What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

sonny.knowles · 20-10-2015 07:57AM

The vast majority of Irish rugby fans are either delusional or haven't a clue about rugby, given that most expected Ireland to win on Sunday and the team were ultimately well beaten and never looked like winning. No doubt they will he on here soon to defend themselves by blaming injuries and / or the referee.

Ol' Donie · 20-10-2015 02:02PM

Allyall wrote: »

Not sure how obvious this is..

I have been aware for a fairly long time (probably since 'Early Edition') that Fisher Stevens played Ben Jabituya in Short Circuit.

But what is after really surprising me, is how young he looks when he played him.. :eek: I didn't recognise him at all..
Youtube Video

I always remember him being 'old'...

I hate that guy.

New Home · 20-10-2015 03:11PM

I don't like him that much either, but I'd have had trouble recognising him in that video, had the name not been written on the title.

Kyle Chandler, on the other hand, I don't hate at all...

Allyall · 20-10-2015 03:39PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I hate that guy.

Not keen on him either.

The reason i bothered to look him up, was because the annoying tw*t in this advert :mad: always reminds me of him, I looked up his name....

fiachr_a · 20-10-2015 05:25PM

sonny.knowles wrote: »

The vast majority of Irish rugby fans are either delusional or haven't a clue about rugby, given that most expected Ireland to win on Sunday and the team were ultimately well beaten and never looked like winning. No doubt they will he on here soon to defend themselves by blaming injuries and / or the referee.

If Argentina were allowed join the Six Nations a few year back they'd be as bad as us and we might have won last week.

redfacedbear · 20-10-2015 05:38PM

Luas's have indicators.

20-10-2015 10:18PM

redfacedbear wrote: »

Luas's have indicators.

The accepted plural form is Luaii

cantdecide · 20-10-2015 10:22PM

Omackeral wrote: »

The accepted plural form is Luaii

Luaii Luaii. Oh no. We gotta go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZJ4ESU52U

languagenerd · 21-10-2015 01:48AM

The order of the months on the calendar makes no sense - SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember & DECember are named after the numbers 7-10 in Latin. So November is the 11th month but we essentially call it "Nine", while the actual 9th month is named "Seven" etc.

I have a degree in 2 Latin-based languages, and this has never really occured to me before...

I swore pretty loudly when it was mentioned on a TV show tonight.

Asarlai · 21-10-2015 04:34AM

languagenerd wrote: »

The order of the months on the calendar makes no sense - SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember & DECember are named after the numbers 7-10 in Latin. So November is the 11th month but we essentially call it "Nine", while the actual 9th month is named "Seven" etc.

I have a degree in 2 Latin-based languages, and this has never really occured to me before... I swore pretty loudly when it was mentioned on a TV show tonight.

I've just realised that some people - even some verrah, verrah, verrah educated people - write 'Latin-based languages', when they mean Romance languages.

languagenerd · 21-10-2015 06:55AM

Asarlai wrote: »

I've just realised that some people - even some verrah, verrah, verrah educated people - write 'Latin-based languages', when they mean Romance languages.

I know they're called Romance languages, also known as Italic languages as they're the only surviving languages in the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

But referring to them in layman's terms as "Latin-based" in a post about Latin words in English is not incorrect.

SuperS54 · 21-10-2015 07:17AM

languagenerd wrote: »

The order of the months on the calendar makes no sense - SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember & DECember are named after the numbers 7-10 in Latin. So November is the 11th month but we essentially call it "Nine", while the actual 9th month is named "Seven" etc.

I have a degree in 2 Latin-based languages, and this has never really occured to me before... I swore pretty loudly when it was mentioned on a TV show tonight.

The original Roman calendar only had 10 months covering 304 days, the rest of the days were pretty much ignored, hence the numbering makes sense, the other months were added later thus messing with the numbering system.

New Home · 21-10-2015 08:25AM

JULY

was named by the Roman Senate in honor of the Roman general, JULius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis.

