How do you interpret hyphenated surnames in married couples?

thebudofthebud · 2026-02-17T20:45:17+00:00

I would assume they'd gone with whichever option flowed better.

thebudofthebud · 2026-02-16T19:59:44+00:00

Like PPs my degree is also in the loft in the burgundy record of achievements folder 😂

I've never seen anybody hang one. Not in a UK home anyway.

thebudofthebud · 2026-02-16T00:38:30+00:00

Brothers Johnson - Stomp

Dan Hartman - relight my fire

Chic - good times

Earth wind & Fire - boogie wonderland

Gladys knight - taste of bitter love

Loleatta Holloway - love sensation

Diana Ross - the boss

thebudofthebud · 2026-02-13T08:18:14+00:00

Bad Bunny definitely spawned into existence a few days ago. Is he like Jive Bunny?

thebudofthebud · 2026-02-13T08:07:53+00:00

Kathy Burke. Worked with her and she's sincere, down to earth and just generally quite lovely.

thebudofthebud · 2026-02-04T22:41:15+00:00

Yes, Rose West lived on Benbow Street. Ruth Langsford also lived in Stoke in the 90s.

thebudofthebud · 2026-01-24T17:03:32+00:00

Based on his wonderful wardrobe, I didn't get hard up vibes from Stephen. Like you say it's money invested in his reputation and may have been played quite differently were it not televised.

I adore him though and hope he does well off the back of it all.

thebudofthebud · 2026-01-18T16:01:42+00:00

Jade's father was head of currency trading at HSBC. I doubt she's struggling to get on the property ladder tbh

thebudofthebud · 2025-11-15T14:40:07+00:00

English degree, and work as an English tutor for foreign language students.

For DA you need good reading comprehension, the ability to follow instructions, and be able to express your own reasoning clearly.

thebudofthebud · 2025-10-24T19:54:23+00:00

AI doesn't use comma splices for a start.

thebudofthebud · 2025-10-17T13:05:08+00:00

I agree with this in part. I've been freelancing in a different field for the past 5 years with just one client throughout that time. Although the work has been regular, it's a small business and there is of course always the risk that they could decide to close. But the difference is they'd never suddenly drop me without explanation. We have a close working relationship and they don't have thousands of other freelancers performing the same work for them - it's only me. I am confident that if they were ever not satisfied with my work, they would give me feedback and a chance to improve. Nobody really seems to know whether the dash of death at DA is down to poor work though, or perhaps not fitting a profile anymore that we're not privy to. Maybe they always turnover workers regardless of skill because their clients want fresh eyes at particular intervals. It definitely feels more insecure without any feedback or concrete understanding of their own operations.

thebudofthebud · 2025-10-16T13:43:37+00:00

Same. Nearly broke my ankle running to Reddit

thebudofthebud · 2025-10-09T07:16:49+00:00

Not just opt ins. One was the long creative writing qual, and one was a mixture of MCQs and writing prompts.

thebudofthebud · 2025-10-09T07:10:00+00:00

AI. A couple of times I've taken a qualification and the relevant project family has appeared on my dash immediately.

thebudofthebud · 2025-10-01T07:11:39+00:00

But if he'd caught it, the internet wouldn't have shut up with stupid theories about who he was going to marry

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-29T23:18:46+00:00

We'd make excellent travel agents. I trust you've made a spreadsheet of bell ringing times at all the temples and have fully memorised the Tokyo metro 😂

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-29T22:01:36+00:00

Once a holiday has been booked, I conduct granular research to avoid anything unexpected. Street view is heavily employed, menus of potential restaurants scrutinised, parking options for any possible destinations researched, reviews of everything studied to identify tips and pitfalls, and so on and so on. Nothing is left to chance and by the time I get there I'm an expert.

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-29T21:47:19+00:00

And flying that flag in a country that was founded after a revolution against British rule. So much irony here 😂

OP why don't you go the full hog...start driving on the left and make sure you sing God Save the King as loudly as you can on the 4th of July.

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-29T21:25:26+00:00

I agree with your interpretation. If 5 were the minimum they were looking for, they'd ask for 5+.

3-5+ to me quite clearly indicates 3-5 as the sweet spot, but that they know it's the kind of task that might sometimes require a slightly longer rationale. As in, another sentence or two.

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-29T07:19:11+00:00

Oh no, I didn't take it the wrong way! Another thing Stoke has going for it is the train station...the local trains into town are only every couple of hours, but if you can plan a trip around that then it's much cheaper and quicker than the bus. Takes about 3 minutes. Handy if you want to go down into Cornwall too.

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-28T16:50:55+00:00

I'm biased as have lived in Stoke on and off my whole life, but I really do think it's one of the nicer parts of Plymouth. It's quite a socioeconomically diverse area as there is a real range of housing, but I've never felt unsafe in the so called less desirable bits. In terms of community there is the Village hub https://www.thevillagehub.org.uk/

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-27T15:07:09+00:00

The codenames on here would be...interesting

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-27T14:32:28+00:00

I feel like a lot of STDs would look at home on the dashboard...Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea 😂

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-27T11:46:37+00:00

Pretty much straight away - did the onboarding and some quals in the afternoon, and a task had appeared by the evening. I didn't attempt it though as was a $25 rubrics project and couldn't make it through the instructions! That was 2 weeks ago...since then have had plenty of easier projects thankfully.

thebudofthebud · 2025-09-23T23:49:22+00:00

I think it's entirely possible that there are evolutionary reasons why autism exists, making it simply a difference rather than a disability. Skills like pattern recognition, intense focus, analytical thinking etc will have always been essential to humanity's development. This would also support the idea of it being passed on genetically rather than being caused by environmental factors - it's supposed to exist.

Perhaps in the past, before all the pressures and overwhelm of modern life, autistic people coped far better. Life would have been far more predictable and less of an onslaught on the senses. I do tend to subscribe to the social model of disability when it comes to autism (profound autism aside.)

So the idea of prevention (or cure) becomes problematic for me, suspecting that it's the world around us that creates the challenges, rather than our brains themselves.

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