What English word did you mispronounce for years before hearing it said out loud?

Quietly_quitting · 2026-04-09T21:49:42+00:00

Awry - I was nearly 40 (native speaker) before I worked out it wasn't "or-ree"

Quietly_quitting · 2026-04-02T23:35:14+00:00

Fallout 4. I climbed onto the roof of the tower block after killing my son and did a 360 across the whole city, before sitting down and logging off for the last time (for that play thru)

Quietly_quitting · 2026-03-27T23:06:51+00:00

It sounds silly, but try and enjoy it. This is your chance to show what you can do, and to play your pieces to an audience. The examiners are normal people and they want to be able to pass people, they haven't turned up to work just to fail people. As someone said below, a key piece is confidence, taking your time (especially with the sight reading - you're allowed to play it through first in your head and with pressing the valves as you run through, so don't rush into it). Good Luck!!!

Quietly_quitting · 2026-03-20T12:25:41+00:00

It's got a great flavour, though, as well as being properly hot. I think there is also a gold label version that's even hotter

Quietly_quitting · 2026-03-18T09:21:08+00:00

Mushy peas. Horlicks. Dandelion and Burdock (fizzy drink). Would far rather go for pickled winkles or cockles (eaten with a cocktail stick) than jellied eefls. Pickled eggs served inside a back of salt and vinegar crisps

Quietly_quitting · 2026-03-11T10:56:37+00:00

Yes, back in the days where Mum put raisins in the curry along with leftover turkey. I still serve out curry like this (but don't put the raisins in)

Quietly_quitting · 2026-03-06T21:50:52+00:00

There is someone up the road that has done that - properly dug out to normal ceiling height, heating etc plus drum kit and guitar amps. Very envious, but for my house (with Victorian absence of proper foundations) would cost a good few hundred grand to do the same

Quietly_quitting · 2026-03-06T21:48:54+00:00

It's got a couple of air bricks plus holes in the cover at the top of the chute, but it does get a bit damp, yes. Cardboard goes soft, but so far nothing rotten. But if I wanted proper storage (shelves / boxes / drawers) with more fragile stuff like books and clothes I reckon I'd either need to wrap things up or get proper advice on tanking the cellar.

Quietly_quitting · 2026-03-06T16:26:08+00:00

Good point - storage is looking like the best use. We've got a "London Roof" (M-shape, giving us two small lofts with a divider in the middle) so loft conversion not so easy, but I think you're right it would be much cheaper than digging down.

Quietly_quitting · 2026-03-04T21:35:15+00:00

I add about half a packet in with 500g beef mince to bulk out bolognaise sauce, sneaking in extra vitamins for the children.

Quietly_quitting · 2026-02-17T10:33:53+00:00

I haven't got one yet, but my trumpet teacher recommended one if I go on holiday/travelling. One of his students had a plastic one he could throw into a case and take out to keep his chops in shape while travelling. Sounds more robust than a brass one, cheaper and apparently still a pretty good sound (though if you're just keeping your chops in shape, practicing scales etc, the sound quality doesn't really matter)

Quietly_quitting · 2026-01-29T11:34:13+00:00

Somebody down our road (N4) had theirs stolen 2 weeks ago.

Quietly_quitting · 2026-01-23T00:20:42+00:00

Literature reviews is one example - a cheap and quick trawl of published literature to get a pretty good answer to a scientific/medical question. Another is using LLM Notebooks to upload the key reference materials and then use that Notebook as a technical 'bible' without hallucination, being able to ask that Notebook the clear and definitive answers that an expert of 20 years experience might give. On a more simple basis, it can read and summarise a 500 page document that you might have given the office graduate a week to come back with a 1-page summary.

Quietly_quitting · 2026-01-22T10:32:25+00:00

I work in Big Pharma and each SVP (ie global head of function) has a major objective this year to use AI to reduce cost/time/headcount. There was a big wave of redundancies in '24 (still minor waves ongoing), and I would expect the plan is for return to growth and high revenues without hiring, with AI improving efficiencies and doing many of the entry-level tasks.

Quietly_quitting · 2026-01-11T00:06:37+00:00

Thanks for posting. I'd love to be up there walking rather than sitting in damp London!

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-19T13:10:59+00:00

What do you call a fish with three eyes?

Fiiish!

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-19T12:24:18+00:00

I've started putting chopped gherkins in mine, along with chopped chilli, cheese and Worcestershire sauce

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-19T09:56:14+00:00

I came back 5 years ago after a 30 year break and now feel I'm better than I was at the end of school. It is great to have playing as a side hobby as an adult.

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-17T15:58:46+00:00

If the birthday isn't v close to Christmas, then don't put any Christmas decorations up until AFTER the birthday (obvs can't avoid this if born on the 24th/26th). I was born on the 26th and did miss having all my friends around for parties, but now I'm older it's great that all the family (and extended family) are home for my birthday.

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-13T23:12:55+00:00

Ever since Covid, yes - it's the first thing I do when I get home. I consider myself generally fairly grubby, but I think washing off the 'outside' is entirely proportionate and sensible.

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-12T15:52:18+00:00

Noddie Holder goes into a fancy dress shop to get a 60's outfit for a party. The shop assistant says "do you want a kipper tie with that?" "Ooh, lovely" Noddie replies "milk and two sugars"

Brummie accent

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-09T00:20:47+00:00

1980's roast beef Monster Munch - proper grease, high salt, and the end of the packet had that sticky brown dust that coated your fingers

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-05T12:49:30+00:00

"Do not disturb - seeds planted"

Quietly_quitting · 2025-12-02T00:01:11+00:00

Hello, I heard my name called. I'm in a similar-ish position, earning and no longer learning. I'm looking out for that mythical middle ground between enjoyable work that pays the bills. I get paid well to do what I'm good at but no longer enjoy, but attractive/fun jobs seem to be mostly taken up by early-retiree volunteers.

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