Tiny Little Things That Cause You Irrational Rage

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..you might be right

[midivydale]

On the preggers note

"We are pregnant" is a term i loathe, yes yes all for equality and sharing the experince. The two of you are becoming parents, but you two sure as hell are not pregnant.

[maxxi]

Heard the word "soz" a lot as a childling - was common to use "-z" to shorten a word ending in "-ry" - also worked on names ending in "-ry" (like Terry became Tez). Then I moved south and found out the norm was "Tel".

Now, about southern types not knowing what a bacon batch is...

[KalamityKel]

LadyNorwood Wrote:

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> the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> > preggers is old as the hills. And they are at

> > least 50.

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> Didn't realise it had to be a new thing that

> causes me irrational rage - what's at least 50

> ted?

The hills?

[LadyNorwood]

KalamityKel Wrote:

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> LadyNorwood Wrote:

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> > the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> > > preggers is old as the hills. And they are at

> > > least 50.

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> > Didn't realise it had to be a new thing that

> > causes me irrational rage - what's at least 50

> > ted?

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> The hills?

The Hills Have Eyes?

[Dopamine1979]

Walking into spiderwebs.

[Loz]

Football headlines in the off season. Yesterday, with the commonwealth games in full swing and the third test firmly in England's hands, what was the top back page story in the Metro?

Footballer doesn't move clubs. What a non-story. But it's football, innit?

And the Metro is far from the only offender.

[Millhaven]

The Metro is a tiny thing that causes me irrational rage in itself.

[Earl Aelfheah]

People who lock their bike to the same rack as you, in such a way that it's almost impossible to unlock your own bike.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Oh dear, the guilt - I did that once by mistake. I think the other person had to dismantle their bike as mine wasn't attached to anything at all when I got back.

[Earl Aelfheah]

People who insist on London phone numbers being described in terms of the area code + the first digit of the telephone number, before they'll attend to the rest of it.

I.e. "my number is 020, 7890, 1234", "sorry, 0207, then?..."

020 is the area code for London. The first digit of your phone number does not form part of the area code.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Sometimes I'll just give the number, i.e. "7890 1234" and it'll blow their mind.

"Sorry, 7890, I don't understand.",

"It's a London number, add 020 if your dialling from outside London, which I know you aren't".

"er, OK, so 0207, then what is it?.."

ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

[the-e-dealer]

8 is the area code for outer london 7 for inner London

[Earl Aelfheah]

No it's not. 020 is the area code and only needs to be added to the number when calling from outside the area zone (i.e. from outside London). Numbers in London may start with a 7, an 8, or a 3 regardless of where in London they are.

[Earl Aelfheah]

http://www.area-codes.org.uk/020-area-code.php

"Despite London having had a single area code (020) since the year 2000, many people wrongly think that '0207' numbers are only for central London and that '0208' is for the outer areas. In fact, it is now quite normal for an (020) 8 number to be issued in central London, or an (020) 7 number allocated in the suburbs. Incorrect spacing reinforces misunderstandings and causes people to make incorrect assumptions."

[the-e-dealer]

because of the below 8 is more likely to be outer and 7 inner London

2000 New London-wide code of 020 introduced. Local numbers lengthened to eight digits be prefixing with '7' in inner London or '8' in outer London.

[Otta]

It used to be 01. Then it was 081/071, then it was 0181/0171, then the 020 came in, but people probably still think of it as 0208/0207 because they were so used to 0181/0171.

That's my excuse anyway.

[seemster]

Totally with you rahrahrah on the area codes.

Would add: bus drivers who have already slowed right down and then jerk really suddenly causing 'most everyone who's standing to fall into one another and into the railings etc.

Would add: people who abbreviate almost to 'most

[Earl Aelfheah]

Otta - you are exactly right, it's a hangover from 0181 / 0171, but it's been 020 for a decade and a half now. It drives me insane that I can't just give people my number without having to express it in erroneous terms. A little thing I know, but it causes me irrational rage. :-)

[Earl Aelfheah]

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> because of the below 8 is more likely to be outer

> and 7 inner London

>

> 2000 New London-wide code of 020 introduced. Local

> numbers lengthened to eight digits be prefixing

> with '7' in inner London or '8' in outer London.

... it's true that numbers which were in existence at the time of the change over in 2000 are more likely to follow that pattern, but it still doesn't mean that the first digit of the number forms any part of the area code for any London number.

[Dopamine1979]

So sould I just dial a London number without the '020' from my mobile?

[Earl Aelfheah]

Nope. You have to include the area code when dialing from your mobile. But the area code is 020. And if I where to quote a number to you, I would give it as 020 (pause) 8910 (pause) 1234 and get extremely upset if (as often happens) you made me repeat it by saying

"sorry, 0208, then what?"

I can't understand why after 14 years, so many people still cannot process a London phone number unless it is expressed in (the entirely erroneous) terms of the area code, plus the first digit of the number.

See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_telephone_code_misconceptions

[Earl Aelfheah]

I am now in an irrational rage.

[Otta]

For me it just flows better doing it as 0208,xxx,xxxx. Like a mobile number should be 07xxx,xxx,xxx. It throes me off when people do it differently.

[Earl Aelfheah]

But it makes so much more sense to split an eight digit number into two sets of four and to proceed it with the area code (or not, as really in most instances this should be implicit due to the fact that both parties know you're in London). Otta, please, you're killing me here.