Fixed / Singlespeed Hub - What does it look like

[brendan]

@El_Kabong

Other painful (mis)uses of the English language:

b [/b] Use of the word ‘not’ in an ironic way. For example, referring to an ugly girl by saying “she was really good looking – Not!”. This seems to be one of those Southern Californian expressions that has infected Australian English. FFS, it’s not really irony if you have to add the word ‘not’ in order to make yourself understood. Use of the word ‘not’ in that way is crude, obvious and dumb - like a lot of what passes for humour in modern American society.

b [/b] Use of the word ‘like’ as a conversation filler, in the same way that some people say ‘um’, ‘err’ or ‘you know’. For example, saying “they were, like, really going for it and I was, like, ‘Ewwwh’, get yourselves a room”. This annoying habit seems to have come from the same source. Even the American’s find it annoying (see How to Stop Saying the Word “Like” - wikiHow )

b[/b] Use of the expression “me and ----- [insert name here]”. The correct expression is " ----- [insert name here] and I". Geez.

b[/b] Use of ‘management-speak’. This sort of speech was wonderfully lampooned in ‘Yes, Minister’ and ‘Yes, Prime Minister’. For example, from the Victorian State Government:

“In defining our values, we have formed a range of acceptable and non-acceptable behaviours, which contribute to the success of implementation. Behaviours which indicate that we are complying with values and contra which indicate that we are not. For example, a key contra behaviour, that we are currently focusing on that was identified through our values, is employees displaying disrespectful behaviour towards clients and/or other staff members… etc., etc., etc. apparently interminably”
(see Review: Death sentence: the decay of public language ).

jeez, dad, go easy…

[hotdoghorny]

so, anyway, how’d you go with the hub?