Trouble In Paradise.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/london-mayor-stands-by-ulez-expansion-after-uxbridge-by-election-loss-12924859
.....London is a very important set of seats for Sir Beer. He thinks he is within sniffing distance of no 10. The last thing he needs is some upstart local "politician" throwing a spanner in the works, how's he going to reign in the Mayor?

[Peter Pedant]

What does ‘maaate’ even mean? What a load of rubbish.

oh I thought it meant 'mate'
how to say it? Maaaaart - to rhyme with blaart and yaart
or Mate as in late, you are laaaaaaate!

borrowed word from Dutch I thought maat ( mart to you and I) was partner
as in maatschap - partnership. ( remember the sch is a sk)

I have no idea why Sadiq is putting it on billboards

[Zacs-Master]

Maaaaate is an admonishment. The sub text is ‘you really shouldn’t be saying that’.

[ToraToraTora]

10:42, wrong to me, furniture in the wrong place things on the floor etc, I don't really know until I see an example. Show me a picture and I'll tell you what is "wrong".

[Zacs-Master]

Ah, so not ‘wrong’ per se, just things you’re uncomfortable with. Thanks.

[ToraToraTora]

One thing I always pick out is chairs in the place that people are most likely to walk. They must either stop people walking there completely or not be there at all. I have been known to go into a pub and move all the chairs around!

[ToraToraTora]

take this scene:
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CX5ADK/english-country-pub-scene-man-and-dog-at-bar-wooden-beams-ceiling-CX5ADK.jpg
The chair nearest to as on the diagonal corner of the table, I'd have to move that, wrong in so many ways. The outside one of the 2 bar stools is a no no, etc

[ToraToraTora]

...they are not "wrong" because of the walking thing they are just wrong on a fundamental level!

[Zacs-Master]

Yes, ok, I understand.

[royfromaus]

Your clubhouse isn't very big, Tora.

[ToraToraTora]

....that's far posher than my club roy!

[anneasquith]

11.03, do you ?

[andy-hughes]

Untitled at 10.13 - //I'm unsure what Starmer's principles are ... //

That's the problem - so is he!!

[Zacs-Master]

I do, anne.