So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[Fading Fast]

Or when you leave your house without your sunglasses figuring it's rainy and foggy and dark out, and then five minutes down the road the sun comes out in full force.

That happen way more than it should. Same with the umbrella - it might be a cliche, but if I carry one when it is threatening rain, it will almost never rain, but if I gamble and don't take one, it all but guarantees rain.

 

[2jakes]

Or losing the radio signal to your favorite radio station when driving long distance.
Replaced with static noise or another station with some healot playing their rendition
of “William Tell Overture" on the ocarina.

 

[Trenchfriend]

That happen way more than it should. Same with the umbrella - it might be a cliche, but if I carry one when it is threatening rain, it will almost never rain, but if I gamble and don't take one, it all but guarantees rain.

Just waterproof flatcap. No need for old-fashoned, classy and so unpraktical umbrella. Come on, rain and wind, let's rock!

 

[LizzieMaine]

Let's not have any criticism of the ocarina. I am very proud of my ocarina rendition of "The Internationale."

 

[2jakes]

Let's not have any criticism of the ocarina. I am very proud of my ocarina rendition of "The Internationale."

I would love to hear your rendition of “The Internationale”.


btw:
One of the kids in this movie is playing an ocarina. I like the tune.
But found out that the pan flute was used in the sound track for
this film.

 

[Inkstainedwretch]

That score was by Ennio Morricone, the most innovative film composer ever. He did use an ocarina in the score for "For a Few Dollars More."

 

[2jakes]

That score was by Ennio Morricone, the most innovative film composer ever. He did use an ocarina in the score for "For a Few Dollars More."

Great soundtracks on all three films from “the man with no name”.


And in keeping with the theme:

This is so trivial but I saw these films when shown in theaters.
Recently discovered when they were shown on TCM,
many scenes that were not included in the original .

 

[tonyb]

^^^^
We took in three Eastwood spaghetti westerns at a drive-in theater that has long since gone the way of all things. A suburban shopping mall now occupies that hallowed ground.

The movies were pretty much a dusk-to-dawn event. Big thrill for us adolescents.

 

[2jakes]

^^^^
We took in three Eastwood spaghetti westerns at a drive-in theater that has long since gone the way of all things. A suburban shopping mall now occupies that hallowed ground.

The movies were pretty much a dusk-to-dawn event. Big thrill for us adolescents.

I’ve said this before, but the last one,"The Good, the Bad & the Ugly”
is a favorite for more than just entertainment.

I missed the first showing at the base theater.
Went to the 2nd late-night viewing.

Got back to the barracks real late.
Overslept & missed my flight.

The aircraft went down on take-off,
no survivors.

I reckon it was not my time!

 

[Inkstainedwretch]

The last of the series was "Once Upon a Time in the West,"an absolutely gorgeous, operatic production. Many film buffs, critics and even prestigious directors consider its opening minutes the best movie opening of all time.

 

[Stearmen]

Or when you leave your house without your sunglasses figuring it's rainy and foggy and dark out, and then five minutes down the road the sun comes out in full force.

That's especially important here, during the Fall and Spring, where we can have all four seasons in less then an hour!

 

[2jakes]

I’m in and out most of the time.
I own several pairs of transitions lens eyewear
in different styles to protect
my eyes from the sun’s damaging rays.
I live in a climate that’s mostly 80º and up for the most part.

I have seen snow once.
Illinois.

I have never known what a cold wind was
until I landed in Chicago.

 

[2jakes]

The last of the series was "Once Upon a Time in the West,"an absolutely gorgeous, operatic production. Many film buffs, critics and even prestigious directors consider its opening minutes the best movie opening of all time.

I've read that the squeaky windmill in the opening was not part of the movie.
It was going to be removed before filming began.
But Leone decided to keep the sound and would strangle anyone who tried
to oil it.

