ANOTHER WORD BANNED? YUP. “ MOTORIST “ TO BITE THE DUST. HEY, I JUST PASS THIS STUFF ON.
on 01/03/2010 at 12:49 PM
Good post.
But you are guilty of a homophone (insert wise crack here). Should be ”bear with me”.
You only say ”bare with me” when you’re alone with a really good friend.You’re right. I did miss that BUT ... I didn’t write it. I copied as it appeared in the paper. Which is even worse cos they’re supposed to have proof readers. And they get paid union scale whatever that is. Still tho ... I shouldda caught that anyway and changed it. So I’m gonna change it now. Thanks.
btw ... I find that a lot in all our major newspapers these days on a regular basis.
Sometimes they have a small article that you think continues .... somewhere ... ???
but no. They’ve ended in the middle of a sentence with no continuation at all. So we end up wondering how the thing ended. Wasn’t always that way.That’s OK—I changed it to “you’re alone” from “your alone” at the final edit. Would have been hilarious mistake.
The newspaper thing is probably a layout mistake, rather than a writing or editing one. So my wife, a newpaperwoman of 40 years tells me. It’s so easy to move stories around with computers that the “jump page” ending gets lost.
It’s so easy to move stories around with computers that the “jump page” ending gets lost.
Ah. There ya go. That couldn’t -a- happened in the slow and hard old days. If it did, I never noticed.
Having puter problems tonight. think I’ll quit and shut down. Problem with that is, I’ll shut down but be bothered the rest of the night wondering if I could have fixed it with a bit more digging. Probably not. Maybe I just do a restore.
Ya know peiper,You post so many of these absurd things the brits havbe hoisted upon themselves it seems almost a parody to comment on them.Kinda like shooting fish in a barrel and calling if sport.
,You post so many of these absurd things the brits havbe hoisted upon themselves it seems almost a parody to comment on them
You’re right.
A great comic named Jimmy Durante used to tell a joke, sometimes bad ones for the routine, he’d laff and then say, “I got a million of em, a million of em.” And that’s what it seems to be like here with goofy health and safety and pol. correct rules that can see you in a court of law for, “hurt feelings.”
In a way I can understand health and safety from the standpoint of trying to avoid law suits. But there should be a better way. Like judges just saying to ppl with unreasonable actions, fuck off you jerk and pay the bailiff for the waste of court time on your way to your cell.
Meanwhile, staff at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) have been told not to use the word “unfortunately” along with the phrases “I’m afraid ...”, “not possible” and “I can’t”.
Sooo.. what do they us in place of these, that is the question.
Unfortunately : Bend over mate.
I’m afraid: I just shat my bloomers
Not possible: Bite me driver.
I can’t: You are hosed.Driver usually denotes a person who’s profession is to drive. A motorist covers any motorized vehicle, as long as it has a motor.
James May has it right. I knew I liked him for some reason.Bill
"Asked to justify the ban on “motorists”, a spokeswoman for the Department for Transport said: “The dictionary definition of a motorist is a car driver. As an agency we target all road users, including those in vans, buses and on motorcycles, not just those that travel in cares. The word ‘driver’ is a more inclusive term.””
Somebody want to explain to that inept, verbally in-correct, pc slut that you don’t “drive” a motorcycle, you RIDE it!
Posted by l j
01/04/2010 at 04:11 PM
TO BITE THE DUST
It’ll only work if YOU follow such rules.
I don’t.
Example: what’s so ‘gay’ about being a homosexual? Sodomites want us to refer to them as ‘gay’.
I’ve yet to meet a gay sodomite. There’s nothing ‘gay’ about taking it up the ...
And yes, I speak from personal experience. Some family is queer. But I’ll never forget the night my wife saved me from actually killing a fag at a party…
“I love a big man,” the thing said as it ran it’s hand up my leg. I was shocked, I knew it was homo, just didn’t think it would hit on me, a co-worker, at a Christmas party…
“So do I,” said my wife, as she wrapped her arms around me and pulled me away from breaking his head open. Which I was about to do with my now-empty beer bottle.
Must admit, that would have spoiled the party.
