Dave Johnson was sorting one of the fabulous AUK PBP misprint shirts on Saturday's 200. The one that says across the back:Paris-Breast-Paris
:)
The 2009 LEL jersey has a grave error on it.
In the same way, people who claim to be 'pissed' at something rather than 'pissed off' don't do themselves any favours.
In the same way, people who claim to be 'pissed' at something rather than 'pissed off' don't do themselves any favours.
North Americanism. We don't use 'pissed' to mean drunk; it's a of shortening 'pissed off'.
I've always thought the grammar thread showed little enough class or manners, but I stayed away away from that argument, but here you all go again. Heaven forbid that there should be people out there oh so slightly less literate than than the middle class morass that fills yacf. What's the matter with you all, why not live and let live?
affect and effect. They are quite distinct so dont muddle tehm up. The effect is to affect my brain though I might be affecting to the effect they cause.
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I've always thought the grammar thread showed little enough class or manners, but I stayed away away from that argument, but here you all go again. Heaven forbid that there should be people out there oh so slightly less literate than than the middle class morass that fills yacf. What's the matter with you all, why not live and let live?
Perfictly put, Biggy. :thumbsup:I've always thought the grammar thread showed little enough class or manners, but I stayed away away from that argument, but here you all go again. Heaven forbid that there should be people out there oh so slightly less literate than than the middle class morass that fills yacf. What's the matter with you all, why not live and let live?
I do basically agree with you (as I hinted in my original post), but us humans do get irritated (sp?!) by irrational (sp?!) things and it helps to get them off your chest - so here's a thread to do it in. It's not to be taken too seriously. It's different from correcting people's spelling in ordinary threads - which I don't like, unless it's of practical help.
Perfictly put, Biggy. :thumbsup:I've always thought the grammar thread showed little enough class or manners, but I stayed away away from that argument, but here you all go again. Heaven forbid that there should be people out there oh so slightly less literate than than the middle class morass that fills yacf. What's the matter with you all, why not live and let live?
I do basically agree with you (as I hinted in my original post), but us humans do get irritated (sp?!) by irrational (sp?!) things and it helps to get them off your chest - so here's a thread to do it in. It's not to be taken too seriously. It's different from correcting people's spelling in ordinary threads - which I don't like, unless it's of practical help.
The 2009 LEL jersey has a grave error on it.
Talking of errors, one that's often committed on this forum:
'err' used to indicate hesitant pause (rather than 'er').
Actually it doesn't make me cringe, but just raises a little smile as it's one of those misspellings that frequently works in the opposite way it was intended (to err - to be mistaken):
"I err ... think you'll find that I'm right"
In the same way, people who claim to be 'pissed' at something rather than 'pissed off' don't do themselves any favours.
The senior people at work who are "Principle Engineers" or "Principle Consultants".
*snigger*
I'm inconsistent and fallible. Like others I admit to being somewhat pedantic about spelling and grammar. Yet no matter how much I proof read my letters/emails etc. it makes me cringe when I see what I've written. So I try (weakly) to assume the errors of others are typos or slips of the keyboard.Ah yes. Indeedy. Now I don't have to mention them.
On this site I get irritated by
- peddles instead of pedals, and
- breaks instead of brakes.
There, I've said it now; that feels better already.
Me too. And curb instead of kerb.
On this site I get irritated by
- peddles instead of pedals, and
- breaks instead of brakes.
I've always thought the grammar thread showed little enough class or manners, but I stayed away away from that argument, but here you all go again. Heaven forbid that there should be people out there oh so slightly less literate than than the middle class morass that fills yacf. What's the matter with you all, why not live and let live?
Not a spelling mistake as such, but a Trading Standards woman on "Watchdog" used "disinterested" last night when she meant "uninterested". That confusion is so common; more people get it wrong than get it right.
I don't think I've ever heard stakeholder used in that way. Does it have any application outside gambling? Perhaps it could be used to refer to a person or body that holds cautionary deposits - but I don't think it ever is.Not a spelling mistake as such, but a Trading Standards woman on "Watchdog" used "disinterested" last night when she meant "uninterested". That confusion is so common; more people get it wrong than get it right.
