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[Conrad1953]

I've been grounded, floored and housed but so far I've dodged being nouned.😉

[BIG STU]

3 hours ago, mshills said:

I like a clever colloquial expression, but the worn-out cliché makes me nuts.
 

Don’t use 10 words when 2 will do.

 

If you would not speak that way, don’t write it in an email. Definition of Irony--- "We are riding in a airplane with a bunch of idiots playing a song made famous by a band that was killed in an airplane crash"  Steve Buchemi in "Con Air" 

 

Don’t make a noun into a verb, it is not clever or smart. 
 

“At the end of the day.” Filler. No words are better than these words. 
 

“In this day and age.” What you mean is “now.” Just say “now.”

 

“Utilize.” This doesn’t mean what you think it means. Unless you mean using something for a task other than its intended purpose, just say “use.”

 

I could go on and on about being granular, paradigms, and value, but I won’t. I am glad to have the reputation of being direct and plain-spoken, because I do my best not to get sucked into all of that jargon. 

My pastor is a world champion of using 10 words when 2 will do. Of course I think it is in all of their DNA or part of Seminary teaching

Edited January 17, 2024 by BIG STU

[BIG STU]

1 hour ago, Soloman1 said:

“The building was completely destroyed.”

All destruction is complete. Either it was or wasn’t.

 

If you like watching people squirm, ask them to define “irony” without using an example.

 

I’ve heard Brits say Webster was right. You don’t need a “u” after every “o.”

 

Two spaces after a period is clinging to the days of typewriters.

 

An ellipses is space dot, space dot, space dot.

 

Who decided that lose is now loose?

 

E.g. is “for example.” I.e. is “in other words.”

 

Use periods often to write gooder.

 

 

 

 

Kind of like "he was killed dead" Define irony---- "We are riding in an airplane with a bunch of idiots playing a song made famous by a band killed in an airplane crash"  Steve Buchemi in Con Air

Edited January 17, 2024 by BIG STU

[Jim53]

38 minutes ago, Soloman1 said:

If you thought I was embellishing how dreadful drivers are in AZ, it's confirmed that AZ tops the nation for road rage.

 

Look at the bottom stat. It really is that bad here.

 

The sad part is like here in Florida those people more than likely deserved what they got.....

[Conrad1953]

"He can really golf his ball" or "He went golfing yesterday and golfed the day before"

 

Those various utilizations of the root word "golf" drive some people crazy.

 

So.....the argument goes.......no one goes footballing or baseballing so why do some go golfing?

Well, first off golf is not called golfball

 

At the end of the day and in this day and age who cares? The dictionaries are being updated

constantly as certain words and word usages become more common.

 

Hey, I can confess to being very anal about some things.....and when I first came to GolfWRX

I was a tad put asunder by the way some use and butcher language. I got used to it after

awhile and it stopped bothering me. 

 

I've even adopted some of that butchered language I encountered.........like club hoing and

WRXing. 

 

I can easily picture, though, just like the golf swing still shots with lines drawn all over, the

posts that would have red lines drawn and red words written on them by the GolfWRX

English professors.

 

Everyone has their own writing style. I think the odds are pretty good that any of us could

identify the author of a post if all we had was the post itself.😃

 

After all, we are used to hitting a small little golf ball.

 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2024 by Conrad1953

[mshills]

I should qualify that my pet peeves about language are in a business setting.  How someone uses English on a golf forum or in casual conversation to express him/herself is all good by me!

[BIG STU]

22 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

"He can really golf his ball" or "He went golfing yesterday and golfed the day before"

 

Those various utilizations of the root word "golf" drive some people crazy.

 

So.....the argument goes.......no one goes footballing or baseballing so why do some go golfing?

Well, first off golf is not cal

 

At the end of the day and in this day and age who cares? The dictionaries are being updated

constantly as certain words and word usages become more common.

 

Hey, I can confess to being very anal about some things.....and when I first came to GolfWRX

I was a tad put asunder by the way some use and butcher language. I got used to it after

awhile and it stopped bothering me. 

 

I've even adopted some of that butchered language I encountered.........like club hoing and

WRXing. 

 

I can easily picture, though, just like the golf swing still shots with lines drawn all over, the

posts that would have red lines drawn and red words written on them by the GolfWRX

English professors.

 

Everyone has their own writing style. I think the odds are pretty good that any of us could

identify the author of a post if all we had was the post itself.😃

 

After all, we are used to hitting a small little golf ball.

I will admit I butcher the Queen's English all to hell and back. But then again being a southern born and bred redneck country boy I do not apologize one bit. I speak and write like I do. Anyone that does not like it can scroll on down and ignore me. 

ow the term "golf the ball" is a real old school term. I heard my old man and all the old timers use it. Basically it has several meanings. It can mean a player knows how to plod his way around the course and / or knows his limitations and strengths and plays to them.

Another term I learned on WRX is "game" as in he likes to game those Eye 2 irons (Ping reference just for you Rad). I use the terms front line game or signature set since I have so many sets and possible combos of vintage sets. 

