Author Topic: Spelling that makes you cringe  (Read 169912 times)

clarion

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #75 on: 25 May, 2011, 10:37:50 am »
I can't stand it when people spell 'gramophone' as 'gramaphone' :demon:
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #76 on: 25 May, 2011, 05:45:07 pm »
I saw a new variation on the greengrocer's apostrophe the other day, at the council tip. Attached to a charity book donation bin was a typed sign that said:

"Do not put video,s in here.

Or toy,s"

Just keep hitting the keys, you'll get it right one day....

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Jules

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #77 on: 26 May, 2011, 12:04:55 am »
You can buy donor kebabs around here.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #78 on: 30 May, 2011, 09:58:36 pm »
Not quite spelling but will someone tell Channel 5 that, for the trails for their new series "The Hotel Inspector", the word they are looking for is 'restaurateur' not 'restauranteur'.
"Yes please" said Squirrel "biscuits are our favourite things."

rower40

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #79 on: 30 May, 2011, 10:13:00 pm »
A guide to cycling in York told its readers to take care when passing horses on roads and bridle paths, and not to ...
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... approach horses in a manor that may frighten them.
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jogler

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #80 on: 31 May, 2011, 06:49:07 am »
that's a job for The Sweeny Guvn'r.They get about in evryone's manor ;D

Clare

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #81 on: 31 May, 2011, 10:32:38 am »
I saw a new variation on the greengrocer's apostrophe the other day, at the council tip. Attached to a charity book donation bin was a typed sign that said:

"Do not put video,s in here.

Or toy,s"

Just keep hitting the keys, you'll get it right one day....







 :o


Regulator

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #82 on: 31 May, 2011, 10:40:44 am »
I can't stand it when people spell 'gramophone' as 'gramaphone' :demon:

Possibly because  'Gramophone' and 'Gramaphone' were both brand names for machines that repoduced sounds.

'Gramophone' coming from the Gramophone Company in the UK and 'Gramaphone' was a variation of the trade name used at times in the US.
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #83 on: 31 May, 2011, 10:50:34 am »
Someone has been working away at the shops on Upper Richmond Road in Putney but there's a lot of work to be done.

This sign at the post office has been corrected:-



But the tailors still has the opposite of the possessive apostrophe error: http://www.greenbank.org/misc/224.JPG

The Mailbox Etc two doors up has a big sign for 'STATIONARY' so plenty more to fix...

Oh, and the menu in the Harry Ramsden 'restaurant' attached to the Travelodge the at the Exeter M5 services had pints of 'Larger'.
"Yes please" said Squirrel "biscuits are our favourite things."

Andrij

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #84 on: 01 June, 2011, 12:54:38 pm »
Verity Stob on English V3.31:)
 
;D  Andrij.  I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT   :thumbsup:

mattc

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #85 on: 02 June, 2011, 12:46:46 pm »
Verity Stob on English V3.31:)
 
fantastic - there is something interesting on TheRegister!

(I liked her review of scand-crime-lit too )
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Andrij

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #87 on: 29 September, 2011, 08:29:27 pm »
Taken the other day at the Pavilion, Victoria Park, London

;D  Andrij.  I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT   :thumbsup:

clarion

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #88 on: 29 September, 2011, 09:19:19 pm »
Yup.  Everyone knows it's Piccadilly ;)
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Pingu

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #89 on: 29 September, 2011, 09:53:54 pm »
It's Pickled Lily, shirley  :thumbsup:

clarion

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #90 on: 03 October, 2011, 09:56:19 am »


Come on - it doesn't even sound like that! ::-)
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Auntie Helen

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #91 on: 05 October, 2011, 05:30:10 pm »
Sign in the church vestibule for the pre-school.



Essex's finest spelling!
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #92 on: 05 October, 2011, 05:33:12 pm »
Finest layout too.
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clarion

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #93 on: 05 October, 2011, 07:34:43 pm »
Someone hasn't heard of the Page Setup menu ;D
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mattc

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #94 on: 05 October, 2011, 08:11:36 pm »
I think a marker pen would be a better solution.

[ OT: someone should invent an acceptable abbreviation for
diaryear
diarheaoah
runny poo
]
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No.11  Because of the great host of those who dislike the least appearance of "swank " when they travel the roads and lanes. - From Kuklos' 39 Articles

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #95 on: 05 October, 2011, 11:43:20 pm »
Verity Stob on English V3.31:)
 
fantastic - there is something interesting on TheRegister!

(I liked her review of scand-crime-lit too )
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #96 on: 06 October, 2011, 12:03:18 am »
I think a marker pen would be a better solution.

[ OT: someone should invent an acceptable abbreviation for
diaryear
diarheaoah
runny poo
]

In 'the trade' we abbreviate diarrhoea d+
Vomiting is v+
Urine is u+
Faeces is f+
Haemorrhage is h+
There are many more, we are sad like that.

If they squit all over the place we tend to write d+++ on their hospital chart  ;D

Jaded

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #97 on: 06 October, 2011, 12:21:38 am »
I think a marker pen would be a better solution.

[ OT: someone should invent an acceptable abbreviation for
diaryear
diarheaoah
runny poo
]

In 'the trade' we abbreviate diarrhoea d+
Vomiting is v+
Urine is u+
Faeces is f+
Haemorrhage is h+
There are many more, we are sad like that.

If they squit all over the place we tend to write d+++ on their hospital chart  ;D

And when Simon visits it is s++++ ?
It is simpler than it looks.

clarion

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #98 on: 17 October, 2011, 03:49:35 pm »
Polari.

When did people start spelling it like that - and why, FFS?  In my copy of The Bona Book of Julian and Sandy, Took and Feldman spell it Palare.  The scripts for RTH had it as Palare.  There were articles in GT in the 80s about Palare.  And it's related to the showman's (gypsy) language of Parlyare, from the French Parler and the Italian Parlare.

What has it got to do with Scott, Amundsen and Peary?
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Rhys W

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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #99 on: 17 October, 2011, 03:52:12 pm »
See also: the Morrissey track "Picadilly Palare".