Has anyone here ever used the term 'stakeholder'? While many cringe at its jargonistic usage, what seems more problematic is its meaning is almost exactly the opposite of its intended use. A stakeholder is, by definition, a disinterested party - someone who holds the stake in a bet and has no interest in a particular outcome.
I noticed that a review in C+ recently of a new saddle talked about how it relieved pressure in the perennial area.
While we're on that particular area, what about blokes who have problems with their [sic] prostrate?I think you meant to type:
I don't think I've ever heard stakeholder used in that way. Does it have any application outside gambling? Perhaps it could be used to refer to a person or body that holds cautionary deposits - but I don't think it ever is.
Not a spelling mistake as such, but a Trading Standards woman on "Watchdog" used "disinterested" last night when she meant "uninterested". That confusion is so common; more people get it wrong than get it right.
Has anyone here ever used the term 'stakeholder'? While many cringe at its jargonistic usage, what seems more problematic is its meaning is almost exactly the opposite of its intended use. A stakeholder is, by definition, a disinterested party - someone who holds the stake in a bet and has no interest in a particular outcome.
Have we had "lightening" for "lightning" yet?God yes, that one's appalling.
Coz helly are a wimmin.
A wooman.Woo, your a man! I dizent realise!
I've always thought the grammar thread showed little enough class or manners, but I stayed away away from that argument, but here you all go again. Heaven forbid that there should be people out there oh so slightly less literate than than the middle class morass that fills yacf. What's the matter with you all, why not live and let live?
Coz helly are a wimmin.I are a woperkin.
That's a type of diesel engine? :)Coz helly are a wimmin.I are a woperkin.
Pet hate: the omission of the last two letters from "drawer".
E.g. "Top draw of the filing cabinet"
'Take the money out of the draw(er)'
I have to admit that's somewhat confusing, road-runner, as the word itself appears to be contra-duck-tory. At the beginning we have 'woper', implying great size, but the ending 'kin' seems to be a dim-initiative. We have to ask, is this large or small? Is it at the larger end of small, or, as I believe, at the smaller end of large? :)
No. You is just a perkin. Gender differentiation in language is an oppressive mechanism invented by perkins of the nasty type we no longer have a word for because to have one would be to submit to their oppression.Coz helly are a wimmin.I are a woperkin.
A wooman.Woo, your a man! I dizent realise!
A wooman.Woo, your a man! I dizent realise!
Not! Not a wosman either.
The Wosmans!
Not! Not a wosman either.
Coz helly are a wimmin.I are a woperkin.
I know them (not too) well.A wooman.Woo, your a man! I dizent realise!
Not! Not a wosman either.
Some of my best friends...
... approach horses in a manor that may frighten them.
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....
I can't stand it when people spell 'gramophone' as 'gramaphone' :demon:
Verity Stob on English V3.31 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/01/verity_stob_english_upgrade/). :)fantastic - there is something interesting on TheRegister!
Dear Verity has always been the best bit.Verity Stob on English V3.31 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/01/verity_stob_english_upgrade/). :)fantastic - there is something interesting on TheRegister!
(I liked her review of scand-crime-lit too )
I think a marker pen would be a better solution.
[ OT: someone should invent an acceptable abbreviation fordiaryeardiarheaoah
runny poo
]
I think a marker pen would be a better solution.
[ OT: someone should invent an acceptable abbreviation fordiaryeardiarheaoah
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
Canada uses an Avery or imperial bushel (36.369 litres) when selling Oats, Wheat, and Grain. When dealing with the US oat markets though, special attention must be paid to the definition of bushel weight because US uses a Winchester bushel (35.239 liters)Make your mind up! Put some moral fibre into your spelling before committing it to the fiber of the paper!
11th April
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Congo was her home for more than twenty-five years and the founding of IPASC (the Pan African Institute of Community Health) is her endearing achievement.That'll be 'enduring' then!
This is possibly a typo rather than a spelling mistake but is symptomatic of the copy that I get sent when doing marketing materials for books. I always have to read everything very carefully so this stuff doesn't get through.QuoteCongo was her home for more than twenty-five years and the founding of IPASC (the Pan African Institute of Community Health) is her endearing achievement.That'll be 'enduring' then!
