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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #550 on: 15 August, 2016, 10:12:14 pm »
 ... and besides ...

Poor peddle wench.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #551 on: 01 September, 2016, 04:55:05 pm »
I am spending a bit of time browsing the job ads at the moment.
I found this one today- not sure if i like the sound of LinCOLONshire.

https://jobs.fwi.co.uk/job/1401345742/regional-technical-agronomist-south-lincolonshire-england-uk/

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #552 on: 01 September, 2016, 10:37:02 pm »
;D  Andrij.  I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT   :thumbsup:

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #553 on: 01 September, 2016, 11:19:44 pm »
 ;D ;D ;D

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #554 on: 02 September, 2016, 12:54:31 am »
I hope you followed instructions ...

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #555 on: 02 September, 2016, 12:02:46 pm »
He'd be very popular if he could . . .
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Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #556 on: 03 September, 2016, 02:21:20 pm »
This is more of a whinge, but it is about spelling!

Crutch

Crotch

2 different words. Different sounds. Different spelling. Its really not funny to make smutty jokes about innocent comments (e..g.  "Can i try out your crutch?"  )

OK, you can allow one for novelty, but I strongly suspect that most of these folks don't know they are different words. Not sure if I'm more annoyed by the repitition, or by the ignorance!

crutch
krʌtʃ/Submit
noun
1.
a long stick with a crosspiece at the top, used as a support under the armpit by a lame person.
2.
the crotch of the body or a garment.
"a black skirt that barely hid her crutch"
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #557 on: 09 September, 2016, 05:17:37 pm »
We've been through the 'pedalling'/'peddling business many times before.<yawn>

It's time to vote for LCC Trustees.

One contender has PAID for a Facebook ad to improve his chances.
http://lcc.org.uk/pages/rich-stokoe

I've not encountered him but I don't know if I can take him seriously....

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #558 on: 09 September, 2016, 05:46:10 pm »
Maybe he is actually a pedlar?

Highly flamin' unlikely, but you never know...

Mind you, I don't think that would make me want to vote for him, either!
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #559 on: 09 September, 2016, 06:10:47 pm »
TBH Anyone who feels the need for a paid advert, without having much profile in cycling circles, is already damning himself.

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #560 on: 10 September, 2016, 12:51:52 pm »
I have now pointed out the difference between peddle and pedal after AN Other on Facebook enquired as to what he peddled and there seemed to be a 'whoosh'...

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #561 on: 10 September, 2016, 03:48:37 pm »
On an E-bay advert

"delivery can be arraigned, but cash on collection preferred"
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #563 on: 24 September, 2016, 02:06:56 pm »
Some place I passed yesterday had regularly spaced billboards for forty km back up the road saying "$BUSINESS welcomes visitor's".
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #564 on: 26 September, 2016, 11:15:46 am »
;D  Andrij.  I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT   :thumbsup:

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #565 on: 26 September, 2016, 11:24:35 am »
Officer:  Just come back with the apostrophe in "Angels" and we'll say no more about it.

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #566 on: 26 September, 2016, 03:52:18 pm »
What about the missing full stop?
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #567 on: 27 September, 2016, 03:23:07 pm »
I think this in the wrong thread.  ;D

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #568 on: 27 September, 2016, 03:30:26 pm »
I just read a communiqué from "Pharmacy2U", which tells me that:

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When you register with us, you are under Finlandiaely no commitment and can stop using the service at any time, for any reason.

This made me smile rather than cringe, though it doesn't exactly inspire confidence that the leaflet was apparently written by Kimi Räikkönen.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #569 on: 27 September, 2016, 03:44:22 pm »
You know these Finns - always in a hurry!
Getting there...

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #570 on: 27 September, 2016, 03:48:30 pm »
Finlandiaely is Ely Dave's northern cousin.  :D
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #571 on: 01 October, 2016, 07:51:46 am »
Led.

Rhymes with red, fed, bed, shed. 25% easier to type than lead. Why's it so hard?
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #572 on: 01 October, 2016, 08:07:28 am »
Because it also rhymes with 'Read'.

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #573 on: 01 October, 2016, 08:35:51 am »
It's a decent theory, but why isn't there a similar spelling of read as red? Phrases like "has lead to" seem to be amazingly common, even in publications with editors, but virtually no-one says they "have red a book", even though it's more phonetic.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #574 on: 01 October, 2016, 08:42:02 am »
Because we're a nation of followers?   ;)
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