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T42

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1100 on: 16 January, 2022, 04:15:40 pm »
Good chiaroscuro.

And I spelt that right first go.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1101 on: 03 February, 2022, 11:09:53 am »
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“The US is trying to martial allies and partners in Europe to do what they can to indicate to the Kremlin that the cost of an attack on Ukraine will be very significant … the goal here is to maximise pressure on the Kremlin,”
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1102 on: 03 February, 2022, 05:37:26 pm »
At least it wasn't 'marital'….

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1103 on: 04 March, 2022, 08:55:54 am »
One from, of course, the Graun:
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He said the PWR reactors are “a lot safer” than the reactors at Chernobyl, and did not appear to be damaged yet. The reactors have large concrete contaminants and built-in fire protection systems, he said,
Hmm, I think you mean "containments" to, erm, contain the contaminants.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1104 on: 04 March, 2022, 09:17:12 am »
No sub-editors + auto-carrot = shit English (and no doubt other langauges).

The best I saw was undoubtedly deliberate, it being in the Sunday Times in the late '60's/early 70's, and hidden down in the very small print at the bottom of the TV listings

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1105 on: 04 March, 2022, 10:21:45 am »
A typical print compositors joke. Those days are long gone.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1106 on: 04 March, 2022, 11:48:47 am »
And a particularly unfortunate example:
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air-aid sirens
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1107 on: 04 March, 2022, 11:54:02 am »
And a particularly unfortunate example:
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air-aid sirens

Bruce Dickinson should sue over that one.
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T42

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1108 on: 04 March, 2022, 05:05:04 pm »
A typical print compositors joke. Those days are long gone.

Best I heard in that line was quoted by Alan Coren: "It was supposed to read 'she peered at herself in the mirror' but they left the R out."
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1109 on: 07 March, 2022, 11:52:33 pm »
A typical print compositors joke. Those days are long gone.

Best I heard in that line was quoted by Alan Coren: "It was supposed to read 'she peered at herself in the mirror' but they left the R out."

A rugby match report some years ago referred to the 'blue shits of Scotland.'

It was the Grauniad though, so anyone's guess as to whether it was a dig or merely a typo.

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1110 on: 08 March, 2022, 11:03:21 am »
I saw somewhere a clip (almost certainly Private Eye) in which the line "and the boat capsized" was upside down.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1112 on: 20 March, 2022, 10:09:56 pm »
They only sing when they’re winning…
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T42

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1113 on: 21 March, 2022, 10:10:50 am »
I wonder what they think it means.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1114 on: 30 March, 2022, 12:56:26 pm »
I just came across “bonified”, meaning “bona fide”.  This did not so much make me cringe as snort Brown Drink down my nose.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1115 on: 10 April, 2022, 10:16:43 pm »
No Love Vélo, Alpe d'Huez is not in Savoire, France and neither is Bourg d'Oissans  :facepalm:

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1116 on: 10 April, 2022, 10:20:09 pm »
Omnes: Bourg d'Oiseaux?  Quel genre des birbs sont-ils, ***?
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hellymedic

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1117 on: 13 April, 2022, 09:47:37 pm »
From the Jewish Chronicle:
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Ms Jay, 27, who crashed out on Monday after her fillet stake with parsnip purée failed to clinch her a spot in the semis, said it had been a “dream come true” to go so far in the contest.

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1118 on: 25 April, 2022, 09:35:52 pm »



When you see it...

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1119 on: 01 May, 2022, 12:58:22 pm »

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1120 on: 02 May, 2022, 08:55:48 am »
It's owned by hedge fund.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1121 on: 08 May, 2022, 12:56:32 pm »
Just discovered that the standard patient wossname from Ashford & St Peter’s NHS Trust speaks of “co-morbities” :facepalm:

This does not exactly inspire confidence.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1122 on: 09 May, 2022, 05:26:05 pm »
This one didn't make me cringe, more of a giggle.
Someone on our local Nextdoor is asking if anyone has a spare stargate they no longer need.
To stop the dog going upstairs apparently.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1123 on: 27 June, 2022, 07:14:17 pm »
Among the goodies one can purchase from my local B&Q are “Firepits and chimneas” :sick:
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #1124 on: 29 June, 2022, 11:15:33 am »
And among the things you can have in the comfort of your own hovel, courtesy of “home services app” Wecasa, is a “manucure”.
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