Rightly or wrongly I have heard a rumour of some pour service on the
site at Wisbech
Faith book festival invites athiest Dawkins
Currently there are several of the previous model Raven Tours undertaking the “American end to end”, Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. There are also over a thousand Raven Tours delighting their owners, as they go about their day to day business, with the least possible fuss. The NEW RAVEN is wonderfully stable; city streets, tow paths, bridleways, mountain passes, desserts and continents can all be tackled in confidence.
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Other famous musical persons include Joe Green & Claud Greenhill.Shouldn't that be Joe Victormanwelking of Italy? :D
Dunno about that, but I used to share a house with a bloke called Victor Offeringtothegodswhichissubsequentlyeaten.Other famous musical persons include Joe Green & Claud Greenhill.Shouldn't that be Joe Victormanwelking of Italy? :D
Stick it to the man!Made me ;D
Same mistake on all three bits of signwriting. nice one!
That's now a deliberate mis-spelling. It was a mistake on the original in 1995 but the local people decided to keep it going.
This is the third "Munty Bus".
http://www.wivenhoe.gov.uk/WTC/MuntyBus/munty_bus.htm refers.
That's ye olde pubbe 'n' Christmasse spellinge, innite?
The local paper seems to think there's a place called 'Sadbury'...
Sudbury Middx...
Sudbury Middx...
I'd completely forgotten about that one. I'm a Met Line girl, and it all gets a bit "Here Be Dragons" south of NPH.
I've been shopping in that branch of Sainsbury's for at least twenty years, but only noticed yesterday that they sell "Air Freshners"
The local paper seems to think there's a place called 'Sadbury'...It's where Heartbreak Hotel is located.
The local paper seems to think there's a place called 'Sadbury'...It's where Heartbreak Hotel is located.
Should the word 'role' have a hat on the 'o' or am I being old fashioned (or just plain wrong)?I'd leave it off. It doesn't add anything, except perhaps in very special contexts, and complicates typing. I'm all for keeping it straightforward.
I have been thinking about the war a lot with the 70 th anerversiry of the dam buster and all the sacrifices that generation make - I just wanted to say thankyou! and send you all Pease and love to you all x we all owe you so much and there is so much we can learn from you all!
QuoteI have been thinking about the war a lot with the 70 th anerversiry of the dam buster and all the sacrifices that generation make - I just wanted to say thankyou! and send you all Pease and love to you all x we all owe you so much and there is so much we can learn from you all!
Please, I don't want your pease (http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=275206492). Really, I don't.
The only thing that makes me cringe about that is that they look like brother and sister.
Please note a class will NOT be running at St Aidans on Friday morning 15th November due to Christmas Bizarre preperations
... I spotted this grave mistake in Beccles today...
So that matters are not delayed, can you please issue any updated drawings and provide me with a plan and section of the proposed Fowl Water Sewer drawing
Increasingly seeing breaking when it should be braking. If this continues it'll probably make the OED before long.
Increasingly seeing breaking when it should be braking. If this continues it'll probably make the OED before long.
1838 Public Wks. Great Brit. 52 That every carriage should be provided with a break.
1839 S. C. Brees Railw. Pract. Gloss. 287 Break or Convoy to Railway Carriages. a hand lever worked by the breaksman.
1862 Macm. Mag Oct. 455 This loom is fitted with Sellers' ‘break’ for stopping the loom.
1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1874) xi. 246 To act as a sort of break.
Increasingly seeing breaking when it should be braking. If this continues it'll probably make the OED before long.
Currently [teacher x] has a big influence on the Bristol and West Chess Scene and is a much sort after chess teacher.
I was asked yesterday to submit a profile of myself as a chess teacher for the Chess in Schools charity to put on their website. I had a look at a few others to get an idea of what was wanted and found this:-I know him (very vaguely)! Or should I say I no him?QuoteCurrently [teacher x] has a big influence on the Bristol and West Chess Scene and is a much sort after chess teacher.
I'm afraid I had to gnaw my own arm off after that one.
