Firemen

[lankeela]

Do they go through some sort of training course to enable them to use ten words when one will do, and give us a load of jargon when talking about fires or accidents? They can't seem to just say ' we put the fire out' they have to say something like 'our officers attended the scene and have now extinguished the blaze and will remain onsite to ensure there is no ongoing reoccurence' - just say it like it is please!

[ummmm]

But the officers did attend the scene....extinguished the fire...and remained onsite.

[stewey]

I hate it when people use big words when miniscule ones will thoroughly suffice.

[jno]

I hate it when people misspell minuscule.

[stewey]

oops; i knew I should have checked that.

[stewey]

Hold on, I did check it and found this: "The word minuscule is often spelled miniscule, by association with the unrelated word miniature and the prefix mini-. This has traditionally been regarded as a spelling mistake (since minuscule is derived from the word minus[2]), but is now so common that some dictionaries tend to accept it as a nonstandard or variant spelling." So I'm ok...phew.

[ttfn]

Many years ago there was an office junior where I worked and he was a right little objectionable oik. After a few years he left to become a fireman. Talk about 'made a man of him' and some. He gained promotion within the fire service and remained local. I have often seen him on news reports. Let's face it Lankeela, many of the public services have their own jargon throughout training into the real job. Personally I don't mind how they say it - they have earned that right imo.

[jno]

you common variant you, stewey

[stewey]

I'm also a varmint, jno:) Anyway, I learned something today: the two versions of the word...Cheers.

[piggynose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X97m3uRhS88