Monkeys Fist 7,414 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Off work with an ear infection. In the words of Mr Patel, sham dam gura woora.Babelfished your post Link to post Share on other sites
McFaul 21 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Slightly bemused. Just won an award for a paper I got published. Never won anything like this before. Good for the CV though and the money will come in handy. Hats off. Link to post Share on other sites
Meenzer 4,191 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Aye, nice one Rents Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,414 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Knight Ryder-" Whey man, ahm published in the paper aal the time, an ah've won awards forrit. " Nice one Rention Link to post Share on other sites
Christmas Tree 153 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Slightly bemused. Just won an award for a paper I got published. Never won anything like this before. Good for the CV though and the money will come in handy. Congratulations Rents. You should link it so we can have a read Link to post Share on other sites
Rayvin 1,333 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 What was the paper on? And kudos, well done. Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,414 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Congratulations Rents. You should link it so we can have a read You don't read. Link to post Share on other sites
catmag 127 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 To celebrate the start of panto season: "Do we believe him, boys and girls??" You do know what he does for a living, don't you? You don't want him in there with any kind of infection! Link to post Share on other sites
catmag 127 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Honestly, some people are so rude. I had a few Indian couples round that both spoke perfectly good English, but would turn to one another and start talking in Indian while I was showing them round. You feel like you're making up the numbers in your own house. I felt like just throwing them out. That's horrendously rude! There's a unspoken respect between our Indian/Pakistani/Filipino staff at work in that if they are having a conversation in their own language and an English speaker walks in, they immediately continue in English. They'll even do it if they're on their own having a phone conversation in the coffee room and I walk in. In their view it's just good manners and respectful. I'd have kicked the fuckers out of the door. Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 7,414 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 You do know what he does for a living, don't you? You don't want him in there with any kind of infection! Blob tester? Link to post Share on other sites
ChezGiven 0 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I take it no one plans to ever purchase a property abroad then? How many brits do you reckon are knocking about the Costa del sol conversing in fluent Spanish whilst dropping the pension pot on a 2 bed?? At work I can just about understand but am glad I'm not held to that standard. Link to post Share on other sites
Howmanheyman 4,629 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I take it no one plans to ever purchase a property abroad then? How many brits do you reckon are knocking about the Costa del sol conversing in fluent Spanish whilst dropping the pension pot on a 2 bed?? At work I can just about understand but am glad I'm not held to that standard. Well there was a rather quaint little château down Avignon I had my eye on but you've put me right off, now. I'd be scared to even have a single thought in English let alone a conversation. Link to post Share on other sites
Renton 2,143 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 What was the paper on? And kudos, well done. Cheers everyone. The reason I'm bemused is because this is possibly the dullest paper I have ever written in a very niche area of research. To win paper of the year is peculiar, particularly as it had previously been rejected from another journal. However, it did report some novel methodology on the interrogation of routine medical data and has already been cited several times, so obviously is of some interest to someone. From a personal point of view, it involved me reading several thousand anonymised medical records, was quite soul destroying iirc. Can't give you a link CT as I like to preserve my anonymity. Doubt you'd get past the first paragraph though! Link to post Share on other sites
toonotl 9 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Well done, Rents. Link to post Share on other sites
toonotl 9 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Here's an interesting article for CT to read: http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/alexlow/thecone.html Link to post Share on other sites