AUGUST

was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year. About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of AUGUSTus (despite common belief, he did not take a day from February; see the debunked theory on month lengths). According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

Michael D Not Higgins · 21-10-2015 08:54AM

Restaurateur doesn't have an 'n' in it.

sebcity · 21-10-2015 09:19AM

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Restaurateur doesn't have an 'n' in it.

Wow!

redfacedbear · 21-10-2015 09:27AM

Omackeral wrote: »

The accepted plural form is Luaii

I did spend a good 100 seconds contemplating how to pluralise the word - they all look wrong but I think Luais is surely most correct - given that it's an Irish word :cool:

New Home · 21-10-2015 09:46AM

I'd have thought Luas would remain Luas, like Euro.

rubadub · 21-10-2015 09:56AM

New Home wrote: »

I'd have thought Luas would remain Luas, like Euro.

I would think its not pluralised at all, as luas is the name of the system. Should really be "Luas trams have indicators" or "dart trains have seats".

Pawwed Rig · 21-10-2015 11:08AM

rubadub wrote: »

"dart trains have seats".

Not if you get on in Killester.

seamus · 21-10-2015 11:23AM

Omackeral wrote: »

The accepted plural form is Luaii

Quite a bit of a bastardisation since Luas is an Irish word, and it doesn't end in "us". The correct plural should probably be Luasanna. There's not really any logical or grammatical basis for the two I's.

If you don't like using Irish plural then Luases would be the correct word.

OldNotWIse · 21-10-2015 11:24AM

That being a dedicated employee and not pulling sickies gets you nowhere fast.

Chris_Heilong · 21-10-2015 11:27AM

Lando from Star Wars was not played by Carl Weathers
https://lovedfrst918.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/carlw.jpg

but was played be a guy called Billy Dee Williams.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Lando6-2.jpg

The King of Moo · 21-10-2015 11:38AM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Lando from Star Wars was not played by Carl Weathers
https://lovedfrst918.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/carlw.jpg

but was played be a guy called Billy Dee Williams.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Lando6-2.jpg

...who also played Harvey Dent in Tim Burton's Batman, and was due to appear as him again in Batman Returns (instead Harvey became Christopher Walken's Max Schrek character), and then as Two Face in a planned third Tim-Burton Batman film.

https://derpreview.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/2013-08-20_160256.jpg

Kolido · 21-10-2015 11:44AM

seamus wrote: »

Quite a bit of a bastardisation since Luas is an Irish word, and it doesn't end in "us". The correct plural should probably be Luasanna. There's not really any logical or grammatical basis for the two I's.

If you don't like using Irish plural then Luases would be the correct word.

There is no need to pluralise it though as there is currently only one Luas.

el diablo · 21-10-2015 04:59PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Not if you get on in Killester.

There's no Luas stop anywhere near Killester. :P

Substitute Killester for Fatima Mansions.

Asarlai · 22-10-2015 03:27AM

languagenerd wrote: »

I know they're called Romance languages, also known as Italic languages as they're the only surviving languages in the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

But referring to them in layman's terms as "Latin-based" in a post about Latin words in English is not incorrect.

Well, that may well be so, but just because it is not incorrect, does not necessarily mean that it is correct.

The King of Moo · 22-10-2015 09:46AM

Watching Back to the Future Part II yesterday, for probably the fifth or sixth time in my life, I finally realised that Michael J. Fox plays Marty's daughter in the future.

I always thought it was an actress.

http://data.techtimes.com/data/images/full/86584/mcfly-house-jpg.jpg

Whitewinged · 22-10-2015 09:50AM

With two young children, every time i leave the house, i practically have to take a suitcase with me. Buggies, nappies, bottles, change of clothes etc.

I get so worked up getting everything ready before i leave the house that i just realised Home Alone could actually happen!

castletownman · 22-10-2015 04:35PM

That it's pronounced barmbrack and not barnbrack. Have been calling it the latter all my life!

ongarite · 22-10-2015 04:39PM

If you are putting t-shirt or top on and want to quickly see which way is the correct way around, that the tags will always be on the left when looking at it from the bottom.

What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

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