bickster Posted September 17, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 17, 2012 I always make this mistake when typing fast- greta :nod: Me too. Your typing is garboge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm surprised no-one has offered "beaurocracy" yet. It's really common. I think the mistake is it's a French word, "beau" is a French word everyone knows, take it from there. But it comes from "bureau", as in office... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Dictionery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b6bloke Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 becuase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 sysytem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. Would that not be due to a lisp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. Would that not be due to a lisp? Lithp, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. At school we used to have a (Welsh) physics teacher who couldn't pronounce "parallel" (a bit of a handicap given his subject). He was quite scary, but his attempts to say it eventually reduced us to Laughing Out Loud. Which produced the following classic outburst: "What is so bloody FUNNY??? Every boy in the SCHOOL knows that I can't say parrarrel... palleral.. pllarrelel... AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. My supervisor in my office says "lickle" instead of "little". I say this completely genuinely, I lost a large amount of any respect I had for him when I first heard him say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. My supervisor in my office says "lickle" instead of "little". I say this completely genuinely, I lost a large amount of any respect I had for him when I first heard him say that.I think I would have to kill him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 Thing is, he's a very intelligent bloke and very good at his job. But that makes him sound like a retard. I've heard him say "belittle" before, and he says it fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I have to remember the N in environment. and archaeology is sometimes annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. My supervisor in my office says "lickle" instead of "little". I say this completely genuinely, I lost a large amount of any respect I had for him when I first heard him say that.I think I would have to kill him. Yes, I would have a huge desire to punch him squarely in the face. How do you rise to the role of supervisor whilst sounding like a retard? and has nobody ever picked him up on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 anyone the says (or worse, spells) specific as pacific, should be immediately shot, or, if no gun is nearby, physically beaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 anyone the says (or worse, spells) specific as pacific, should be immediately shot, or, if no gun is nearby, physically beaten.Pet hate: "exscape". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. My supervisor in my office says "lickle" instead of "little". I say this completely genuinely, I lost a large amount of any respect I had for him when I first heard him say that.I think I would have to kill him. Yes, I would have a huge desire to punch him squarely in the face. How do you rise to the role of supervisor whilst sounding like a retard? and has nobody ever picked him up on it? Dunno. As I said, he's good at his job. He lacks people skills, which is why he's only at his level and not a manager. He also has a strange sort of stutter. not a stutter as such, he doesn't say "b-b-b-b-but this....", but he just says loads of words without actually saying anything before getting to his point. "it's like....sort of... necessarily....erm....sort of....sort of... if you think of....sort of... we need to start month end..." I'm not even exagerrating about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 18, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 18, 2012 I have to remember the N in environment.Yeah, eviromet just looks wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 Reserach, which is funny, because I am a professional reseracher. On a related note, I know a bloke who is University lecturer in archaeology, and he pronounces the word "thousand" as "thouthand". It's very unnerving sitting in one of his seminars, hearing him talk about prehistoric settlements from thouthands of years ago. My supervisor in my office says "lickle" instead of "little". I say this completely genuinely, I lost a large amount of any respect I had for him when I first heard him say that.I think I would have to kill him. Yes, I would have a huge desire to punch him squarely in the face. How do you rise to the role of supervisor whilst sounding like a retard? and has nobody ever picked him up on it? Dunno. As I said, he's good at his job. He lacks people skills, which is why he's only at his level and not a manager. He also has a strange sort of stutter. not a stutter as such, he doesn't say "b-b-b-b-but this....", but he just says loads of words without actually saying anything before getting to his point. "it's like....sort of... necessarily....erm....sort of....sort of... if you think of....sort of... we need to start month end..." I'm not even exagerrating about that.I used to have a colleague that had the most bizarre stammer. He didn't stammer words, but entire phrases. He'd say things, he'd say things, he'd say things like that. He left the university some years ago, but I bumped into him - surprisingly - at a funeral. He does orations on behalf of the National Secular Society for people who don't want religious funerals. I spoke to him, I spoke to him, I spoke to him, I spoke to him beforehand, I spoke to him beforehand, and he still had the megastammer - so I feared the worst. But amazingly, no trace of it when he was standing up doing the speech. Much like stammerers who can sing OK, I guess. Speaking of which - that BBC3 progamme about singing Tourettes sufferers last night was - ****! SHIT! - quite interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 Yeah that's exactly like this guy, although he seems to change the phrase he uses in the same stammer. But he can be telling you seomthing and it'll be a good 20-30 seconds before he actually says anything of worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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