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| Topic: | HDM 1 and other zingers This thread has 64 replies. Displaying posts 16 through 30. |
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| Post 16 made on Monday October 29, 2018 at 16:53 |
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| Post 17 made on Tuesday October 30, 2018 at 06:49 |
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On October 28, 2018 at 22:16, davidcasemore said...
ATM "Machine"
PIN "Number"
Malcolm "the Tenth"
WI-Fi pronounced "WEE-FEE"
Probably as "Prolly"
"Two, Too, To" mistakes
"Your, You're" mistakes Specific > Pacific Wind Chill Factor > Wind Shield Factor
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| Post 18 made on Tuesday October 30, 2018 at 07:55 |
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Oh, I didn't know we were going off the rails with "any" word butchering... I have at least a half dozen, but the one that drives me crazy, and that most people say on a daily basis...
Miles an Hour....It's not miles an hour, it's miles per hour...And I know you're going to argue that Miles An Hour is an acceptable use, but it's not. It's simply not.
Don't believe me? Look at your speedometer...it says MPH...not MAH.
What's worse is the car manufacturers actually say Miles an Hour in their commercials, so I have the possibility of hearing it dozens of times a day...
I don't know why, but when I hear it, it's like nails on a chalkboard to me. I'm a little OCD about it...and it's everything I can do not to correct someone who says it, but I keep my mouth shut.
I've been married 20 years, when someone says it, my wife will give me a glance out of the corner of her eye like, "please keep it together". LOL
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| Post 19 made on Tuesday October 30, 2018 at 10:35 |
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MAH is short for 'Miles In An Hour', which would be correct since either (MPH or MIAH) expresses the average speed. Relaying this for a friend.
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| Post 20 made on Tuesday October 30, 2018 at 11:04 |
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On October 30, 2018 at 10:35, highfigh said...
MAH is short for 'Miles In An Hour', which would be correct since either (MPH r MIAH) expresses the average speed.
Relaying this for a friend. I told you once...It's Miles Per Hour....don't push it! :)
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| Post 21 made on Tuesday October 30, 2018 at 11:56 |
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On October 30, 2018 at 10:35, highfigh said...
MAH is short for 'Miles In An Hour', which would be correct since either (MPH r MIAH) expresses the average speed.
Relaying this for a friend. Is this your way of saying “Don’t kill the messenger?” KOT
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| Post 22 made on Tuesday October 30, 2018 at 12:12 |
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On October 30, 2018 at 11:04, Hasbeen said...
I told you once...It's Miles Per Hour....don't push it! :) [Link: michiganradio.org]
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| Post 23 made on Wednesday October 31, 2018 at 03:13 |
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On October 30, 2018 at 10:35, highfigh said...
MAH is short for 'Miles In An Hour', which would be correct since either (MPH r MIAH) expresses the average speed.
Relaying this for a friend. MAH is not short for 'Miles In An Hour.' You left out an initial. You show that yourself when you write 'MPH r MIAH.' Plus, you ignore the meaning of 'per.' It is "for each" when used to express a rate. Since speed is a rate, that meaning applies here. 21 miles in an hour means that while an hour has elapsed, you have traveled 21 miles. That is, this means that an hour has elapsed and 21 miles have been traveled. However, a speed of 21 miles per hour does not have those implications. You can travel 21 miles per hour for ten seconds or three days, but you cannot travel 21 miles in an hour for anything more than an hour. For more time, it would be, for instance, 42 miles in two hours.
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| Post 24 made on Wednesday October 31, 2018 at 12:10 |
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On October 29, 2018 at 16:53, goldenzrule said...
Clicker Dealing with older people, you will here this term, since they actually used a clicker at one time. It as actually more of a clunker, or clinker though.... LOL Dear lord I am SO old.....
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| Post 25 made on Thursday November 1, 2018 at 07:28 |
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On October 31, 2018 at 12:10, Trunk-Slammer -Supreme said...
Dealing with older people, you will here this term, since they actually used a clicker at one time. And they ‘mash’ the buttons on it, rather than pressing them!
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| Post 26 made on Thursday November 1, 2018 at 07:32 |
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On October 30, 2018 at 11:04, Hasbeen said...
I told you once...It's Miles Per Hour....don't push it! :) As long as it's not referred to as 'velocity', I don't mind.
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| Post 27 made on Thursday November 1, 2018 at 07:34 |
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On October 31, 2018 at 03:13, Ernie Gilman said...
MAH is not short for 'Miles In An Hour.' You left out an initial. You show that yourself when you write 'MPH r MIAH.'
Plus, you ignore the meaning of 'per.' It is "for each" when used to express a rate. Since speed is a rate, that meaning applies here.
21 miles in an hour means that while an hour has elapsed, you have traveled 21 miles. That is, this means that an hour has elapsed and 21 miles have been traveled.
However, a speed of 21 miles per hour does not have those implications. You can travel 21 miles per hour for ten seconds or three days, but you cannot travel 21 miles in an hour for anything more than an hour. For more time, it would be, for instance, 42 miles in two hours. What are you on? What initial did I omit? A speedometer shows the rate of speed at that relative period of time, based on some kind of measurement (actual measurement of distance vs time, some kind of rotating shaft driving wheels or tracks and knowing the ratio between the drive and wheels or tracks, etc and assuming there's no slippage at the contact surface). We know that. We also know that MPH means "Miles Per Hour' and that at 21 MPH, someone/something will go 21 miles in one hour, but that's only going to happen if they maintain that speed without any variation or it's the average speed for that hour.
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| Post 28 made on Thursday November 1, 2018 at 07:43 |
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On November 1, 2018 at 07:28, cshepard said...
And they ‘mash’ the buttons on it, rather than pressing them! Then, if it doesn't work, they press harder as if that will help.
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| Post 29 made on Thursday November 1, 2018 at 07:44 |
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On October 30, 2018 at 11:56, King of typos said...
Is this your way of saying “Don’t kill the messenger?”
KOT Not that it helped.
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| Post 30 made on Thursday November 1, 2018 at 08:19 |
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On November 1, 2018 at 07:43, highfigh said...
Then, if it doesn't work, they press harder as if that will help. Just like an elevator button. KOT
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