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15th July 2005, 07:59 PM
Driver

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Originally Posted by DanP

Have a bloke at work who says, "G'day how are we?" Or "Hello, how are we today/tonight?" Drives me nuts. Feel like saying, "I'm all right, don't know about you though"

Dan

I knew a manager years ago whose daily greeting was: "Good morning to you, (insert name of recipient of greeting)!" I'm sure he thought that this made us think he was doing us a favour by this highly personalised greeting. Actually what it really made us think was that he was a d*ck head. :D
15th July 2005, 08:26 PM
Auld Bassoon

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Originally Posted by Driver

I also met a fair few total d*ck heads who ...

G'day Col,

That wouldn't be (insert "shock and horror" emoticon here) "duck head" surely? http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif

As to your comments on (mis)managese, I agree, absolutely. Why, just tell me why, can't people talk in clear, concise, unambiguous language? Why instead froth up nonsense and bu&& $h!+ with impenetrable garbage?

Separate (albeit related: no hijacks allowed http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif) topic:

I largely grew up with my Godparents. My Godfather, a good all-'round bloke, (R.N. Commander, Retd) used to write to me when I was up at University. His letters were utterly impenetrable also, but not because of 'managese', but rather because he would diligently find the most complex, unusual (and preferably very lengthy!) terms in the English language. His motto seemed to be "why say what you mean in a thousand words, when ten or twenty will do?".

I damned near wore out a thesaurus trying to understand what he was saying, and the truth must be out, would try the same on him...

Happy days!

Cheers!
15th July 2005, 08:27 PM
Tikki

One that really gets up my nose is "these ones" ... Don Burke used to say it often on his TV show. Even noticed it in a newspaper recently. :(
15th July 2005, 08:31 PM
Auld Bassoon

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Originally Posted by DanP

What really gives me the Shytes is news readers making up their own version of english and the everyone just accepts it. Eg: Jennifer Keyte - The word "medicine" is pretty simple. It's not MEDCINE - it has an 'I' in the middle. OR, The use of the word 'an' prior to words starting with the letter 'H'. You use the word 'an' prior to words starting with vowells, which, last time I checked "H" was not.

Dan

Hi DanP,

I'm not sure I entirely agree with you. Take for example the word "hotel"; one would refer to it as "an hotel" not "a hotel", and so on.

Perhaps someone more linguistically enlightened might care to comment?

Cheers!
15th July 2005, 08:47 PM
vsquizz

My (I) ...meeeself's current beef is with ACRONYMs. Its not going to hurt too much to just type the words, and I don't think we will actually use any more paper. I really hate the company bigwigs out on site bantering around all the acronyms and then looking out you in disbelief when you ask them to speak english. If I see a report or government document that loaded with acronyms I just can it.

Cheers
15th July 2005, 08:52 PM
Grunt

Yup those 3LAs really p!ss me off.
15th July 2005, 08:54 PM
Auld Bassoon

Quote:

Originally Posted by vsquizz

My (I) ...meeeself's current beef is with ACRONYMs. Its not going to hurt too much to just type the words, and I don't think we will actually use any more paper. I really hate the company bigwigs out on site bantering around all the acronyms and then looking out you in disbelief when you ask them to speak english. If I see a report or government document that loaded with acronyms I just can it.

Cheers

I take it then, that you're not in I.T.? The industry's full (to barfing point http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif) of acronyms. There's one Bl**d#r at work who seemed, until recently, to rejoice in making up his own, as if there wasn't enough already. However, everyone's got his 'mark' and now send him e-mails made-up almost exclusively of made-on-the-spur-of-the-moment acronyms - it's driving him nuts!http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif

Cheers!
15th July 2005, 08:59 PM
Grunt

How about
aksed instead of asked (peculiar to the western suburbs of Melbourne)
impordant instead of important
15th July 2005, 09:24 PM
Ashore

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Originally Posted by Driver

if you just speak in plain English and don't waste your time trying to learn all the bloody buzz words.

Isn't "buzz" a buzz word

The trouble with life is there's no background music.
15th July 2005, 09:24 PM
AlexS

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Originally Posted by Grunt

How about
aksed instead of asked (peculiar to the western suburbs of Melbourne)

Yep, seems to be carried in the genes. There's a little town between Tumut & Wagga Wagga where almost all the 'locals' (i.e. people with 3 or more generations in the local cemetery) say aksed.

My pet hate is people who say 'quantum leap' when they really mean 'large step'. A quantum (in physics, anyway) is the smallest discrete amount possible.

The Dept. where I used to work had a senior manager who deliberately used management-speak to obfuscate and avoid answering questions. He was brought down to earth after a 5-minute ramble, when asked by a young but very able young lady, in front of a large meeting, 'Could you tell us what you just said, or wasn't it important?'
15th July 2005, 09:28 PM
Driver

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Originally Posted by Ashore

Isn't "buzz" a buzz word

Possibly ..... perhaps you'd like to explain why you think so?
15th July 2005, 09:28 PM
Ashore

What about people why shorten their town names Wagga Wagga to Wagga
Kurri Kurri to Kurri
And why don't people in Woy Woy call their town Woy

Complex ain't it

The trouble with life is there's no background music.
15th July 2005, 09:32 PM
Gingermick

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gumby

"Do you have any bananas ?"
"No, I do not have any bananas."
"Why the ****** not you a*hole! I need 'em for my frickin lunch you mother %&(*%$^% ##### !"

"And I just went through a speed camera to get here quickly to make sure you still had 'em. , feckin' eedjit"

By the way, passed my two subjects and only one left for civil engineering qualifications. :) :) :) :D :D :) :) :)
(Dont expect anyone to care, just very relieved and doing the opposite of catharsis.)

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Originally Posted by Ashore

Woy Woy

Because Woy Woy means deep water, of course which woy means deep and which means water is anyones guess.
(Spike Milligan said something like that)
15th July 2005, 09:38 PM
bitingmidge

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Originally Posted by Gingermick

By the way, passed my two subjects and only one left for civil engineering qualifications. [/size]

Congratulations!

But be warned, there is no such thing as a civil engineer.

Cheers,

P

;)
15th July 2005, 09:38 PM
Auld Bassoon

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Originally Posted by AlexS

'Could you tell us what you just said, or wasn't it important?'

Alex,

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Cheers!

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