AVFC_Hitz Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: That means a lot Either you thought a bit before posting or just went for it either way I lol'd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Cramp in my left calf last night, was probably the worst cramp I have ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 9 hours ago, Seat68 said: if one of my wife's sisters died, obviously I wouldn't celebrate it How many wife’s have you got? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, Genie said: How many wife’s have you got? Calling @mjmooney in. Is my possessive wrong? Dave is picking on me, how many I wrote that post correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Just now, Seat68 said: Calling @mjmooney in. Is my possessive wrong? Dave is picking on me, how many I wrote that post correctly? No, you were right, it was a lazy joke on my part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Genie said: No, you were right, it was a lazy joke on my part My use of apostrophes is dreadful. I don't usually add them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 About twenty years ago I used to work with a bloke who struggled to say the word “apostrophe”. I remember it coming up in conversation. “I can’t pronounce that word <short pause to give himself a run up to it> a-post-tro-free?” and then looking crestfallen when he realised he’d needlessly ****ed it by adding that r sound. I often wonder whether he still gets it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: About twenty years ago I used to work with a bloke who struggled to say the word “apostrophe”. I remember it coming up in conversation. “I can’t pronounce that word <short pause to give himself a run up to it> a-post-tro-free?” and then looking crestfallen when he realised he’d needlessly ****ed it by adding that r sound. I often wonder whether he still gets it wrong. I am sure he probably do'es 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 16 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: About twenty years ago I used to work with a bloke who struggled to say the word “apostrophe”. I remember it coming up in conversation. “I can’t pronounce that word <short pause to give himself a run up to it> a-post-tro-free?” and then looking crestfallen when he realised he’d needlessly ****ed it by adding that r sound. I often wonder whether he still gets it wrong. I once had a boss who said "crips" instead of crisps. I lost all respect I had for him that day 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 We had a physics teacher at school, mad Welsh bloke, who couldn't pronounce the word 'parallel'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) I work with a Romanian guy, very clever man and speaks excellent English. He does however keep writing “shore” in place of “sure”. It takes all my energy not to correct it, because who am I to correct this guy who speak a second language excellently? Edited September 8, 2023 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyeddie Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Genie said: I work with a Romanian guy, very clever man and speaks excellent English. He does however keep writing “shore” in place of “sure”. It takes all my energy not to correct it, because who am I to correct this guy who speak a second language excellently? I would correct him, because if the boot was on the other foot I would want him to correct me to improve my language. He probably wouldn't see it as an insult because to become that good at a second language, he has probably been corrected thousands of times. That said, email him in case he kicks off Edited September 8, 2023 by luckyeddie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted September 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2023 10 hours ago, bickster said: Bring it on, can't f***ing wait until this day is upon me. Sorry for your loss Sorry for you loss, @mjmooney. Sorry for you non-loss @bickster. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Genie said: I work with a Romanian guy, very clever man and speaks excellent English. Funnily enough, one of our nieces is married to a Romanian bloke, he was at the funeral yesterday. Despite having been here for many years, his English is still terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2023 In fairness there are probably several relatively common words I struggle to pronounce correctly (although any such example escapes me). The main thing about my apostrophe former colleague was him adding an r when he tried to pronounce it. Typically when I think of speech impediments I think of people who struggle with the letter r, so this guy adding one in, almost giving himself a little hurdle I found curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted September 9, 2023 Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2023 9 hours ago, mjmooney said: We had a physics teacher at school, mad Welsh bloke, who couldn't pronounce the word 'parallel'. When I was an apprentice we had a Northern Irish instructor for Radar stuff, and he couldn’t pronounce “frequency synthesis”. It just came out as “funfuthufunthusus”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Pedagogical. Seeing as I'm a teacher and I have to say this a few times a week. I've just never got used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2023 One last (possibly boring) thing about the funeral - @Seat68 would probably approve of the fact that the final bit of music she went out to was Johnny Cash's 'Far Side Banks of Jordan'. Better than 'Ring of Fire', I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: One last (possibly boring) thing about the funeral - @Seat68 would probably approve of the fact that the final bit of music she went out to was Johnny Cash's 'Far Side Banks of Jordan'. Better than 'Ring of Fire', I guess. Far side banks of Jordan is amongst my top 10 Cash tunes. Definite approval. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2023 One thing I will say for Stafford - on Friday nights it's fully of very scantily-clad young women. (Probably true everywhere, but I don't get out much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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