December 25, 20223 yr 17 minutes ago, Mike S KPDX said: slow news day on AVSIM it seems.... Thank you for helping to celebrate the season of goodwill.
December 25, 20223 yr Author Well, much appreciated for taking my seemingly dumb and mundane question and transforming it into a fun conversation! I could go on all day about ridiculous words and their overuse, but for now it looks like I have a new one to add to my collection. - Aaron
December 25, 20223 yr "leverage" Don't get me started. IT'S A NOUN! (sorry about that. I don't like to shout, but . . .) Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
December 25, 20223 yr Author Alright, as long as we're on the subject.... "welp". It not a **** word! - Aaron
December 25, 20223 yr 13 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: Australians like to pride themselves on being average ordinary down to earth folk, Only in rural areas of Australia. In the cities, particularly in the inner-city areas, where the self-appointed "intelligentsia" live it is becoming more and more prevalent for people to be pretentious, and as we say out here, "up themselves". David Porrett
December 25, 20223 yr 13 hours ago, andreh said: As a non-native speaker of American English, I first came across the word "bespoke" when I moved to the UK. I had to look it up. Turns out it means "custom-made". Which would be the same as a non-native British English speaker moving to the U.S. asking, "What does 'custom-made' mean?" British English speaking person's answer: "It means 'bespoke". Language is all relative to different cultures. The semantics and word meanings of different languages can often be lost in the translations of them made to another language. Rick Ryan
December 26, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, FalconAF said: Language is all relative to different cultures. The semantics and word meanings of different languages can often be lost in the translations of them made to another language. Yea, what Aussies regard as terms of affection the rest of the world seems to regard as offensive.
December 26, 20223 yr 9 hours ago, FalconAF said: Which would be the same as a non-native British English speaker moving to the U.S. asking, "What does 'custom-made' mean?" British English speaking person's answer: "It means 'bespoke". Would never happen, more people in Britain would recognise custom made than bespoke, American TV and the Internet has altered the Language in Britain and we now use more American Terms than ever before. The Literacy Bar has been lowered here. Bespoke as a term is only gaining ground again because of the increased use by the marketing sector which following the lead of America insists on finding terms that make them sound more knowledgeable and professional than they really are, hence haulage becomes Logistics specialists.......etc Edited December 26, 20223 yr by Pathfinder633
December 26, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, Pathfinder633 said: Bespoke as a term is only gaining ground again because of the increased use by the marketing sector which following the lead of America insists on finding terms that make them sound more knowledgeable and professional than they really are, hence haulage becomes Logistics specialists.......etc You mean this marketing argle-bargle leaves you discombobulated ? Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
December 26, 20223 yr On 12/24/2022 at 10:16 PM, Paul K said: It's like 'iconic' - over used to the point of being meaningless. Hey Paul, the biggest word that is overused in marketing and takes first prize for being the most meaningless word has to be.... Pro! Edited December 26, 20223 yr by Rockliffe HowardMSI Mag B650 Tomahawk MB, Ryzen7-7800X3D CPU@5ghz, Arctic AIO II 360 cooler, Nvidia RTX4090 GPU, 32gb DDR5@6000Mhz, SSD/2Tb+SSD/500Gb+OS, Corsair 1000W PSU, LG Ultragear 48"4K, MFG Crosswinds, TQ6 Throttle, Fulcrum One YokeMy FlightSim YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@skyhigh776
December 26, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Rockliffe said: Hey Paul, the biggest word that is overused in marketing and takes first prize for being the most meaningless word has to be.... Pro! Oh yes, 'Pro' is another one.🤣 Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting. https://rationalwiki.org
December 26, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Rockliffe said: Hey Paul, the biggest word that is overused in marketing and takes first prize for being the most meaningless word has to be.... Pro! Noooooo! In MSFS parlance, 'Pro' normally relates to being 'Study Level'. Now then, 'Study Level', that's another one! Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
December 26, 20223 yr 23 hours ago, Chock said: So unless one was absolutely, genuinely producing a custom one-off order specially for someone, a product is not bespoke and it would be entirely incorrect to use the term in other circumstances. My son-in-law has a business making metal refining installations, big drums full of flames using high temperatures to reclaim precious metals and rare earths out of metallic waste and ores. Each one is unique because the raw material differs in every case and so it must use different temperatures, catalysts, and dispose of different waste products. He rightly describes each one as a 'bespoke' product. Thankfully, he does not talk about his 'awesome team' 'reaching out' to his 'amazing customers'. Edited December 26, 20223 yr by Petraeus Petraeus
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