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hellymedic

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #775 on: 23 July, 2018, 09:43:12 pm »
Tyre 'leavers'...

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #776 on: 23 July, 2018, 10:52:40 pm »
Most Leavers make me cringe!

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hellymedic

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #777 on: 24 July, 2018, 12:24:21 am »
POBI is over there... ->

Tyre leavers do cause the tyre to leave the wheel...

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #778 on: 08 August, 2018, 04:02:37 pm »
Spelling, grammar, or just fun?

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hellymedic

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #779 on: 08 August, 2018, 08:07:26 pm »
I didn't think there'd be any trace if I left a massage...

hellymedic

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #780 on: 14 August, 2018, 12:14:12 am »
Peddling for pedalling, AGAIN!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45169966
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #781 on: 14 August, 2018, 01:23:12 pm »
Peddling for pedalling, AGAIN!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45169966
Auntie ought to know better!

They appear to have fixed it.

What really baffles me is the cartoon monkey image.  Is that the like the smiley faces that some Youtubers have taken to using as a garish alternative to blurring when anonymising people in video?  What's it hiding?


(Incidentally, an Uber Eats cyclist was spotted on the M5 this morning.  Presumably another case of inept sat-navvery.  Given my Garmin's frequent attempts to direct me onto the Aston Expressway when I didn't know my way around, I sympathise, but only up to the point where you stop and sheepishly wheel your bike back up the slip road.)

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #782 on: 14 August, 2018, 01:35:09 pm »
I don't think the monkey is hiding anything, it's meant to be a "see no evil" monkey, implying they're doing something stupid. Or maybe it's hiding something they were peddling.  :D
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #783 on: 14 August, 2018, 05:19:16 pm »
Oh, it's that communicating in emoji thing, but overlayed on the photograph?  Is there an app for that?  Who thought that was a good idea?  (Presumably the motorway police, rather than the BBC...)

Humbug.  I suppose emoji reduces cringeworthy spelling, thobut.

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #784 on: 14 August, 2018, 06:43:20 pm »
I think the overlaying emojis is a Snapchat/Instagram thing, and the use here is the coppers trying to be down with the kids...

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #785 on: 14 August, 2018, 07:33:04 pm »
I think the overlaying emojis is a Snapchat/Instagram thing, and the use here is the coppers trying to be down with the kids...

Given the rate at which police officers are getting younger, they're probably down without even trying...

T42

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #786 on: 15 August, 2018, 08:39:25 am »
Peddling for pedalling, AGAIN!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45169966
Auntie ought to know better!

You can send the tweet to the Grammar that... thread as well: "these pair".
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hellymedic

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #787 on: 18 August, 2018, 01:53:18 pm »
'...piece of mind'  in today's sales mail about a roofing service.

T42

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #788 on: 18 August, 2018, 02:21:59 pm »
Always liked that ad offering lawn-care and re-turfing from "the best sodding company in Yorkshire".
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #789 on: 23 September, 2018, 08:23:19 pm »

Meet Tim, nice but... quite bright actually!
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #790 on: 16 October, 2018, 07:47:48 pm »
Standards in Waitrose appear to be slipping:


Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #791 on: 17 October, 2018, 01:21:28 pm »
My biggest pet-hate is apostrophe abuse.  Waterstones being a recent offender - when they went ahead and removed the apostrophe from their name some years ago - it's now grammatically incorrect.

This generally creeps in when someone makes a noun plural and can be seen tens or hundreds of times on shop signs everyday you walk around your typical town.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #792 on: 17 October, 2018, 01:28:21 pm »
I'm not sure that grocers apostrophe's really belong in a spelling thread - and Waterstone(')s was factually incorrect for long enough to just regard it as a brand name.

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #793 on: 17 October, 2018, 01:28:36 pm »
The sign advertising "SHED'S GATE'S FENCE'S" opposite the one indicating that you're entering "KINGS HEATH" was probably peak apostrofail.  Unfortunately someone's fixed it by sticking little white pieces of paper over the apostrophes.

(King[']s Heath lost its apostrophe as a result of BCC budget cuts in 2009, or something.)

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #794 on: 27 October, 2018, 02:57:32 pm »
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #795 on: 23 November, 2018, 09:02:25 am »
Drossall: you are a beacon of light in this thread  :thumbsup:

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #796 on: 24 November, 2018, 03:58:12 pm »
Who are Chip and Fishe? https://goo.gl/maps/cwon7EENWRk
Haggerty F, Haggerty R, Tomkins, Noble, Carrick, Robson, Crapper, Dewhurst, Macintyre, Treadmore, Davitt.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #797 on: 24 November, 2018, 05:34:04 pm »
Who are Chip and Fishe? https://goo.gl/maps/cwon7EENWRk
When Whizzer grew up, his name didn't seem so much fun anymore, so he changed it to Fishe. Goodness knows why he chose Fishe, but he did. Still the love-hate relationship with Chips though.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #798 on: 25 November, 2018, 09:47:24 am »
Not a very good chi'ppie either
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meddyg

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #799 on: 12 December, 2018, 11:42:56 pm »



in Newport, Gwent.

Ergo, normal Welsh orthography