Reply to: Minor things that really piss you off !

[Incognito]

I agree except that in the first example above, you could perfectly adequately issue a warning - it doesn't have to be a "pre-warning". In fact in either case, a warning is fine.

My example was trying to show you shouting at someone as the cliff he's standing on is collapsing, hence the warning as the incident occurs.

It's all semantics though and I would agree the correct usage is forewarn rather than prewarn.

[Incognito]

Cyclists who ... overtake on the inside

Cyclists and motorcyclists are allowed to 'filter' in slow moving traffic, i.e. overtake on the inside.

ss. 88 and 151 of the highway code

Rules for motorcyclists (83-88) : Directgov - Travel and transport
General advice (144-158) : Directgov - Travel and transport

If you happen to crunch one of them when they are doing so, chances are they'll be successful in suing you for any injury caused for your failure to observe the road prior to your manoeuvre.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Disagree, you can see where pre-warn has developed in the English language from the latin praemoneo. The correct usage may be forewarn, but you can see it's quite a distinct definition from warn. It's referring to a warning before the incident.

Example:
I wouldn't go near that cliff it's liable to collapse (forewarn)
Watch out, that cliff is collapsing (warn)

I agree except that in the first example above, you could perfectly adequately issue a warning - it doesn't have to be a "pre-warning". In fact in either case, a warning is fine.

[Incognito]

Invented words bearing the prefix "pre" - like Pre-order, Pre-warn, Pre-book. In every case the "pre" is redundant and the product of feebleness.

Disagree, you can see where pre-warn has developed in the English language from the latin praemoneo. The correct usage may be forewarn, but you can see it's quite a distinct definition from warn. It's referring to a warning before the incident.

Example:
I wouldn't go near that cliff it's liable to collapse (forewarn)
Watch out, that cliff is collapsing (warn)

[wobbegong]

Having a bad day, cheer-up it's only Monday

Exactly!

[alreadypacked]

Ebay sellers that put a link to an enlarged picture of their item, but when you click it the same sized picture opens up in a new window.

Supermarket assistants who, on seeing your entire conveyor belt of shopping, ask you if you'd like any carrier bags.

Users who, despite warnings and advice to backup/archive their data, don't, then blame you when the whole lot disappears.

Cyclists who don't obey traffic lights, overtake on the inside and/or ride on pavements.

Motorists who have their in-car music so loud that it drowns out my music, from the car in front.

Having a bad day, cheer-up it's only Monday

[OwlHoot]

Pre-foreplay?

I imagine that for quite a few guys around here that would be doubly redundant

[wobbegong]

Five to be going on with . . .

Ebay sellers that put a link to an enlarged picture of their item, but when you click it the same sized picture opens up in a new window.

Supermarket assistants who, on seeing your entire conveyor belt of shopping, ask you if you'd like any carrier bags.

Users who, despite warnings and advice to backup/archive their data, don't, then blame you when the whole lot disappears.

Cyclists who don't obey traffic lights, overtake on the inside and/or ride on pavements.

Motorists who have their in-car music so loud that it drowns out my music, from the car in front.

[DodgyAgent]

Invented words bearing the prefix "pre" - like Pre-order, Pre-warn, Pre-book. In every case the "pre" is redundant and the product of feebleness.

Pre-foreplay?

[darmstadt]

Monday afternoon hangovers

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Any pre-grated cheese - particularly parmesan

Invented words bearing the prefix "pre" - like Pre-order, Pre-warn, Pre-book. In every case the "pre" is redundant and the product of feebleness.

[wurzel]

People who overtake on a dual carriageway at 1 inch per hour faster than the vehicle that they are over taking such that by the time it's your turn to overtake you've run out of dual carriageway

[suityou01]

Being asked to do the impossible, and then having your deliverable promised for you with an imposed deadline.

[Sysman]

Santan****ingder don't do this faster payment thing. ******* arrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh

I think it was about 1990 that I tried using Abbey National, only to find that they took something like 10 days to process a cheque paid in. I was distinctly dischuffed to have them on the phone one morning threatening to bounce my mortgage payment when the money had already disappeared from my business account.

[TykeMerc]

It really was. But it was free.

If it was that bad I'd have asked for my money back.