General Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

New posts
No new posts
Thread closed
Stickied, new posts
Stickied, no new posts

Page 1 + 1 of 2

Profile	Posted by	Options	Post Date
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 16,048 Send Message	Island	Report	5 Aug 2020 20:00
	It's because new and improved means it's uniquely stunning Bob
	Researching: I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	5 Aug 2020 19:28
	How can a product be both New, AND improved(as in a well known shampoo) its the old product that is improved...~(and not always for the best, in my opinion) "New" should mean what it implies.....
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 2,697 Send Message	Andysmum	Report	5 Aug 2020 16:48
	And exciting!! Everything is "new, improved and exciting". New - yes, improved - unlikely, exciting - NO!! :-\|
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 16,048 Send Message	Island	Report	5 Aug 2020 15:09
	super.... :-0 I saw some fabric samples online, rather pale and twee for my liking so why am I told they are 'stunning' ? Why is 'stunning' overused these days and mostly in the wrong context? I'll decide if I'm stunned thanks.
	Researching: I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 2,697 Send Message	Andysmum	Report	5 Aug 2020 15:01
	I agree Allan and so does OH. We both cringe when people say unique with a qualifying adverb. Take your choice - quite, fairly, very, etc. etc.
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 304 Send Message	Cornish Susie	Report	5 Aug 2020 10:46
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 304 Send Message	Just been shopping for the first time since early March and saw a sign in a shop ( beautifully laid out and printed ) saying that they respectively ask us to wear masks and keep apart. I was tempted to say thank you respectfully!
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 39,699 Send Message	PatinCyprus	Report	5 Aug 2020 08:08
	My husband also complains quite loudly about that Allan, I just groan inwardly when I hear it. Perhaps people should go back to basics when teaching English and explain how to use a dictionary to find the meaning of words and using them correctly. :-S
	Researching: Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	5 Aug 2020 06:46
	Turn a deaf eye to all this nonsense.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	4 Aug 2020 23:05
	"barely audible, to the eye"
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 95,603 Send Message	Allan	Report	4 Aug 2020 22:57
	Well it's not unusual
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	4 Aug 2020 22:48
	maybe he was dicksleskic??? and meant fairly unusual.... oh no, thats Tom Jones...
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 95,603 Send Message	Allan	Report	4 Aug 2020 22:37
	Fortunately I had nothing in my hands when I heard a news reporter on the national news last night describe a situation as 'fairly unique' :-\| Surely something is either unique or it isn't. Mind you, the way my eyesight is, I would probably have missed hitting the screen anyway :-D