Another similar thing which annoys me is in hotels, where the shower nozzle is 6 feet off the ground, and you have to stand on tip-toe to reach it, or when the mirror is too high, and you can only see the top half of your face. Obviously if regulations exist, they are not always taken into account.
One thing that really annoys me in hotels is where the shower nozzle is only 6ft of the ground - I'm 6ft high which means I have to crouch, bend, squat etc to try and get any water on me. Also mirrors which are too low and I can't see my face when I am trying to shave. Obviously if regulations exist, they are not always taken into account.
There are regulatory heights take into account average height and such, maybe your just smaller that average?
Jaid
Originally Posted by ragazza http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?p=471960#post471960
Another thing that annoys me is when the hand dryers in public toilets are installed too high up.
When you raise your hands to dry them, all the water trickles down your arms, up your sleeves, under your watch strap etc.
The dryers are obviously installed by someone tall, who doesnt use common sense and realise that most women aren't 6 feet tall.
I'm 5 feet 4 1/2 inches (that 1/2 is very important!), and in heels would be 5 feet 7''. Thats definitely not smaller than average for a woman.
Still, very very frequently I come across hand dryers that are in line with the top of my head, so I have to raise my hands to get them dry.
Another similar thing which annoys me is in hotels, where the shower nozzle is 6 feet off the ground, and you have to stand on tip-toe to reach it, or when the mirror is too high, and you can only see the top half of your face. Obviously if regulations exist, they are not always taken into account.
and down your top into your boobs
I totally disagree. The natural plural in English speaking countries is 'euros'. One euro. Two euros. Same with cents. While 'euro' is recognised as the official plural version in the English language, the documentation also acknowledges that this is an aberration, and that it is natural practice to say 'euros'.Can't imagine I'm alone here - something that really annoys me is 'euros' instead of euro or even worse, 'yoyos' !!
That doesn't necessarily make it wrong.
Euros is wrong and you're correct Caveat, thats why it annoys you!I didn't say it was wrong - just that it annoyed me.
Euros is wrong and you're correct Caveat, thats why it annoys you!
Euro is the official plural because using an 's' isn't used in all Euro countries as Damson gave examples of. The plural of pound is pounds and so it was correct to use it. The correct plural of Euro is not Euros. Its that simple. Some words add an 's', some don't.
Just coz its a plural doesn't mean it 'naturally' should end in 's', the plural of sheep isn't sheeps for example.
No, euros is not wrong.Euros is wrong and you're correct Caveat, thats why it annoys you!
Euro is the official plural because using an 's' isn't used in all Euro countries as Damson gave examples of. The plural of pound is pounds and so it was correct to use it. The correct plural of Euro is not Euros. Its that simple. Some words add an 's', some don't.
Just coz its a plural doesn't mean it 'naturally' should end in 's', the plural of sheep isn't sheeps for example.
No, euros is not wrong.
A word does not necessarily have only one plural. Look up the Oxford English Dictionary entry for cow, and you'll see several plural forms listed, the most familiar ones being cows, cattle and kine.
Similarly, in the English language, both euro and euros are acceptable plural forms of euro. For the purpose of consistency, euro was selected as the official plural form to be used in English language documentation. However, that doesn't invalidate the form euros.
And, in fact, euros is the official plural form in France, Spain and Portugal.
· Baby on Board stickers. Or even worse small people on board stickers. I don’t care if you’re a smug married that’s been able to reproduce. I will be careful in my car because I’m a careful driver (maybe I have issues over the smug married bit!)
The correct use of the euro in the plural is euros (except in legal documents).
Marion
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