Bughole, & Keyhole when meaning circular.
Least favourite phrases on SD
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Guy in the gunshop said.
Stalker62
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Go on then, why don't you - ruin it all with your well thought out, well reasoned and perfectly sensible argument...
"...lack emotional maturity..."
Well. You can, you can...
I can just see the new postings in “Optics” classifieds…. Visuals 
Ade8mm
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Those threads that are started to vent built up intolerance of others on this site that get under someones skin because they lack the emotional maturity to deal with people in an online, moderated forum for folk with a shared interest.
A firearms certificate, certainly - but I think actually it really is an FAC.
Pellet Pinger
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Educate me please, have i been going round the twist for nothing?
nun_hunter
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Refering to someone as a "snowflake" or "woke" after they called out a comment for being clearly offensive rather than just understanding maybe what they said was acceptable years ago but just isn't in today's world.
Stalker62
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No, you are good.Educate me please, have i been going round the twist for nothing?
It's a Firearms Certificate (it's a FAC).
Stalker62
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God alone is good. I think I'll add this modish use of good to mean a person is well, correct, OK etc. to the least-favourite usage list; It is on a par with 'Can I get...?' for 'May I have...?' Grrr.
My understanding is that in English, acronyms take the indefinite article appropriate to the way the acronym is pronounced. An Eff-Ay-Cee.Educate me please, have i been going round the twist for nothing?
Or do you actually say 'a FAC'?
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I'd have thought that would be a STD call nowadays - or perhaps you could send a SMS?
If it takes a while to get through, you could listen to a LP in the mean time?
Finally, this thread's picked up, and switched into grammar pedantry! I'm with @Dalua
My learning was that you write 'a' or 'an' depending upon how the word is verbalised. How one says it when read aloud.
If it starts with a consonant sound, choose 'a'; if it starts with a noun sound, choose 'an'.
So, it's "an SLR", "an LMG", "a SAM", "an EMP", "an IED", "an MTB", "a USP".......
The classic is hotel, depending if you drop the 'H' when saying the word; "an 'otel" versus "a hotel".
I have no idea why it's "an umbrella" and "a U-boat" though. God I love English.
My learning was that you write 'a' or 'an' depending upon how the word is verbalised. How one says it when read aloud.
If it starts with a consonant sound, choose 'a'; if it starts with a noun sound, choose 'an'.
So, it's "an SLR", "an LMG", "a SAM", "an EMP", "an IED", "an MTB", "a USP".......
The classic is hotel, depending if you drop the 'H' when saying the word; "an 'otel" versus "a hotel".
I have no idea why it's "an umbrella" and "a U-boat" though. God I love English.
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