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weirdmom Posted Thu 20 Sep, 2007 7:22 PM |
ricv64 wrote: Scottish Dubliner wrote: Returning to the original point...
Sayings that drive me up the fucking wall...
Blue Sky Thinking, Thinking Outside the Box, Pro-active, Mission Statement, Ballpark Figure.
It's not a "ballpark figure" it's a fucking estimate, ifyou mean estimate then fucking say estimate or even "best guess" Fucking Ball-shaggin'-park Figure makes you sound like an Arsehole.
Dubz
Nemo me Impune Lacessit
i give estimates daily , ball park price is in the vocabulary , sorry maZn
Maybe it wouldn't seem so arsehole-like to you if you lived in a country where there were ball parks? |
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weirdmom Posted Thu 20 Sep, 2007 7:23 PM |
ricv64 wrote: Scottish Dubliner wrote: Returning to the original point...
Sayings that drive me up the fucking wall...
Blue Sky Thinking, Thinking Outside the Box, Pro-active, Mission Statement, Ballpark Figure.
It's not a "ballpark figure" it's a fucking estimate, ifyou mean estimate then fucking say estimate or even "best guess" Fucking Ball-shaggin'-park Figure makes you sound like an Arsehole.
Dubz
Nemo me Impune Lacessit
i give estimates daily , ball park price is in the vocabulary , sorry maZn
Maybe it wouldn't seem so arsehole-like to you if you lived in a country where there were ball parks? |
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la femme qui Posted Thu 20 Sep, 2007 7:34 PM |
Lucile wrote:
As for the Indian English "She herself did it"... Wouldn't there be a slight difference in meaning? I mean, the surface structure of the sentence is the same as "I myself" but the deep structure may be different. "I myself" would then be a way to draw attention to the speaker whereas "She herself" would imply emphasis and only insist on the fact that it was her who did it and not anyone else.
Interesting, I hadn't thought of it that way...
ricv64 wrote: i give estimates daily , ball park price is in the vocabulary , sorry maZn
What's maZn? |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Thu 20 Sep, 2007 7:35 PM |
It's only in the vocabulary cause these fuckers use it all the time, trying to sound hip and trendy, It's Gordon Gekko gone mad, If it suddenly became trendy to say "Hey, give us your best Guestmiate" then it too would be in the vocabulary.
I fucking hate management speak, just say what you mean instead of being an arsehole about it, you could probably sit n a board meeting these days wafflig shite aboutanythng and these fucks would all sit nodding their heads as if they knew what you were talking about, not only that but the fuckers would go out and repeat it!!
Dubz
Nobody Fucks with Me and Gets Away with it.
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weirdmom Posted Thu 20 Sep, 2007 7:40 PM |
| I hate management-speak/buzz words too. I hate "ramping up." |
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Katherine Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 12:32 AM |
Touch base.
My god, I hate this phrase. What does it even mean?! "I just wanted to touch base with you on......."
Srsly. It should be banned. |
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ricv64 Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 1:17 AM |
la femme qui wrote: Lucile wrote:
As for the Indian English "She herself did it"... Wouldn't there be a slight difference in meaning? I mean, the surface structure of the sentence is the same as "I myself" but the deep structure may be different. "I myself" would then be a way to draw attention to the speaker whereas "She herself" would imply emphasis and only insist on the fact that it was her who did it and not anyone else.
Interesting, I hadn't thought of it that way...
ricv64 wrote: i give estimates daily , ball park price is in the vocabulary , sorry maZn
What's maZn?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mazn
not exactly correct but close enough . the Austin people started it |
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weirdmom Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 1:25 AM |
ricv64 wrote: What's maZn?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mazn
not exactly correct but close enough . the Austin people started it [/quote]
I can honestly say I've never heard that though I knew what you meant. Guess I'm hanging out with the wrong Austin people.
How are you Ric? Do anything to piss off Bush today? Did you eat the whole bag of chips and not save any for him? |
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ricv64 Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 11:54 AM |
I can honestly say I've never heard that though I knew what you meant. Guess I'm hanging out with the wrong Austin people.
How are you Ric? Do anything to piss off Bush today? Did you eat the whole bag of chips and not save any for him? [/quote]
Bush has fucked over the vets in too many ways to count .
You never gone to a Flatstock ? Concurrent with SXSW shows , Jared Conner started it in my view , who did this one BTW
and Bobby Dixon added the capitalized Z. I started using it to make fun of them and it slipped into the vocabulary |
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Moray Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 12:28 PM |
Dubz, we used to play buzzword bingo during compulsory business electives at uni. I hate everything corporate like that. Its embarassing that people make a living from it.
To the point anyway, my biggest gripe are the fucking mongs who pronounce the word crisps "Crips". No. You total spoon, there's an 's' in there. You're not part of an LA gang, you're a thick shit eating criSps. |
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Sunny Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 7:09 PM |
"Very much so ..."
That's another one for me. I heard it about 20 times while I was out today and it just sounds silly.
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AbsolutPurple Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 7:13 PM |
Sunny wrote:
"I myself ..."
What the hell? Where has that come from? It's not even correct English.
it sounds very french to me |
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ricv64 Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 7:14 PM |
Sunny wrote: "Very much so ..."
That's another one for me. I heard it about 20 times while I was out today and it just sounds silly.
never hear that . " Cheers " kinda throws me off |
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Sunny Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 7:20 PM |
ricv64 wrote: Sunny wrote: "Very much so ..."
That's another one for me. I heard it about 20 times while I was out today and it just sounds silly.
never hear that . " Cheers " kinda throws me off
I can guarantee you'd hear it within one hour of entering the UK.
Cheers as in "thanks"?
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AbsolutPurple Posted Fri 21 Sep, 2007 7:20 PM |
| Innit is so Sharon & Tracy |
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