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What really obvious thing have you only just realised?
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It never occurred to me that what I thought was the 'Ioneir' hospital was actually the Eye and Ear.
I just assumed an "ioneer" was a particular medical title. Like optician, surgeon, dentist, paediatrician, radiologist etc. ("I've to go to the ioneer for a check-up"). Felt pretty stupid when I saw "Eye and Ear" written down one day!lintdrummer wrote: »While travelling on the luas red line I used to think that the announcement at the St James' stop was "A light for St James' hospital". I thought this was some old saying i didn't know, meaning light a candle or say a prayer for the sick people. Recently I discovered the verb "to alight".
I also thought this the first few times I got the Luas. I thought she was saying "Hospital. A light for Tallaght Hospital" in that derpy voice they used to have on it. Had to ask someone what "alight" meant when I saw it on the screen...
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You just reminded me of a cracker! On the train to Belfast years ago my mum complained to us about the accent and direct language used. "All out for Victoria Station"languagenerd wrote: »
I just assumed an "ioneer" was a particular medical title. Like optician, surgeon, dentist, paediatrician, radiologist etc. ("I've to go to the ioneer for a check-up"). Felt pretty stupid when I saw "Eye and Ear" written down one day!
I also thought this the first few times I got the Luas. I thought she was saying "Hospital. A light for Tallaght Hospital" in that derpy voice they used to have on it. Had to ask someone what "alight" meant when I saw it on the screen...0 -
And how do you pronounce quay?I thought Aungier was pronounced ''On-gee-err'', until fairly recently I found out it was actually ''Ain-jer''.
Same for Eden Quay, I always thought it was pronounced ''Edden''
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Just remembered when I was in second class I was crying one day as my parents dropped me off. Someone asked me what was wrong and I told them, in full seriousness, that I had schoolitis. I thought it was real. Do I win? 0 -
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And how do you pronounce quay?:P
Just remembered when I was in second class I was crying one day as my parents dropped me off. Someone asked me what was wrong and I told them, in full seriousness, that I had schoolitis. I thought it was real. Do I win?
You mean my students just made it up??0 -
Having just read the book at the weekend, I have concluded that the story of Jekyll and Hyde, and of the Incredible Hulk are both the one and the same.
Both Doctor's, whom after experimenting with chemicals/gamma radiation, transform involuntary into polar opposites of their better half and bring destruction onto their surroundings. All the while searching for a cure.
You could also, at a slight stretch, compare the laywer Utterson to Hulks General Ross seeing as they both hunt for the monsters. No love interest ala Betty Ross for Hyde though.
Hyde is also described in the first chapter as, a human juggernaut.
Pretty obvious stuff? Or am I way off! It never occured to me before anyway.
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SouthTippBass wrote: »Having just read the book at the weekend, I have concluded that the story of Jekyll and Hyde, and of the Incredible Hulk are both the one and the same.
Both Doctor's, whom after experimenting with chemicals/gamma radiation, transform involuntary into polar opposites of their better half and bring destruction onto their surroundings. All the while searching for a cure.
You could also, at a slight stretch, compare the laywer Utterson to Hulks General Ross seeing as they both hunt for the monsters. No love interest ala Betty Ross for Hyde though.
Hyde is also described in the first chapter as, a human juggernaut.
Pretty obvious stuff? Or am I way off! It never occured to me before anyway.
Pocahauntus and Avatar.
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I thought Aungier was pronounced ''On-gee-err'', until fairly recently I found out it was actually ''Ain-jer''.
Same for Eden Quay, I always thought it was pronounced ''Edden''
I did something similar with D'Olier Street. Pronounced it Dolly-er street. The slagging I got for that one! 0 -
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And how do you pronounce quay?:P
Just remembered when I was in second class I was crying one day as my parents dropped me off. Someone asked me what was wrong and I told them, in full seriousness, that I had schoolitis. I thought it was real. Do I win?
No, fortunately my pronounciation of quay was grand, but no one ever knew what the hell I was talking about when I prounced Eden as Edden!
Thought schoolitis was real too when I was a kid. Never worked as an excuse to get off though, 0 -
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TheChizler wrote: »Read that earlier as part of my quest for truth. It's not exactly definitive.
Anyway, the thread is is about Obvious things, not necessarily Correct things...
Just pointed it out because i thought it was a *funny coincidence the same abstract thing was being spoken about on Boards 8+ years ago
*Maybe not funny, but a coincidence..0 -
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