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Assume v. Presume

Black Hole said:
I'll huff, and I'll puff...
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Less spam from you, you VANDAL!

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Trev said:
But Stonehenge fell down years, if not centuries ago and was rebuilt during the first half of the last century pretty much in the same place as it was built in the first place and it still is still located there or thereabouts plus or minus a few kilograms.
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Blx. I must learn to tell the difference between breakfast hinges and serials {sic}:frantic:
And I hate cocoa.:p
 
Corel informs me that "Fall savings have started."

I can collect my own leaves, thanks Corel, and don't need to pay you to save them.
 
I recently visited Alton Towers (the joy of having young kids! : )) and queuing for one of the rides was subjected to repeated announcements along the lines of "Prepare for oblivion in T minus XX minutes" with XX reducing as we queued. No - it will start at T or in X minutes. Muppets.
 
af123 said:
I recently visited Alton Towers (the joy of having young kids! : )) and queuing for one of the rides was subjected to repeated announcements along the lines of "Prepare for oblivion in T minus XX minutes" with XX reducing as we queued. No - it will start at T or in X minutes. Muppets.
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I disagree. You are preparing for it at t-x, but will be on it at time t. :disagree:

(Just being pedantic, as this thread requires it!) :p
 
Here's one which is going to be a sod to talk about...

Noticed twice recently, on Radio 4 the use of the pronunciation "estimat" in a context where I would expect to hear "estimate". What's the difference? Well, to me, although spelt the same ("estimate"), to "estimate" is the process of creating an "estimat", in other words one is a noun and the other is a verb.
 
On the fly-on-the-wall type programmes, the police frequently say "alright" or "okay" when they mean "do you understand". This strikes me as a significant mistake, because the person on the receiving end is not likely to think what they are being told is alright at all, and under stress will not parse it as meaning "understand".
 
Black Hole said:
Here's one which is going to be a sod to talk about...

Noticed twice recently, on Radio 4 the use of the pronunciation "estimat" in a context where I would expect to hear "estimate". What's the difference? Well, to me, although spelt the same ("estimate"), to "estimate" is the process of creating an "estimat", in other words one is a noun and the other is a verb.
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I agree with you on that one.
 
Mike0001 said:
I disagree. You are preparing for it at t-x, but will be on it at time t. :disagree:

(Just being pedantic, as this thread requires it!) :p
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Which bit do you disagree with? I'm objecting to the 'in T minus 10 minutes' which makes no sense.
 
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