Author Topic: Spelling that makes you cringe (Read 171521 times)

hatler · « **Reply #975 on:** 28 October, 2020, 10:25:02 pm »

Ooooof. Even me as a musical dullard knows that that's wrong.

hellymedic · « **Reply #976 on:** 28 October, 2020, 10:42:56 pm »

I'm not too good at reading music BUT...

Strikes me they've stuck a standard 88-sticker pack onto an extended keyboard, whose lowest note is a C, not an A...

eckagain · « **Reply #977 on:** 28 October, 2020, 11:10:16 pm »

Not so much made me cringe so much as made me laff!

Somebody locally is selling an "Exorcise Bike".

Honest, I haven't made it up. Maybe they expect a lot of interest with Halloween coming?

hellymedic · « **Reply #978 on:** 29 October, 2020, 01:32:09 am »

These people got their stickers placed correctly but make interesting claims...

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🧠⬆Memorize 5x Faster! No Residence Left On The Keys 🎹 These piano keyboard stickers are suitable for 37 key, 49 key, 61 key and 88 key keyboards or pianos 🎼 Grab Yours Now▶️ https://bit.ly/30m3iUm

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #979 on:** 29 October, 2020, 12:18:41 pm »

I'm glad to see that they don't leave houses, flats or bungalows all over the ivories. That simply Would Not Do!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #980 on:** 29 October, 2020, 12:26:08 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 29 October, 2020, 12:18:41 pm

I'm glad to see that they don't leave houses, flats or bungalows all over the ivories. That simply Would Not Do!

"He wrote it in four flats, having moved house 3 times during its composition."

fimm · « **Reply #981 on:** 29 October, 2020, 01:42:33 pm »

@hellymedic that's hilarious. I'm also unconvinced that that kind of thing helps - but I know nothing about teaching (and it was a long time ago when I learned to play the piano).

spesh · « **Reply #982 on:** 29 October, 2020, 01:57:11 pm »

Quote from: eckagain on 28 October, 2020, 11:10:16 pm

Not so much made me cringe so much as made me laff!

Somebody locally is selling an "Exorcise Bike".

Honest, I haven't made it up. Maybe they expect a lot of interest with Halloween coming?

Just the thing for purging upholsterygheists from your home.

Pt 1: https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-05-24
Pt 2: https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-05-25

"The power of Zwift compels you!"

citoyen · « **Reply #983 on:** 30 October, 2020, 09:53:38 am »

Quote from: hatler on 28 October, 2020, 10:25:02 pm

Ooooof. Even me as a musical dullard knows that that's wrong.

It took me a while to work out where they had gone wrong, I must admit.

The thing that really threw me is the G flat and D flat labels - I know they exist conceptually, but I only ever dealt in F sharp and C sharp when I studied music (many years ago).

T42 · « **Reply #984 on:** 30 October, 2020, 11:11:08 am »

Quote from: spesh on 29 October, 2020, 01:57:11 pm

Quote from: eckagain on 28 October, 2020, 11:10:16 pm
Not so much made me cringe so much as made me laff!

Somebody locally is selling an "Exorcise Bike".

Honest, I haven't made it up. Maybe they expect a lot of interest with Halloween coming?

Just the thing for purging upholsterygheists from your home.

Pt 1: https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-05-24
Pt 2: https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-05-25

"The power of Zwift compels you!"

The strip that follows Pt 2. is irrelevant but funny.

Pingu · « **Reply #985 on:** 30 October, 2020, 11:23:27 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 30 October, 2020, 11:11:08 am

Quote from: spesh on 29 October, 2020, 01:57:11 pm
Quote from: eckagain on 28 October, 2020, 11:10:16 pm
Not so much made me cringe so much as made me laff!

Somebody locally is selling an "Exorcise Bike".

Honest, I haven't made it up. Maybe they expect a lot of interest with Halloween coming?

Just the thing for purging upholsterygheists from your home.

Pt 1: https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-05-24
Pt 2: https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-05-25

"The power of Zwift compels you!"

The strip that follows Pt 2. is irrelevant but funny.

Dilbert's lost a lot of weight since then but gained a phone.

L CC · « **Reply #986 on:** 03 December, 2020, 10:06:23 am »

Fictional, pictional shipping containers.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #987 on:** 03 December, 2020, 10:27:06 am »

Presumably that was meant to be elusive, which conjures up wonderful images of big, fat shipping containers on stumpy legs running away and hiding from people armed with cranes. A modern version of flintstone man hunting diplodocus.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #988 on:** 03 December, 2020, 10:35:14 am »

Or The Luggage's big brother.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #989 on:** 03 December, 2020, 11:50:17 am »

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Recycling is drought with issues at the best of times

Perhaps under the influence of the previous paragraph's reference to using a desert as a natural food dehydrator!
https://bikepacking.com/plan/guide-low-waste-bikepacking/

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #990 on:** 03 December, 2020, 12:12:21 pm »

From the same:

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Foraging is coming in much of Scandinavia. For instance in Sweden, there is an ancient customary law referred to as “Allemansrätten”, meaning “All Men’s Right”. It allows you to roam in any wood, meadow or field to forage for wild food.

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one of the tenants of bikepacking: be minimal.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #991 on:** 19 December, 2020, 09:29:22 am »

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A platypus under Visable light, UV light unfiltered and UV light yellow filter.

Urrgh. Interesting to read about glowing platypuses though.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/19/tasmanian-devils-glow-in-the-dark-australian-animals-glowing-platypus-wombat-echidna-bandicoot-scientists-investigate-australia-marsupials-light

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #992 on:** 19 December, 2020, 11:42:16 am »

Also, this photo:

should have been captioned:

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Dr Kenny Travouillon (L), Curator of Mammalogy, Western Australian Museum

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #993 on:** 19 December, 2020, 01:27:01 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 19 December, 2020, 11:42:16 am

Also, this photo:

should have been captioned:

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Dr Kenny Travouillon (L), Curator of Mammalogy, Western Australian Museum
Dame Echidna Everage (R), Curator of Humanology, (deceased)

L CC · « **Reply #994 on:** 25 December, 2020, 12:38:06 pm »

Festive frights.

Peter · « **Reply #995 on:** 25 December, 2020, 12:42:21 pm »

Apostrophe's in the right place, so I'm suspicious!

Further, a friend of ours was an occupational therapist. I often wondered how long it would be before the relevant society's magazine changed its title from "Therapist". Maybe there was a small "the" in front but I don't remember that.

Pingu · « **Reply #996 on:** 11 January, 2021, 07:33:36 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/11/joe-biden-donald-trump-impeachment-capitol-mike-pence-nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-covid-live-updates?page=with:block-5ffc87838f08ef644fc2dcd1#block-5ffc87838f08ef644fc2dcd1

Quote from: Grauniad

...the FBI has sent a bulleting...

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #997 on:** 11 January, 2021, 07:45:09 pm »

Typo or Freudian pils, I mean slip?

hellymedic · « **Reply #998 on:** 22 January, 2021, 02:47:21 am »

BMJ today had peddling for pedalling. They are usually better than that...

Kim · « **Reply #999 on:** 25 January, 2021, 07:42:13 pm »

I know it's a brand name and probably exempt from crimes against spelling, and I'm clearly biased against the company on account of their crappy products, but "DeafGard" (an acoustically-triggered fire alerter that frequently doesn't) and "DorGard" (a device that uses the same technology to close doors in response to random loud noises).