BBC News website showed an 'ariel' view of the floods yesterday.
BBC News website showed an 'ariel' view of the floods yesterday.
I wonder how many of the ones these days where it's wrong but still a correctly spelled word are auto correct errors compounded by poor or zero proof reading rather than the author just getting it wrong.
Very vaugely?I sought of know him.
Thats' alright.Very vaugely?I sought of know him.
Center. Really? I expect HMRC (and scammers) to be able to spell.
BBC News website showed an 'ariel' view of the floods yesterday.
It's only a small thing, but 'miniscule'.. It's a failing that makes me think their school must have been pathetic.
Slightly off topic because kids' mis-spellings aren't cringeworthy: they are often delightful.
I once had a very exciting story to mark, written by an 8-year-old, which was set in Africa. All kinds of creatures appeared, but my favourite was the austridge.
On another occasion, a colleague and I were responsible for teaching maths to some very challenged 11/12 year olds. We set some homework one day and the following week one lad appeared with a picture of the world's tallest land mammal that he's drawn and a letter from his mum along the lines that she couldn't see what this had to do with mathematics.
We had told them all to draw a graph.
Slightly off topic because kids' mis-spellings aren't cringeworthy: they are often delightful.
I once had a very exciting story to mark, written by an 8-year-old, which was set in Africa. All kinds of creatures appeared, but my favourite was the austridge.
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My interesting spelling error today was "iminumu" which I achieved when trying to type "minimum".
Shortly before I left real teaching I witnessed our teacher-in-charge-of-science putting up a display centred around a rainbow. The colours were in the order red-yellow-orange-green-blue-indigo-violet. When I took her quietly to one side to point out the error she said "Oh it doesn't matter!" >:( and indeed :facepalm:
I asked her if it would be OK for me arbitrarily to rearrange my week so that it went Mon-Wed-Tue-Thu-Fri. Perhaps the most annoying part was that she was being paid more than me for being the science specialist.
My interesting spelling error today was "iminumu" which I achieved when trying to type "minimum".
Dave Johnson was sorting one of the fabulous AUK PBP misprint shirts on Saturday's 200. The one that says across the back:Paris-Breast-Paris
The body of the elderly man was discovered at 12pm in woodland near the centre in Uxbridge Road, which was tapped of by police for several hours.
Mr Preston, who has been gliding for 20 years, escaped with a cut leg and fractured vertebrate following the accident and has told how he is lucky to be alive.
Do your day in stripes and vintage chords. #since1969
I saw "interruptor" earlier today, in an article about people with different native languages conversing.
Unless you're talking about a sexually adventurous mushroom.
It seems that one of the brands of BEER available in this hotel is "Artious Stella" :facepalm:
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I don't think I'd be able to get a t-shirt on!
t-shirt instead of T-shirt. It's a minor but significant detail.
I'd say minor and insignificant. It's already an abstraction.
Style guides are more about consistency than correctness, of course.
I'd say minor and insignificant. It's already an abstraction.
Is it really an abstraction? I'd say it's a fairly literal description, notwithstanding that T-shirts come in various shapes (or that the capital letter T comes in various shapes, for that matter).
Anyway, it's not significant enough for me to lose any sleep over, it just struck me as odd that the "t-shirt" form was explicitly preferred in a style guide.
I thought it was a mint?Car, surely?
I think the 3T handlebars were called "Morphe", so it doesn't make me cringe - unlike "Campagnola"!
I think the 3T handlebars were called "Morphe", so it doesn't make me cringe - unlike "Campagnola"!Context, innit? Nothing wrong with 'loose' when what is meant is not tight, but when it refers to loss, it makes me cringe. Same here.
I think the 3T handlebars were called "Morphe", so it doesn't make me cringe - unlike "Campagnola"!
