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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1500 on: 20 April, 2017, 03:11:59 pm »
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electrocute, v.
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Pronunciation:  Brit.   /ᵻˈlɛktrəkjuːt/,  U.S. /əˈlɛktrəˌkjut/, /iˈlɛktrəˌkjut/
Forms:  18– electricute (now nonstandard), 18– electrocute.
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Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: electro- comb. form, execute v.
Etymology: < electro- comb. form + -cute (in execute v.). Compare electrocution n.... (Show More)
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 1. trans. To put to death by means of a powerful electric current; to execute in the electric chair.

1889   Trenton (New Jersey) Times 7 June 4/2 (heading)    He wants to be ‘electrocuted’... An offer on the part of a man..to act as a victim..by testing the..new apparatus for executing by electricity.
1890   Congress. Rec. 8375/1   That the gentleman..should be ‘electrocuted’ by the Kemmler process recently adopted in the state of New York.
1903   W. D. Howells Lett. Home v 32,   I could be sitting this moment with the transmitter at my mouth, and the receivers strapped to both ears, and looking as if I were just going to be electrocuted.
1945   N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xiii. 101,   I bet the Scotsboro' boys will be electrocuted in the end, if they don't die of old age first, that is.
2001   Times (Nexis) 28 July   In Georgia I stood outside death row as the state electrocuted a man I thought was probably innocent.
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 2. trans. To give an electric shock to; esp. (chiefly refl. or in pass.) to kill or injure by electric shock.

1890   Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) (Electronic text) 24 Sept.   When venture-some rodents walk within a metallic cage, containing cheese, they are transfixed by a strong electric current and ‘electrocuted’.
1899   Times 11 Apr. 1/4   Continuation of the Monster Holiday Show. Marvellous performances... See to-day, at 3 and 8, Dr. Walford Bodie electrocute a man.
1909   Yorks. Post 4 Aug. 4/5   [A boy] who was electrocuted on the Mersey Railway last Saturday.
1939   D. L. Sayers In Teeth of Evid. 9   One of them got loose last time and tried to electrocute itself on the X-ray plant.
1988   Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 10 May   I was electrocuted. I can still smell the flesh burning.
2004   Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 July x. 23/2,   I wasn't going to touch a battery—I'd have electrocuted myself.
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  eˈlectrocuted adj.

1896   Science 14 Feb. 250/2   He gave the results of the examination of nervous tissue from three electrocuted subjects.
1922   Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Feb. 10/3   Glands taken from an electrocuted prisoner at Sing Sing, are grafted into the body of another convict.
1991   Atlantic June 87/1   The widow of the electrocuted man didn't even have children to take her mind off her loneliness.
It doesn't only mean kill. But that doesn't make the idea any less stupid or dangerous.

I expect there's a story to be written somewhere about BDSM by grammar pedantry. "Man injured woman's private parts with stray apostrophe during 50 Shades of Grammar sex session."
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clarion

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1501 on: 20 April, 2017, 03:42:00 pm »
Always best to agree the boundaries of apostrophisation in advance.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1502 on: 26 April, 2017, 09:34:42 am »
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1503 on: 26 April, 2017, 02:30:21 pm »
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1504 on: 02 May, 2017, 02:15:40 pm »
BONG Dog limit introduced in hampshire BONG

good idea actually, who needs more than 4 dogs.
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Andrij

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1505 on: 02 May, 2017, 02:38:21 pm »
Iditarod racers.
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clarion

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1506 on: 02 May, 2017, 02:50:40 pm »
Does that go through Hampshire?
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1507 on: 02 May, 2017, 11:58:08 pm »
Just Gosport innit? Not even Portsmuff.
Or Southsea...
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hellymedic

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1508 on: 04 May, 2017, 08:10:56 pm »
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clarion

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1509 on: 04 May, 2017, 09:30:43 pm »
Maybe
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Tim Hall

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1510 on: 05 May, 2017, 11:48:09 am »
From the Surrey Mirror local election blog thing:


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A stock photo of Stephen Cooksey demonstrating the classic arm folding, angry people in local newspapers pose

If I meet the journalist (Dave Comeau) I might have to buy him a drink.
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1511 on: 05 May, 2017, 06:13:50 pm »
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1512 on: 05 May, 2017, 07:14:39 pm »
Quote from: Tim Hall on 05 May, 2017, 11:48:09 am
If I meet the journalist (Dave Comeau) I might have to buy him a drink.

I suspect he's a reader of Angry People In Local Newspapers, which is what Scaryduck fotp seems to be wasting most of his time on these days.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1513 on: 10 May, 2017, 11:54:02 am »
Quite a good day in my area. Two motorised morons (in appropriate thread) and this...

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Cow sex suspect hunted by police helicopter

...Hertfordshire Police said the cow was unhurt.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39859134
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1514 on: 10 May, 2017, 12:50:13 pm »
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1515 on: 10 May, 2017, 07:00:49 pm »
Quote from: Guy on 10 May, 2017, 11:54:02 am
Quite a good day in my area. Two motorised morons (in appropriate thread) and this...

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Cow sex suspect hunted by police helicopter

...Hertfordshire Police said the cow was unhurt.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39859134
Well, it would have been like opening the windiow and f***ing the night.
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ian

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1516 on: 10 May, 2017, 07:25:38 pm »
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 10 May, 2017, 12:50:13 pm
Quote from: rogerzilla on 05 May, 2017, 06:13:50 pm
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15265045.Teen_found_wandering_along_M4_superglued_to_friend_prised_off_by_doctors/
Has the makings of a movie.

You just know that if HMPS had a loyalty card this bunch are going to be platinum by the time they're 18 and probably lifetime black by 21. Get to pick your own bunk and softer toilet roll.
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Tim Hall

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1517 on: 16 May, 2017, 04:06:13 pm »
Pylon fire, but future energy needs solved as way to store electricity is found:
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The electricity pylon contained over 100,000 volts of electricity
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Thor

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1518 on: 16 May, 2017, 04:27:51 pm »
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1519 on: 16 May, 2017, 04:58:22 pm »
Quote from: Tim Hall on 16 May, 2017, 04:06:13 pm
Pylon fire, but future energy needs solved as way to store electricity is found:
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The electricity pylon contained over 100,000 volts of electricity

Pedantically, since one of the primary functions of a pylon is as an insulator, then it's not entirely unreasonable to refer to it that way.  It's containing voltage the same way that fences contain sheep.

More amusing is the URL itself, which refers to an "electricity pile-up" catching fire.
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Bledlow

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1520 on: 18 May, 2017, 09:06:14 pm »
Able-bodied son sues father for lifetime financial support.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39966145
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1521 on: 19 May, 2017, 08:20:28 am »
Quote from: Bledlow on 18 May, 2017, 09:06:14 pm
Able-bodied son sues father for lifetime financial support.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39966145

How to endear yourself to your family. Not only no funding now, but possibly cut out of the will as well. :facepalm:
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Bledlow

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1522 on: 19 May, 2017, 02:56:10 pm »
Yeah. Not exactly well thought through, was it?
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1523 on: 25 May, 2017, 11:28:52 am »
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rogerzilla

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1524 on: 05 June, 2017, 07:42:08 pm »
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