swee'pea99
Squire
Soz, surely
Vocabulary question.
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
you've re-purposed it
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
It'll catch on here, effintually....
"Thanking you" will earn someone either a glare or a hoot of derision from me depending upon my mood
Kazh? (Since the abbreviation sounds Slavic and there's no hard c in that language group.)
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
The driver of a coach I worked on did that.
By driving it into the ground with no coolant he melted the top of the pistons, welding them to the equally poorly head.
Far better mechanics than me managed to save the engine, but as a young apprentice I did hand on a few tools.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Mine came from a Foundry I worked at, we used to buy 'scrap' aluminium and a set of 6 were in one load, I think it's a from Gardiner engine 120mm diameter with a 'Heron' type combustion chamber on the crown
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Not sure who made the wrecked engine, but it was mid-mounted in a touring coach.
One of my jobs was to remove a few pairs of seats to improve access.
We worked on it from inside the coach and from rolling around on the ground outside - no chance of it fitting on any lift we had.
The engine came out balanced on a couple of trolley jacks.
I recall the pistons looked like the metal had bubbled/boiled as it melted.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
is it called a tmesis or something?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Technically, yes, but we just call it conversation.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
conver-feckin'-sation
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
A phrase which is common in the area I live (and, perhaps, more widely), is "Can I lend ..insert object, or amount here... "
My daughter will frequently say, "Dad, can I lend £20", I point out to her that I am lending, she is borrowing.
Makes no difference, in fact, the phrase should be "Dad can I have £20", because borrowing, implies repayment at some point.
Not forgetting "Can I get..." instead of "May I have..."
e.g. "can I get a pint of [insert favourite brew]" to which the proper answer should be "no you can't. I'm the barperson, I'll get it for you"
my other pet hate is the shop assistant who asks "you all right?" instead of "how may I help you?"
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
oh yes can vs may !
Sad to say, I recall this being a regular topic in English lessons at school (65+ years ago), little, if anything, has changed.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
What about "Are you looking for owt in particular?" when the customer is looking at the shelves with a perplexed expression.
