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Thank you very much indeed!     @MarkJFine wrote:  "proper English" is sooo much different than "proper American". (maratsade can thank me later.)   ... View more

Did they tell you they were going to cover all expenses?  The only information on the community is this:   "To our customers who were impacted by Hurricane Michael, we realize you may have had to leave your home, your service may be interrupted, and/or your equipment may be damaged. Please call when you can at 877-940-2365 to report damaged equipment or to suspend service until you can return to your home."   And this:   "Weather forecasts indicate Hurricane Michael may cause widespread power outages. If you are leaving your home in anticipation of the storm, please unplug your HughesNet equipment and place it in a high and dry area before you go. For service updates, outage information, and other helpful resources check back here in the community."   There's nothing there about the company picking up the tab for hurricane damage.  Did someone tell you it was going to be free to you, or did you just assume they were going to be paying for it?  What did they say when you called to request repair?      @kn wrote: Hurricane Michael Victim and Billed $550 for satellite repair and never was told about the fee for repair!  It was just taken out of my account, causing additional charges of an  over draft fee from my bank.  Never could find my account when I first went out of town to call to get service back on.   But I see that they did find it to charge me.  Thank you for the Hurricane Micheal Relief!!   *I am not a Hughesnet employee or representative. This is a customer-to-customer tech support community, and I am a customer. ... View more

Frutile = fruitless + futile Flustrated = flustered + frustrated ... View more

"One more, which I heard again tonight, and which has to do with the military, is cache.  It's pronounced as cash, not cashay."   I hear this one often.  I wonder if people are thinking of touche?  Annoying all the same.   As for touche, I know someone who uses it incorrectly all the time to mean "kudos."   "Oh, you fixed the water cooler! Touche!"  Groan.     @GabeU wrote:  One more, which I heard again tonight, and which has to do with the military, is cache.  It's pronounced as cash, not cashay.             ... View more

"'How else do you expect me to join two independent clauses?'"   How indeed?   Extra kudos for using "et al."     @debbie.jean.bro wrote: I once text messaged my son, whose reply came back, "You are the only person I know who would use a semi-colon in a text!" To which I replied, naturally, "How else do you expect me to join two independent clauses?"   ... View more

"Let's all get with the British way and just "queue up" and be "in the queue!""   Jolly good.  Rule Britannia!    "I like to have my students pier review each other's work."   Brilliant. Both academically stuffy, yet outdoorsy.      @debbie.jean.bro wrote:a lot of funny things   ... View more

You got another thing coming It's a doggy dog world For all intensive purposes ... View more

" "Physical Year" instead of "Fiscal Year"."   ROTFL ... View more

  ---Standing "online" instead of "inline". Never heard this one!  (And it should be "in line")   Both bald-faced lie and bold-faced lie are correct -- they mean slightly different things.  Bald-faced lie is the same as barefaced lie (which is used in the UK), which means the person is lying openly (and the bare in it refers to being uncovered, not to being hairless).  Bold-faced lie is more of a lie that's more disguised and more impudent. Bold-faced is used in the sense of shamelessness and impudence.     @BirdDog wrote: So, there are common sayings that have two ways of wording them that rub me the wrong way when I hear the expression worded a particular way. Two cases:   1. Standing "online" instead of "inline". Most everywhere I've been there is no line painted on the floor to stand "on" and I'm certainly not standing on top of anyone. Instead, I am standing "in" a line of people.   2. A "bald" faced lie instead of "bold" faced. How does someone have a bald face when it comes to their intention, shave it? Instead I was taught bold face, as a person is being pretty bold to lie to your face.   Yea, I'm being a bit grammar eccentric but makes me cringe a bit when I hear them. Anyone have others?   And happy voting day! Sure glad the political ads will be over although they'll probably start up with the 2020 ones before we get a real rest from it.   ... View more