Could this be a dialect thing, or (paranoia time) this could perhaps be the impolite machines pointing out a speech impediment everyone else has kept silent about your whole life?Originally Posted by Solfe
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Could this be a dialect thing, or (paranoia time) this could perhaps be the impolite machines pointing out a speech impediment everyone else has kept silent about your whole life?
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This little saga (this post and its sequel) has made me laugh more than anything else on this site in quite a while.
A sympathetic laugh, I hasten to add.
Clare reckons it's the way you say "bread" and suggests you try it with an English accent.
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Have you thought of trying 'loaf'?
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The vehicle I drive every day is a stick shift...I've caught myself several times about to shift gears in my wife's automatic. The shift has close to the same sort of knob on it as mine does and falls in very close to the same place in drive as mine is in second (in spite of the fact mines a full size truck and hers is a compact).
With my first new truck I would spend ages trying to stamp the high beams on or off with the foot switch before I remembered it had the switch on the column.
However, I never had problems transitioning (in manual transmission vehicles) from left hand drive to right hand drive and back when I was stationed in England...
(edited for spelllling)
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My problem with going from a stick to an automatic was more with the feet -- trying to step on the clutch and getting the brake!
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I did that once driving my wife's jeep, with my wife, mom, and grandmother all in the vehicle. They all wondered what I had seen up ahead that prompted me to stop so suddenly.
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I once did that in my wife's automatic. Two conclusions: that car's brakes are phenomenal, as were the reactions of the guy behind us.
By the way, when our baby gets born, he'll travel in a car his/her great-grandmother bought new! That sounds like a Ford T, but that car is only 14 years old. That's actually trivial stuff that amuses me.
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One that's been grating on my nerves lately is the use of "right?" to express enthusiastic agreement. If you're agreeing, it's a statement, not a question, and even if you were asking a question, it wouldn't make sense to ask someone whether (s)he was right about what (s)he had just said! The longer form that this seems to have been derived from, "I know, right?", is even worse: it combines the statement in the form of an illogical question with an actual reasonably-expressed statement, which creates another interpretation for the question: that after person X said something and Y stated Y's agreement, Y immediate asked whether or not Y was right about Y "knowing" what Y just said Y knew! Akhck!
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Yeah, really.One that's been grating on my nerves lately is the use of "right?" to express enthusiastic agreement. If you're agreeing, it's a statement, not a question, and even if you were asking a question, it wouldn't make sense to ask someone whether (s)he was right about what (s)he had just said! The longer form that this seems to have been derived from, "I know, right?", is even worse: it combines the statement in the form of an illogical question with an actual reasonably-expressed statement, which creates another interpretation for the question: that after person X said something and Y stated Y's agreement, Y immediate asked whether or not Y was right about Y "knowing" what Y just said Y knew! Akhck!
STARGAZING: All I see are the lights of a billion places I'll never go. --Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary
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"I know, right?" is really not any different than something like, "Ain't it the truth?"One that's been grating on my nerves lately is the use of "right?" to express enthusiastic agreement. If you're agreeing, it's a statement, not a question, and even if you were asking a question, it wouldn't make sense to ask someone whether (s)he was right about what (s)he had just said! The longer form that this seems to have been derived from, "I know, right?", is even worse: it combines the statement in the form of an illogical question with an actual reasonably-expressed statement, which creates another interpretation for the question: that after person X said something and Y stated Y's agreement, Y immediate asked whether or not Y was right about Y "knowing" what Y just said Y knew! Akhck!
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Bill Cosby's first comedy album was named "RIIIIIGHT!"
It's based upon his biblical dialogue, wherein Noah always agrees with whatever God says.
When Noah gets a good idea, The Deity is inspired enough to use the same phrase.
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That made me laugh.snip!... are phenomenal, as were the reactions of the guy behind us.
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" Right! Listen to this, you'll save water: Let it rain for 40 days and 40 nights and wait 'till the sewers to back up."
".......Right ! "
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That stupid head bob when people take pills in movies.
It's infectious to the point where I've seen someone put a pill in his mouth, drink a glass of water, then do the headbob.
Why?
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Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. Clarence Darrow
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain
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My mother has been doing it for as long as I can remember. I've never picked up on it though - at least I don't think I have.
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I don't think I've seen it used like that yet. Generally I only see "right?" following a statement as shorthand for, "Can you confirm that what I just said is correct, please?" You're happy with that usage, right?One that's been grating on my nerves lately is the use of "right?" to express enthusiastic agreement. If you're agreeing, it's a statement, not a question, and even if you were asking a question, it wouldn't make sense to ask someone whether (s)he was right about what (s)he had just said! The longer form that this seems to have been derived from, "I know, right?", is even worse: it combines the statement in the form of an illogical question with an actual reasonably-expressed statement, which creates another interpretation for the question: that after person X said something and Y stated Y's agreement, Y immediate asked whether or not Y was right about Y "knowing" what Y just said Y knew! Akhck!
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I never thought about it. I sometimes tilt my head up some when taking pills. They seem to be less likely to get caught that way, and getting a pill stuck isn't fun at all. What bugs me is seeing a show where someone takes pills without water. That's usually a very good way to get a pill stuck.
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'J'ever pop a couple aspirin in your mouth while en route to the water fountain . . . and then find that it doesn't work, leaving you with nasty tasting, acidic struff melting on your tongue while you seek out alternate sources of liquefaction?
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I used to quite like the taste of aspirin (I can't take them any more without getting unpleasantly "wheezy").
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It irks me when in tv and movies, actors are carrying to-go cups of coffee and swinging them around. You can tell they are empty because there is no concern for spilling the coffee.
This happens ALL the time in Gilmore Girls.
(Yes, I still watch that show in reruns.)
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The ever-growing number of warning and legal statements that are present at the beginning of any assembly or user's manual for a consumer product.
I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. - Jimmy Hoffa
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My chainsaw manual warns against using specific parts of your body to stop a moving chain.
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The pills thing has reminded me of a really
trivial point. The way characters in sitcoms
like to flick the remote at the television as
if it helps to throw the infra red signals.
HELLO...the leds dont need any help you
ridiculous poser!
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Does that mean there are other parts of your body that you can use to stop the chain?
I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. - Jimmy Hoffa
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I had that question too. Mine said something about not using your thighs. A chainsaw my dad bought had a warning to not use your genitals.Does that mean there are other parts of your body that you can use to stop the chain?
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What part of "Chainsaws are dangerous" don't you get? Use your head!
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Well, I have been told I have a hard head... I will try that. I actually need to trim some branches tonight. I will let you know tomorrow how that goes.
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I used to very specifically point away from the T.V. when using the remote. It just appealed for some reason. The bounce of the signals; the cool nonchalance... (cough cough "poser"? cough cough).
Did it once in front of the Father-in-law who was visiting. Battery was too low, so it didn't work. He turned to me and said in a tone of voice I can't write well enough to express "I think it works better, if you point it at the T.V.".
Sigh.
Get up, a get-get, get down.
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Never mind pz I used to do that as well.
Not that I was trying to impress anyone
it was just less effort to bounce off the
wall behind me than point it at the set.
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I go between the Jeep and the Minivan throughout the day. I get into the Jeep and look for the column shifter, I get into the van and I look for the clutch. Also, the switch that turns the lights on, in the jeep is in the same place as the switch that turns on the windshield wipers in the van. It's like a new adventure on a daily basis.
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