On 13/09/2023 06:52, Mike Spencer wrote:
> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> writes:
>
>> formulaic speech. Repetitive phrases like 'in some way, shape or form';
>> 'at this point in time' and so-on.
>>
>> Wot does the team think?
>
> I'm particularly annoyed by such formulaic phrases when they are misused.
>
> I had a chemistry professor who who repeatedly said this or that was
> the case "for all intensive purposes". In print, it's people who "tow
> the line". And more than once seen, "The incumbent will..." clearly
> intended to be the opposite of the outgoent whom [s]he was to replace.
>
From yesterday'sEastern Daily Press: "Orginally called the Priscilla
when it was built in 1892 but renamed the Optima, the ship's maiden
voyage proved to be record-braking.

And more on-topic: aDnm!Lostit. but found another one in the same
article "it makes foe a very unique experience."

It's either unique or it isn't - there's no degree of 'unique'.

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To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

> On 13/09/2023 06:52, Mike Spencer wrote:
> > RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> writes:
> >
> >> formulaic speech. Repetitive phrases like 'in some way, shape or form';
> >> 'at this point in time' and so-on.
> >>
> >> Wot does the team think?
> >
> > I'm particularly annoyed by such formulaic phrases when they are misused.
> >
> > I had a chemistry professor who who repeatedly said this or that was
> > the case "for all intensive purposes". In print, it's people who "tow
> > the line". And more than once seen, "The incumbent will..." clearly
> > intended to be the opposite of the outgoent whom [s]he was to replace.
> >
> From yesterday'sEastern Daily Press: "Orginally called the Priscilla
> when it was built in 1892 but renamed the Optima, the ship's maiden
> voyage proved to be record-braking.
>
> And more on-topic: aDnm!Lostit. but found another one in the same
> article "it makes foe a very unique experience."
>
> It's either unique or it isn't - there's no degree of 'unique'.

You've honed in on it there.

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In article <udsc02$24q8r$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
r.girolle.co.uk> on Wed, 13 Sep 2023 at 14:04:02 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
>On 13/09/2023 06:52, Mike Spencer wrote:
>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> formulaic speech. Repetitive phrases like 'in some way, shape or form';
>>> 'at this point in time' and so-on.
>>>
>>> Wot does the team think?
>>
>> I'm particularly annoyed by such formulaic phrases when they are misused.
>>
>> I had a chemistry professor who who repeatedly said this or that was
>> the case "for all intensive purposes". In print, it's people who "tow
>> the line". And more than once seen, "The incumbent will..." clearly
>> intended to be the opposite of the outgoent whom [s]he was to replace.
>>
>From yesterday'sEastern Daily Press: "Orginally called the Priscilla
>when it was built in 1892 but renamed the Optima, the ship's maiden
>voyage proved to be record-braking.
>
>And more on-topic: aDnm!Lostit. but found another one in the same
>article "it makes foe a very unique experience."
>
>It's either unique or it isn't - there's no degree of 'unique'.
>
True but but, the 'very' is very colourful, Nessi pa?

I would quibble with the word unique, its overused. I am unique but so
are you unique. This moment is unique, as is this one.

It is about time cheap hacks found some other words to indicate that an
event is interesting because it is different, which is really what they
were trying to convey. Most ships have a maiden voyage which is not
repeatable.

My current bête noire comes in the American crop crime detective
'documentaries' is the some discovery 'turned the case on its head'.
Nearly very programme 'turned the case on its head' which illicits a
yaaaaaawn.
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On 13/09/2023 16:33, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <udsc02$24q8r$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
> r.girolle.co.uk> on Wed, 13 Sep 2023 at 14:04:02 awoke Nicholas from
> his slumbers and wrote
>> On 13/09/2023 06:52, Mike Spencer wrote:
>>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> writes:
>>>
>>>> formulaic speech. Repetitive phrases like 'in some way, shape or form';
>>>> 'at this point in time' and so-on.
>>>>
>>>> Wot does the team think?
>>>
>>> I'm particularly annoyed by such formulaic phrases when they are misused.
>>>
>>> I had a chemistry professor who who repeatedly said this or that was
>>> the case "for all intensive purposes". In print, it's people who "tow
>>> the line". And more than once seen, "The incumbent will..." clearly
>>> intended to be the opposite of the outgoent whom [s]he was to replace.
>>>
>>From yesterday'sEastern Daily Press: "Orginally called the Priscilla
>> when it was built in 1892 but renamed the Optima, the ship's maiden
>> voyage proved to be record-braking.
>>
>> And more on-topic: aDnm!Lostit. but found another one in the same
>> article "it makes foe a very unique experience."
>>
>> It's either unique or it isn't - there's no degree of 'unique'.
>>
> True but but, the 'very' is very colourful, Nessi pa?
>
> I would quibble with the word unique, its overused. I am unique but so
> are you unique. This moment is unique, as is this one.
>
> It is about time cheap hacks found some other words to indicate that an
> event is interesting because it is different, which is really what they
> were trying to convey. Most ships have a maiden voyage which is not
> repeatable.

Most ships? I thought it was all ships, unless you exclude those that
failed to complete said maiden voyage (e.g. Titanic), really not repeatable.

