House style for posts

[Alan de Enfield]

I couldn't believe that anyone would be so deceitful.

(Try changing it from wingdings back to times)

[Captain Pegg]

2 minutes ago, LadyG said:

Yes.

Replies were uber restrained, sorry, I should have put in an emoji .... one for irony, perhaps ?

jo

Sorry, I don’t do irony very well. I’d probably be a Fellow of a worthy institution if I did.

 

JP

[Alan de Enfield]

7 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

Sorry, I don’t do irony very well. I’d probably be a Fellow of a worthy institution if I did.

 

JP

I never made 'Fellow' of an 'institute', but I am a Member of a Chartered Institute (granted by Royal Charter) - The IMechE is not chartered - so maybe 'trump' the OP

[howardang]

3 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

I never made 'Fellow' of an 'institute', but I am a Member of a Chartered Institute (granted by Royal Charter) - The IMechE is not chartered - so maybe 'trump' the OP

It's all coming out now! If we're not careful we'll end up in a "my dad can beat your dad" contest! I'd better keep quiet about my own Associate Fellowship for the time being.

 

Howard

 

 

 

[Alan de Enfield]

Just now, howardang said:

It's all coming out now! If we're not careful we'll end up in a "my dad can beat your dad" contest! I'd better keep quiet about my own Associate Fellowship for the time being.

 

Howard

 

 

 

Its dark and cold outside so a good time for a willy-waving competition - you never know the OP may return ……………………...

[Captain Pegg]

13 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

I never made 'Fellow' of an 'institute', but I am a Member of a Chartered Institute (granted by Royal Charter) - The IMechE is not chartered - so maybe 'trump' the OP

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has a Royal Charter. So do the IET and the ICE. It’s just that the RICS were granted the ‘Royal’ bit of their name by the monarch.

 

JP

[Athy]

1 hour ago, Captain Pegg said:

I have a strong suspicion that the OP has not flounced, but has in fact been banned for the second time in about a month.

 

JP

Strong, perhaps. Erroneous, certainly.

 

[Alan de Enfield]

29 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has a Royal Charter. So do the IET and the ICE. It’s just that the RICS were granted the ‘Royal’ bit of their name by the monarch.

 

JP

In which case I stand corrected and apologise.

 

Wikipedia informed me it was a 'Professional Institute' set up by its members to represent and promote the interests of its members in their specialist field. No mention of them having the Royal Charter.

 

 

[Captain Pegg]

11 minutes ago, Athy said:

Strong, perhaps. Erroneous, certainly.

 

Yes, I’d overlooked the time difference as a possible reason for the lack of posts.

[Captain Pegg]

5 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

In which case I stand corrected and apologise.

 

Wikipedia informed me it was a 'Professional Institute' set up by its members to represent and promote the interests of its members in their specialist field. No mention of them having the Royal Charter.

 

 

Read a bit further. And I bet it doesn’t say “institute”. That is frowned upon.

Edited March 3, 2020 by Captain Pegg

[howardang]

8 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

Read a bit further. And I bet it doesn’t say “institute”. That is frowned upon.

That's an interesting comment which I have not come across before.  Any idea why this is frowned upon? I belong to three organisations.  2 are Institutes. One was granted a Royal Charter and one is a learned body able to grant charter status. The third has had a Royal Charter for centuries.  Two of them are called Institutes rather than Institutions, and I have not come across anyone frowning at this, and indeed all three enjoy the respect of my profession.

 

Howard

 

 

[Captain Pegg]

12 minutes ago, howardang said:

That's an interesting comment which I have not come across before.  Any idea why this is frowned upon? I belong to three organisations.  2 are Institutes. One was granted a Royal Charter and one is a learned body able to grant charter status. The third has had a Royal Charter for centuries.  Two of them are called Institutes rather than Institutions, and I have not come across anyone frowning at this, and indeed all three enjoy the respect of my profession.

 

Howard

 

 

If you are a member of an organisation that exists to share learning and uphold professional standards it pays not to get its name wrong.

 

JP

[Alan de Enfield]

6 hours ago, Captain Pegg said:

If you are a member of an organisation that exists to share learning and uphold professional standards it pays not to get its name wrong.

 

JP

Ah - I see what you are saying - it is an 'Institution'.

Whereas I am a member of an 'Institute'

 

Being unaware of the difference I asked my friend Google :

 

The main difference between Institute and Institution is that the Institute is a organisational body created for a certain purpose and Institution is a structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behaviour of a set of individuals within a given community.

 

Still not sure so looked again (not suggesting that this definition applies in this case) which suggests one is a 'building' whilst the other is the 'members'

Wonderful thing language.

 

institution (BUILDING) noun [C] esp. disapproving
a building where large numbers of people, esp. the old, the mentally ill or children without parents live in order to be officially taken care of
He has a horror of ending his life in an institution.


Institute (ORGANIZATION)
noun [C]
an organization which exists so that its members can do a particular, esp. educational or social, type of work.

[Captain Pegg]

31 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Ah - I see what you are saying - it is an 'Institution'.

Whereas I am a member of an 'Institute'

 

Being unaware of the difference I asked my friend Google :

 

The main difference between Institute and Institution is that the Institute is a organisational body created for a certain purpose and Institution is a structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behaviour of a set of individuals within a given community.

 

Still not sure so looked again (not suggesting that this definition applies in this case) which suggests one is a 'building' whilst the other is the 'members'

Wonderful thing language.

 

institution (BUILDING) noun [C] esp. disapproving
a building where large numbers of people, esp. the old, the mentally ill or children without parents live in order to be officially taken care of
He has a horror of ending his life in an institution.


Institute (ORGANIZATION)
noun [C]
an organization which exists so that its members can do a particular, esp. educational or social, type of work.

Correct on the first point.

 

As for the second I fear you are too friendly with Google. It’s leading you astray.

 

JP

[Dr Bob]

10 hours ago, Captain Pegg said:

I have a strong suspicion that the OP has not flounced, but has in fact been banned for the second time in about a month.

 

JP

 

10 hours ago, LadyG said:

Shock horror !

Who would do such a dreadful thing, to such a needy person, I know it's not Athy, Buccaneer using his cutlass perhaps?

Rusty has not been around for a month?

[Captain Pegg]

4 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

 

Rusty has not been around for a month?

It’s not Rusty. And I’m sure you know that.

[Dr Bob]

7 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

It’s not Rusty. And I’m sure you know that.

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[tree monkey]

2 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

?

Not seen him for a while, I hope he's ok