Grumpy Old Man
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im going to start giving a trigger warning before i give out my number from now on, just to be safe
edit: have to add i love how no one can argue there needs to be some cadence to how you give your number...but lets still all have a friendly pile on about HOW its done
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
I always have to spell my last name, and always have to start with 'B for Bravo' otherwise people use a 'V'
I have to spell out both my names and there's a part in my last name that people just never hear and then spell incorrectly. I actually think my Dad's Maori surname would have been easier for people to spell than the english version he gave us kids.
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all three of my names are spelt just slightly different than "normal", not like modern weird spellings "its pronounced david...but with two x's and a q"...just enough that i cant just say..."like normal"
and our street address is 6 which the aussie love asking me to repeat
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@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
and our street address is 6 which the aussie love asking me to repeat
I don't get 6 very often, but I have had odd conversations about pens/pins, and that's with workmates from different countries.
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@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse this is interesting. Agreed you cant just give the 10 digits with no break but i give mine as 4, 2, 4 because i a have a couple of number double ups and that flows better
Well, I hope you and @Nepia don't end up having to give me your mobile number. Give it to me like that and I will be finding a ticket to write you!
typical cops, abusing their power to get their prefered phone number configuration! to the streets! its government overreach....my number my choice...etc
It keeps us sane.
I didn't realize numeral cadence kept modern cops sane out on the beat. In my day it was doughnuts.
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@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
im going to start giving a trigger warning before i give out my number from now on, just to be safe
edit: have to add i love how no one can argue there needs to be some cadence to how you give your number...but lets still all have a friendly pile on about HOW its done
Like, before I give you my ph. number, are you a cop?
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@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse this is interesting. Agreed you cant just give the 10 digits with no break but i give mine as 4, 2, 4 because i a have a couple of number double ups and that flows better
Well, I hope you and @Nepia don't end up having to give me your mobile number. Give it to me like that and I will be finding a ticket to write you!
typical cops, abusing their power to get their prefered phone number configuration! to the streets! its government overreach....my number my choice...etc
It keeps us sane.
I didn't realize numeral cadence kept modern cops sane out on the beat. In my day it was doughnuts.
I think it's more worrying that not keeping cadence can set an armed man off.
Also, if I was a cop your use of the American z instead of s would have set me off. I'd be accessing Police databases now trying to track you down.
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@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse this is interesting. Agreed you cant just give the 10 digits with no break but i give mine as 4, 2, 4 because i a have a couple of number double ups and that flows better
Well, I hope you and @Nepia don't end up having to give me your mobile number. Give it to me like that and I will be finding a ticket to write you!
typical cops, abusing their power to get their prefered phone number configuration! to the streets! its government overreach....my number my choice...etc
It keeps us sane.
I didn't realize numeral cadence kept modern cops sane out on the beat. In my day it was doughnuts.
I think it's more worrying that not keeping cadence can set an armed man off.
Also, if I was a cop your use of the American z instead of s would have set me off. I'd be accessing Police databases now trying to track you down.
I think you will find that ize can be and often is used interchangeably with ise in UK English now.
As I write to Americans, colonials, and good old Pomeranians, I find it easier and less likely to offend. Except on the Fern I realise now...The Remedy of the Week: -ise or -ize? — The Remedy of Errors – A professional proofreading service
Each week proofreader Hannah Jones discusses and offers a remedy to common problems we encounter when writing. Today she explores when to use -ise and -ize endings. Why does it matter? One of the most common errors I come across when proofreading is inconsistency of verbs ending in -ise or -iz
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@nostrildamus Now I have to reject UK English.
The best part of my current job is that I can insist on (for staff and students alike), what used to be UK English, which is now Nepia English, I guess.
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@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse this is interesting. Agreed you cant just give the 10 digits with no break but i give mine as 4, 2, 4 because i a have a couple of number double ups and that flows better
Well, I hope you and @Nepia don't end up having to give me your mobile number. Give it to me like that and I will be finding a ticket to write you!
typical cops, abusing their power to get their prefered phone number configuration! to the streets! its government overreach....my number my choice...etc
It keeps us sane.
I didn't realize numeral cadence kept modern cops sane out on the beat. In my day it was doughnuts.
I think it's more worrying that not keeping cadence can set an armed man off.
Also, if I was a cop your use of the American z instead of s would have set me off. I'd be accessing Police databases now trying to track you down.
but he did you the more traditional spelling of Doughnut and not the more american Donut.....its a rollercoaster
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@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse this is interesting. Agreed you cant just give the 10 digits with no break but i give mine as 4, 2, 4 because i a have a couple of number double ups and that flows better
Well, I hope you and @Nepia don't end up having to give me your mobile number. Give it to me like that and I will be finding a ticket to write you!
typical cops, abusing their power to get their prefered phone number configuration! to the streets! its government overreach....my number my choice...etc
It keeps us sane.
I didn't realize numeral cadence kept modern cops sane out on the beat. In my day it was doughnuts.
I think it's more worrying that not keeping cadence can set an armed man off.
Also, if I was a cop your use of the American z instead of s would have set me off. I'd be accessing Police databases now trying to track you down.
but he did you the more traditional spelling of Doughnut and not the more american Donut.....its a rollercoaster
Interestingly, I'm a hypocrite, I don't usually have an issue with donut. I tend to refer to US style (Krispy Kreme, Dunkin) as donuts, and good old bakery and NZ style (cream) as doughnuts.
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@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse this is interesting. Agreed you cant just give the 10 digits with no break but i give mine as 4, 2, 4 because i a have a couple of number double ups and that flows better
Well, I hope you and @Nepia don't end up having to give me your mobile number. Give it to me like that and I will be finding a ticket to write you!
typical cops, abusing their power to get their prefered phone number configuration! to the streets! its government overreach....my number my choice...etc
It keeps us sane.
I didn't realize numeral cadence kept modern cops sane out on the beat. In my day it was doughnuts.
I think it's more worrying that not keeping cadence can set an armed man off.
Also, if I was a cop your use of the American z instead of s would have set me off. I'd be accessing Police databases now trying to track you down.
but he did you the more traditional spelling of Doughnut and not the more american Donut.....its a rollercoaster
because American Donut is too close to Doh!nut and Doughnut is made of Dough...I do have some (slight) etymological principles...
Have I told you the time I was bailed up for writing artefact instead of artifact by an American and a guy from the mother country had to step in and defend me? No?
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@nostrildamus ...i want to hear that story now
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@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus ...i want to hear that story now
To cut a long story short, there are very educated Americans out there that don't realize there exists different spelling in the UK to America (let alone the colonies).
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@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
and our street address is 6 which the aussie love asking me to repeat
I don't get 6 very often, but I have had odd conversations about pens/pins, and that's with workmates from different countries.
Probably a statement to avoid if you've picked up an Aussie accent.
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all phones should be 5318008
Giggles like a small kid
