Mark Saunders Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said: I think 'strictly prohibited' is shorthand for 'prohibited and strictly enforced' More likely a reinforcement rather like the difference between Flammable and Inflammable. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2022 Its more succinct than "X is Prohibited, and we REALLY mean that!" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted July 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Mark Saunders said: More likely a reinforcement rather like the difference between Flammable and Inflammable. "Flammable" was the term in American English, whereas in British English it was "inflammable", which was the correct usage in legal documents, notices, warnings on containers etc. My Dad always said it was because Americans might think the latter meant "fireproof". More recently , probably about the time of the H&S legislation, the UK adopted the Americsan usage to avoid confusion. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 ... or an electric fence with a sign "trespassers will be eletrocuted". 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: ... or an electric fence with a sign "trespassers will be eletrocuted". Or "Trespassers will be shot", "Survivors will be shot again". 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 hours ago, petethemole said: "Flammable" was the term in American English, whereas in British English it was "inflammable", which was the correct usage in legal documents, notices, warnings on containers etc. My Dad always said it was because Americans might think the latter meant "fireproof". More recently , probably about the time of the H&S legislation, the UK adopted the Americsan usage to avoid confusion. That's because the prefix 'in' often - not always means 'NOT'. So it is extremely confusing to suggest that a fuel such as petrol (or gas if you insist) is 'NOT' flammable, when that is clearly not true. Maybe for once, it's better to agree that Americans got it right. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, kevinlms said: That's because the prefix 'in' often - not always means 'NOT'. So it is extremely confusing to suggest that a fuel such as petrol (or gas if you insist) is 'NOT' flammable, when that is clearly not true. I've several times had to read in church a reading that includes the phrase "in justice and integrity". It's very hard to read that without giving the impression that injustice is a good thing. But then I'm the reader who announced "a reading from the book of the Acopalypse". Next time round I thought I might be safer with the alternative title, so they got "a reading from the book of Relevation". 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 23 minutes ago, kevinlms said: That's because the prefix 'in' often - not always means 'NOT'. So it is extremely confusing to suggest that a fuel such as petrol (or gas if you insist) is 'NOT' flammable, when that is clearly not true. Maybe for once, it's better to agree that Americans got it right. At the risk of being inflammatory, this anomaly arises from the derivations of the two words. "inflammare" is Latin for to cause something to catch fire, whilst the derivation of flammable meaning it catches fire (bursts into flames) easily is derived directly from the English word flame. The confusion arises from the different meanings of the English preposition "in" and the negative implied by the prefix "in-". 2 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Compound2632 said: I've several times had to read in church a reading that includes the phrase "in justice and integrity". It's very hard to read that without giving the impression that injustice is a good thing. But then I'm the reader who announced "a reading from the book of the Acopalypse". Next time round I thought I might be safer with the alternative title, so they got "a reading from the book of Relevation". That's when the Feds turn up.... 👮♂️👮♀️ Edited July 16, 2022 by Steamport Southport See, I'm street and down with the kids.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted July 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 hours ago, melmerby said: Or "Trespassers will be shot", "Survivors will be shot again". That reminds me of sign that I saw floating in the 'bay: "NO TRESPASSING I HAVE A GUN AND A BACKHOE" 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2022 14 hours ago, Compound2632 said: I've several times had to read in church a reading that includes the phrase "in justice and integrity". It's very hard to read that without giving the impression that injustice is a good thing. Glady the cross-eyed bear . . 😉 Billy Connolly 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2022 9 hours ago, PhilJ W said: So Gordon Ramsay has gone into "Fast Food" now? 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 16/07/2022 at 05:01, jjb1970 said: I never get the fixation with 'strictly' in signs It just gets worse! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Nick C Posted July 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18, 2022 On 15/07/2022 at 14:51, petethemole said: I thought the location (and the phone code) looked familiar, it's at Cannard's Grave, Shepton Mallet. I was confused when trying to locate it on Google Maps by the absence of the farm buildings in the background. In the 2012 image you linked to with the sign there is an empty field. The current 2021 image shows it laid out for development. I assume the farm was demolished but it triggered memory cells. SWMBO was living in Shepton when we met and we used to go there a lot after we married. I have used the pub opposite. I have no memory of the sign. I never realised, until looking just now, that there's two pubs there - I've been to the Highwayman several times, as there used to be a rally that started and finished there every November - and made use of a certain well-known farm just west of there, including driving along bits of the old branch embankment 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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