Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

orraloon

@ is asperand
& is ampersand

HTH

briantrumpet

Anyway, the etymology is something very trivial to file away under something I've recently learnt. I wonder if there's another word that duplicates a word inside itself like that.

Mad_Malx

orraloon said:

@ is asperand
& is ampersand

HTH

Thank you sir

And I’ve just learned another abbreviation too

Mad_Malx

orraloon said:

@ is asperand
& is ampersand

HTH

Thank you sir

briantrumpet said:

pinno said:

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

Point of order: '&' is an ampersand. The word 'ampersand' literally means " 'and by itself' and" (from 'and per se and', as opposed to '&c' which means 'etcetera'), the word first being cited in the late 18th century.

I’d come across that one already, but in addition to Loon’s naming of asperand (for which I find no etymology) I now see “ampersat” as an alternative name for @, by the same logic as ampersand.

briantrumpet

Mad_Malx said:

orraloon said:

@ is asperand
& is ampersand

HTH

Thank you sir

And I’ve just learned another abbreviation too

The OED hasn't yet caught up with 'asperand'. Doesn't seem to be terribly popular as a word, which might explain why.

orraloon

Nah man, jist google it, ken.

masjer

I keep it nice and simple, as like pinno I get tired.
&-and
@-at

pinno

Wtf is 'hth' ? (whilst we're at it).

masjer

pinno said:

Wtf is 'hth' ? (whilst we're at it).

WTFK

orraloon

pinno said:

Wtf is 'hth' ? (whilst we're at it).

WTFYAM?

pinno

masjer said:

pinno said:

Wtf is 'hth' ? (whilst we're at it).

WTFK

Stop being a twit.

pinno

orraloon said:

pinno said:

Wtf is 'hth' ? (whilst we're at it).

WTFYAM?

and you.

Wheelspinner

@pinno JFGI.

HTH => “Hope That Helps”

pinno

Wheelspinner said:

@pinno JFGI.

HTH => “Hope That Helps”

Thank you.

First.Aspect

briantrumpet said:

pinno said:

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

Point of order: '&' is an ampersand. The word 'ampersand' literally means " 'and by itself' and" (from 'and per se and', as opposed to '&c' which means 'etcetera'), the word first being cited in the late 18th century.

What's the Latin for @, Brian?

Mad_Malx

First.Aspect said:

briantrumpet said:

pinno said:

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

Point of order: '&' is an ampersand. The word 'ampersand' literally means " 'and by itself' and" (from 'and per se and', as opposed to '&c' which means 'etcetera'), the word first being cited in the late 18th century.

What's the Latin for @, Brian?

It's Groundhog day

briantrumpet

First.Aspect said:

briantrumpet said:

pinno said:

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

Point of order: '&' is an ampersand. The word 'ampersand' literally means " 'and by itself' and" (from 'and per se and', as opposed to '&c' which means 'etcetera'), the word first being cited in the late 18th century.

What's the Latin for @, Brian?

Trick question. I don't think there is one, as it comes as part of the declension of the noun.

Pross

How my dog is still managing to open the back door when I lock it with the key. For months he has managed to open it when it isn't locked but I've lifted the handle.

He's started doing it so often I got fed up and locked it properly with the key, the first time he opened it I assumed I hadn't fully turned the key but he just did it again after I'd checked and the handle wasn't moving.

I'm going to have to take the key out but the way he's going he'll probably put it back in and unlock it.

rick_chasey

Does anyone know if the different hill sizes in ski jumping favour different jumpers?

orraloon

Just how tedious moneykickball is to watch. Not watched any since prob Euros last year, today bit of Forest v Leicester (ok several goals) and currently the (boring!) Afcon final. Tap, tap, punt, tap, mishit, overhit, fall over, whine, "he touched me". Booorinnnggg.

TheBigBean

rick_chasey said:

Does anyone know if the different hill sizes in ski jumping favour different jumpers?

It's an interesting question. Ryōyū Kobayashi who just won the normal hill won everything in 2018/9 including the ski flying title. The latter is quite a lot bigger than a normal hill (k-point of 240m or something). That said, I presume there must be some variance in performance, but it is definitely not like Cavandish winning the tour.

Incidentally, finding info on ski jumping is really hard. It's very popular at the Olympics just not in the English speaking world. I don't watch it any more though. I can still remember when the 200m club was very small.

rjsterry

briantrumpet said:

pinno said:

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

Point of order: '&' is an ampersand. The word 'ampersand' literally means " 'and by itself' and" (from 'and per se and', as opposed to '&c' which means 'etcetera'), the word first being cited in the late 18th century.

And the & symbol is just a distorted 'et'.

rjsterry

Pross said:

How my dog is still managing to open the back door when I lock it with the key. For months he has managed to open it when it isn't locked but I've lifted the handle.

He's started doing it so often I got fed up and locked it properly with the key, the first time he opened it I assumed I hadn't fully turned the key but he just did it again after I'd checked and the handle wasn't moving.

I'm going to have to take the key out but the way he's going he'll probably put it back in and unlock it.

Are you sure he's not just climbing out of the window?

pinno

rjsterry said:

Pross said:

How my dog is still managing to open the back door when I lock it with the key. For months he has managed to open it when it isn't locked but I've lifted the handle.

He's started doing it so often I got fed up and locked it properly with the key, the first time he opened it I assumed I hadn't fully turned the key but he just did it again after I'd checked and the handle wasn't moving.

I'm going to have to take the key out but the way he's going he'll probably put it back in and unlock it.

Are you sure he's not just climbing out of the window?

...and in Pross's car cruising for a Poodle.

Ben6899

The Imperial War Museum hasn’t had an Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria exhibition yet.

Probably to do with uncomfortable truths.

surrey_commuter

Ben6899 said:

The Imperial War Museum hasn’t had an Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria exhibition yet.

Probably to do with uncomfortable truths.

which begs the question of when is a war a war and when is history, history.

Do we know if they did a Korean War exhibition and when was it and same for the Falklands "Conflict"

Ben6899

surrey_commuter said:

Ben6899 said:

The Imperial War Museum hasn’t had an Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria exhibition yet.

Probably to do with uncomfortable truths.

which begs the question of when is a war a war and when is history, history.

Do we know if they did a Korean War exhibition and when was it and same for the Falklands "Conflict"

Northern Ireland

pinno

Toxteth '81.

Ben6899

pinno said:

Toxteth '81.

that was an escalation.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

Does anyone know if the different hill sizes in ski jumping favour different jumpers?

It's an interesting question. Ryōyū Kobayashi who just won the normal hill won everything in 2018/9 including the ski flying title. The latter is quite a lot bigger than a normal hill (k-point of 240m or something). That said, I presume there must be some variance in performance, but it is definitely not like Cavandish winning the tour.

Incidentally, finding info on ski jumping is really hard. It's very popular at the Olympics just not in the English speaking world. I don't watch it any more though. I can still remember when the 200m club was very small.

Eurosport cover the whole season, and they seem quite clued up.

I just wonder as there are two competitions in the olympics, normal and the big hills and to my untrained eye it just looks like another opportunity for exactly the same competitors, which would seem to detract from the event.

I therefore, assume there is enough difference between them. Maybe it is less about landing technique on the big ones and more about the 'flight' bit.