Likewise that foul USAnian abbreviation "Campy" :sick:
My enterprising son is making some pocket money by printing bespoke T-shirts. His latest commission is for a local Christian youth organisation, yclept thusly:One of my first jobs was at a T-shirt printing shop, in those days you had to lay out the letters & stencils by hand and use a heat press on each item. On the first day I was asked to help myself from a stack of about 30 hoodies that had taken my predecessor ages to print up, every single one of them perfectly printed with
Kidz Klub
:sick:
So you cringe at every spelling mistake? That's a lot of cringing. :)Naah. I cringe at those which are not explicable by poor literacy. Lose/loose, for example, I usually see used consistently by certain individuals, very often when the correct spelling is there to be read. Topeak 'Morphe' I usually see used in contexts where the correct spelling is there to be read, in online discussions, often with links to sites which show the product.
My enterprising son is making some pocket money by printing bespoke T-shirts. His latest commission is for a local Christian youth organisation, yclept thusly:One of my first jobs was at a T-shirt printing shop, in those days you had to lay out the letters & stencils by hand and use a heat press on each item. On the first day I was asked to help myself from a stack of about 30 hoodies that had taken my predecessor ages to print up, every single one of them perfectly printed with
Kidz Klub
:sick:LEWISHAM
BADMINGTON
CLUB
So you cringe at every spelling mistake? That's a lot of cringing. :)Naah. I cringe at those which are not explicable by poor literacy. Lose/loose, for example, I usually see used consistently by certain individuals, very often when the correct spelling is there to be read. Topeak 'Morphe' I usually see used in contexts where the correct spelling is there to be read, in online discussions, often with links to sites which show the product.
That makes me cringe. The word's there to copy, it's short & simple, & still they get it wrong!
Some very funny ones here on (ahem) Sporcle.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/Purple_Parrot/send-me-a-sign
Some very funny ones here on (ahem) Sporcle.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/Purple_Parrot/send-me-a-sign
12 is my favourite. :)
Yesterday Mrs. Wow and I were queuing behind a vehicle which had been subjected to the work of a "professional" sign writer. The messages "Intergrated System Design". This ranks alongside the Clacton-based purveyor of sea food who was advertising his "muscles".
It's probably been said before but:
Xmas.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2015/jan/10/plane-windy-leeds-airport-video
Edit: the Graun editors have been at work. The text beneath that video originally referred to "gail-force winds".
So many to chose from. Accomodation.
Dependant for dependent.
According to Merriam-Webster, phenomenons (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phenomenon) is a word. Luckily the Oxford Dictionary has never heard of it (even in "world English").
According to Merriam-Webster, phenomenons (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phenomenon) is a word. Luckily the Oxford Dictionary has never heard of it (even in "world English").
For all you pedantsAs a professional pedant (paid for proofreading), I approve.
The The Impotence of Proofreading (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ)
**********THIS IS AN AUTOMATATED RESPONSE**********I think they're counting their As and Ts.
T#### are close for Annual Stock Taking re-opening Wednesday 1st April @ 08:30am
We will respond then.
Kind regards.
T#### Team.
Facebook informs me that Prince Harry has called for the return of 'cumpulsory national service'. :o
No thanks. :hand:
That could perhaps be one of the deliberate errors they supposedly put in OS maps to catch copyright infringement. Or it could be a genuine error, such as caused the French town of Montreuil, which is not by the sea, to become Montreuil-sur-Mer.
That could perhaps be one of the deliberate errors they supposedly put in OS maps to catch copyright infringement. Or it could be a genuine error, such as caused the French town of Montreuil, which is not by the sea, to become Montreuil-sur-Mer.
Job descriptionI think the sooner this organisation finds someone the better.
About the opportunity
We are looking for someone to assist our Office Administration to proofread reports to a high standard, checking grammar, spelling and context and highlight areas of concern to the assessment team for clarification or correction. Timings are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday - This could be 3-4 hours or a full day, but will need a regular commitment of at least 1 day per week to facilitate training. Volunteers need to be aged 21 to apply for this role.
What are they looking for?
Excellent understanding of Microsoft Word. Excellent written communication skills. Excellent English grammer and spelling.
Yes and no. When the Greater Fenland Railway Company (or whoever it was) established their station, they were traditionalists and used an older form of the town's name.That could perhaps be one of the deliberate errors they supposedly put in OS maps to catch copyright infringement. Or it could be a genuine error, such as caused the French town of Montreuil, which is not by the sea, to become Montreuil-sur-Mer.
