nipper Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Quote BRG has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Italian based prosumer specialty coffee group Another new one. I think I know what prosumer means , but really, it could just be a new version of poncy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 " disinvite " ....... well why not, everything else seems OK. Quote "We did not disinvite Phil," said Ridley. Poor old Phil Mickelson. Cheers J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Hope you are not eating your Weeties: Quote By decade’s end, the valuations in Surry Hills and surrounds were finally catching up to this promise, including two decacorns [startups with $10 billion plus valuations], three unicorns and a bevy of soonicorns of course here comes the bitch Quote There are now more people employed in the tech sector than in mining by a pretty wide margin. The government can make it easier [with more tax incentives, faster processing of skilled visa applications, and more targeted investment in education], or it can make it harder. or; socialising losses, subsidising privatised gains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 and one from the ABC Quote An unseasonable weather event ... almost monsoonal like maybe the subbie will pick it up,maybe not .... but the howlers keep coming https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-27/qld-weather-record-rain-western-queensland-flood/101018128 ........ and then, captioning a photgraph : Flood water rivers over plains in Winton they could have tried Water fills the flood plain ...OR Floodwater spills over the channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Spare a thought for the Language Police in France. The Académie Française was created in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, and is the official custodian of the French language, and you would think they are fighting a losing battle with tech terminology. le wifi OR l'access sans fil à internet e-sports OR jeu video de competition streamer OR joueur-animateur en direct cloud gaming OR jeu video en nuage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 Quote A museumgoer threw cake at the Mona Lisa So, "museumgoer" is a word ??? BBC news seems to think so. Cheers J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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