Another proper England rant...

**dawnrazor** · 21st January 2006, 09:40

Originally Posted by Pixie

Finally ,a few more things that piss me off:

More than one octopus are octopodes
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The plural of "right of way" is "rights of way" - useful that

**yungatart** · 21st January 2006, 09:42

And it is mothers-in-law, NOt mother-in-laws, but why you would want more than one of those is way beyond my comprehension..

**TwoSeven** · 21st January 2006, 15:35

What about.

"The weather is fining up"

**Posh Tourer :P** · 22nd January 2006, 07:29

Fine isnt a verb... Therefore the weather can´t "fine", or be "fining up"

**boomer** · 22nd January 2006, 07:53

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Absolutely. After all, *some* of them are best kept isolated in their own little petri dishes.

For someone who started this thread your english is shocking

**Ixion** · 22nd January 2006, 09:46

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

Fine isnt a verb... Therefore the weather can´t "fine", or be "fining up"

Well, yes, it is. Though not in that sense. I have had the misfortune to be fined (past tense of the verb "to fine") , for motoring misdeameanours. And in the food industry one may fine wine (usually as "fining") , by adding eggshell or othe rthings to remove fine sediments. Pedant mode OFF.

**MSTRS:Me** · 22nd January 2006, 16:33

Originally Posted by boomer

For someone who started this thread your english is shocking

Why thank you, kind sir!! As opposed to 'Why, thank you, kind sir?'

**Posh Tourer :P** · 23rd January 2006, 03:26

Originally Posted by Ixion

Well, yes, it is. Though not in that sense. I have had the misfortune to be fined (past tense of the verb "to fine") , for motoring misdeameanours. And in the food industry one may fine wine (usually as "fining") , by adding eggshell or othe rthings to remove fine sediments. Pedant mode OFF.

Ooo interesting (note capital O). I was too pissed to bother remembering the former, and did not know the latter.

**MisterD** · 23rd January 2006, 06:37

[QUOTE=Ixion] eggshell or othe rthings to remove fine sediments.QUOTE]

Also in the brewing industry, although typically the fining agent here is an extract from fishes' swim bladders. How's that for a segue back to beer?

**Wolf** · 23rd January 2006, 07:53

Originally Posted by NhuanH

All of you vociferous faux-erudite cunts need to ride your motorcycles more frequently.

In order: nothing false about my erudites - bought 'em genuine, like - a cunt is a beautiful and delicate thing and I am neither beautiful nor delicate and if I had a bloody bike I would be riding it.

**MSTRS:Me** · 23rd January 2006, 07:56

Wolf, we have listened to your sad story and I believe it has touched our hearts. Now.....you know what to do.:spudflip:

**scumdog** · 23rd January 2006, 08:02

[QUOTE=MisterD]

Originally Posted by Ixion

eggshell or othe rthings to remove fine sediments.QUOTE]

Also in the brewing industry, although typically the fining agent here is an extract from fishes' swim bladders. How's that for a segue back to beer?

And yea, I s'pose you could say I was a 'fining agent' too!!

**Wolf** · 23rd January 2006, 08:09

Originally Posted by yungatart

And it is mothers-in-law, NOt mother-in-laws, but why you would want more than one of those is way beyond my comprehension..

Clinical masochism. Other symtoms include frequent visits to dominatra (plural of "dominatrix") and spontaneous insertion of own body parts into electrical outlets or powered machinery...