 MrAtari
Male, 30-39, Europe
 1083 Posts
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 9:35:04 AM
and the footage of the security cam is now posted on the internet... |
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 beternal
Male, 18-29, Europe
1849 Posts
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 6:00:49 AM
lol, I go to Nottingham and now my girlfriend is scared of getting in the lift at the Portland/ Trent building because of this AND a flasher apparently... or maybe the flashing resulted in sex... but still 
Freshers eh! |
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 BlankTom
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
6533 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:55:56 PM
Who was having sex in there? Robin hood and his merry men? |
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 Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
9559 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:45:20 PM
So does your proposed name. It only accounts for raising, not lowering.
I suggest "Automated Rising and Setting Equipment". So people can talk about riding arses all night.
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 Dickens
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
22 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:39:37 AM
I like the blurry: "(Also, please masturbate in your own rooms.)"
That just sets it off... |
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 DixxyRarr
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
2677 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 7:32:20 AM
Oh that's wrong on so many levels.
Heh :) |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 7:14:34 AM
Those naughty security gaurds!
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 almightybob1
Male, 18-29, Europe
4278 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 6:01:11 AM
Both "lift" and "elevator" forget that you need to come down again :P
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So does your proposed name. It only accounts for raising, not lowering. |
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 Vimto
Male, 40-49, Europe
1991 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:56:35 AM
I now have Aerosmith stuck in my head for the day. |
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 skytz1337
Male, 18-29, Europe
690 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 2:29:16 AM
now i know |
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 Mister_C
Male, 18-29, Europe
664 Posts
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 2:28:04 AM
Both "lift" and "elevator" forget that you need to come down again :P
They should've called it an "electric raiser" ;) |
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drips
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
775 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 10:35:10 PM
From 20:00 until 04:00?!? That's some serious elevator riding. |
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Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
9559 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 4:21:51 PM
"Lift" has multiple common meanings, "elevator" has only one, so that could be it. I don't really see why it's an issue that they decided to use elevator instead of lift. You understand what both words mean, correct?
In the UK, the word 'lift' when used as a noun has only one meaning. I haven't seen 'elevator' used at all here except in the name of a foreign company that makes lifts. It's possible, but I think it's more likely that the sign is faked for a laugh but someone who isn't British. |
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 MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
2221 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 3:07:56 PM
@LillianDulci - ok - apart from being the American word for lift, elevator can also mean someone or something that elevates anything, like one of the controls surfaces on an aeroplane, or a mechanical device for shifting material upwards.
But the real issue is - this is meant to be a British University - where scholars are normally pretty hot about precise use of English.
Of course universities have gone to the dogs since my day so maybe using this bastardised americanism is acceptable now. |
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MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
2221 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 2:58:16 PM
Part of a rich history of student japery (the fake notice I mean). Brits would surely use the word lift, and in this case should probably have gone with contraceptive rather than condom (especially after showboating with the intense magnitude cr*p).
Missed opportunity to state that the footage was intensely scrutinised between 16/10 03:15 and 16/10 03:18.
"Also please masturbate in your own rooms"
Student 1 - Clean this up!
Student 2 - No - Its your room!
Student 1 - Its your spunk! |
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 LillianDulci
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2696 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 1:37:33 PM
"What bit of the word lift would they have trouble with. stuck on the lift and all?"
"Lift" has multiple common meanings, "elevator" has only one, so that could be it. I don't really see why it's an issue that they decided to use elevator instead of lift. You understand what both words mean, correct? |
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oogah_boogah
Male, 30-39, S. America
65 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 1:36:10 PM
CCTV? Orly? load it up on faptube or it didn't happen. |
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 Finker
Male, 40-49, Europe
480 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 1:26:03 PM
Clearly just an aerosmith fan |
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 madduck
Female, 40-49, Europe
2871 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 12:53:03 PM
What bit of the word lift would they have trouble with. stuck on the lift and all? If you have a lot of international students who have trouble with english surely all signs would be multi -lingual? |
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 thenedman
Male, 18-29, Europe
225 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 12:37:58 PM
Well it is probably because we have a lot of international students in Nottingham so they would understand elevator better. |
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madduck
Female, 40-49, Europe
2871 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 12:31:05 PM
Mmm- yes- I agree- why call it an elevator? |
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 kerryfairy82
Female, 18-29, Europe
844 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 12:24:28 PM
I thought we called them 'lifts' over here, but then love in a lift doesn't quite have the same ring to it |
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thenedman
Male, 18-29, Europe
225 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 12:23:30 PM
Nottingham is an amazing Uni,don't hate against it. |
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 Mini23
Female, 18-29, Europe
11 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 12:16:47 PM
I was going to apply here, it's a bloody good job I didn't if this is what's going on... |
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 Flibmeister
Female, 18-29, Europe
840 Posts
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Friday, November 18, 2011 12:16:02 PM
erm... strange seeing as in the UK we use the term "lift". |
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