There is a footpath close to where I live in South Derbyshire that has just been subjected to the same treatment. The gang completing the job threw down the cardboard spools that the masking tape came off, there must have been about 20 of them littering the footpath on this semi rural road. Disgraceful.
Our lovely council have been "surface dressing" a lot of the roads. Due to the high temps they've put more chippings down and have decided to leave it a few days longer before sweeping the road. It made it interesting to be out on a bike.
Change of subject; saying words ending in "G" I totally agree with lord whoever about pronunciation,I am fucking sick of people abusing our language,clipping words inventing words and even government people are doing it.Fuck off innit!!!
The americanisation (if that's a word) sorry Sandi T .of TV advertising. When a new release film is featured on the TV these days, the gravel toned voice over man says "in Cinemas August ten" . Its bloody August the tenth you tosser!
The one that annoys me is "seasons" when it refers to "series" of Drama series for example. There are only FOUR seasons ffs, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The other one is when a horse is "in season".
There's many things I like about America and have no problem with their different phraseology, mostly, but one word that really gets up my pipe is "Aloominum"! There's no such thing, It's ALUMINIUM ffs!
One that pees me off is the changes in the name of drugs, take what is now referred to as epinephrine, your body produces it in the adrenal glands, it's been called adrenaline for quite a while. All to fall in line with a system to standardise the names of drugs. The new standard follows the American formulary. And for Christ's sake don't mention paracetamol. ☹️
Cadmium, lithium, beryllium, sodium, chromium, magnesium, and, of course, unobtainium. All with an 'i'. If these Americans insist on using someone else's language, they might at least try to get it right.
Hope you were setting comfortably when typing your reply Sandi T? See what I did there. . About 30 years ago, an American friend mentioned his Weed Whacker……thought that beats our strimmer hands down. Ken. PS. American motorcyclists have us beat hands down on spares availability…..I’ve heard you can pick up spares for your Harley in any road side ditch, not so with Triumph spares! Please forgive me Momma Bear.
