Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?
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ebikeerwidnes
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Probably more 'amused' than 'annoyed' in this case...
I am hard of hearing and so can struggle with certain accents, and the Glasgow accent is definitely one of them! I was watching The Field of Blood on Netflix earlier and struggling to make out some of the dialogue so I turned on the subtitles. I was amused to discover that the (presumably auto-generated?) sub-titles were even less accurate than what my ears could make out! There were many instances of transcriptions like "Aye, and then a wee [inaudible] deed a flesh schooner, write [inaudible] never!", which were not exactly helpful!
I know what you mean
I can apparently hear quite well - by a test anyway
but I have problem with accents and hearing the words - my wife could write a book about it!
As a result I often have problems with TV shows if they are quiet or have an accent
so I have subtitles on
which sometimes is not very helpful!
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
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On some platforms like Netflix the default audio is 5.1 surround. Unless you have surround sound it can sound worse. If you go into the audio menu you can sometimes change it to "stereo" which makes speach a bit easier to hear
ColinJ
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That's interesting - I will check that!
Profpointy
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As well as the raincoat? Is there no end to the man's talent?
Profpointy
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ditto
mustang1
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- London, UK
TfL''s ticket pricing structure.
mustang1
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- London, UK
When people say "... On earth".
Examples:
"This is the most powerful computer on earth."
"This is the purest water on earth."
Like... Where else would it be if not earth?
Examples:
"This is the most powerful computer on earth."
"This is the purest water on earth."
Like... Where else would it be if not earth?
Alex321
Guru
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- South Wales
Nobody is suggesting it might not be on Earth. They are distinguishing it from the most powerful in the country, or in the city, or wherever.
"On earth" being a perfectly reasonable synonym for "in the world".
mustang1
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- London, UK
Actually, "in the world" is another one. It's like "this is the fastest car on earth/in the world/on the planet."
WHERE else apart from this world/planet/earth is there a car? (Don't say that one launched by Elon a while back
).Alex321
Guru
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- South Wales
Actually, "in the world" is another one. It's like "this is the fastest car on earth/in the world/on the planet."
WHERE else apart from this world/planet/earth is there a car? (Don't say that one launched by Elon a while back
As I said, that is to distinguish from the fastest car in Cardiff, or in the UK. It is not in any way suggesting that it is on this planet as opposed to somewhere not on this planet.
mustang1
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- London, UK
But that sounds odd. Why not just say it's the fastest car in Cardiff? It's like (I think what you're saying) "I am the tallest man in the world" (I'm not, but I am within 10 metres of where I'm standing right now).
Maybe I'm missing something here. Shrugs.
Alex321
Guru
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- South Wales
The point about saying "in the world" or 'On earth" is just to say there isn't anything anywhere which is more xxx.
If you say it is the fastest car in Cardiff, that implies there may be faster ones on Swansea, or London, or in Germany. Or indeed anywhere outside of Cardiff.
If you say it is the fastest car in the world, then you are saying there is no faster car ANYWHERE.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
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yes agree. Simply saying "mine is the fastest car" is not giving much context. People might say "there's probably faster ones in Japan". So you have to set the boundary by expanding the area to Earth or World.
