Boghead ranter Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Wish I hadn't downloaded the app now, having to confirm nearly every online purchase, even if it's £3.20 or something. You do know you can switch that on or off, aye? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: You do know you can switch that on or off, aye? No I didn't. Bit of a quandary now, as soon I switch it off some guy will book an Uber in Australia on my card, happened before.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 49 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Wish I hadn't downloaded the app now, having to confirm nearly every online purchase, even if it's £3.20 or something. Monzo is the same. It's a pain in thre arse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 On 07/10/2022 at 16:15, Hedgecutter said: Milngavie is considered as being part of teuchterland? That's a surprise, even for on here. Despicably full of middle to upper class Tories, but agree that trying to pap it off on the poor, unsuspecting Teuchters definitely seems a tad harsh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 4 hours ago, welshbairn said: No I didn't. Bit of a quandary now, as soon I switch it off some guy will book an Uber in Australia on my card, happened before.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 07/10/2022 at 06:42, Hedgecutter said: You should go for a walk to calm down. I certainly would. Anyway, the German girl I work with gets pissed off with folk here pronouncing Lidl as liddle, rather than leedle as it is in Germany. Thing is, the Lidl adverts here say liddle on it, maybe simply because "leedle on price" doesn't work and the marketing team are bereft of other ideas. Such selling-out just riles her even more. Eta: I can be a bit of a pronunciation nazi when it comes to place names. Moh-ray Firth is probably the one that gets on my tits the most, but central belters on TV saying mal-ay-g rather than mall-ig (when saying Mallaig) is a close second. There are a few oil fields that were clearly named by folk in London reading mountains / place names off a map, and things like Foyne-aven rather than Foy-na-vin (for Foinaven) are annoyingly too well engrained. Plenty of other things like this ending up in lectures etc, and I'm guilty of shoehorning in terms just to say them properly. Nothing petty about ignorance. It can’t be leedle. The middle at Lidl doesn’t work then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 04/10/2022 at 15:06, The Skelpit Lug said: The fish and chip shop in front of the main building was charging £40 for a lobster supper in August. Is that 2 slices of lobster? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 05/10/2022 at 17:30, RH33 said: Proper thick fresh haddock. 1 slice or 2? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Virginton is correct regarding Škoda. The hacek changes the s from "ss" to "sh". Similarly it changes c from "ts" to "ch" and e from "eh" to "nyeh". They also use symbols above other vowels to indicate long or short pronunciation which eliminates, for example, read/read and all the ridiculous -ough variants. Also, Ric and others, the Czech language also has no silent letters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 5 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: Virginton is correct regarding Škoda. The hacek changes the s from "ss" to "sh". Similarly it changes c from "ts" to "ch" and e from "eh" to "nyeh". They also use symbols above other vowels to indicate long or short pronunciation which eliminates, for example, read/read and all the ridiculous -ough variants. Also, Ric and others, the Czech language also has no silent letters. See Antonio Čolak (cho-lack, not ko-lack) that the media, and perhaps Rangers themselves, seem to be struggling with. I noticed one of the electronic boards at Ibrox displaying the name as 'Colak', leaving me unsure of whether it's ignorance or just a scrolling board incapable of dealing with the hacek (aka háček). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 My Platinum sub just ran out. Always horrifying to discover what this site looks like to Gold users. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 ATTENTION SPELLING POLICE @Jacksgranda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: ATTENTION SPELLING POLICE @Jacksgranda Maybe that's her name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 17 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: ATTENTION SPELLING POLICE @Jacksgranda Looking at her gave me a McDonald's craving somehow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, BFTD said: My Platinum sub just ran out. Always horrifying to discover what this site looks like to Gold users. Your platinum sub runs out and half the forum gets hijacked by China. Anything to try get a free sub eh? Edited October 11, 2022 by 8MileBU 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Took the day off yesterday to go into Glasgow for a spot of lunch with my wife Due to the rail strikes we had to get the bus. Why anyone would willingly choose this form of transport is beyond mean hour and ten minutes to go from East Kilbride to Glasgow. 2 returns £9 not a kick in the arse off the train price. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 2 hours ago, 8MileBU said: Your platinum sub runs out and half the forum gets hijacked by China. Anything to try get a free sub eh? For anyone unaware, the Chinese spambots are still creating hundreds of threads about random universities every night. The site's full of them when I get up at 5am, but they're all gone by 9am. f**k only knows what they get out of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, BFTD said: For anyone unaware, the Chinese spambots are still creating hundreds of threads about random universities every night. The site's full of them when I get up at 5am, but they're all gone by 9am. f**k only knows what they get out of it. BeiJings! The site's been shanghaied! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 27 minutes ago, tamthebam said: BeiJings! The site's been shanghaied! Jingxi crivens help ma boab! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: Took the day off yesterday to go into Glasgow for a spot of lunch with my wife Due to the rail strikes we had to get the bus. Why anyone would willingly choose this form of transport is beyond mean hour and ten minutes to go from East Kilbride to Glasgow. 2 returns £9 not a kick in the arse off the train price. I hope you put your bus trousers on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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