Re:Women who make Samsung semiconductors are striking
by rsynnott on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @05:26AM
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This might be a regional thing; "striking workers" in a standard usage in, at least, British and Irish English.
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Re:Women who make Samsung semiconductors are striking
by 1970-01-01 on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @05:11PM
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Striking in American means it will be shocking and arresting to view or behold. The Grand Canyon is striking in size.
Striking in EU is put on the calendar for Monday. The pilot union is striking until the coffee is served at the perfect temperature.
Re:Women who make Samsung semiconductors are striking
by makeitdouble on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @07:05PM
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> The pilot union is striking until the coffee is served at the perfect temperature.
Getting third degree burns at 35000 feet in the sky would sure ruffle some feathers.
Re:Women who make Samsung semiconductors are striking
by knorker on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @05:57AM
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Gotta strike while the iron's hot.
Re:Women who make Samsung semiconductors are striking
by knorker on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @05:51AM
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I think it's a context thing.
"A striking man" I would not read as a man on strike, unless the context is already labor relations. And with only the title to go on, there's no existing context. "He was a man of 25, rugged features, and striking". You can't say that anywhere in the world does this mean he was on strike.
"Striking workers" sounds like workers on strike.
"UFC employee strikes" sounds like a deliberate pun title that The Economist would use when talking about UFC fighters either go on strike, or a UFC fighter decides to invest during low prices.