Pet hate of mine
j – Jay or j-JII……Obviously has to be Jay
When I was at school here, 1969-1973, I was told firmly by the English language teacher to write " bus " as " ’bus " because it stands for “omnibus”.
Standards have plummetted since.
I had to google on Bertie Wooster.
I was referring to their phrases such as ’er indoors, bloomin ‘eck, etcetera.
Also their conversion of any monetary amount back into pound/schilling/pence terms is mind numbing.
HeliPilot wrote:
excessive use of apostrophes
All I can think of is:
There is a Wikipedia page on RAF slang to aid translation; more terms are in British English usage than I expected. The language is highly figurative and usually disparaging. Nowadays it’s nearly impossible to achieve a 1930s Bertie Wooster-esque insouciance and not come across as affected or pretentious.
@HeliPilot the only bit I disagree with is the bit about apostrophes EuroGA was set up over 10 years ago because the two major sites at the time melted down into cliquey “pubs” on which beating up was encouraged to drive advert clicks. One of them then continued to melt down almost completely.
GA is attractive to younger people, but only the elements which are social i.e. aerobatics and gliding. There you do a lot of chitchat, then you might get a short flight, then you do more chitchat, then you go down the pub. The men are young and virile and probably do wingsuit flying in their spare time It’s no coincidence that these are the parts of GA where nearly all women in GA are found
Great vid @Capitaine. Burning man is a bucket list for me, never been. Perhaps one day..
Loved the TSA clearance element
Who says GA is a load of boring people? The UK Flyer Forum.
Have you seen that group’s posts? A clique of circa (seemingly) 90yr old men longing for the “old days” with excessive use of apostrophes to emulate 1930’s dialect in their posts.
Then they wonder why GA isn’t “selling itself” to the younger generation.
88NV for Burning Man
International Airport raves, 9000 foot runway….The odd Jumbo
Conclusion: GA people are still boring :D
