Lahvlahn Thread from 18/11/16 so to speak

Dan Jaman

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You're wrong about "repair". And I assume you meant to say "recuperation" instead of "recouperation".

Ahah, the old internet spelling trap.
Many a foot caught in mouth with that.
Sorry, Butters.

"Life's too short to proof-read the internet," I've heard said.

Red Kev

snubbleste wrote: »

Also, who still buys the RTÉ Guide? 500k copies expected to be sold, out of 1.66m households. That is nuts.
It's even cut its advert rates by 23%

The average weekly sales in 2015 was 51,000; or about 45,000 if you take the Christmas edition out of the counting. Down from 61,000 in 2012. Back in the good old days everybody in RTE got a free copy, now that's down to 311 free copies. I somehow doubt the cleaners and canteen staff are in that 311.

It's also possible the real figure for freebies isn't officially announced here.

The Christmas edition sold about 300,000 in 2015 (P.4 of PDF), which is about the same as 2014.

2015 figures here: http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/47517747.pdf
2014 figures here: http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/46996765.pdf

I can't find if the RTE Guide is a profit or loss maker. We only get the Christmas edition and it's the same stuff rehashed year after year.

Oddly enough 8 people outside of the UK and Ireland buy it every week where you can't get reception for RTE. Possibly libraries or embassies.

Atlantic Dawn

Red Kev wrote: »

Oddly enough 8 people outside of the UK and Ireland buy it every week where you can't get reception for RTE. Possibly libraries or embassies.

Probably those who got relatives here to take out a Sky sub for them so they would have Irish card for RTÉ in UK or else those what we shall call using less legal ways to watch them so to speak :pac:

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You're wrong about "repair". And I assume you meant to say "recuperation" instead of "recouperation".

I've never heard "repair" used like that, but am willing to accept it if you say so.
Both spellings of recouperation are accepted btw, so I'm not actually wrong on that - at least from memory! There is a word that describes words with multiple correct spellings but I can't remember that either!

ButtersSuki

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Ahah, the old internet spelling trap.
Many a foot caught in mouth with that.
Sorry, Butters.

"Life's too short to proof-read the internet," I've heard said.

Never checked. I posted my last rebuttal without checking either but I'm pretty sure recouperate/recuperate is one of those multiple spelling option words. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty* sure.







*Larry David reference for those who don't get it.

dxhound2005

http://www.onelook.com/

Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word recouperation.

Perhaps you meant:
recuperation (found in 30 dictionaries)

Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word recouperate.

Perhaps you meant:
recuperate (found in 36 dictionaries)



repair
VERB

[NO OBJECT]
repair to
formal, humorous
Go to (a place), especially in company.
‘we repaired to the tranquility of a nearby cafe’

sligojoek

And it's straight I will repair
to the Curragh of Kildare.

dxhound2005

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

http://www.onelook.com/

Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word recouperation.

Perhaps you meant:
recuperation (found in 30 dictionaries)

Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word recouperate.

Perhaps you meant:
recuperate (found in 36 dictionaries)



repair
VERB

[NO OBJECT]
repair to
formal, humorous
Go to (a place), especially in company.
‘we repaired to the tranquility of a nearby cafe’

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/recouperation

After reading it I do be seeing dat I was incorrect so to speak. I apologise to all who I did do de offendin of. I shood no never ta doubt Joe's use of de language and dat.

ButtersSuki

I do be lovin how Joe's Foe Pa over de wird resuscitation and dat has now turned into a witch hunt over my as yet to be disproven comprehensively spelling of "recuperation" so to speak. I wish there was someone I could call to complain s out dis grave injustice...

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I do be lovin how Joe's Foe Pa over de wird resuscitation and dat has now turned into a witch hunt over my as yet to be disproven comprehensively spelling of "recuperation" so to speak. I wish there was someone I could call to complain s out dis grave injustice...

Can yisser all ignore de above? I obviously need some rest and RESUSCITATION meself so to speak.

snubbleste

Still seeking a Joe Duffy doll for the secret Santa thingamajig. If anybody knows where to locate same, ideally cheaply. Do tell.

ButtersSuki

snubbleste wrote: »

Still seeking a Joe Duffy doll for the secret Santa thingamajig. If anybody knows where to locate same, ideally cheaply. Do tell.

I'm not sure there's a Middle Aged Millionaire Fat Prick Champagne Socialist Doll....

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I'm not sure there's a Middle Aged Millionaire Fat Prick Champagne Socialist Doll....

If there was however the talking version (despite having 100 different phrases) would say "so to speak" noyne toymes ourra tin.

ButtersSuki

sligojoek wrote: »

And it's straight I will repair
to the Curragh of Kildare.

But WHOY? Are you not from Sligo Tipperary?

Hitchens

ButtersSuki wrote: »

But WHOY? Are you not from Sligo Tipperary?

Jaysus Butters, have you just been exposed by wuurkkin' class Joe Duffy?

ButtersSuki

Due to me givin' me typist a little breakeen dis weekend dare will be no edition of de wunderful, fantastic Me Weekly Column, by me, Joe Dufy so to speak dis week so to speak. Tankfully it gives meself some toyme for resuscitation too and dat and toyme ta tink of some great puns and jokes for de Chrimbo Eve Party and dat wit de creme de la creme of Ireland's bestest comedians (from de 1970s). It's going to be amazeballs and dat......

ButtersSuki

Hitchens wrote: »

Jaysus Butters, have you just been exposed by wuurkkin' class Joe Duffy?

Deeze days I do be speaking' so much Dubalinese I can't tell me coddle from me Squab Pidgeon (dat's Beetroot, Endive, Blackberry, Potato Mousse, Pigeon Jus to yous so to speak).

Dan Jaman

snubbleste wrote: »

Still seeking a Joe Duffy doll for the secret Santa thingamajig. If anybody knows where to locate same, ideally cheaply. Do tell.

Frankly, I don't think voodoo holds much water, especially with pins in it.

Atlantic Dawn

I see on One O'Clock News that Pat Hickey is getting the passport back today, wonder will he be in for de Christmas Eve show on Grafton Street with Joe so to speak?

Floppybits

Whats does Joe have on de menu for today's show?

snubbleste

Floppybits wrote: »

Whats does Joe have on de menu for today's show?

http://tinyurl.com/z9lpj6p

SEPT 23 1989

Floppybits wrote: »

Whats does Joe have on de menu for today's show?

ex prisoners mammy rings in

lotto win pensions

Atlantic Dawn

Floppybits wrote: »

Whats does Joe have on de menu for today's show?

Some poor criminal who was in jail having problems getting home and car inshurdance after being released was one of the topics.

PeterTheNinth

Surely the should be playing "I'm dreaming of a f**king bleak Christmas" while Peter McVerry is talking?

neris

Ah d pewr prisoners. Probation officer Duffy will be all ears

neris

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Surely the should be playing "I'm dreaming of a f**king bleak Christmas" while Peter McVerry is talking?

A man with major chip on his shoulder

snubbleste

neris wrote: »

A man with major chip on his shoulder

mmm chips

PeterTheNinth

neris wrote: »

A man with major chip on his shoulder

Who? Me? Peter McVerry? Both!!!?

Atlantic Dawn

What colour was the card?