Reporters saying "TARMAC" how stupid!!

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:16:11 -0800, "gatt"
wrote:

(Did you catch the part about the crazy Marine
named Dale Dye?

No, I didn't. Likely I read the book after I saw the movie. I really
liked Full Metal Jacket, though cineophiles generally hold their noses
at mention of it.

On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:38:26 -0500, Cub Driver wrote:


Hamburgers made in Hamburg, of gehactis, if I spell it correctly.
^^^^^^^^^
it is: Gehacktes

:-)

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On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:38:26 -0500, Cub Driver wrote:

gehactis mit ei (again, if I spell it correctly)

Gehacktes mit Ei

Ei = egg
mit = with (he with an)

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In article ,
Cub Driver wrote:

When I lived in England, I used to shout silently at myself whenever I
stepped into the street: LOOK RIGHT UP! (The "up" helped, somehow.) I
is hard to break the habits of a lifetime.

In London, some streets have it painted on the streets for pedestrians.

--
Bob Noel
looking for a sig the lawyers will like

On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:41:28 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote in
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this world of sorrow and sin?

Your view is a bit dour, IMO.

In London, some streets have it painted on the streets for pedestrians.

In London, it's very necessary, as traffic comes from every which way.
Sometimes one must look left, sometimes one must look right, and
it's not at all obvious which way to look until you look. I'm
surprised pedestrians aren't exinct there.

You can't
educate people if they don't give a damn, and who gives a damn about
paddy fields and tar macadam in this world of sorrow and sin?

Actually a lot of people "give a damn" inasmuch as they are interested
in the etymology of words and phrases. I didn't know that about "rice
paddy". The thing about ignorance is that one often doesn't know that
one is ignorant about any given thing. Which is why we want Flight
Service to know when the ball games are on. But that's another rant
for another day (or for Google).

Knowing the etymology of a word, misused or not, one can then make a
decision as to what to say. I will say "paddy field" from now on, but
will continue with "tarmac" as a synonym for "ramp", just as I'm sure
you will continue saying "ramp" even when it doesn't slope.

Jose
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More so than other cities Boston seems to pick up a decent amount of
British/Irish usage.....

I live in central PA, but I habitually say "telly" and occasionally
use other Brit slang, just for fun. Never been to England; just
picked it up here and there, sometimes from the telly.

vince norris

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:22:18 -0600, "Gig Giacona"
wrote:


"John Harlow" wrote in message
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Don't get me started on "pre-boarding"....

...or "preflight planning".


My fav... "Please stay in your seat until the aircraft has come to a full
and complete stop."

Yeah! Can an aircraft come to a full but *incomplete* stop?

Sounds like a case for the Department of Redundancy Department.


John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT

Sounds like a case for the Department of Redundancy Department.

.... which is not redundant at all.

Jose
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 06:24:25 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote:


Now, you really want a fun word, try cockpit!


And, like the old joke goes, with all female crew, it's a Boxoffice.
John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT