What Irked You Today?

[Rob Hall]

Sunny, 90 and about 40 percent humidity.  Been dry the last couple of weeks, need rain.  But not bad out.  The Cleveland area is not as humid as other parts of Ohio I’ve lived in. 

[espo]

Don't you just love summer heat. We're been having 90 degree days for sometime but at least it's humid. 7 am this morning condensation on the outside of all the windows in the house. I check the thermometer, 78 degrees and 85 % humidity just know its going to be another great day in the neighborhood. This afternoon its 98 and the humidity has dropped way down to 70 % and the wind is almost 25 mph. I'm spending the day in the basement thankyou.   

[cobraman]

The summer heat here can be hard to take but the rest of the year the weather is beautiful.

[Rob Hall]

13 minutes ago, cobraman said:

The summer heat here can be hard to take but the rest of the year the weather is beautiful.

I don't miss AZ summers..they just seemed to go on and on and on... too many months of triple digit temps.  Winter was great, though.

[Snake45]

I found a good'un for the Funny Car Memes thread up in General, and it seems to have disappeared for no reason I can think of. Did something evil happen while I wasn't looking? 

[peteski]

On 7/17/2020 at 1:26 PM, Snake45 said:

Good for you! We could be friends. 

Kinda like the word "justice." Putting any adjective in front of it other than maybe "swift" or "equal" makes it something less than justice--i.e., not justice at all. 

Speaking of grammar, I really dislike when people use the verb "ask" instead of "question" or "request".

As in "The ask is . . .", or "What is the ask?" .  That's just ugly!

[peteski]

12 hours ago, stitchdup said:

my spot putty has gone off and i cant get it locally.

Gone off?  What, did it just get up, walked away, and left your house?   I have never heard this phrase in USA. Probably a Scottish dialect.  I like it!

[stitchdup]

8 minutes ago, peteski said:

Gone off?  What, did it just get up, walked away, and left your house?   I have never heard this phrase in USA. Probably a Scottish dialect.  I like it!

Yeah, might be a scottish thing, or even an orkney islands thing cos we have some unusual terms. Some of them sound almost like rappers, eg - bigging up a dyke, means building a wall, either that or my granny had a secret music life, lol

[peteski]

2 minutes ago, stitchdup said:

Yeah, might be a scottish thing, or even an orkney islands thing cos we have some unusual terms. Some of them sound almost like rappers, eg - bigging up a dyke, means building a wall, either that or my granny had a secret music life, lol

I like that!

[DonW]

9 hours ago, peteski said:

Gone off?  What, did it just get up, walked away, and left your house?   I have never heard this phrase in USA. Probably a Scottish dialect.  I like it!

Well my grandfather was Scottish, but I've always lived in England or Wales and this expression has been regularly used by myself and others throughout my life. So I guess it's common throughout the UK.

Glue, cement, chicken, milk, if they're past their best then they'e well on the way to being gone off. Sadly they don't physically depart, they have to be disposed of!

Sometimes gone off can be good, such as when 2-pack paint or epoxy resin has set hard. 

[peteski]

2 hours ago, DonW said:

Well my grandfather was Scottish, but I've always lived in England or Wales and this expression has been regularly used by myself and others throughout my life. So I guess it's common throughout the UK.

Glue, cement, chicken, milk, if they're past their best then they'e well on the way to being gone off. Sadly they don't physically depart, they have to be disposed of!

Sometimes gone off can be good, such as when 2-pack paint or epoxy resin has set hard. 

It is fun to learn differences between UK and American English.  Two countries separated by a common language.

[stitchdup]

12 minutes ago, peteski said:

It is fun to learn differences between UK and American English.  Two countries separated by a common language.

it got me banned from the other mags forum a few years ago, apparently i should use american spelling when i posted there, or so an admin kept repeating on everything i posted. This started to annoy me so on my next post I linked everyword to the oxford english dictionary just to annoy him, which got me banned, lol

[peteski]

1 hour ago, stitchdup said:

it got me banned from the other mags forum a few years ago, apparently i should use american spelling when i posted there, or so an admin kept repeating on everything i posted. This started to annoy me so on my next post I linked everyword to the oxford english dictionary just to annoy him, which got me banned, lol

Now that's silly (of them)!  Bunch of stuck-up twits!

[stitchdup]

5 minutes ago, peteski said:

Now that's silly (of them)!  Bunch of stuck-up twits!

to be fair it was just one admin on a power trip,

[peteski]

3 minutes ago, stitchdup said:

to be fair it was just one admin on a power trip,

All it takes is one a-hole to  spoil the fun.