 

[BlueTrain]

One thing that is trivial to me, yet which I find mildly irritating, depending on what mood I'm in, is the way a number of people jump on word usage, as if the user will be terribly misunderstood otherwise. I suspect, though without a shred of evidence, that people have a good reason for doing so, possibly to define an obvious problem out of existence. Basically they are making up definitions out of thin air. I won't give any example just so this post won't be followed by argument

You know, English is just about the only language that has no academy with distinguished elderly gentlemen with Van Dyke goatees sitting around in morning coats and striped pants telling the unwashed masses how words are supposed to be pronounced, what words may be used and what they mean. Most other languages and countries do in fact have such learned bodies, yet people still speak however they wish and without misunderstanding. So when there are arguments about what such and such means, it comes off as just plain silly and pompous. I'm sure there's a word describing such behavior but I'm an American and not learned in English.

On the subject of "wuz" and was, I've known people who pronounced the word in such a way as to pronounce it only one way, yet still manage to make it sound different. I think there are even a few other short words like that. But the pronunciation is changed or accented only slightly and definitely consciously and deliberately, typically for comic effect. However, at the same time, to change the spelling to attempt to show that deliberate accent or "stressed word," can be confusing and misleading.

One thing that might be very difficult to get across in the written word is the cadence and speed of the speech as well as how the voice is lowered or raised, as the case may be, at the end of the sentence, and I don't know how to do that in writing. In any event, most people's everyday speech, if it were in written form, would get a failing grade in English class.

 

[ChiTownScion]

Based on a film regarding the Strand.
The way you talk and the information you provided
was very enjoyable.
Thank you.

I remember showing that clip to my wife, and her replying, "Whether or not she's fed up with the 'I Love Lucy' comments, that really is what most people will conclude." While admitting that Lucy Ricardo was a 1950's upper middle class ditzy housewife and what you see here is a no- nonsense 1930's working class woman who owes Desi Arnez no " 'splaining," of course.

 

[tonyb]

Definitions change. Popular usage trumps.

Still, people use words and phrases in ways at odds with common definitions. Recently a friend used "social contract" in a way that indicated he had little if any knowledge of that concept. He isn't unintelligent, he just isn't read up on such matters, which his misusage made apparent to those who are. Perhaps in time his definition will be among the commonly accepted ones, but it ain't there yet. (And yes, I'm pretty sure I knew what he meant.)

I'd rather people not use "reticent" interchangeably with "reluctant," or "incredibly" to mean "extremely," but I know not to waste much breath on it.

Among the beauties of this language's large lexicon is that the language user can often find a "better" word -- a word that more closely aligns with the meaning he wishes to convey. Sometimes that better word is the simpler, less obscure one. Often, even.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The one that gets me is where you hear someone going on about their "weight loss regiment" or "weight loss regime." What, you need an army or a whole goverment to keep you from stuffing that entire stuffed potato down your gaping craw?

 

[Trenchfriend]

Fried potatos and fried egg, maybe with fried bacon, mmmmh!!

 

[2jakes]

I remember showing that clip to my wife, and her replying, "Whether or not she's fed up with the 'I Love Lucy' comments, that really is what most people will conclude." While admitting that Lucy Ricardo was a 1950's upper middle class ditzy housewife and what you see here is a no- nonsense 1930's working class woman who owes Desi Arnez no " 'splaining," of course.

Watching the clip, I see a woman who won’t take any bull from anyone.
1950’s or today.

 

[GHT]

Among the beauties of this language's large lexicon is that the language user can often find a "better" word -- a word that more closely aligns with the meaning he wishes to convey. Sometimes that better word is the simpler, less obscure one. Often, even.

That is so true, Malapropisms rule. At the garage that takes care of my old MG, a customer was moaning about how costive classic car ownership was. "Hasn't passed a thing all day?" I enquired. He looked perplexed. "Can you get online with your phone?" I said. He nodded and showed me a google screen. "Type costive into the search," I suggested. "It means constipated," he exclaimed, adding, "oh I get it, not passed a thing all day."
"Spare me," I thought, as I walked away leaving him finger jabbing at his phone screen.