Significant Others

[honez 79]

Oh yes, that too. There's a magazine called Practical Parenting, isn't there. A vile use of language.

 

Now on a tangent, I plead guilty to having watched "Britain's Got Talent" (no, no, don't worry, I haven't wasted much time on it. Used the catch-up and flicked through it mostly)

 

Anyway - why is it that the contestants all only have one word in their vocabulary to describe an enjoyable experience? AMAAAZING

Jeez, there's an opportunity to make themselves stand out from the crowd, if only they had the brains to do a bit of verbal preparation.

Awesome.

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

Oh yes, that too. There's a magazine called Practical Parenting, isn't there. A vile use of language.

 

Now on a tangent, I plead guilty to having watched "Britain's Got Talent" (no, no, don't worry, I haven't wasted much time on it. Used the catch-up and flicked through it mostly)

 

Anyway - why is it that the contestants all only have one word in their vocabulary to describe an enjoyable experience? AMAAAZING

Jeez, there's an opportunity to make themselves stand out from the crowd, if only they had the brains to do a bit of verbal preparation.

 

 

What the hell? Whatever. Oh my god, you're like, just so gay

 

(My 13 year old taught me that)

[Death Watch Beatle 41]

Mrs Beatle is responsible for a very annoying use of the word "learn".

 

After helping Dung with his homework, she informs me that she has learned him his ten times table.

 

Shame

 

DWB

[Death Watch Beatle 41]

Solutions when used by crappy corporates like this.

I work for a crappy corporation and the last word of the acronym for their name is 'Solutions'.

I work for a crappy corporation that claims to sell "solutions."

I work for a crappy corporation, that requires the services of crappy corporations that claim to sell solutions, specifically because of the excellent problems I create.

 

My boss has changed our printing company name from Press to Print Solutions recently. The only print solutions we have are water and industrial alcohol. The new name also implies that we will have problems with jobs rather than getting it right in the first place.

 

DWB

[themaninblack 2,112]

Mrs Beatle is responsible for a very annoying use of the word "learn".

 

After helping Dung with his homework, she informs me that she has learned him his ten times table.

 

Shame

 

DWB

 

You better teach him the alphabet then...

[Handrejka 1,903]

I want to punch my manager every time he says "irregardless" which is about 3 times every sentence.

[time 8,599]

I dislike, detest even, the use of the word 'acronym' when describing an abbreviation, and on the same lines as 'preordered' and 'prebooked', what's the difference between 'breakfast' and 'all-day breakfast'?

[deadsox 894]

I dislike, detest even, the use of the word 'acronym' when describing an abbreviation, and on the same lines as 'preordered' and 'prebooked', what's the difference between 'breakfast' and 'all-day breakfast'?

 

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word (Dr. for Doctor or Prof. for Professor). An acronym is an abbreviation that uses the first letters of a series of words (SCUBA for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus). Breakfast is the meal one eats in the morning, usually after waking up from sleep (breaking one's "fast"). All-Day breakfast is a term that has come to indicate that an establishment serves breakfast style foods (like bacon and eggs or pancakes) anytime during the day as opposed to other establishments that only serve those foods in the morning. I don't like "prebooked" or "preordered" either. I really don't like "pre-owned" or "pre-enjoyed" when a car dealership means "used".

[Josco 49]

Nature of the beast.

 

I hate that.

[deadsox 894]

I want to punch my manager every time he says "irregardless" which is about 3 times every sentence.

 

You shouldn't punch him irregardless.

[time 8,599]

I dislike, detest even, the use of the word 'acronym' when describing an abbreviation, and on the same lines as 'preordered' and 'prebooked', what's the difference between 'breakfast' and 'all-day breakfast'?

 

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word (Dr. for Doctor or Prof. for Professor). An acronym is an abbreviation that uses the first letters of a series of words (SCUBA for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus). Breakfast is the meal one eats in the morning, usually after waking up from sleep (breaking one's "fast"). All-Day breakfast is a term that has come to indicate that an establishment serves breakfast style foods (like bacon and eggs or pancakes) anytime during the day as opposed to other establishments that only serve those foods in the morning. I don't like "prebooked" or "preordered" either. I really don't like "pre-owned" or "pre-enjoyed" when a car dealership means "used".

 

An acronym is actually a word formed from the first letters of the series of words; thus SCUBA is, as you say, an acronym. RSPCA on the other hand is not. It's an abbreviation.

 

'All-day breakfast' sounds as though it ought to be a breakfast so big it takes all day to eat.

[Toast 16,137]

One sees why the term "all-day breakfast" has evolved, but "Breakfast All Day" would convey the meaning just as well. (Unless "breakfast" is read as a verb, of course.)

[Monoclinic 39]

Thinking within the Venn diagram, all acronyms are in fact abbreviations whereas abbreviations are not all acronyms. Keeping it close to home Benelux is a shortened (one might say abbreviated) form of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. It is also an acronym.

 

Vive les langues vivantes! (Except when the derivatives end up as faux-amis)

[Josco 49]

Thinking within the Venn diagram, all acronyms are in fact abbreviations whereas abbreviations are not all acronyms. Keeping it close to home Benelux is a shortened (one might say abbreviated) form of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. It is also an acronym.

 

Vive les langues vivantes! (Except when the derivatives end up as faux-amis)

I never realised that Benelux is an acronym/abbreviation.

 

So on that basis the United Kingdom could be known as Enscwair (England - Scotland - Wales and Ireland) or N2 for short

 

(Incidentally why is abbreviation so long? And also why is palindrome not one?)

[honez 79]

Thinking within the Venn diagram, all acronyms are in fact abbreviations whereas abbreviations are not all acronyms. Keeping it close to home Benelux is a shortened (one might say abbreviated) form of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. It is also an acronym.

 

Vive les langues vivantes! (Except when the derivatives end up as faux-amis)

I never realised that Benelux is an acronym/abbreviation.

 

So on that basis the United Kingdom could be known as Enscwair (England - Scotland - Wales and Ireland) or N2 for short

 

(Incidentally why is abbreviation so long? And also why is palindrome not one?)

I prefer Engwasconir.

 

Also, how come there's only one homophone? (unless, of course, you count Julian Clary's mobile).

[Madame Defarge 21]

Thinking within the Venn diagram, all acronyms are in fact abbreviations whereas abbreviations are not all acronyms. Keeping it close to home Benelux is a shortened (one might say abbreviated) form of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. It is also an acronym.

 

Vive les langues vivantes! (Except when the derivatives end up as faux-amis)

I never realised that Benelux is an acronym/abbreviation.

 

So on that basis the United Kingdom could be known as Enscwair (England - Scotland - Wales and Ireland) or N2 for short

 

(Incidentally why is abbreviation so long? And also why is palindrome not one?)

I prefer Engwasconir.

 

Also, how come there's only one homophone? (unless, of course, you count Julian Clary's mobile).

How 'bout W.I.S.E. Wales-Ireland-Scotland-England?

 

We have one for the peninsula shared by Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia which sounds like a soft-porn star. (DelMarVa.)

[Monoclinic 39]

How 'bout W.I.S.E. Wales-Ireland-Scotland-England?

 

We have one for the peninsula shared by Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia which sounds like a soft-porn star. (DelMarVa.)

 

 

Good call! I'd like to tweak it slightly to add the word UNified just in front

[Madame Defarge 21]

How 'bout W.I.S.E. Wales-Ireland-Scotland-England?

 

We have one for the peninsula shared by Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia which sounds like a soft-porn star. (DelMarVa.)

 

 

Good call! I'd like to tweak it slightly to add the word UNified just in front

Your new flag (modified as per your request.)