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Weegie

Member Since: 09 Jun 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 3236

2008 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Stornoway Grey

They might be trying to tell you something.

On the OCD front one of my pet hates is laying instead of lying. John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

20th Jan 2024 2:47pm

alanm_3

Member Since: 19 Feb 2011
Location: my House, unless I’m not at home, in which case I’m somewhere else.
Posts: 6730

2017 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

And “brought” instead of “bought”. Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

20th Jan 2024 3:09pm

alanm_3

Member Since: 19 Feb 2011
Location: my House, unless I’m not at home, in which case I’m somewhere else.
Posts: 6730

And the good old US, bring something instead of take. Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

20th Jan 2024 3:10pm

Martin2

Member Since: 15 Jun 2020
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 769

supershuttle wrote:
Never thought of myself as a 'truck' driver

I did when I had mine and we called it 'The Family Truck'.

MY23 Panamera E-Hybrid
MY19 SDV8 Autobiography - Sold

20th Jan 2024 3:23pm

KurtVerbose

Member Since: 08 Aug 2010
Location: Les Arses
Posts: 5848

2007 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Stornoway Grey

rpm's.

Revolutions per minutes? How many minutes?

22nd Jan 2024 9:29pm

Ramblin Man

Member Since: 05 Apr 2022
Location: Southsea
Posts: 276

2012 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Buckingham Blue

I used to work with a chap in the Research dept. who wore a tee shirt with text on the back as follows when we did open days for school kids :

I’m an ~~enginear~~
I’m an ~~ingineer~~
I’m an ~~enjineer~~
……
I’m good at maths

I also used to work under a Chief of Engineering who would respond curtly to bad grammar in email with the comment along the lines of “Yesterday you weren’t able to spell engineer and yet today you is one”. TDV8 4.4 2012

23rd Jan 2024 12:23am

ABAB

Member Since: 02 Feb 2017
Location: GB
Posts: 283

2016 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

Really can’t stand both “break” and “peddle”.

I especially reach for the bucket when they are used together. 2016 SDV8 AB

23rd Jan 2024 9:38am

Danb_220_2019

Member Since: 02 Jan 2023
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 262

2012 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Fuji White

I agree with all the above.

Whilst I can't recall seeing it often on this forum (although I'm sure it's around somewhere), the Daddy for me has to be 'Ranger Rover'. 2012 (L322) 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE, RSE, Fuji White over Arabica.
Previous V8s: BMW 645Ci, P38 4.6, P38 4.0, Merc CL500
Previous others: Honda x1, Volvo x7, Rover x6, BMW x6, Ford x1, Mercedes x2, Skoda x3, VW x2, Renault x2, Citroen x1, Mazda x3, Nissan x1, Audi x3, Kia x1, Fiat x4, Subaru x3, Austin x2, Triumph x2, Jeep x2, Hyundai x2, Lexus x1, Mitsubishi x1, Saab x2... and some others I've forgotten!

23rd Jan 2024 9:40am

p38arover

Member Since: 16 Dec 2015
Location: Western Sydney
Posts: 1536

^^ Ranger Rover (and Rover Ranger) seems common enough on RangeRovers.net which does have a lot of US members. Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

23rd Jan 2024 10:59am

Danb_220_2019

Member Since: 02 Jan 2023
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 262

KurtVerbose wrote:
rpm's.

Revolutions per minutes? How many minutes?

There's a little-used grammatical thing at play here which is an understandable error that's become almost acceptable.

In common usage, the addition of the 's' to indicate that the acronym refers to a multitude rather than a singular instance of the thing being acronymised *is* correct - but would only apply if there was a singular as the root of the acronym; which in this case there is not, as the acronym is itself derived from the plural 'revolutionS per minute'. Obviously in the case of TVs or similar it'd be entirely correct.

I can just about handle RPMs. What really gets on my wick is the unnecessary addition of apostrophes to a pluralised acronym. Not a dig at you, specifically - it crops up all over the place and is, except as usual with possessives or plural possessives, entirely incorrect. 2012 (L322) 4.4TDV8 Vogue SE, RSE, Fuji White over Arabica.
Previous V8s: BMW 645Ci, P38 4.6, P38 4.0, Merc CL500
Previous others: Honda x1, Volvo x7, Rover x6, BMW x6, Ford x1, Mercedes x2, Skoda x3, VW x2, Renault x2, Citroen x1, Mazda x3, Nissan x1, Audi x3, Kia x1, Fiat x4, Subaru x3, Austin x2, Triumph x2, Jeep x2, Hyundai x2, Lexus x1, Mitsubishi x1, Saab x2... and some others I've forgotten!

23rd Jan 2024 11:10am

supershuttle

Member Since: 20 Mar 2011
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 3815

2013 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Luxor

Just beat me to it RPM is fine without "'s" being added. I tend to forgive most of these as I can figure out what the illiterate poster means. Still can't forgive "truck" though, as although I know what is meant it's just wrong. Geoff

23rd Jan 2024 11:27am

Weegie

Member Since: 09 Jun 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 3236

Or “jeep” John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

23rd Jan 2024 12:20pm

UK Marine

Member Since: 22 Jul 2016
Location: Durham, County Durham UK
Posts: 830

2003 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Zambezi Silver

More Americanisms -

License instead of Licence

And defense instead defence

Being Ex-Military I can forgive the Americans almost anything but their bloody spelling sets my teeth on edge ______________________________
Simon
______________________________

Range Rover Classic 3.5 efi - Gone
Range Rover Classic 3.9 efi - Gone
Range Rover Classic 4.2 LSE - Sadly gone
Land Rover 110 3.5 - Gone
Range Rover P38a 4.0 SE - Pleased it's gone
Range Rover P38a 2.5 DHSE - Just sold
Range Rover L322 4.4 v8 Petrol - Current

23rd Jan 2024 6:40pm

Robert

Member Since: 25 Oct 2011
Location: Perigueux
Posts: 2289

2007 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Zambezi Silver

well you purists, this might be a UK forum, but you have a lot of foreign members, most of them speak your language and 2 or 3 other languages. I guess most of you don't speak a word across the border.

Try and take part in a French discussion on a Alpine forum or a German Porche forum without making any mistakes.

Most Brits coming over to France think that speaking louder make the French understand English... and before you start raging war with the froggies, I'm Dutch

23rd Jan 2024 9:37pm

Weegie

Member Since: 09 Jun 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 3236

Je me débrouille assez bien. Robert John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

24th Jan 2024 8:40am

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