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People Using A/V just to charge phones

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  • 27-04-2011 11:41am
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    ronintuohy
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭


    Whats the story with people taking over A/V cubicles in the library just to read/study/charge their cellphones. Last night I think I saw only two people actually using the main monitors. Other cubicles looked like people had moved into them. They are quite important for people wishing to study a play, or a piece of visual drama, that is part of some modules.


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    Aodan83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Aodan83


    Are the A/V cubicles the ones on the top floor?
    I can see how that would be irritating. Haven't been in the library in a while, but I imagine that this time of year it is quite busy. It seems to make sense that people would use these cubicles if they are the only available desks. Using them just so they can charge their phones seems a bit ignorant though.


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    branie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭branie


    Could they not charge their ohones in their own homes?


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    Daegerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭Daegerty


    "cellphones"?

    since when are they called "cellphones" over here?


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    branie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭branie


    Cellphone is an american term for a mobile phone


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    invinciblePRSTV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭invinciblePRSTV


    Daegerty wrote: »
    "cellphones"?

    since when are they called "cellphones" over here?

    Since i suppose a portion of Irish middle class youth decided at some point in their lives, probably after too much MTV, to affect a mid atlantic accent and use north american words in their lexicon. Sometimes it feels like i'm in Beverley Hills 90210 when walking through the college with the amount of dude's, bro's and the like spoken by the kids of suburban Ireland.

    True story - a chum of mine was correcting tutorial work in another Irish uni, seems young folk also like to mimic spelling of American words, hence U's were no longer spelled in colour and the like, and Z's were appearing in words like memorise.

    Why can't people enjoy US culture without pretending to be American?:confused:


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    Legwinski
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Legwinski


    invinciblePRSTV wrote: »
    a chum of mine

    bottomtooth.jpg


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    captainspeckle
    Registered Users Posts: 606 ✭✭✭captainspeckle


    Could also be someone from North America posting. They let those people on Boards too.


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    Daegerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭Daegerty


    invinciblePRSTV wrote: »
    Since i suppose a portion of Irish middle class youth decided at some point in their lives, probably after too much MTV, to affect a mid atlantic accent and use north american words in their lexicon. Sometimes it feels like i'm in Beverley Hills 90210 when walking through the college with the amount of dude's, bro's and the like spoken by the kids of suburban Ireland.

    True story - a chum of mine was correcting tutorial work in another Irish uni, seems young folk also like to mimic spelling of American words, hence U's were no longer spelled in colour and the like, and Z's were appearing in words like memorise.

    Why can't people enjoy US culture without pretending to be American?:confused:

    There are fellas I go to college with who you'd swear to God are Americans until you ask them "So where in America are you from?" and they go all :eek: on you


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