What English expression do you hate the most?

[Dogtrousers]

In the late 80's we had one of those. Had a catchy name, I've forgotten.

About 5 people used it. Maybe 1 of them understood it.

You could create an email and send it to a fax machine.

We also had a phone system you could dial into almost anywhere and call colleagues within the company.
Some wag discovered that you could call your desk phone, enable call forward and phone outside the company.

I've worked with two. One was in the early/mid 80s and it was an international bank. Part of my job was ensuring that executives had access to their mail, which meant I got to go to fancy conferences and the like - armed with a suitcase of modems, acoustic couplers and so on.

The second was in the late 80s and it was a smaller company. The email system was written entirely by a bloke with frizzy hair and no social skills. It was very quirky.

 

[Dadam]

The email system was written entirely by a bloke with frizzy hair and no social skills. It was very quirky.

Unix-based perchance?

 

[Gwylan]

I've worked with two. One was in the early/mid 80s and it was an international bank. Part of my job was ensuring that executives had access to their mail, which meant I got to go to fancy conferences and the like - armed with a suitcase of modems, acoustic couplers and so on.

The second was in the late 80s and it was a smaller company. The email system was written entirely by a bloke with frizzy hair and no social skills. It was very quirky.

Our seniors, with notable exceptions, had no idea about it
Some would even believe a printed spreadsheet when the data was total tosh.
Generally they didn't know about or begin to understand our internal 1990 style network.

 

[Accy cyclist]

"The people's princess", "the people's channel" "the people's football club" blah! blah! When they put a "The people's" before something, you just know it's a load of rollox!!

 

[Drago]

"The people's princess", "the people's channel" "the people's football club" blah! blah! When they put a "The people's" before something, you just know it's a load of rollox!!

Very popular in the old Soviet Union though.

 

[Gwylan]

Our country!

 

[Drago]

A phrase that has become extremely common...

X, formerly known as Twitter...

Yes, we figured out in the first week it was now called X and don't need reminding every time. It just shows the contempt the British media has for the intelligence of their consumers.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Very popular in the old Soviet Union though.

And "The People's Republic Of China"!

 

[Jameshow]

"The people's princess", "the people's channel" "the people's football club" blah! blah! When they put a "The people's" before something, you just know it's a load of rollox!!

National treasure!!

 

[Gwylan]

National treasure!!

Therefore requires burying

 

[Accy cyclist]

National treasure!!

Father of the house, in reference to long term MP's who they see as being 'respected' by other MP's no matter their political allegiance. For father of the house see old self-serving git who's made a fortune talking shoot decade after decade!

 

[Alex321]

Father of the house, in reference to long term MP's who they see as being 'respected' by other MP's no matter their political allegiance. For father of the house see old self-serving git who's made a fortune talking shoot decade after decade!

It isn't just a "reference to long term MPs" generally. It is specifically the single MP who has served the longest. If several were elected at the same time, it is the one who was sworn in first.

And it doesn't actually say anything about them being respected.

 

[Accy cyclist]

It isn't just a "reference to long term MPs" generally. It is specifically the single MP who has served the longest. If several were elected at the same time, it is the one who was sworn in first.

And it doesn't actually say anything about them being respected.

Really?! Well I've heard that other annoying phrase/expression "He commands respect, being the oldest serving member" more than enough times for my liking!

 

[Gwylan]

Really?! Well I've heard that other annoying phrase/expression "He commands respect, being the oldest serving member" more than enough times for my liking!

Oldest and longest are two totally different measures.

 

[Drago]

The one MPs use, "the father of the house."

Really? He fathered a house?

If that were the case the mother of the house probably needed a good few stitches after giving birth.