Or it could be that BR mis-named the station, as per TfL above??
Whittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea (as the name of the railway station is currently spelt) or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles (10 km) east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England.According to Wikipedia, anyway.
Who now remembers the name of the man who set the text for Handel's Messiah? Well, it was Charles Jenners.
Currently rewatching The Killing, and noticed that all accents are suppressed in the subtitles. Thus a bloke called Høgland comes out as Hogland.
A minor point for stolidly monolingual English-speakers, maybe, but doing that to someone real in Denmark lays you open to a charge of assault.
What language – French? Do they also do voustions?
The Garmin Edge 25 is an ideal amature level GPS Cycling computer with professional touches that make it ahead of any computer in its price range. This GPS + GLONASS-enabled bike computer tracks how far, how fast…
...provides a variety of free fruit including apples, clementine’s, grapes and bananas every fortnight
Given standard's among the greengrocering siblinghood surely it would be:
Plucking fruit off of a tree
?
It's similar the the hand-written notice in a local cafe offering special deals to "Senoir citizens".
I keep getting offers to win £1000 worth of shopping vouchers for Aldi from "your Opinion ocunts".
I keep getting offers to win £1000 worth of shopping vouchers for Aldi from "your Opinion ocunts".
Missing apostrophe?
QuoteThe bottom line is that its a simple pier to pier referral scheme.
This one has me laughing, not cringing.
QuoteThe bottom line is that its a simple pier to pier referral scheme.
This one has me laughing, not cringing.
Whatever floats your boat.
Retweeted photo courtesy millimole OTP.Should have gone to SpecSavers...
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They meant 'retinal'...
Cigarets. This appears to be the/an accepted USAnian spelling as it appears throughout the book, but while I don't mind 'theater' and 'color' this one still looks wrong. It also makes me wonder why Penguin couldn't Britannicise the book, but I guess they just didn't want to pay for that.
I agree. This one was originally written in Yiddish, so I'll start studying. :)
Phaff.
איך בין נישט קאַונטינג.
(That's weird. Google produced a translation written from right to left, as you'd expect for Yiddish. I pasted it in here and it got automatically turned round.)
איך בין נישט קאַונטינג.
(That's weird. Google produced a translation written from right to left, as you'd expect for Yiddish. I pasted it in here and it got automatically turned round.)
Ich bin nicht ??counting??
Never could do Yiddish; over to Ham...
Funny do, learning a language that's a mix of two languages you already know. I'm fluent in French and German, but Alsatian leaves me dizzy. The folk here seem to choose randomly whatever word, French or German, they're going use next, and then, from the point of view of either, mispronounce it. Since they talk at normal speed, by the time my descrambler has caught up with sentence A they're already at H.
In this story, Polish Jew bumps into Lithuanian Jews and comments he can barely understand their Yiddish, which is not surprising.איך בין נישט קאַונטינג.
(That's weird. Google produced a translation written from right to left, as you'd expect for Yiddish. I pasted it in here and it got automatically turned round.)
Ich bin nicht ??counting??
Never could do Yiddish; over to Ham...
רעכענען (Rech'nin)
... is the more appropriate word. There is a joke about being disappointed that the word for disappointed is, well, disappointed. They could have borrowed the german but I've always taken the German (enttauscht ? I think) to be more frustrated than disappointed (although AH may have a more informed view). FWIW, due to its bastard nature, I don't even count yiddish as a language I speak and have successfully avoided doing so for many years on the basis that it completely screws up my already not-that-fantastic German.
Please be aware that we will have two minuets silence at 11am today
I believe John Cage's 4'33 is in the form of, amongst others, a minuet.
Depends whether you slurp.I believe John Cage's 4'33 is in the form of, amongst others, a minuet.
Is the 't' silent?
A local Asian shops advertises have a "Hair & Beauty Saloon" inside.Go to "Grammar that makes you cringe"; go directly to "Grammar that makes you cringe"; do not pass Go; do not collect £200.
A local Asian shops advertises have a "Hair & Beauty Saloon" inside.Go to "Grammar that makes you cringe"; go directly to "Grammar that makes you cringe"; do not pass Go; do not collect £200.
