Idiot of The Day - Page 14

Gravdigr · 04-28-2015, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Lamplighter, take your fucking estrogen and stick it up your ass. Then take your Ralf Nader amateur philosophy and get the fuck out of the way. You are a speed bump in the road of real people.

Damn. That sounds like something I'd post.

Gravdigr · 04-28-2015, 05:06 PM

Heh, kinda made myself laugh.

Gravdigr · 05-16-2015, 03:20 PM

What an uberdouche:

Florida man ran over a family of ducklings as a human family watched in horror

busterb · 05-16-2015, 06:52 PM

That would be me. I made cold slaw and went to add more salt. Well the little sprinkler top stayed in the damn top, so I got a bunch of salt in my slaw. Hello trash can.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2015, 06:59 PM

Couldn't you wash it and start over with the washed cabbage?

busterb · 05-16-2015, 08:18 PM

Coulda, shoulda, woulda. but didn't. Had more in bag.

monster · 05-16-2015, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

What an uberdouche:

Florida man ran over a family of ducklings as a human family watched in horror

we had one of those here too

http://www.annarbor.com/news/crime/m...ing-an-animal/

busterb · 05-16-2015, 09:18 PM

WTF is wrong with people. Of course the poor boy was driving a Hummer.

monster · 05-16-2015, 09:50 PM

I'm pretty sure he got a little more than a slap on the wrist, but not much. His lawyer argued he had no idea the ducklings were there

Sundae · 05-17-2015, 10:49 AM

A woman yesterday was blethering on about all the places she'd visited, including Blenheim Palace. Which she called Blenn-hime.

Now I have nothing against people not getting place names right on reading them. English-English is generally tricky, thanks to its mongrel history, and never more so than in place names. But she said she had been there. At what point did she not pick up on the fact that it's pronounced Blennim?

So she was either a lying idiot, or an idiot who doesn't bother listening to anything but her own yap.
Having suffered enough of it, I vote both.

Gravdigr · 05-17-2015, 11:24 AM

Regular old spelling/pronunciation rules would have had me, along with the vast majority of the non-British world, pronouncing it blen-hime. That's what it looks like, and as you say, if I haven't been there, how am I to know people have been eliding it into blennum for a thousand years...

But, then, you have George Carlin talking about the way things are spelled vs. the way a group/person wishes them to be pronounced:

Quote:

You can spell your name S-M-I-T-H, and pronounce it Jonofski if you want to.

What's your last name?

Jonofski.

Spell it.

S-M-I-T-H.

What?

Nevermind. They're all silent.

DanaC · 05-17-2015, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

how am I to know people have been eliding it into blennum for a thousand years...

Eliding! I was trying to think of that word (elided, rather than eliding)a few weeks ago and couldn't. I'd forgotten about it til I read your post.

Thankyou!

Gravdigr · 05-17-2015, 12:07 PM

Glad to be of service.

Sundae · 05-17-2015, 12:11 PM

Now, see, you're making me learn things as well.

As an afterward, Blenheim was fairly local to me, so I probably heard the name before I ever saw it written down.
And I reiterate I am not an insufferable snob who laughs at people who get names wrong. I've done it enough times - especially once I moved out of Bucks.
Try getting your head around Mytholmroyd for example - although it's reasonably logical in the end.

And don't even think about place names in Wales...

DanaC · 05-17-2015, 12:25 PM

My second primary school was just off a street called Blenheim Terrace. That name got everywhere.

04-28-2015, 05:06 PM	#197
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05-16-2015, 03:20 PM	#198
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05-16-2015, 06:52 PM	#199
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	That would be me. I made cold slaw and went to add more salt. Well the little sprinkler top stayed in the damn top, so I got a bunch of salt in my slaw. Hello trash can. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-16-2015, 06:59 PM	#200
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Couldn't you wash it and start over with the washed cabbage? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-16-2015, 08:18 PM	#201
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Coulda, shoulda, woulda. but didn't. Had more in bag. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-16-2015, 09:18 PM	#203
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	WTF is wrong with people. Of course the poor boy was driving a Hummer. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-16-2015, 09:50 PM	#204
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'm pretty sure he got a little more than a slap on the wrist, but not much. His lawyer argued he had no idea the ducklings were there __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-17-2015, 10:49 AM	#205
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	A woman yesterday was blethering on about all the places she'd visited, including Blenheim Palace. Which she called Blenn-hime. Now I have nothing against people not getting place names right on reading them. English-English is generally tricky, thanks to its mongrel history, and never more so than in place names. But she said she had been there. At what point did she not pick up on the fact that it's pronounced Blennim? So she was either a lying idiot, or an idiot who doesn't bother listening to anything but her own yap. Having suffered enough of it, I vote both.

05-17-2015, 12:07 PM	#208
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Glad to be of service. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-17-2015, 12:11 PM	#209
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Now, see, you're making me learn things as well. As an afterward, Blenheim was fairly local to me, so I probably heard the name before I ever saw it written down. And I reiterate I am not an insufferable snob who laughs at people who get names wrong. I've done it enough times - especially once I moved out of Bucks. Try getting your head around Mytholmroyd for example - although it's reasonably logical in the end. And don't even think about place names in Wales...

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