Things that annoy me (4 Viewers)

[Louis Badolato]

I wish we could so easily separate those who deserve a handout and those who do not.

I mentioned before that I went to college with a guy from West Virginia who was there on a sports scholarship.

His father was a coal miner and his mom was a waitress, he had 7 brothers and sisters, from the stories he shared he was the epitome of food deficient. He used to tell us how his mom did her best to stretch every morsel to feed the family even with government buttistance.

Our cafeteria only served brunch and dinner on weekends. I remember once telling him that I was not going to survive waiting for dinner on a Saturday. Without missing a beat he looked me right in the eye and told me to take a nap. He said as a kid that he learned that sleep could sometimes defeat hunger. As I half laughed and turned he warned me that sometimes hunger wins.

My son's college roommate and dear friend's family came to this country from Thailand after a mudslide wiped out the village they lived (killing his grandfather in the process). When they arrived, before his father's first paycheck they literally didn't eat. After going hungry for a week (he was a small child at the time), a local church fed the family until the father received his first paycheck. His father passed away last spring in his late 30's. He and his younger brother (who is still in high school) work to help make ends meet, by they are really struggling right now without the SNAP benefits they have been relying on since the father passed.

 

[mikemiller1955]

My son's college roommate and dear friend's family came to this country from Thailand after a mudslide wiped out the village they lived (killing his grandfather in the process). When they arrived, before his father's first paycheck they literally didn't eat. After going hungry for a week (he was a small child at the time), a local church fed the family until the father received his first paycheck. His father passed away last spring in his late 30's. He and his younger brother (who is still in high school) work to help make ends meet, by they are really struggling right now without the SNAP benefits they have been relying on since the father passed.

Sad story Louis...definitely deserving help in my opinion...

 

[Julie]

Just stop swearing and I wouldn't have to have those curse words and perceived curse words censored! You bring it on yourselves....

 

[Louis Badolato]

Sad story Louis...definitely deserving help in my opinion...

They are getting help, from the school, in a small way from me, but they would really benefit from the government reopening.

 

[OzDigger]

Just stop swearing and I wouldn't have to have those curse words and perceived curse words censored! You bring it on yourselves....

Are we Bad A$$es Julie?

Butt seriously folks, there's clearly a significant difference to what's considered acceptable in American conversation compared to Australia and the UK where the C-word is sometimes used as a term of endearment.

 

[tdubel]

I am going to post this without asking for comment, but I want to share a real story about how screwed up our government processes are. Best friend from childhood moved to the Far East (poorer side - Cambodia, Vietnam) about 15 years ago to teach English. He fully became an American ExPat with no real thoughts of returning until...................................he married a local girl and had a child (now about 9 years ago). SO, his son by right is a US citizen based on him, however, he for the last 8 years has been unable to obtain a Visa for his wife to make the trip as a family to see his family. Furthermore, the Department of State after a lot of legal fees as well as time not only refuses the Visa but refuses a path to citizenship. It has nothing to do with his wifes background (lack there of , she has no record or anything like that), it has to do with her Country of Birth - Cambodia. This is obviously a snapshot of the trials and tribulations that has occurred, but the unfortunate conclusion is they are going to get a divorce over it as it has now caused years of hardship and strife over the last 9 years of their about 12 year marriage). She has given up coming to the US and he for a lot of reasons wants his son to be educated in America, etc. Point of this is - his case is a valid case many times over for legal immigration, yet our own beauracracy blocks it. Yet someone can lie, cheat and steal to come here and we are supposed to welcome them with open arms and feel sorry for them. My answer - Sorry, Not Sorry. And now you know why.

So that what annoys me today, tomorrow is another day................maybe the heavens will truly part and our government will open.........................................

TD

 

[panda1gen]

Has the AI changed? It actually spelt assist in my AI doom loop!

 

[panda1gen]

Just stop swearing and I wouldn't have to have those curse words and perceived curse words censored! You bring it on yourselves....

I think your approach is generally correct Julie if you can remove unnessary foul language.

For the record, I have never put a swear word on here, unless you count assist. Now that it spells this correctly, what are going to giggle about now? So sad.

 

[OzDigger]

Same with everything else in life, we tend to be more offended by something that is 'foreign' or different to our experience. Personally I don't find foul language too offensive, but then I worked in 'Civil' construction for over a decade, so I guess I got used to it, and I naturally have a 'whacky' sense of humour.

However, there is something that does annoy me, and that is the slide back into regional accents and pronounciation across the English speaking world. I am old enough to recall when most people presenting on Radio and Television back in the good old days used Received English, at least in England and Australia. Sadly Received English is in decline and even well educated people on TV etc now present information in their local dialect.

Call me old fashioned but it's really annoying when some young Scientist from Northern England delivers lectures using terms such as Pacific for Specific and Somethink for Something. I mean the Northern accent is bad enough without the poor grammar

 

[panda1gen]

Same with everything else in life, we tend to be more offended by something that is 'foreign' or different to our experience. Personally I don't find foul language too offensive, but then I worked in 'Civil' construction for over a decade, so I guess I got used to it, and I naturally have a 'whacky' sense of humour.

However, there is something that does annoy me, and that is the slide back into regional accents and pronounciation across the English speaking world. I am old enough to recall when most people presenting on Radio and Television back in the good old days used Received English, at least in England and Australia. Sadly Received English is in decline and even well educated people on TV etc now present information in their local dialect.

