The Rise of Naff Mil Phraseology
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Other American expressions that have crept in in recent years:
'With the flash' rather than 'ident'
[squawk code] 'coming down'
And the pronounciation of the altitude indicating instrument as Al-tim-eter rather than the correct English Alti-meter
'With the flash' rather than 'ident'
[squawk code] 'coming down'
And the pronounciation of the altitude indicating instrument as Al-tim-eter rather than the correct English Alti-meter
Whatho! Ken.....
.......can I safely assume then that the thing that tells me the milage I've travelled in my car is an "odo-meter?
Says he who has always said "al-tim-eter" since I first got into an RAF aircraft in 1963.
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Says he who has always said "al-tim-eter" since I first got into an RAF aircraft in 1963.
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Ancient Mariner,
That's the thing with the English language, it's full of inconsistencies.
Hence the Volt-meter, thermom-eter etc each with their own specific pronounciation!
But I'm sorry to say that you've obviously being pronouncing it incorrectly since 1963! Clearly a hangover from the USAAF in WW2.
That's the thing with the English language, it's full of inconsistencies.
Hence the Volt-meter, thermom-eter etc each with their own specific pronounciation!
But I'm sorry to say that you've obviously being pronouncing it incorrectly since 1963! Clearly a hangover from the USAAF in WW2.
every station I was at the Stn Cdr was always 'Harry the Staish" - end of.
Ivor
p.s. - except for one scottish fighter base where the Stn Cdr was affectionately known by all as 'Harry the Ba$tard'
Ivor
p.s. - except for one scottish fighter base where the Stn Cdr was affectionately known by all as 'Harry the Ba$tard'
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The following book will explain all - available in all good bookshops (and a few rubbish ones as well). I bought one for our project office staff when I worked for a PT.
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Good point, Cheesy.
Real military phraseology tends to be succinct and meaningful, even if it is totally incomprehensible to outsiders.
For good reasons: less airtime and not too obvious.
Most Naff Mil Phraseology comes directly from the mouths of highly paid consultants who may recently have been trained in something that looks like "Management by Objectives" as we used to call it 40 years ago. Which was later hi-jacked and "morphed" into whatever they call it now.
In most cases, the only reason that middle ranking military officers think the consultants are so clever and adopt their phraseology is because the consultants are usually paid a lot more than them.
Rgds SOS
Real military phraseology tends to be succinct and meaningful, even if it is totally incomprehensible to outsiders.
For good reasons: less airtime and not too obvious.
Most Naff Mil Phraseology comes directly from the mouths of highly paid consultants who may recently have been trained in something that looks like "Management by Objectives" as we used to call it 40 years ago. Which was later hi-jacked and "morphed" into whatever they call it now.
In most cases, the only reason that middle ranking military officers think the consultants are so clever and adopt their phraseology is because the consultants are usually paid a lot more than them.
Rgds SOS
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From the USAF. Planes don't break anymore, they have unskeduled unservicabilities.....
After sitting through a meeting which was addressed for about an hour by a seagull manager (flies in, makes a lot of noise, puts sh!t everywhere, takes what he can and flies out), we were all brought to tears of laughter by one very clever lady who asked "Sir, could you please tell us what you've just said?"
MOD lost its "Investors in People" thing about five years ago
Another one for the buzzword-bingo: "operationalize".
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From the USAF. Planes don't break anymore, they have unskeduled unservicabilities.....
I'm surprised that 'over-arching' and 'under-pinning' haven't made an appearance yet.
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After sitting through a meeting which was addressed for about an hour by a seagull manager (flies in, makes a lot of noise, puts sh!t everywhere, takes what he can and flies out)
Yes, far too many Seagull Managers about from what I've heard.
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I'm surprised that 'over-arching' and 'under-pinning' haven't made an appearance yet.
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Yes, far too many Seagull Managers about from what I've heard.
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The word 'ask'.
As in: 'That's a big ask'.
No it f*****g isn't, it's a big thing to ask!
Ask is a verb not a bloody noun!
As in: 'That's a big ask'.
No it f*****g isn't, it's a big thing to ask!
Ask is a verb not a bloody noun!