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Wilf Day
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posted 18 January 2007 07:31 AM      Profile for Wilf Day     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I just heard Newsworld refer to Ralph Goodale as a long-time veteran MP.

Well, he was first elected in 1974 at age 24, although he lost in 1979 and was not re-elected until 1993. But being born in 1949, and having been a lawyer since 1973, and having neither served in the Forces nor been Minister of Veterans Affairs, I think he's either a long-time MP or a veteran MP, but never a long-time veteran.

Any more double redundancy examples?


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RP.
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posted 18 January 2007 11:08 AM      Profile for RP.     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
He's been a veteran MP for a long time. So has Bill Blaikie, of the NDP Party.

I know this bothers some, but doesn't bother me:

"A long way's away." How far away is it? A distance that can be ascribed to a long way.

Even if it means I'm wrong, it still doesn't bother me.

[ 18 January 2007: Message edited by: RP. ]


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farnival
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posted 18 January 2007 11:37 AM      Profile for farnival     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
dethawed is my all time favorite.

i'm not sure it qualifies but borrow me, as in, "could you borrow me your pen?" er...no..but i could lend it to you.


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Michelle
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posted 18 January 2007 11:43 AM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I thought it was "unthaw".
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farnival
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posted 18 January 2007 11:54 AM      Profile for farnival     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
haha, just as bad michelle, but i hear "dethaw" more than "unthaw", and is clearly one of those mashups of "defrost" and "thaw".

i think you would be equally disappointed coming home from work to find the soup you took out in the morning still a solid frozen lump after hours of unthawing or dethawing.


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shanty
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posted 18 January 2007 01:14 PM      Profile for shanty     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I thought it was just "thaw, thawing, or thawed"!! Wouldn't unthaw or dethaw be the opposite of thaw....to freeze?

What a funny word...when said too many times!!

[ 18 January 2007: Message edited by: shanty ]


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M. Spector
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posted 18 January 2007 03:51 PM      Profile for M. Spector   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
My favourite is on the TV medical dramas when they shout "He's in defib!"

That's the verbal signal to get out the defibrillator and fix the fibrillating heart.

So they should really be yelling, "He's in fib!"


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Catchfire
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posted 18 January 2007 04:03 PM      Profile for Catchfire   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I once received an email that invited me to a "pre-planning meeting" for the project we were working on.

I wrote back asking when the pre-planning stopped and the planning began.


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Sven
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posted 18 January 2007 04:14 PM      Profile for Sven     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I walked into work last year to see a big sign that HR put up to celebrate: "Native American Indian Month", when it should have been either "Native American Month" or "American Indian Month".
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Michelle
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posted 18 January 2007 05:22 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I guess they wanted to make sure they pleased everyone by combining both titles, Sven.
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Gir Draxon
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posted 18 January 2007 09:59 PM      Profile for Gir Draxon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Irregardless of the fact this thread is silly, I find it mildly amusing
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srobidoux
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posted 03 November 2007 03:54 PM      Profile for srobidoux     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I don't understand how every program can make that same mistake week after week. Does the industry have no medical consultants? Do no medical people watch the shows? Amazing! Sorry. Have to go light my hot water heater now.

quote:
Originally posted by M. Spector:
My favourite is on the TV medical dramas when they shout "He's in defib!"

That's the verbal signal to get out the defibrillator and fix the fibrillating heart.

So they should really be yelling, "He's in fib!"



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Fidel
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posted 03 November 2007 09:45 PM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Does anyone realize that double redundancy is a feature of our telephone system that provides virtual trunk line switching between access networks and class 5 local exchange switches in cases of emergency? Surely I jest you say, but this is no laughing matter.
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srobidoux
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posted 04 November 2007 03:28 PM      Profile for srobidoux     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I think I heard that said on Time Bandits. Why not tell them that at some point there will only be routers connecting media gateways? Then the class 5 will be redundant too. :-)

quote:
Originally posted by Fidel:
Does anyone realize that double redundancy is a feature of our telephone system that provides virtual trunk line switching between access networks and class 5 local exchange switches in cases of emergency? Surely I jest you say, but this is no laughing matter.

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Fidel
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posted 04 November 2007 03:56 PM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by srobidoux:
I think I heard that said on Time Bandits. Why not tell them that at some point there will only be routers connecting media gateways? Then the class 5 will be redundant too. :-)


That would be something. They will have to pack a lot of functionality into gateways and routers to do the work of a Nortel DMS or CS 2000, or Lucent 5ESS's around the world. Those are big honkin' multi-million dollar digital switches.


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scooter
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posted 09 November 2007 04:51 AM      Profile for scooter     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by M. Spector:
So they should really be yelling, "He's in fib!"

Would you want to save someone who speaks untruths?

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