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Post by tonyloco on Sept 18, 2017 21:58:48 GMT
And here it is as my new avatar – revealing my actual name as well. Is that allowed on this website? Yes. Up to you how far you take your personal security  . Thanks theatremonkey but I have changed my avatar again now anyway and put away my Grammy nomination certificate as well as my pic with Dame Barbara. As discussed previously, I can't put jpegs into my posts because I don't use social media so if I want to illustrate something I have to use my avatar, but I hope members will be intrigued as to what all these images of tonyloco actually are, assuming they look at them! |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 19, 2017 7:18:49 GMT
Amber Rudd has just confused 'allegory' with 'analogy' on Andrew Marr Love from tmesis B. Mus. (Hons), cycling proficiency badge. Is this board full of secret wittertainees? (LTL, NTE, Hello to Jason) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 7:25:52 GMT
Relevant to both discussions going on here: Men who refuse to call women by their correct title. (even when told). See also Men who get women's names wrong repeatedly.
EmiCardiff, BA (hons), MA, PGCE, PhD, level 1 Fencing certificate, Girl Guides camping badge.
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Post by viserys on Sept 19, 2017 7:50:35 GMT
Relevant to both discussions going on here: Men who refuse to call women by their correct title. (even when told). See also Men who get women's names wrong repeatedly. EmiCardiff, BA (hons), MA, PGCE, PhD, level 1 Fencing certificate, Girl Guides camping badge. You have a fencing certificate? I'll bring my foil next month. Meet you at dawn in Hyde Park? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 7:52:33 GMT
Relevant to both discussions going on here: Men who refuse to call women by their correct title. (even when told). See also Men who get women's names wrong repeatedly. EmiCardiff, BA (hons), MA, PGCE, PhD, level 1 Fencing certificate, Girl Guides camping badge. You have a fencing certificate? I'll bring my foil next month. Meet you at dawn in Hyde Park? haha duels at dawn!! I have the most basic levels yes- one concession to sport at University! One day that gender-bent Three Musketeers remake will be mine! |
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Post by viserys on Sept 19, 2017 7:54:24 GMT
Er, that quote went nowhere. Just saying... I'm in when the Three Musketeerladies comes around |
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 19, 2017 8:14:17 GMT
I'm with you girlies I love fencing ! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 8:19:38 GMT
I'm with you girlies I love fencing ! Excellent we have our 3 Musketeers! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 8:22:42 GMT
Baemax, BSc*, SSc**.
*Bronze Swimming certificate
** Silver Swimming certificate
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 19, 2017 8:41:08 GMT
I'm with you girlies I love fencing ! Excellent we have our 3 Musketeers! Yay ! All for one and all that....
I suspect the monkey will have something to say about three lady fencers !
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 8:41:57 GMT
I used to enjoy fencing but I found the duelling rules confusing. It turns out that whacking your opponent over the head with a 6-foot larchlap panel is a definite no-no.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 19, 2017 9:35:00 GMT
Oh well, if we're playing:
Kathryn, BA(Hons), MA, first place in the egg and spoon race in year 5.
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Post by infofreako on Sept 19, 2017 16:17:54 GMT
And if we have to: Theatremonkey BA (Hons), certificate in fireworks handling safety (air class). Didnt think animals and fireworks mixed. As a pyrotechnician I am intrigued to know if youre being serious though |
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Post by infofreako on Sept 19, 2017 22:37:22 GMT
As a pyrotechnician I am intrigued to know if youre being serious though Partly. Before 'elf'n'safety and council greed combined to do us in, I used to assist regularly at large outdoor displays. After a couple of years, I did some training that allowed me to set up some aspects of the display. Harder than it looks, as you know, and very dangerous. Fair enough you are right about health and safety though. Its an absolute nightmare at times and I'm not convinced it helps in the way its intended to. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Sept 20, 2017 14:00:19 GMT
Amber Rudd has just confused 'allegory' with 'analogy' on Andrew Marr Love from tmesis B. Mus. (Hons), cycling proficiency badge. Also not really a gripe but in the same mould as the above, I just saw a retweet of an Ivanka Trump tweet with her holding a baby and with the caption, "Me with my newborn nephew on an otherwise brilliant day." Otherwise? Not too happy about the new nephew then? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 16:50:52 GMT
(Reviving this thread because of a headline I've just seen.)
Describing something as a "fairytale" [blank]. So people were eaten by an ogre and someone put a curse on your firstborn, did they?
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 4, 2017 19:14:18 GMT
"He was sat in the stalls."
"He was stood in the aisle."
Why? Did someone pick him up and put him there?
Where has this come from? I don't think we can blame the Americans or the Aussies for this one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 21:13:02 GMT
This psuedo passive has been around forever - blame it on the system I suppose. It's the way people are and were taught.
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Post by showgirl on Oct 5, 2017 4:23:34 GMT
This irks me, too, and I cannot believe people were actually taught this usage; surely they have simply copied others who know no better?
The misuse of "myself" is equally painful.
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 5, 2017 13:49:50 GMT
"He was sat in the stalls." "He was stood in the aisle." Why? Did someone pick him up and put him there? Where has this come from? I don't think we can blame the Americans or the Aussies for this one. Phew, that's a relief. I've just double-checked the seat review I gave @theatremonkey for the Phoenix Theatre. More by luck than judgement, it seems I passed the Tibidabo test. Do I get a gold star, Miss? |
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 5, 2017 14:07:43 GMT
Oi TallPaul , I have been relatively reticent on this thread, so shurrup! 🙊  Gold stars went out with the ark. Nowadays you get a lemon meringue pie flavour scratch'n'sniff smelly sticker and no sympathy when you come back crying 'cos you ate lost it.... |
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Post by Backdrifter on Oct 5, 2017 14:31:37 GMT
This irks me, too, and I cannot believe people were actually taught this usage; surely they have simply copied others who know no better? The misuse of "myself" is equally painful. Yes it's frequently used instead of 'me' - "Can you send it to myself..." Speaking of 'me' I never succeeded in convincing a former line manager that it's not always correct to say "(XYZ) and I..." |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 14:44:41 GMT
If in doubt, deconstruct and reconstruct. Is it "Ethel and me went to the cinema" or is it "Ethel and I went to the cinema"? Take Ethel out of the equation and see what you get. "Me went to the cinema" is nonsense, so it's "Ethel and I went to the cinema". Ridiculously, the deconstruct/reconstruct rule is something I had to work out for myself. You'd think it would be the first grammar-related thing they'd teach in schools, but nooo, they'd rather bog us down learning all the rules individually...
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Post by Backdrifter on Oct 5, 2017 15:38:03 GMT
^
Exactly the approach I use to explain it, and no I don't recall being taught it either!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 15:52:07 GMT
I'm fairly sure I was taught that approach, but I'm not certain.
One thing I do remember being taught, in a lesson that fell immediately after lunch time, was the difference between due to and owing to: Due to = Caused by, Owing to = Because of. Our teacher offered us the mnemonic "Dirty Crusts Of Bread", and after he said that someone in our class reinforced the mnemonic by pulling a couple of slices of bread out of his pocket. I've never forgotten that lesson, and I've always suspected the teacher set up the slices of bread thing in advance for exactly that reason.
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