Textbook Tosh

[Ducked]

From Q:Skills for Success 3, reading article on Formula1 sponsorship:-

"Cars race around the track with company logos stuck to the doors, hood and trunk"

I dunno much about F1, and hood (bonnet?) and trunk (boot?) are American English terms, but I'm pretty sure F1 cars don't have doors, and I wouldn't have thought they'd have hoods or trunks either.

Assuming I'm correct, this gets a moderately high reading on the textbook bollocksometer.

I quite like this kind of bollocks. I use it in my never ending search for the Great White Whale of critical thinking among my students.

Some day.....

[PigBloodCake]

From Q:Skills for Success 3, reading article on Formula1 sponsorship:-

"Cars race around the track with company logos stuck to the doors, hood and trunk"

I dunno much about F1, and hood (bonnet?) and trunk (boot?) are American English terms, but I'm pretty sure F1 cars don't have doors, and I wouldn't have thought they'd have hoods or trunks either.

Assuming I'm correct, this gets a moderately high reading on the textbook bollocksometer.

I quite like this kind of bollocks. I use it in my never ending search for the Great White Whale of critical thinking among my students.

Some day.....

That's what you get when you mix NASCAR with F1 racing (facepalm).

[urodacus]

Can we have some textbook Tash now?

Ta

[Nuit]

Curious on this one: "the mouse is up the clock"

I'm happy with "the mouse ran up the clock", but would be saying "the mouse is on [top of] the clock", when it finally got there.
Is this correct English, just American English, or something else (eek!) ?

[tsukinodeynatsu]

Curious on this one: "the mouse is up the clock"

I'm happy with "the mouse ran up the clock", but would be saying "the mouse is on [top of] the clock", when it finally got there.
Is this correct English, just American English, or something else (eek!) ?

We say similar things all the time in the UK. 'The mouse is up the clock' wouldn't mean it's on top of the clock, though, it would mean it's near the top of the clock but inside it. Like 'she's up the stairs' or 'up the tower' etc.

[Nuit]

[We say similar things all the time in the UK. 'The mouse is up the clock' wouldn't mean it's on top of the clock, though, it would mean it's near the top of the clock but inside it. Like 'she's up the stairs' or 'up the tower' etc.

Mmm, and UK is where I'm from. But your examples don't sit well with me. 'She's upstairs", but not "she's up the stairs", or "she's gone / run up the tower."
Hold on, "she's up the hill" sounds fine though . Glad I don't teach this language!

Anyway, had another look at the book, and they've also got "the mouse is up the chair", with a pic of the mouse sitting on the chair. I think they're getting that wrong.

[PigBloodCake]

Anyway, had another look at the book, and they've also got "the mouse is up the chair", with a pic of the mouse sitting on the chair. I think they're getting that wrong.

Person A: The mouse is up the chair.

Person B: Whose chair?

A: Mine.

B: Oh, so it's "up yours".

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[finley]

Anyway, had another look at the book, and they've also got "the mouse is up the chair", with a pic of the mouse sitting on the chair. I think they're getting that wrong.

Straight Chinglish. Translation of "上".

[Nuit]

Anyway, had another look at the book, and they've also got "the mouse is up the chair", with a pic of the mouse sitting on the chair. I think they're getting that wrong.

Straight Chinglish. Translation of "上".

Ah of course - I missed that, straight mistranslation. You're invited over for tea tomorrow, to tell the wife that. She won't listen to me.

[E04teacherlin]

Anyway, had another look at the book, and they've also got "the mouse is up the chair", with a pic of the mouse sitting on the chair. I think they're getting that wrong.

Person A: The mouse is up the chair.

Person B: Whose chair?

A: Mine.

B: Oh, so it's "up yours".

................

I was thinking of a dumbass way to use 'up yours" and you beat me to the punch. Shame on you.