English Literature sayings

[Gaddy]

Another thing that bugs me is the phrase "Near Miss"
When your on a job site etc you are supposed to report "Near Misses" to the OHS ppl!
Now correct me if im wrong, but if it "Nearly Missed", does that not mean that it actually "HIT"!???

[HK1837]

We have fixed that one at work, and they are termed "near hits"

[jennie285]

Well here is my grouch...I hate it when people optain a new object and they have brought that, and not bought it....I say (I am usually subtle) do you bry your groceries or buy them :Tophat:

[ozbox]

im converse in good england type language..coz ive seened it with my own visions and heard it with my own hearings...

[jennie285]

im converse in good england type language..coz ive seened it with my own visions and heard it with my own hearings...

and you brought some more good cars to wreck...

[ozbox]

and you brought some more good cars to wreck...

NA...i buyed them..:Tophat:

[commodorenut]

Well here is my grouch...I hate it when people optain a new object and they have brought that, and not bought it....

That's my biggest gripe. I absolutely hate it. It gives you the perception that the person is uneducated, yet some of the worst offendors I've come across who do it, are in very senior roles within large organisations. Obviously the grammar checking in MS Word doesn't catch it for them....

The things that Gen Y come out with at work are hilarious. I got an email from one today asking me to confirm some operating specs on a part for a guy at "Pump and something a-rather" not "something or other"....... I guess you can't blame them for trying, but does anyone else see the huge flaw in the trend of teaching kids to spell phonetically?

Blocker touched on another one of my pet hates - word redundancy. Although the examples he gave were quite subtle, the obvious ones you hear in daily life are very annoying - like ATM Machine, PIN Number, AC Current etc.


All you have to do is browse a car forum with Gen Ys posting on it.... they go to the wreakers to get spare break callapers because the pistins in the old ones are ceased.

[Dago]

Obviously the grammar checking in MS Word doesn't catch it for them....

It does seem these days that you don't actually need gramatical skill at all. I find it disappointing.

[HK1837]

You even see common misconceptions and incorrect terminology everyday in our collective hobby. A few examples:

Calling V2 Monaros VX and VY Monaros. These Monaros were V2, V2 series II, V2 series II and VZ.

VN or VX utes.

Collectively calling HQ-WB "Kingswoods". They are Holdens and Statesmans. Kingswood is a luxury level like Premier or GTS. This is the same as calling all Toranas SL/R's or all Hiluxes SR5's.

Calling a Statesman a "Holden Statesman". Statesmans are not a Holden.

Calling a Sunbird a Torana.

Calling LS1, LS2 etc engines "Chevs".

Calling VU onwards utes Commodore utes. They are Holden utes. No more Commodore than a Monaro or Statesman is.

Calling VP and late VN auto gearboxes TH700R4. They are 4L60 boxes.

Referring to VT V8 engines as the last of the GMH V8s. VS were actually the last.

Calling aussie 4spd's M21 or M20.

Calling XU-1 gearboxes M21's.

Plus dozens more!

[wbute]

I will give a common farming one, you swath a paddock with a swather and what you have left are windrows. You dont use a windrower to windrow a paddock. This one is too far entrenched to ever change.
Americanisation of english is another hate of mine. Combine is becoming the excepted word for header. We invented the bloody things and named them headers so thats what they are!
SUV......come on.