Lang may yer lum reek
― Tom D has a right to defend himself (Tom D.), Monday, 4 December 2023 19:34 (ten months ago) link
May the thousand little gods bless you
Good luck in all your endeavors
Peace out
― ; Powell (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 December 2023 19:45 (ten months ago) link
catch la later cum rag
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 4 December 2023 19:48 (ten months ago) link
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/936/173/77e.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 4 December 2023 19:57 (ten months ago) link
lol
― Tom D has a right to defend himself (Tom D.), Monday, 4 December 2023 20:09 (ten months ago) link
So many phrases, particularly at work, fall under the broad umbrella of phatic speech. 'Aight' 'morning' 'good weekend?' 'you're a star' 'don't be a cunt!' 'is that your piss on the bog seat?' - it's mostly just oil to keep the good vibe machine greased innit.
I might start ululating in a positive tone instead, see if anyone notices.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Monday, 4 December 2023 21:14 (ten months ago) link
more workplaces need yodeling
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 4 December 2023 21:17 (ten months ago) link
i think we've talked about "at this time" before. i've now started using it with my cat i.e. "no treat services are being provided at this time."
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 4 December 2023 21:19 (ten months ago) link
We have decided to go in a different direction.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 4 December 2023 21:23 (ten months ago) link
The bastard cousin of that British petit bourgeois phrase ‘as yet’.
― steely flan (suzy), Monday, 4 December 2023 21:23 (ten months ago) link
'Heretofore'.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Monday, 4 December 2023 21:24 (ten months ago) link
A word that instantly makes me think of "Murder Mystery" by the Velvet Underground.
― Tom D has a right to defend himself (Tom D.), Monday, 4 December 2023 21:37 (ten months ago) link
I prefer the Cocteausian "hitherto" instead
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 4 December 2023 22:43 (ten months ago) link
"Best," has always somewhat puzzled and amused me - when I was a student, my Uni tutor from some weird exotic country (Canada) emailed me with it and I thought he had made a typo.Like, best what? Wishes? Regards? George? I admire the fact that you didn't even need to decide or specify. Just BEST, whatevs
― kinder, Monday, 4 December 2023 23:29 (ten months ago) link
just say "besta é tu" and tell your boss it's an old Brazilian saying
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 December 2023 23:41 (ten months ago) link
LOL we actually say "stay fresh, cheese bags" all the time to each other in my house.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 4 December 2023 23:45 (ten months ago) link
I'm going to start saying "stay frosty, frozen peas" because I don't think we have these cheese bags in America, but I like the concept
― sarahell, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 05:11 (ten months ago) link
I've met a few cheezebags in America...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 06:28 (ten months ago) link
brain fart
― grid yr lions (Pillbox), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 08:50 (ten months ago) link
^ so disgustingly gross
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 09:45 (ten months ago) link
A coworker I've worked with for 13 years started saying "I appreciate you" this year. I know she's being nice but I find it weird. "I appreciate it" has worked fine for so long, why get schmaltzy...
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 12:34 (ten months ago) link
lol kinder i didn't realise I'd emailed you for work. Ftr I mean a slightly more businesslike and less greetings cardy version of 'best wishes', but death of the author and all that, other interpretations are available
― Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 12:42 (ten months ago) link
and note to self, quoting is square brackets q, not b.
― Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 12:43 (ten months ago) link
I abandoned my Spotify Wrapped a few slides in, the blurb was too painful.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 12:44 (ten months ago) link
est
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 12:44 (ten months ago) link
― grid yr lions (Pillbox), Tuesday, December 5, 2023 3:50 AM bookmarkflaglink
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, December 5, 2023 4:45 AM bookmarkflaglink
i knew someone who used to claim they had "poo brain", which irritated me slightly more than that
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:08 (ten months ago) link
it’s short for “all the best”
― brimstead, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:10 (ten months ago) link
Warmly,Brimstead
My therapist uses "Warm regards." From him, it fits. I tried to use it once and the recipient made fun of me.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:12 (ten months ago) link
I used to just put "Regards" but someone told me I might just as well sign off with "Go fuck yourself" although tbf a lot of the time I probably did mean that. now on the extremely rare occasion I write an email I just put my name, or "Thanks" if it was responding to someone doing something for me
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:15 (ten months ago) link
You can use any of the signoffs, they’re all fine — ppl are trying to trick you with the Emily post bullshit but everyone knows it can’t possibly matter
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:19 (ten months ago) link
I like to end work emails with "love and kisses, Blue Pacific signing off"
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:20 (ten months ago) link
lol I just used 'regards' in an email today, I didn't realize it sounds catty or cold
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:25 (ten months ago) link
I almost always go with "Best regards" for business. "Sincerely" is OK, but somehow it carries the idea that I might not be sincere. I avoid "Very truly yours" like the plague.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:28 (ten months ago) link
i use "regards" or "cheers" most of the time but i'm thinking of switching my game up now i know how many different sign offs i can use to enrage people
― Honnest Brish Face (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:34 (ten months ago) link
Yr most hmble & obt Svt
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:36 (ten months ago) link
smell ya later,
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 21:40 (ten months ago) link
your very own mister please please himself,
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:02 (ten months ago) link
lads ye presumably know what type of relationship ye have with each email recipient cmon
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:15 (ten months ago) link
Yeah you gotta dial it inSometimes no sign off at all, it all depends
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:20 (ten months ago) link
If everyone is henceforth required always to respond to complete strangers or people with whom one has only a brief temporary or tenuous acquaintance in such a way that guarantees they will always respond positively then society as a whole would be better off embracing agoraphobia and never leaving the house.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:24 (ten months ago) link
It irks me how often I see customer reviews of restaurants that use the word "fresh." It's like that's what they think critics would say or something, but it's used just so ... uselessly. "The sushi was so fresh." "The soup was really fresh." "The chicken was fresh." Whatever. How often does anyone go out to eat and find the food *not* fresh? "The lettuce was brown and slimy." "The fish was rotten."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:25 (ten months ago) link
I used to just put "Regards" but someone told me I might just as well sign off with "Go fuck yourself"
You should try that.
― Tom D has a right to defend himself (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:27 (ten months ago) link
xp no i think they mean like it was fly, bro
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:28 (ten months ago) link
I wish. "The pad thai was funky fresh."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:29 (ten months ago) link
xxxp
could it mean fresh as opposed to reheated frozen food?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:29 (ten months ago) link
Maybe! But how would a customer know? Like, here's a line from a review of a local Thai place I like. "The food took a bit long to get to the table but tasted really fresh and delicious." I get "delicious" but what does "tasted really fresh" mean? Another review of the same place: "Delicious, tasty and fresh with great portions enough to share." And another: "Food was excellent, fresh and tasty definitely will go back." These were just from the first couple I read. Now, of the same place in a different review: "Shrimp had probably been cooked when it was frozen as it was mushy on the outside and tough on the inside." So: not fresh! That's actually helpful.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:43 (ten months ago) link
Fresh is definitely an adjective you want associated with sushi.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:50 (ten months ago) link
And you can definitely taste fresh vs. not fresh fish.