Edited January 17, 2024 by BIG STU

[BIG STU]

8 minutes ago, mshills said:

I should qualify that my pet peeves about language are in a business setting.  How someone uses English on a golf forum or in casual conversation to express him/herself is all good by me!

I can sort of see that. But then again I am just me upfront straight in your face and honest. I heard this story 2nd hand. When I was assistant maintenance manager of a trucking company my boss told one of the vendors about me as in--- He is as country as they come but he is as honest as the day is long and will not hold back his opinion good or bad. I will say I am anal on the way I do things sometimes but not anal enough to think my way is the ONE proper way to do things. That was my old man's department. 

[Soloman1]

2 minutes ago, Conrad1953 said:

"He can really golf his ball" or "He went golfing yesterday and golfed the day before"

 

Those various utilizations of the root word "golf" drive some people crazy.

 

So.....the argument goes.......no one goes footballing or baseballing so why do some go golfing?

Well, first off golf is not cal

 

At the end of the day and in this day and age who cares? The dictionaries are being updated

constantly as certain words and word usages become more common.

 

Hey, I can confess to being very anal about some things.....and when I first came to GolfWRX

I was a tad put asunder by the way some use and butcher language. I got used to it after

awhile and it stopped bothering me. 

 

I've even adopted some of that butchered language I encountered.........like club hoing and

WRXing. 

 

I can easily picture, though, just like the golf swing still shots with lines drawn all over, the

posts that would have red lines drawn and red words written on them by the GolfWRX

English professors.

 

Everyone has their own writing style. I think the odds are pretty good that any of us could

identify the author of a post if all we had was the post itself.😃

 

After all, we are used to hitting a small little golf ball.

 

I don't fret about online spelling, syntax or typos. I make mistakes in most everything I write.. I misspell, mix tenses and write convoluted sentences.

 

But when you see mistakes by people getting paid to write, it's strange.

 

I have tried in the past to be gently helpful to a few people who makes consistent mistakes, truly hoping it is helpful is some part of their life where mistakes are being judged by people in business, interviews, business communications, etc. They will notice and not say anything about it. It may affect a job.

 

I've learned that they just get their nose out of joint about it, so never again. I was a fool to think they would take it as helpful.

[mshills]

It’s not so much being a grammarian that I’m mentioning here. It’s more staying clear of some of the ridiculousness you see in American business communication — my pet peeve. 

[bscinstnct]

50 minutes ago, mshills said:

I should qualify that my pet peeves about language are in a business setting.  How someone uses English on a golf forum or in casual conversation to express him/herself is all good by me!

 

Let’s circle back and calibrate on this because at the end of the day, we need to lean in and curate sustainable, scalable solutions. 
 

🤣

[scotee]

2 hours ago, Soloman1 said:

“The building was completely destroyed.”

All destruction is complete. Either it was or wasn’t.

 

If you like watching people squirm, ask them to define “irony” without using an example.

 

I’ve heard Brits say Webster was right. You don’t need a “u” after every “o.”

 

Two spaces after a period is clinging to the days of typewriters.

 

An ellipsesHey, is space dot, space dot, space dot.

 

Who decided that lose is now loose?

 

E.g. is “for example.” I.e. is “in other words.”

 

Use periods often to write gooder.

 

 

 

 

Two spaces after a period is clinging to the days of typewriters.

 

Hey, I'm old school and I need my space.  So there! 

 

[Reasonability]

14 minutes ago, mshills said:

It’s not so much being a grammarian that I’m mentioning here. It’s more staying clear of some of the ridiculousness you see in American business communication — my pet peeve. 

I find myself having no such filter in a relaxed setting.  Would go as far as saying I enjoy individual communication styles.  
 

The operative term being “relaxed setting”.  By definition I’m comfortable with the sender(s).  They not only get a free pass on judgements about their language, I look forward to it.  
 

Worked with a gent who somehow fell in love with the term “functionality”.   I’d make a hash mark every time he flopped yet another one on us.  This anticipation of the same drone from the same person left me filtering him very critically.   
 

We encounter others who have a death grip on some type of hammer and they beat everything in sight senseless with it.  Could be their interests, how they turn a phrase, yadda.  The tolerance meter almost seems directly related to the setting.  
 

Last thought and this rant ends.  I know for a fact there are those among us here, who have far more personal knowledge and experience than they voice.  They’re happy to chat/share here with very little judgement.  
 

 

[TiScape]

1 hour ago, Soloman1 said:

 

I don't fret about online spelling, syntax or typos. I make mistakes in most everything I write.. I misspell, mix tenses and write convoluted sentences.

 

But when you see mistakes by people getting paid to write, it's strange.

 

I have tried in the past to be gently helpful to a few people who makes consistent mistakes, truly hoping it is helpful is some part of their life where mistakes are being judged by people in business, interviews, business communications, etc. They will notice and not say anything about it. It may affect a job.

 

I've learned that they just get their nose out of joint about it, so never again. I was a fool to think they would take it as helpful.

