Spelling that makes you cringe

[Kim]

There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement. I think the UK/US distinction has only become so definitive relatively recently and many people apply it overly rigidly, leading to mistakes like metre for meter.

Absolutely. Ize is the traditional, old-school, Shakespeare and Dickens, still-found-in-the-OED-as-preferred formation. Ise is the Johnny-come-lately variant, based on an incorrect assumption of a French derivation. Ize was in The Times' editorial style guide as the 'correct' form until about 30 years ago.

I blame spillchuckers written by USAnian software companies, though they've got better at accepting -ize when set to BRITISH English in recent years.  Which isn't necessarily helpful when you're trying to make things consistent, but there you go.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I think -ize is still used by Penguin.

There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement.

Interestingly, that's the one that I get caught out by too.  Somehow I'm mostly able to think of a Color as being a different thing to a colour, and never confuse a [floppy] disk with a [compact] disc or a [computer] program with a [television] programme.  But my BRANE still insists that a StringTokeniser should be a thing.

I've recently been working on adding features to CrossMgr, and have just about got the hang of 'License' as a noun.

The -or vs -our endings are so well known as to not be a problem, but to remind myself which is US v UK of disk v disc, I have to go via sceptic/skeptic and explaining to Polish students that not only do Americans pronounce it with a hard 'k' they even spell it that way (because the Polish cognate sceptyczny is all sibillants they were convinced that at least one variety of English must pronounce it that way too).

[Cudzoziemiec]

Should that be sibillant or sibilant? Have I thought that if it's sibilant in Leftpondian it must be sibillant in Rightpondian? Cringetastic!

[Kim]

I think -ize is still used by Penguin.

There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement.

Interestingly, that's the one that I get caught out by too.  Somehow I'm mostly able to think of a Color as being a different thing to a colour, and never confuse a [floppy] disk with a [compact] disc or a [computer] program with a [television] programme.  But my BRANE still insists that a StringTokeniser should be a thing.

I've recently been working on adding features to CrossMgr, and have just about got the hang of 'License' as a noun.

The -or vs -our endings are so well known as to not be a problem, but to remind myself which is US v UK of disk v disc, I have to go via sceptic/skeptic and explaining to Polish students that not only do Americans pronounce it with a hard 'k' they even spell it that way (because the Polish cognate sceptyczny is all sibillants they were convinced that at least one variety of English must pronounce it that way too).

In BRITISH English 'disk' is often considered short for diskette^[1], which is both easy to remember, and clearly etymologically wrong if you give the history of the technologies involved a moment's consideration.


_{[1] An archaic term for a floppy disk, and not a troupe of dancing girls responsible for swapping disk packs on 1960s mainframes.}

[Cudzoziemiec]

I think -ize is still used by Penguin.

There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement.

Interestingly, that's the one that I get caught out by too.  Somehow I'm mostly able to think of a Color as being a different thing to a colour, and never confuse a [floppy] disk with a [compact] disc or a [computer] program with a [television] programme.  But my BRANE still insists that a StringTokeniser should be a thing.

I've recently been working on adding features to CrossMgr, and have just about got the hang of 'License' as a noun.

The -or vs -our endings are so well known as to not be a problem, but to remind myself which is US v UK of disk v disc, I have to go via sceptic/skeptic and explaining to Polish students that not only do Americans pronounce it with a hard 'k' they even spell it that way (because the Polish cognate sceptyczny is all sibillants they were convinced that at least one variety of English must pronounce it that way too).

In BRITISH English 'disk' is often considered short for diskette^[1], which is both easy to remember, and clearly etymologically wrong if you give the history of the technologies involved a moment's consideration.


_{[1] An archaic term for a floppy disk, and not a troupe of dancing girls responsible for swapping disk packs on 1960s mainframes.}

"So, what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"
"Oh, I'm a diskette. In fact I'm one of Panasonic's People*."

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_People

[hellymedic]

Beeb gets peddle for pedal…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64082076

[Pickled Onion]

For years, women and non-binary people have battled society’s gender stereotypes, ridiculed for having wearing men’s clothes, having cropped air or appearing like a ‘tomboy’.

The air was so thick, you could have cut it with a number 1 clipper.
 
https://www.bristol247.com/lgbtq/news-lgbtq/reclaiming-butch-a-new-night-for-dancing-freely-and-letting-go/

Is that the produce of a wind farm?

[Pingu]

IMG_0835_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Mr Larrington]

Grrrrrr!

[Captain Nemo]

From the archives...

Brian of Britain

Sir - When Robert Robinson took over as host of the BBC Radio 4 quiz Brain of Britain in 1973, he was overjoyed to discover that, due to a typo on his contract, he was to chair something called Brian of Britain. From that moment on, the quiz was always referred to as Brian and the contestant­s known as Brians (Letters, September 17).

https://www.pressreader.com › uk › the-daily-telegraph › 20200919 › 282299617595454

[TPMB12]

I've got the best spellchecker. It's second to nine.

[Giraffe]

Mine's batter - it's seven of nine (bigger tights).

[Moleman76]

There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement. I think the UK/US distinction has only become so definitive relatively recently and many people apply it overly rigidly, leading to mistakes like metre for meter.

ah, but the distinction is made clear when pronounced (separate thread, I know) = ad-VERT-ise-ment versus ad-ver-TISE-ment

[Cudzoziemiec]

Traditionally yes, but I think that particular distinction is wearing away.

[Mr Larrington]

Kirkcaldy.

[Cudzoziemiec]

That is very embarrassing.

[Pingu]

I hope they got the bok thrown at them.

🦌🦌

[Basil]

From the Clwb Wisgi WhatsApp group.

It doesn't taste too much of Pete.

Well thank dog for that.   

[Cudzoziemiec]

Analysis is important in how the problem is irradicated.

It almost works! If it's a problem that you can solve by making it less extreme, less radical...

[Wowbagger]

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Of course, the grammatical error in the cartoon makes it eligible for The Other Place.

[JefO]

Ooof!

[Tim Hall]

Ventnor?  I think it's meant to be like that.

[Clare]

There is a place in NZ called Feilding (pronounced Fielding) so maybe it’s an archaic spelling or summat like that.

[Pickled Onion]

I before E except when it's not. It can be tricky. My mate at school, Pete Friend, once failed an exam by spelling his own name wrong.

[Mr Larrington]

Know a chap yclept “Friend Wood”, whose first name is pronounced “Free-End”.  Mr Zuckerberg's Walled Garden, natch, wouldn’t let him use his real name so he re-monikered himself “Frank Costin”