>
> My current bête noire comes in the American crop crime detective
> 'documentaries' is the some discovery 'turned the case on its head'.
> Nearly very programme 'turned the case on its head' which illicits a
> yaaaaaawn.
>

Illicits? Elicits, perhaps.

--
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I AM NOT DELIGHTFULLY SAUCY

On 13/09/2023 16:33, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> It's either unique or it isn't - there's no degree of 'unique'.
>>
> True but but, the 'very' is very colourful, Nessi pa?
>
> I would quibble with the word unique, its overused. I am unique but so
> are you unique. This moment is unique, as is this one.
>
> It is about time cheap hacks found some other words to indicate that an
> event is interesting because it is different, which is really what they
> were trying to convey. Most ships have a maiden voyage which is not
> repeatable.
>
> My current bête noire comes in the American crop crime detective
> 'documentaries' is the some discovery 'turned the case on its head'.
> Nearly very programme 'turned the case on its head' which illicits a
> yaaaaaawn.

A unique point of view.

Ta

Tone

On 13/09/2023 17:36, Tone wrote:
> On 13/09/2023 16:33, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> It's either unique or it isn't - there's no degree of 'unique'.
>>>
>> True but but, the 'very' is very colourful, Nessi pa?
>>
>> I would quibble with the word unique, its overused.  I am unique but so
>> are you unique. This moment is unique, as is this one.
>>
>> It is about time cheap hacks found some other words to indicate that an
>> event is interesting because it is different, which is really what they
>> were trying to convey. Most ships have a maiden voyage which is not
>> repeatable.
>>
>> My current bête noire comes in the American crop crime detective
>> 'documentaries'  is the some discovery 'turned the case on its head'.
>> Nearly very programme 'turned the case on its head' which illicits a
>> yaaaaaawn.
>
> A unique point of view.
>
> Ta

R3/R44 - an unique Per-lease!

Someone said that and ran away.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 13/09/2023 06:52, Mike Spencer wrote:
> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> writes:
>
>> formulaic speech. Repetitive phrases like 'in some way, shape or form';
>> 'at this point in time' and so-on.
>>
>> Wot does the team think?
>
> I'm particularly annoyed by such formulaic phrases when they are misused.
>
> I had a chemistry professor who who repeatedly said this or that was
> the case "for all intensive purposes". In print, it's people who "tow
> the line". And more than once seen, "The incumbent will..." clearly
> intended to be the opposite of the outgoent whom [s]he was to replace.
>
And makes no mention of the recumbent post holder - the sort who lies
down on the job.

On 13/09/2023 17:06, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 13/09/2023 16:33, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <udsc02$24q8r$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
>> r.girolle.co.uk>  on Wed, 13 Sep 2023 at 14:04:02 awoke Nicholas from
>> his slumbers and wrote
>>> On 13/09/2023 06:52, Mike Spencer wrote:
>>>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> formulaic speech. Repetitive phrases like 'in some way, shape or
>>>>> form';
>>>>> 'at this point in time' and so-on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wot does the team think?
>>>>
>>>> I'm particularly annoyed by such formulaic phrases when they are
>>>> misused.
>>>>
>>>> I had a chemistry  professor who who repeatedly said this or that was
>>>> the case "for all intensive purposes".  In print, it's people who "tow
>>>> the line".  And more than once seen, "The incumbent will..." clearly
>>>> intended to be the opposite of the outgoent whom [s]he was to replace.
>>>>
>>> From yesterday'sEastern Daily Press: "Orginally called the Priscilla
>>> when it was built in 1892 but renamed the Optima, the ship's maiden
>>> voyage proved to be record-braking.
>>>
>>> And more on-topic: aDnm!Lostit. but found another one in the same
>>> article "it makes foe a very unique experience."
>>>
>>> It's either unique or it isn't - there's no degree of 'unique'.
>>>
>> True but but, the 'very' is very colourful, Nessi pa?
>>
>> I would quibble with the word unique, its overused.  I am unique but so
>> are you unique. This moment is unique, as is this one.
>>
>> It is about time cheap hacks found some other words to indicate that an
>> event is interesting because it is different, which is really what they
>> were trying to convey. Most ships have a maiden voyage which is not
>> repeatable.
>
> Most ships? I thought it was all ships, unless you exclude those that
> failed to complete said maiden voyage (e.g. Titanic), really not
> repeatable.

Some never got as far as having a maiden voyage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_aircraft_carrier_Graf_Zeppelin
There were quite a few others in the same boat.

In article <udsoeu$27051$2@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on
Wed, 13 Sep 2023 at 17:36:45 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 13/09/2023 16:33, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> It's either unique or it isn't - there's no degree of 'unique'.
>>>
>> True but but, the 'very' is very colourful, Nessi pa?
>>
>> I would quibble with the word unique, its overused. I am unique but so
>> are you unique. This moment is unique, as is this one.
>>
>> It is about time cheap hacks found some other words to indicate that an
>> event is interesting because it is different, which is really what they
>> were trying to convey. Most ships have a maiden voyage which is not
>> repeatable.
>>
>> My current bête noire comes in the American crop crime detective
>> 'documentaries' is the some discovery 'turned the case on its head'.
>> Nearly very programme 'turned the case on its head' which illicits a
>> yaaaaaawn.
>
>A unique point of view.
>
>Ta
>
A uNick response.
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