Things I don't like (TIDL) thread

ttaskmaster said:
How is that different from Dave for David or Mike for Michael, though? Name shortening is pretty ubiquitous in UK culture, especially when you're young. Long names are for working professional environments. We took great pains to name our spawn with something that could work for all ages and situations.
At least they're not calling themselves Char-Lo, K-Lo and Y-Lo, or 'Zee-to-tha-Oey'...!! :D

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Personally, I feel that there’s a world of difference, Dave, Mike or Mick, Bob for Robert, Dan or Danny for Daniel, even extensions, like Frankie for Frank, are well known, accepted, and in common use.
To me, Charlie is fine for Charles, but not Char for Charlie, Kelly and Zöe are nice names too, and IMO shouldn’t be shortened, what’s next, Clo for Chloe ?, although it’s Chloë to me.
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ttaskmaster said:
Is that the only difference?
Times change... French names became more popular after 1066, for example.


That's been around for decades, as has 'Mare' for Meredith...
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Not in my lexicon they haven’t, I can’t dispute that among a bunch of family and/or intimates, Clo, Kel, and Mare might be used when talking together, (surely there’s a special place in Hell for anyone shortening Zöe to Zo), but it twists my melons to see these travesties in a text message, or email.
 
pinkpound said:
Or squeeze the life out of a loaf to check its fresh not just 1 but 5-6 that now have bow tie shape (Morrison's coffin dodger brigade )
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I once got in an argument with a group of purple rinsers in asda over that. The gaggle of them kept squeezing every individual bun before choosing the one they wanted. I pointed out it was disgusting as people were then going to eat the other ones that had had their dirty hands all over them. Bakery manager was nearby and interjected to agree with me explaining they'd now have to reject the other stock. Dirty old crones.
 
Dis86 said:
I once got in an argument with a group of purple rinsers in asda over that. The gaggle of them kept squeezing every individual bun before choosing the one they wanted. I pointed out it was disgusting as people were then going to eat the other ones that had had their dirty hands all over them. Bakery manager was nearby and interjected to agree with me explaining they'd now have to reject the other stock. Dirty old crones.
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Quick off topic: you don't work in a scania do you? :D
 
People who say "I bet you're fun at parties"

I've seen it on multiple sites the past few months. It's just a weird thing to say.
 
AiiR said:
People who say "I bet you're fun at parties"

I've seen it on multiple sites the past few months. It's just a weird thing to say.
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Well, I don’t know, they’re probably replying to someone who said, “I don’t like comedians, drinking alcohol, or any sexual contact whatsoever, and I spend my spare time sitting alone in a shed in the garden, playing noughts and crosses.”

ttaskmaster said:
Ah, in that case texting makes even more sense as it's shorter, innit J-F?
Either way, if they have a phone they're old enough to decide for themselves how they prefer to be addressed, and when they're gonna grow out of it...
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I’m never going to win with you, am I?
Not that I wanted to “win” anyway, how about we both accept that we view this thing from a different angle, deal?
 
People not standing behind the line at the baggage carousel. It would save us all from craning our necks and we'd get our bags probably quicker, and less jostling to get bags off the conveyor without wiping people out :D. Oh and high pressure prestex taps. "No I didn't pee on myself it the was the gushing tap honest!" Please let me control the flow :)
 
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