ChezGiven 0 Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Well there was a rather quaint little château down Avignon I had my eye on but you've put me right off, now. I'd be scared to even have a single thought in English let alone a conversation. Property tends to be cheaper abroad so if you're a homeowner moving to the sun and making money to help you settle is a 'thing'. About 2 million have done this apparently. Not many were inverted snobs either The point being that Cath and Gemmill sound a bit like little englanders tutting about foreigners having the temerity to speak in THEIR language in OUR country. I know they're not really but I enjoyed the irony anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Makom 0 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Cheers everyone. The reason I'm bemused is because this is possibly the dullest paper I have ever written in a very niche area of research. To win paper of the year is peculiar, particularly as it had previously been rejected from another journal. However, it did report some novel methodology on the interrogation of routine medical data and has already been cited several times, so obviously is of some interest to someone. From a personal point of view, it involved me reading several thousand anonymised medical records, was quite soul destroying iirc. Can't give you a link CT as I like to preserve my anonymity. Doubt you'd get past the first paragraph though! Give us a synopsis. I'll probably understand it. Not sure about anyone else here though..... Link to post Share on other sites
Makom 0 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 That's horrendously rude! There's a unspoken respect between our Indian/Pakistani/Filipino staff at work in that if they are having a conversation in their own language and an English speaker walks in, they immediately continue in English. They'll even do it if they're on their own having a phone conversation in the coffee room and I walk in. In their view it's just good manners and respectful. I'd have kicked the fuckers out of the door. Racist! Anyway, it's hardly rude when they were obviously pointing out Gemmill's bad taste in home furnishing. Impressive they change their language even when on the phone. Quite rare that, in my experience. You sure they don't suspect you're an undercover Border Force agent? Deep undercover obviously. Link to post Share on other sites
Makom 0 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 The point being that Cath and Gemmill sound a bit like little englanders tutting about foreigners having the temerity to speak in THEIR language in OUR country. I know they're not really but I enjoyed the irony anyway. First world problems tbh. There's still people round my way (including relatives I'm ashamed to admit!) who are not exactly subtle in the fact they're not happy next door has just been bought by a brown family. Link to post Share on other sites
Howmanheyman 4,629 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Property tends to be cheaper abroad so if you're a homeowner moving to the sun and making money to help you settle is a 'thing'. About 2 million have done this apparently. Not many were inverted snobs either The point being that Cath and Gemmill sound a bit like little englanders tutting about foreigners having the temerity to speak in THEIR language in OUR country. I know they're not really but I enjoyed the irony anyway. Used to watch 'a place in the sun' with the wife sometimes and would like to do this some day but it's just a pipe dream really. There was quite a few little englanders on that show as well iirc and we'd laugh at their attitudes and shout at the TV "why are you moving abroad?!" We kinda went off the idea but last year I was looking at property in quiet out of the way places in France and Germany where the prices were very, very reasonable for what you got, (we're looking for a decent sized bungalow and they're not as common round our way). Kids obviously wouldn't want to move from their home and friends but the wife looked at me as though I had two heads when I mentioned Germany. Bottom line, realistically, language and me getting a job make it a pipe dream. I'd have to be retired or come into some money and unless I spunk in wor lasses purse it ain't happening for a few years yet. Link to post Share on other sites
Gemmill 2,835 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Property tends to be cheaper abroad so if you're a homeowner moving to the sun and making money to help you settle is a 'thing'. About 2 million have done this apparently. Not many were inverted snobs either The point being that Cath and Gemmill sound a bit like little englanders tutting about foreigners having the temerity to speak in THEIR language in OUR country. I know they're not really but I enjoyed the irony anyway. I don't think you're being serious, but there's a difference between the scenario of buying a holiday home abroad and the one I'm talking about. These are people that live here, speak fluent English and have been speaking fluent English throughout the viewing suddenly turning to one another and having a private conversation in Indian while I'm stood there. That's rude as fuck. It would be made less rude if he said "Sorry, my wife's English isn't great" or whatever. I mean I've already heard the bitch speak English fine so I wouldn't believe him but he'd at least have acknowledged the rudeness. Instead, the unspoken message is "that's right paleface, you don't know what the fuck we're saying. Now show us the bathroom you light skinned motherfucker." Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Gloom 3,068 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Ginger motherfucker in your case, surely Link to post Share on other sites
Renton 2,143 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 If I'd have come up with this tirade there'd be hell on. Link to post Share on other sites
toonotl 9 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 It's not racist when Princess Gemmers does it. Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Gloom 3,068 Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 If I'd have come up with this tirade there'd be hell on. We already know you're an islamophobe. I presumed your hatred extended to all brown people. Link to post Share on other sites
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