Things that irritate you - Part 4

HAL 9000 said:
People who pronounce the word 'kilometre' incorrectly... we use the UK dictionary definitions in SA and NOT the US versions... FFS!

UK - First-syllable stress: KIL-uh-mee-tuhz (KIL-oh-mee-terz). This matches other metric units like centimetre and millimetre.

US - Second-syllable stress: kuh-LOM-uh-tuhz (ki-LAW-met-erz). This style has historical roots similar to words like barometer.

kilometre​

How to pronounce kilometre:

UK/ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.tər//kɪˈlɒm.ɪ.tər/

US/kɪˈlɑː.mə.t̬ɚ//ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.t̬ɚ/

dictionary.cambridge.org

KILOMETRE | Pronunciation in English

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Dear grandpa,

Today we say 'kilo' pronounced KEE-lo for measurement of mileage (lol?) and 'kg' pronounced KAY-gee for measurement of weight.
No need to get your knickers aka suspenders in a twist :)

warm regards,
 
AnimateX said:
Is it just me or is Youtube pushing politics more aggressively in the past month. I try my best to keep this crap out of my feed but every day there is just a multitude more channels to ban. Even if you start a fresh browser without logging in and watch cat videos your recommends will be littered with Trump this and Russia that, frigging exhausting.
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Facebook is getting even worse.
 
icantchooseone said:
ran out of coffee , asked the neighbour to borrow some

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DAFAQ is this? I'll be damned if that is even palatable, seeing as Nescafé Classic (which is also tasting crap lately) currently tastes like the Ricoffy I used to know years ago. I now buy the Checkers house-brand (Foreign Ground), a cheaper, better quality, better-tasting instant coffee..
 
Supervan II said:
DAFAQ is this? I'll be damned if that is even palatable, seeing as Nescafé Classic (which is also tasting crap lately) currently tastes like the Ricoffy I used to know years ago. I now buy the Checkers house-brand (Foreign Ground), a cheaper, better quality, better-tasting instant coffee..
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Ricoffy tastes like diet hot chocolate
 
icantchooseone said:
Ricoffy tastes like diet hot chocolate
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A more accurate description: Ricoffy and the like taste like your least-liked work colleague was asked to make coffee for everyone; that person then went out to the parking lot for an adventure. There was some sand and gravel that had been driven over with shyte filled tyres for years. They then scooped it up into a cheap tin mug, you know, the kind in the army or given to housing-challenged individuals.
This is then placed in the filter and called "coffee"
 
Binary_Bark said:
A more accurate description: Ricoffy and the like taste like your least-liked work colleague was asked to make coffee for everyone; that person then went out to the parking lot for an adventure. There was some sand and gravel that had been driven over with shyte filled tyres for years. They then scooped it up into a cheap tin mug, you know, the kind in the army or given to housing-challenged individuals.
This is then placed in the filter and called "coffee"
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