 

[TiScape]

Just wanna say this all ain’t nothin’ and I could care less 😉 

Edited January 17, 2024 by TiScape

[scotee]

41 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Let’s circle back and calibrate on this because at the end of the day, we need to lean in and curate sustainable, scalable solutions. 
 

🤣

 

Just so you know  (my favorite passive aggressive expression from Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond)

[Reasonability]

6 hours ago, BIG STU said:

Seriously I do not hit off of mats for several reasons. First off I really hit down on the ball and it does make my wrists hurt. Now days I do not due to the fact it will get my back started. Second I have seen too many cubs wrecked especially graphite shafts from hitting off of mats.

Now when I do my mat and net work here at the house I use some of my older steel shafted wedges and clip the ball off the mat. Most of my mat work is to keep my body loose and practice a clip shot. If I do get serious I will back up and hit off my grass. But no as far as going to a range and hitting a bucket of balls off a mat that is out for me

Stu, you and I fully agree there must be a trillion ways to send that rock down range.  Since the beginning there have been pickers and diggers.  They both must be right (for themselves).  
 

To lay my cards on the table, I’ve seen uncountable golfers gouge a range up so badly it takes weeks for their mess to heal.   I know you’ve seen it as well over the years.  And these same folks can snap any club shaft in the dirt as easily as they can on a mat.  
 

Rather than say exactly what you just said, they justify their ruination of grass tees by blaming it on mats.  Not all mats are created equally.  But all 8” deep divots are the same.  
 

lol- It’s that group of mat haters I was sarcastically poking fun at.   
 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2024 by Reasonability

[bscinstnct]

33 minutes ago, scotee said:

 

Just so you know  (my favorite passive aggressive expression from Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond)

 

Ha! And you know you’re talkin to a ceo if their reply to your detailed questions has less than four words, no punctuation or capitalization or signature. Be like,

 

yes

 

In fact, you get a long email from a ceo,

 

Youre screwed 🤣

Edited January 17, 2024 by bscinstnct

[TiScape]

33 minutes ago, scotee said:

 

Just so you know  (my favorite passive aggressive expression from Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond)

Forget the corporate email jargon designation. The “like I already said” preface is legendary between my GF and I 😜

[mshills]

7 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

In fact, you get a long email from a ceo,

 

 

What about a long post?  ROFL

[braincramp52]

I might have to try the new Q10 whatever Taylormade driver. It meets Tigers approval 100% and since my game and his are similar I'd be a fool not to give it a try.😁

[Conrad1953]

Basically.......................................one of my brother-in-laws and I worked on a few projects

together back in the 70s. I think he started every sentence, when speaking, with..............

basically. It was just a habit he had. He didn't even realize he was doing it until I pointed

it out. He kept right on doing it, too. Habits can be hard to break.

[TiScape]

4 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

I might have to try the new Q10 whatever Taylormade driver. It meets Tigers approval 100% and since my game and his are similar I'd be a fool not to give it a try.😁

It’s CoQ10. Helps improve blood flow 😉 

[braincramp52]

1 minute ago, Conrad1953 said:

Basically.......................................one of my brother-in-laws and I worked on a few projects

together back in the 70s. I think he started every sentence, when speaking, with..............

basically. It was just a habit he had. He didn't even realize he was doing it until I pointed

it out. He kept right on doing it, too. Habits can be hard to break.

I had a district manager who used "in this arena" all the time. Drove me crazy!

[bscinstnct]

8 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Forget the corporate email jargon designation. The “like I already said” preface is legendary between my GF and I 😜

Ha!

 

Me and wife do exactly that…  “like I already said” then add

 

🕷️🕷️

 

As in, stop making me repeat myself Spider! 🤣

 

 

 

 

 

[braincramp52]

1 minute ago, TiScape said:

It’s CoQ10. Helps improve blood flow 😉 

Well, it's a no brainer then!

[Conrad1953]

5 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

I might have to try the new Q10 whatever Taylormade driver. It meets Tigers approval 100% and since my game and his are similar I'd be a fool not to give it a try.😁

 

I have Tiger's first book sitting around the house somewhere. I remember reading him talking

about his WITB and golf fans always wanting to see what he was playing. He said as soon as

they would look he could see the disappointment on their face when all they saw was a steel

driver and 3 wood and a bunch of old beat up blades and wedges.

[Reasonability]

4 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

Well, it's a no brainer then!

Looking at it through that lens …

Edited January 17, 2024 by Reasonability

[TiScape]

11 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

I might have to try the new Q10 whatever Taylormade driver. It meets Tigers approval 100% and since my game and his are similar I'd be a fool not to give it a try.😁

Speaking of fancy new driver offerings. What in the heck is going on over at Callaway?! Appears the AI has taken over and it’s broken! Whenever I open a thread and see an image like the one below, it startles me. 🫣

[Duct Tape]

I go away for a little over half a day and I see a banner at the bottom which says, 89 new replies. Go to first unread post.

 

 

What is with you guys!   😀😀🏌🏼‍♀️