[DonW]

1 hour ago, peteski said:

It is fun to learn differences between UK and American English.  Two countries separated by a common language.

Yeah, there's a thread on that. Divided by a common tongue!

The Scots, Welsh and English have their own words and phrases. In Wales we have 'I''l be there now in a minute'. 

The English can say 'thanks very much' in many ways, with very different meanings.

And most sassenachs don't get the great Scottish poet, Robbie Burns. To a mouse:

Wee sleekit cowran tim'rous beastie...

 

 

[stitchdup]

39 minutes ago, DonW said:

Yeah, there's a thread on that. Divided by a common tongue!

The Scots, Welsh and English have their own words and phrases. In Wales we have 'I''l be there now in a minute'. 

The English can say 'thanks very much' in many ways, with very different meanings.

And most sassenachs don't get the great Scottish poet, Robbie Burns. To a mouse:

Wee sleekit cowran tim'rous beastie...

 

 

And in scotland two friends can sound like they are about to start fechting (fighting) because of the words used. A lot of the language in orkney where i live is still derived from danish and old norse. For example a hushy baba is a rabbit, a ferry louper (looper) is a tourist from the mainland, and the big hoose is jail. I could put some other terms we use for friends (tone of voice is VERY important for this one, it starts with c and has 4 letters) but they offend a lot of people. stoop in orkney means shut your mouth, as does hald yer wheesht. Away and boil your head in glasgow means your talking bs. heres a link to some more but some of you may find it NSFW so please dont get offended. Also Americans cant seem to pronounce edinburgh or glasgow properly, its ed in bura, and glas go and you will get much better service in scotland if you pronounce it right (except dundee, you can call it whatever you want, lol)

https://scotlandwelcomesyou.com/scottish-sayings/#:~:text=Some Scottish words and slang…. Aboot – About,“have a blether” is to have a chat.

[DonW]

My Grandad used to say: 'Hush yer wheest'.

Maybe you're a trifle harsh on Dundee! 

 

Edited July 19, 2020 by DonW

[stitchdup]

26 minutes ago, DonW said:

My Grandad used to say: 'Hush yer wheest'.

Maybe you're a trifle harsh on Dundee! 

 

Having gone there for college in the 90s, it put me off the place fast, (burgled twice in 3 weeks) and I transfered to aberdeen for my second year I'm sure its much nicer now though since its been redeveloped. When i lived there i spent most of my free time at a disused factory that had been converted into a skateboard park surreptiously but the council were kinda impressed how well run it was so turned a blind eye to it.

[Snake45]

3 hours ago, stitchdup said:

I could put some other terms we use for friends (tone of voice is VERY important for this one, it starts with...

I recently watched a Ricky Gervais comedy concert and both seasons of his very interesting show Afterlife and was amazed by how often he used that word and how routine it seemed to be in England. 

In the comedy show, he told a story of someone reading him out for using that word saying it offended them, and he said, "In my experience, people who are offended by that word would hear it a lot less often if they would stop BEING [the word]s." The audience roared and so did I! 

[HomerS]

From Yahoo's home page...

2021 Ford F-150 Limited 4x2 SuperCrew starts at $72,520

Seriously??

[slusher]

48 minutes ago, HomerS said:

From Yahoo's home page...

2021 Ford F-150 Limited 4x2 SuperCrew starts at $72,520

Seriously??

Wow,  soon it’s going to be like a house payment.....

[espo]

11 hours ago, slusher said:

Wow,  soon it’s going to be like a house payment.....

I don't want to tell you how many, mostly very nice, homes I have had for less than that. Often called inflation. I also remember when a 36 month loan on a new car was considered a long term. 

[TonyK]

IndyCar officially announced they removed Portland from their schedule which would've been in September. Not a surprise but when you get the email with the official announcement it's just a kick to the nads. Had my seats reserved since last year and knew we wouldn't get to go but thought they might still come and race without fans. I don't know, maybe that would have been worse knowing they're on the track and I'm home.

[slusher]

13 hours ago, espo said:

I don't want to tell you how many, mostly very nice, homes I have had for less than that. Often called inflation. I also remember when a 36 month loan on a new car was considered a long term. 

David, I remember my parents in 77 having 3 year payments.i had 4 years and then 5. We know what they are now. My wife’s car was 5 thousand off to. Replace the wrecked Charger. I am not buying a car.near the price of my home.