jemin-eye' but the spacecraft was different. 1 hour ago, Swarley said: The way Australians mispronounce the word "maroon" has always annoyed me. Where do you stand on people who say "zeen" in Alan Gilzean, but "ain" in Culzean? Eta: Stewart Petrie's name is one that I wonder about. Having met a few folk with the surname Petrie around NE Scotland where it's evidently fairly common, they all say 'Pet-ray'. The only time I've heard "Peet..." used is in reference to Stewart Petrie, and only from fans. Any Dundonians (I presume SP is from that neck of the woods) out there heard this Peet version elsewhere? Edited January 10 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 10 hours ago, velo army said: I'd fucking love this. Twirling their lollipop like a ninja staff would be class. I obviously skip red lights loads, especially at ped crossings, but this would add to the intrigue. You've gone down in my estimation after this admission, you little scamp. On similar lines, I witnessed a bit of pedestrian rage at Bernard Terrace / Newington Rd. junction on Sunday night - Deliveroo dude on e-bike went through lights on a green man and was promptly hauled off his machine by a couple of handy looking lads who told him, in no uncertain terms, to stop being a pest and danger to other people. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, Swarley said: The way Australians mispronounce the word "maroon" has always annoyed me. Don’t forget macaroons as well as scones and Scone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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