Re: I bought a transistor amplifier today...
I'd be a bit worried about a system that might be likened to Morse's Jaguar.
No grip... (I once owned one).
The Fulvia? Pure artistry, superb engineering, built at a loss and with supreme competence on the road.
Oh yes, and very reliable.
No suggestions at the moment
7N7
EC8010 said:
I'd be a bit worried about a system that might be likened to Morse's Jaguar.
No grip... (I once owned one).
The Fulvia? Pure artistry, superb engineering, built at a loss and with supreme competence on the road.
Oh yes, and very reliable.
No suggestions at the moment
7N7
ray_moth said:
Darn it, TerryO, just when I was squaring up for a good flame war!
Back on topic: One thing I dislike is the way the language is being twisted for no reason other than to be trendy. For instance, I hate hearing a noun being as a verb, a prime example being 'parenting', as if there were a verb 'to parent'.
Yes agreed, horrible.
I do not like (e.g.) "This will impact the outcome".
Another horrid use of a noun as a verb.
And as for the American word "leverage" (now in use in "management" circles in England (pronounced the American way):
Aaaaarrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!
7N7
EC8010 said:Talking of impacting transistors, utilizing discreet complimentary output stages with less devices empowers full leverage of contemporary audio mission statements.
Whilst discussing core competancies in a recent improvised empowering debate this issue was run up the flagpole. The cascade of corporate interface functionality downstream would be leveraged against the skills bandwidth thoughout the organisation to achieve concrete deliverables that would positively impact value added initiatives. However this was considered to require re-engineering our motivational hub, and require significant face time and cohesive use of synergistic motivators to increase buy-in and ensure mission critical goal congruence.
al/used to work in local government...
Towars a Universal Language
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty’s Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short). In the first year, “s” will be used instead of the soft “c”. Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard “c” will be replaced with “k”. Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters and komputers kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome “ph” will be replaced with the “f”. This will make words like ‘fotograf’ 20 per sent shorter. In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent “e”’s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go. By the fourth year, peopl will be reseptiv to steps such as replasing “th” with “z”, and “w” with “v”. During ze fifz year, ze unesesary “o” kan be dropd from vords kontaining “ou”, and similiar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinasyon of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty’s Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short). In the first year, “s” will be used instead of the soft “c”. Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard “c” will be replaced with “k”. Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters and komputers kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome “ph” will be replaced with the “f”. This will make words like ‘fotograf’ 20 per sent shorter. In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent “e”’s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go. By the fourth year, peopl will be reseptiv to steps such as replasing “th” with “z”, and “w” with “v”. During ze fifz year, ze unesesary “o” kan be dropd from vords kontaining “ou”, and similiar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinasyon of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.
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God, dis text is zo faking god, but I lost my copy years ago.
God, dis text is zo faking god, but I lost my copy years ago.
Just so that I can spike the guns of those who accuse me of being a reactionary pedant with no appreciation of the need for languages to evolve...
ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
The winners are:
1. Coffee (n.) the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.) appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.) to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.) to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.) impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.) describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.) to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.) olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.) a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.) a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.) the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster (n.) a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.) (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.) an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
Secondly... The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.) The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Cashtration (n.) The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
3. Giraffiti Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
4. Sarchasm The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
5. Inoculatte (v) To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
6. Hipatitis Terminal coolness.
7. Osteopornosis A degenerate disease.
8. Karmageddon It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
9. Decafalon (n.) The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
10. Glibido (v) All talk and no action.
11. Dopeler effect The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
12. Arachnoleptic fit (n.) The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
13. Beelzebug (n.) Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
14. Caterpallor (n.) The colour you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
15. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a$$hole.
Oh, and what do people have to say about Bowdlerisers?
ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
The winners are:
1. Coffee (n.) the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.) appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.) to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.) to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.) impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.) describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.) to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.) olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.) a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.) a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.) the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon
a Rastafarian proctologist.14. Oyster (n.) a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.) (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.) an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
Secondly... The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.) The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Cashtration (n.) The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
3. Giraffiti
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.4. Sarchasm
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.5. Inoculatte (v) To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
6. Hipatitis
Terminal coolness.7. Osteopornosis
A degenerate disease.8. Karmageddon
It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.9. Decafalon (n.) The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
10. Glibido (v) All talk and no action.
11. Dopeler effect
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.12. Arachnoleptic fit (n.) The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
13. Beelzebug (n.) Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
14. Caterpallor (n.) The colour you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
15. Ignoranus
: A person who's both stupid and an a$$hole.Oh, and what do people have to say about Bowdlerisers?
Ah yes. Sad to say, his experience of student spelling is the same as mine. I found it necessary to deliberately introduce at least one new word per lecture to 2nd year BSc students and to allocate 10% of marks for coursework to spelling etc. (1% deducted for each mistake). The trouble is not merely lackadaisical school teaching, it's that kids don't read books.
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