Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up162file-text
arrow-up162message-squareIf a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama?Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoClose! A 3 alarm fire could be shortened to “a 3 alarmer”. Which in Boston would be pronounced without the Rs for: “a 3 alamah”.
minus-squareJason@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoSo do people in the US rank the size of your fires in “alarms”??! Like a bin fire is a 1 alarm fire? But a house fire is a 3 alarm? Do you say, “quick, evacuate the neighbourhood, there’s an 8 alarm fire heading our way” I’ve never heard of this before today.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThe number of alarms is (I think) how many different departments, or possibly fire engines, are needed to fight the fire. So yes pretty much. It’s often how they are described in news articles.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHey thanks, I’m in the 10,000 today. Unit count does make sense. I wasn’t aware of the terminology for firefighting teams/groups/trucks.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’ve never heard anyone say it as “alarmer”, but that could be an East Coast thing I guess.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoMaybe, but alarmer isn’t something you’d say alone. A 4 alarmer implies 4 alarm fire, in shorthand. Sort or like instead of saying “make a left hand turn” someone might also say “take a left hander”. Also if it matters I’m a midwesterner. I just know bunch a bastahds from Boston.
Close! A 3 alarm fire could be shortened to “a 3 alarmer”. Which in Boston would be pronounced without the Rs for: “a 3 alamah”.
So do people in the US rank the size of your fires in “alarms”??! Like a bin fire is a 1 alarm fire? But a house fire is a 3 alarm?
Do you say, “quick, evacuate the neighbourhood, there’s an 8 alarm fire heading our way”
I’ve never heard of this before today.
The number of alarms is (I think) how many different departments, or possibly fire engines, are needed to fight the fire. So yes pretty much. It’s often how they are described in news articles.
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Hey thanks, I’m in the 10,000 today. Unit count does make sense. I wasn’t aware of the terminology for firefighting teams/groups/trucks.
I’ve never heard anyone say it as “alarmer”, but that could be an East Coast thing I guess.
Maybe, but alarmer isn’t something you’d say alone.
A 4 alarmer implies 4 alarm fire, in shorthand.
Sort or like instead of saying “make a left hand turn” someone might also say “take a left hander”.
Also if it matters I’m a midwesterner. I just know bunch a bastahds from Boston.