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#3077071 17-May-2023 09:50

neb: Fixya, a site for asking questions about, well, fixing stuff, like a washing machine power switch. You're sitting there in the forum for XYZ Brand Washing Machines and post a question about the wiring for an XYZ Brand washing machine, which it dumps into Motorcycles - Miscellaneous, with no way to move it into the forum that you actually asked the question in. After four more attempts to get it posted in the forum you're currently in you give up and delete your account... which isn't possible, because they don't allow you to delete accounts. How can a site this awful be so popular? Presumably it's because so many of the Google hits for fixing various appliances lead there, because it certainly isn't the site's functionality that does it.

I've never had good results with Fixya

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#3077072 17-May-2023 09:52

People who say rout when they really mean route.

Don't be lazy and use the stupid American vernacular, use the correct pronunciation. They are two different words.

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#3077080 17-May-2023 10:41

Technofreak:

People who say rout when they really mean route.

Don't be lazy and use the stupid American vernacular, use the correct pronunciation. They are two different words.

What about when they say root but mean route?

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#3077098 17-May-2023 11:37

geoffwnz:

Technofreak:

People who say rout when they really mean route.

Don't be lazy and use the stupid American vernacular, use the correct pronunciation. They are two different words.

What about when they say root but mean route?

What about it, just like hair, hare, and plenty of other examples.

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#3077111 17-May-2023 13:01

geoffwnz:
What about when they say root but mean route?

Try saying the following, describing a hiking trip, and decide how you'd pronounce the word "route" in it:

"I tried a new route with a girl I'd met at a party. It was a good route although we were pretty sweaty and exhausted afterwards".

I'll be using the US pronunciation, thanks.

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#3077112 17-May-2023 13:02

Technofreak:

People who say rout when they really mean route.

Don't be lazy and use the stupid American vernacular, use the correct pronunciation. They are two different words.

Have a look at how the French pronounce forté

For some silly lols, ask an American what they would do with a soldering iron.

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#3077113 17-May-2023 13:03

MadEngineer: Have a look at how the French pronounce forté

Considering they don't put an accent on it... it's not like that :)

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#3077114 17-May-2023 13:11

It's actually a mangling since the French word is "fort" ("strong") pronounced "four". The Italian musical direction is for-tay. So pronouncing "forte" as "fort" is wrong for both French and Italian.

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#3077116 17-May-2023 13:14

neb:
geoffwnz:

What about when they say root but mean route?

Try saying the following, describing a hiking trip, and decide how you'd pronounce the word "route" in it: "I tried a new route with a girl I'd met at a party. It was a good route although we were pretty sweaty and exhausted afterwards". I'll be using the US pronunciation, thanks.

Don't get me started on "fanny"

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#3077164 17-May-2023 13:39

MadEngineer:

Technofreak:

People who say rout when they really mean route.

Don't be lazy and use the stupid American vernacular, use the correct pronunciation. They are two different words.

Have a look at how the French pronounce forté

For some silly lols, ask an American what they would do with a soldering iron.

They'll happily help you with your soddering though. I guess that's some kind of turf laying technique.

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#3077165 17-May-2023 13:41

geoffwnz:
They'll happily help you with your soddering though.

Depending on which part of the US they're from it's more likely sardering. Maybe something to do with sardine processing?

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#3077167 17-May-2023 13:53

neb: It's actually a mangling since the French word is "fort" ("strong") pronounced "four". The Italian musical direction is for-tay. So pronouncing "forte" as "fort" is wrong for both French and Italian.

French Forté has the acute which makes the E sound like an A? Correct? I've ever heard it said any other way?

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#3077214 17-May-2023 13:57

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French Forté has the acute which makes the E sound like an A? Correct? I've ever heard it said any other way?

French doesn't have a word Forté, the French word is fort. The Italian word is forte, no accent.

Given that the word Forté is wrong in either language, I would suggest pronouncing it "ghoti".

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#3077222 17-May-2023 15:20

At work going full BYOD as I hate the size of the work laptops (big, bulky 15" HP Elitebook's). Handing in my laptop this morning to find that also means I am handing over the laptop dock too and have to purchase my own.

So have been working all of today in the office without a laptop dock at my desk. Thankfully, the MacBook also has about 20hrs of battery life else I would have been fully stuffed.

Told my boss there is no incentive buying a dock if I can just work from home where I've got a fit for purpose setup. He agreed.

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#3077230 17-May-2023 16:02

neb:
geoffwnz:

What about when they say root but mean route?

Try saying the following, describing a hiking trip, and decide how you'd pronounce the word "route" in it: "I tried a new route with a girl I'd met at a party. It was a good route although we were pretty sweaty and exhausted afterwards". I'll be using the US pronunciation, thanks.

Try being English and listening to Kiwis. Pen/Pin. Six/Sex. Ten/Tin etc Believe it or not, even after living here almost 20 years, i still meet people that I cannot understand and have to ask them to repeat what they said more slowly!

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