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STAY HOME

Mind that apostrophe.
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STAY HOME

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Postby staffordian » April 9th, 2020, 2:11 pm

Am I the only one irked by the government's parsimony?

They are spending zillions of pounds supporting people through this pandemic but can't apparently afford the ink needed to print the word AT?

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Re: STAY HOME

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Postby PinkDalek » April 9th, 2020, 4:43 pm

Clearly you are not referring to the (undated) letter from 10 Downing Street that mentions 'stay at home' at least twice.

As does the accompanying leaflet from UK Government.

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Postby staffordian » April 9th, 2020, 6:25 pm

PinkDalek wrote:Clearly you are not referring to the (undated) letter from 10 Downing Street that mentions 'stay at home' at least twice.

As does the accompanying leaflet from UK Government.


The government TV adverts omit "at" so clearly it saves airtime costs. :)

And the message on the podium ised for the daily government press briefing also omits it.

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Postby jfgw » April 9th, 2020, 9:18 pm

This irritated me too. It did get me thinking, though. While I would not say "stay home", I would say "go home", not "go to home".

Julian F. G. W.

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Postby PinkDalek » April 9th, 2020, 9:36 pm

staffordian wrote:The government TV adverts omit "at" so clearly it saves airtime costs. :)

You mentioned ink but I'm unsure in what way that is involved in a Television advertisement. :)

ised

Not a word with which I'm familiar.

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Re: STAY HOME

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Postby swill453 » April 9th, 2020, 9:39 pm

staffordian wrote:And the message on the podium ised for the daily government press briefing also omits it.

With the font size they used, "AT' wouldn't have fitted.

Maybe going out to buy smaller letters was deemed an unnecessary journey.

Scott.

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Re: STAY HOME

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Postby UncleEbenezer » April 9th, 2020, 9:56 pm

Maybe as Brian might have written ...

Romanes Sedent Domus.

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Postby staffordian » April 9th, 2020, 11:11 pm

PinkDalek wrote:
staffordian wrote:ised

Not a word with which I'm familiar.


Was going to use the word used, but in the spirit of saving letters, thought I'd try to save a few pixels by using a smaller letter :D

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Re: STAY HOME

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Postby didds » April 10th, 2020, 1:12 pm

Tommy Shelby uses the full "stay at home" if that helps. And he is on the BBC.

WARNING - swearing ;-) And if you have never watched Peaky Blinders it may not mean much to you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvEWOBAzHf4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgj0w624UM

By Order of the Pealy Blinders.

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Re: STAY HOME

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Postby gryffron » April 13th, 2020, 11:46 am

UncleEbenezer wrote:Maybe as Brian might have written ...
Romanes Sedent Domus.

"The Romans a house to sit"????

:shock:

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Postby jfgw » April 13th, 2020, 12:19 pm

gryffron wrote:
UncleEbenezer wrote:Maybe as Brian might have written ...
Romanes Sedent Domus.

"The Romans a house to sit"????

:shock:


I thought everyone here would be familiar with Life of Brian. (Ok, Christians may avoid it on principle.) I'm sure Brian would have received a grammar lesson,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

Julian F. G. W.

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Postby gryffron » April 13th, 2020, 12:23 pm

I can almost quote the whole film verbatim. My reply was that of the centurion.

;)

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Postby chas49 » April 13th, 2020, 12:38 pm

Having watched the clip (thanks :) ) - it's ironic that neither of you have actually quoted the lines correctly....

now write it out a 100 times :)

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Postby PinkDalek » April 13th, 2020, 12:49 pm

chas49 wrote:Having watched the clip (thanks :) ) - it's ironic that neither of you have actually quoted the lines correctly....


I'll think you'll find the not incorrect quotations were deliberate, thus UncleEben's 'might have written'.

Quod erat demonstrandum.

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Postby chas49 » April 13th, 2020, 12:59 pm

PinkDalek wrote:
chas49 wrote:Having watched the clip (thanks :) ) - it's ironic that neither of you have actually quoted the lines correctly....


I'll think you'll find the not incorrect quotations were deliberate, thus UncleEben's 'might have written'.

Quod erat demonstrandum.


Fair point. Althoughh gryff said "I can almost quote the whole film verbatim. My reply was that of the centurion."

Enjoyed the clip regardless

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Postby gryffron » April 13th, 2020, 1:17 pm

As Bwian might have written, so the centurion would have re-translated verbatim.

I studied Latin for a year in grammar school, and had a latin teacher exactly like that centurion. Maybe all latin teachers are like that?

Gryff

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Re: STAY HOME

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Postby UncleEbenezer » April 13th, 2020, 1:50 pm

gryffron wrote:
UncleEbenezer wrote:Maybe as Brian might have written ...
Romanes Sedent Domus.

"The Romans a house to sit"????

:shock:

It is sometimes said that emoticons help convey meaning in cases like this.

But in this case, in the absence of a "taking a role" emoticon or the chance of a harsh and interactive lesson, you should've told me to write it out C times.

(yeah, hindsight helps)

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Re: STAY HOME

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Postby jfgw » April 13th, 2020, 6:08 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:It is sometimes said that emoticons help convey meaning in cases like this.


If you hover over the :shock: emoticon, it says, "shocked". Maybe a smile, a wink or a laugh would have worked.


Julian F. G. W.

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Re: STAY HOME

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Postby jackdaww » April 13th, 2020, 10:15 pm

UncleEbenezer wrote:Maybe as Brian might have written ...

Romanes Sedent Domus.


:lol: :lol: :lol:


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