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Forum: The Trailer Park
May 8th 2013, 8:51 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

In my defence, I teach English in Italy and I'm sick of students asking me why I say certain words when they hear them in TV pronounced incorrectly. Sometimes it's the fault of the Italian narrator. ...
Forum: The Trailer Park
May 8th 2013, 6:56 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

That is so wrong.

A) because the correct phrase is "I couldn't care less"
B) because in this case 'less' is the correct term and 'fewer' isn't.

If you were being sarcastic, then I apologise...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 28th 2012, 4:33 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Are you serious? Trifle and gravy. Yuk!



Eh?
One egg is an egg but two make a salad?
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 27th 2012, 11:48 am
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

riz-oat-oh bugs me as much as bru-shetta does and when the G is heavily pronounced in tagliatelle.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 25th 2012, 5:55 am
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

What about bruschetta?

Bugs the shit out of me each time I hear it pronounced bru-shetta.

It's supposed to sound like it's got a K in the middle.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 10th 2012, 9:27 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Ha ha very clever :rofl:
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 10th 2012, 8:57 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Much worse finding a bit of mould growing on top of the jam. Wish they sold it in little jars.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 2nd 2012, 7:24 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

I know - I'd never heard the like in my life. It took a whole lot of persuading her to take them back ... and even then she wouldn't exchange them but said she'd send them back to the manufacturer.
...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 2nd 2012, 7:20 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

I once bought myself a pair of leather, strappy and flat sandals and told the shop lady I'd keep them on my feet, stick my old shoes in the carrier bag and walk home in the new ones. I only had a 5...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 2nd 2012, 7:10 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Sometimes. I'm sneaky now because once upon a time I'd just unscrewed the lid when some shop girl came up behind me and shouted "what you doin'?" in my ear and I jumped so much I sloshed some of the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 2nd 2012, 6:56 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

You haven't met Italian customer service (cough cough) yet.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 2nd 2012, 6:48 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

I shop in different places though and they don't all have the same brands.
I also do it sneakily. I'm scared some big Mamma is going to tell me off.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 2nd 2012, 6:42 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

I've unscrewed the caps off a couple of bottles of fabric conditioner or the like to smell it before buying it.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 21st 2012, 11:02 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Bloody Disney has a lot to answer for. Still - it could have been the head!
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 1st 2011, 7:57 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Never ever been given a free toothbrush by any dentist here .... gum ripper or not - even though with dentist prices I could have changed house by now.
Theiving buggers.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 1st 2011, 7:30 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

When it stops supposedly saving me tons of energy - what do I do with it? Do I have to take it to the "recycling and ecological plant?"
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 1st 2011, 6:42 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

I hate packaging.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 1st 2011, 6:31 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

So true.
I went to the shop a couple of weeks ago to stock up on the old kind - only to find out I was too late. Italy had already gone totally energy bulbs! Bugger!

I hate them. Found a new kind...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 1st 2011, 5:32 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Energy saving light bulbs that are really white and clinical and change the colours of a room. They have no warm glow.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 20th 2011, 8:45 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Okay - even I wasn't that drinky at lunch time but I damn well didn't want to make a big dinner either after a big, massive Sunday lunch.

I wasn't hungry and the kids not much, so I told them to...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 20th 2011, 8:27 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Hope you're not talking about Leslie again.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 20th 2011, 8:23 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

You didn't - Oh FFS aren't you slipping up.

Even I saw that one but was too lazy - drinky to go back and correct it.

Anyhoo ........... is nobody else a bit drinky tonight?
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 20th 2011, 8:16 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Getting pissed.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 20th 2011, 8:15 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

How lovely of you to be nice.
The simple answer is:

When I'm sober, you can't. I might ban you.

When I'm pissed, I'll anwer you all and forget for a while that I can ban ... and when I...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 20th 2011, 7:56 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,024
Posted By Lorna at Vicenza

Re: Pet Peeves?

Not on your Nellie.
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