Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

Itismehonest

GDB2222 wrote: »

Proof - Would a copy of the receipt for the trainers do?

Shucks, I miss out on all the fun :rotfl:

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

PN, could it just be a reaction to cold or something else in your mouth, in which case a 'sensitive' toothpaste works wonders and gives immediate relief? Something like this one http://www.colgatesensitiveprorelief.co.uk/home

Don't think so. I've not had/got anything cold.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Surely neither of the pronunciations is right or wrong.

IMHO, it's only rude when we judge someone else on the way they say it.

I[STRIKE] have [/STRIKE]had fluent French so tend towards the French pronunciation of French words, mostly because that's what I'm used to doing. I call it a 'fette' because that's how I say it. If the person next to me attends a 'fate' instead then good for them, I don't care.


I never really understood this thing where Poms put other people into groups (posh/not posh, class etc) based on how they pronounce a word. To then heap a whole load of supposition of how they view other people based on whether they say fate or fette seems a bit mental, if unfortunately normal for England.

I agree...sort of. There is nothing wrong at all with a francophone saying 'fett'. There is something pretentious about someone who speaks no French saying 'resterwrong'. I once covered for another clerk in a trial for a couple of days where prosecution were talking about the incident in the reste wrong for the two days I was there.' I was somewhat struggling to hold in the giggles when reading through the file to see the illustrious rester wrong in question was a 'hutte de pizza'

Tbh, the only thing I care about is that the people I am with are comfortable, of I make a pudding and PN eats it as afters I see little wrong in that. The thing with pretention like 'resterwrong' is its most often used to imply some superiority, and that to me is the unpleasant use of the language. If its a francophone natural use it feels VERY different.

As an aside, I have got used to searching for words and my most common way to ask dh is to say 'how do you say x in English' but the how do you say is in Italian. It's because I think I had to ask him often how to say things in both languages. At home alone we speak english or pigeon english, we try hard not to use the pigeon in public because its rude.

vivatifosi

Pastures, NHS Choices has a list of dentists. You put in your postcode and you can find one relevant to you. Some have been ranked too.

http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/Dentist/LocationSearch/3

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Don't think so. I've not had/got anything cold.

Can be hot. Can be sweet.

Is it still hurting?

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I did a basic (8 week) TEFL course when I was 18, and so obviously didn't have a degree.

My DD did TEFL as part of her undergrad degree (modern lang) so definitely was not a graduate then.

lostinrates

You can also get a real qual as a distance course.

Re Russian and greater area ( like greater herts) education,a friend of the family has done there undergrad course in 'greater' area and cannot get on to any course here in a 'decent' uni. It's just not been considered sufficient. I think reading is a contender with a foundation year.., And one other but cannot remember which. This is to do a SECOND UNDERGrAD course. I find that shocking. Dh has many really well educated Russian (and greater Russian) colleagues.

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

I agree...sort of. There is nothing wrong at all with a francophone saying 'fett'. There is something pretentious about someone who speaks no French saying 'resterwrong'. I once covered for another clerk in a trial for a couple of days where prosecution were talking about the incident in the reste wrong for the two days I was there.' I was somewhat struggling to hold in the giggles when reading through the file to see the illustrious fester wrong in question was a 'hutte de pizza'

Tbh, the only thing I care about is that the people I am with are comfortable, of I make a pudding and PN eats it as afters I see little wrong in that. The thing with pretention like 'resterwrong' is its most often used to imply some superiority, and that to me is the unpleasant use of the language. If its a francophone natural use it feels VERY different.

As an aside, I have got used to searching for words and my most common way to ask dh is to say 'how do you say x in English' but the how do you say is in Italian. It's because I think I had to ask him often how to say things in both languages. At home alone we speak english or pigeon english, we try hard not to use the pigeon in public because its rude.

Makes me think of this!:rotfl:


Also, there's also an old joke about an American tourist talking to a bilingual Gaelic speaker and who doesn't believe his claim there's a word in Gaelic for anything that exist in English.

When the tourist asks "what's the Gaelic for spaghetti?", the Gaelic speaker asks "what's the English for spaghetti?"!

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

Makes me think of this!:rotfl:


Also, there's also an old joke about an American tourist talking to a bilingual Gaelic speaker and who doesn't believe his claim there's a word in Gaelic for anything that exist in English.

When the tourist asks "what's the Gaelic for spaghetti?", the Gaelic speaker asks "what's the English for spaghetti?"!

Similar joke.....two english girls (I believe the original joke is ladies from Essex) in France go to buy tickets for the theatre on their French trip. One turns to the other and asks 'what's French for matinee?'

lostinrates

So, I think dh is going to buy a very ugly horse tomorrow.