Call me old fashioned but it's really annoying when some young Scientist from Northern England delivers lectures using terms such as Pacific for Specific and Somethink for Something. I mean the Northern accent is bad enough without the poor grammar

Eh up lad, I'm reet nonplussed, not too good on regional Aussie accents, is Paul Hogan the template for the 'correct' Aussie accent?

Or is it dead posh like, like them Islington BBC types eh?

 

[OzDigger]

Eh up lad, I'm reet nonplussed, not too good on regional Aussie accents, is Paul Hogan the template for the 'correct' Aussie accent?

Or is it dead posh like, like them Islington BBC types eh?

Despite our large country we only have Three accents in Australia; Broad, General and Cultivated, the later being most like 'Received English'. Paul Hogan is a comedian and uses a Broad accent to appeal more to the common man. I use a Broad accent because I'm common

 

[panda1gen]

Despite our large country we only have Three accents in Australia; Broad, General and Cultivated, the later being most like 'Received English'. Paul Hogan is a comedian and uses a Broad accent to appeal more to the common man. I use a Broad accent because I'm common

Well I'm from up north, so I can talk proper like, but I'm told I normally have little accent. Not sure where it leaves me in the pointles and inaccurate 'judging people by their accent' game? G'day cobber, you sound like a fair dinkum bloke! (How many millions have I now upset?)

 

[OzDigger]

Well I'm from up north, so I can talk proper like, but I'm told I normally have little accent. Not sure where it leaves me in the pointles and inaccurate 'judging people by their accent' game? G'day cobber, you sound like a fair dinkum bloke! (How many millions have I now upset?)

I'm not judging people by their accent, however professional communicators should try harder despite their origins.

Is 'Somethink' a Northern thing, AI seems to think so.

Key aspects of the "Somethink" pronunciation:

• Origin: The feature is often linked to Northern English dialects, particularly in areas like Lancashire and Staffordshire, as well as Cockney in London.
• Phonetics: It involves replacing the "-ing" ending with "-ink," which can be a result of how certain sounds change in a dialect.
• Usage: This pronunciation is often heard in spoken language but is not typically used in standard written English.
• Interpretation: While it's a recognized dialectal feature, some people may view it as "lazy" or an "ignorant" speech pattern, while others see it as a normal and natural part of language variation.

 

[Horus]

Something tends to be pronounced more like Summink round here.
What I dislike are those who have adopted a ghetto sounding West Indian way of speaking.

 

[OzDigger]

Something tends to be pronounced more like Summink round here.
What I dislike are those who have a adopted West Indian way of speaking.

That's interesting Steve, and I have noticed that some Irish say 'Sometink' and Scottish people saying 'Summit'.

Another of the many accent differences I have noticed on TV is people from the UK pronouncing the filler word 'Erm' instead of 'Umm', the later 'Umm' pronounciation being more common with Americans and Australians.

 

[Horus]

That's interesting Steve, and I have noticed that some Irish say 'Sometink' and Scottish people saying 'Summit'.

Another of the many accent differences I have noticed on TV is people from the UK pronouncing the filler word 'Erm' instead of 'Umm', the later 'Umm' pronounciation being more common with Americans and Australians.

Erm, yes !
Some people's accents and use of local slang terms can certainly leave a person not understanding what someone may say.
In face to face conversations, a thick Scottish accent can be hard to penetrate.
Phone conversations to broadband suppliers overseas based staff are usually the most frustrating, with having to constantly ask them to repeat and eventually ending hoping that what you're guessing they may be saying is correct !

 

[theBaron]

Just stop swearing and I wouldn't have to have those curse words and perceived curse words censored! You bring it on yourselves....

Is there no setting on the nannyware to list exceptions, or to set it more precisely than just to identify the string of letters? Having to replace ay-ess-ess in words where that string occurs is asinine. If there is no such setting or preference, then, speaking as someone who worked in software development as a QA analyst, it is POS application. That's a design flaw that never should have been allowed out the door.

 

[Warrior]

Are we Bad A$$es Julie?

Butt seriously folks, there's clearly a significant difference to what's considered acceptable in American conversation compared to Australia and the UK where the C-word is sometimes used as a term of endearment.

Grown men swear, or at least myself and my friends do, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, my background is not a snapshot from the US TV shows "Leave it to Beaver" or "Happy Days"............which is an understatement.

Whatever; I guess I won't use swear words here anymore, problem solved, gosh, golly, you're darn tootin, heck and dang moving forward.

 

[Warrior]

Or better yet, here's an idea; put out a TFT swear jar, a buck for every time someone swears, gee whiz, imagine how much dough would pile up, the waters are getting choppy in the toy soldier business, another revenue stream sure would come in handy, the forum could pay for itself from the swear jar.

Dang, what a swell idea, you're darn tootin.

 

[panda1gen]

Grown men swear, or at least myself and my friends do, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, my background is not a snapshot from the US TV shows "Leave it to Beaver" or "Happy Days"............which is an understatement.

Whatever; I guess I won't use swear words here anymore, problem solved, gosh, golly, you're darn tootin, heck and dang moving forward.

I agree with your buttssment of grown men George, but kids do come on here, I know I do.

Is what a load of bo####ks swearing?

I swear, but have never sworn on here in twenty years or so, but that is as much a testament to the generally good nature of the Treefroggers imo. The only time I really wanted to swear was when an apparently recidivist t####r was in full antagonistic/disruptive mode, but even then I was ably supported by others and he stopped.

Although, I did once suggest a bloke might want to sail up the St Lawrence in a coracle .... Not quite #### ###, but close.