;)
It's "jewelry" if you're USAnian, lazy, both or want to get up close and personal with Mr Shovel.
I noticed this morning, that just around the corner from Charlotte's studio is a beakery (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Perivale,+Greenford,+Greater+London+UB6+7JD/@51.5362772,-0.3192459,3a,28.6y,118.78h,72.37t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1svm3vviOj3tx50DKG0Up-hg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dvm3vviOj3tx50DKG0Up-hg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D73.794609%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x4876124262d93413:0x45f04b829f6fe40)
In Another Place somebody has a trophy for being a SUPER RONDONNEUR 2015.
:'(
I noticed this morning, that just around the corner from Charlotte's studio is a beakery (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Perivale,+Greenford,+Greater+London+UB6+7JD/@51.5362772,-0.3192459,3a,28.6y,118.78h,72.37t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1svm3vviOj3tx50DKG0Up-hg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dvm3vviOj3tx50DKG0Up-hg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D73.794609%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x4876124262d93413:0x45f04b829f6fe40)
Seen on a market stall sign on BBC news this morning "draft ale"
Seen on a market stall sign on BBC news this morning "draft ale"
Beer for those who have been called up to perform military service?
Just come up on my Facebook feed.
I think there are at least four English usage errors in one tat!
AAARGH!
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I reckon four is fair: as both the commas are about needlessly subordinating the middle three words, I'm happy to count them both as one error, while triple-counting "you're" is simply gilding the lily.I'd agree if it was, say, a piece of schoolwork to be marked, but on an internet forum notably prone to pedantry for pedantry's sake, it seemed silly to be restrained!
Indeed, there's no 'L' in Chai.I went to a Thee Pubbe in Dover which had a sign outside proudly proclaiming "There's no 'F' i n lager".
I am cringingly wondering if a "chail latté" is really a thing
Wow. Thanks, that's really enlightening. And it has (in a round about way) answered something which has mildly puzzled me for years: Why is an apple pie bed so called? Obvious now.I am cringingly wondering if a "chail latté" is really a thing
If it is, it's due to junctural metanalysis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing), like "adder" and "newt".
I suppose dog-collars are no protection.;D
@BritishArmy: Soldiers from 2nd Batallion #Parachute Regiment head towards a #USAF CV-22 Osprey during Exercise Voijek Valour:facepalm:
About the same time that people started spelling morale as "moral", pedal as "peddle" and kerb as "curb" :hand:
I think 'moral' is the original spelling though, or at least was the more common up until the Second World War.
I think 'moral' is the original spelling though, or at least was the more common up until the Second World War.
I don't know about WWII but to me 'moral' is to do with right and wrong, whilst 'morale' is to do with how you're feeling. Two completely different words...
Is spelling really that important?(click to show/hide)
Another useful bi-product of having a wider range of energy sources is that they make our energy system more stable.
no matter what your job in tails...Funeral director?
Concert pianist?no matter what your job in tails...Funeral director?
Manx cat repairer?Concert pianist?no matter what your job in tails...Funeral director?
Seen today on Goswell Road, Clerkenwell:Ah, what a delight! Now I know where to get my raincoat repaired! :thumbsup:
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Dom to Mac Guy: I'll tell you how to use apostrophes if you till me when to use spaces.
Mac Guy to Dom: No deal.
I'm arranging an airside pass for one of my fitters at Stansted.
The person I'm communicating with signs off her email: Deb's
This is more of a whinge, but it is about spelling!Yep. That's the crutch of the matter.
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!
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!
When you register with us, you are under Finlandiaely no commitment and can stop using the service at any time, for any reason.
Led.
Rhymes with red, fed, bed, shed. 25% easier to type than lead. Why's it so hard?
Because it also rhymes with 'Read'.
I get pissed off at people who spell woman L-A-D-Y.
...Special report from Harrowgate Army Foundation College...
I do wish the numpties who knock-up our media round-up emails would pay attention to what they're doingQuote...Special report from Harrowgate Army Foundation College...
Twinned with Great Dunlawnmower?
Lead is heavy but led makes light.
Finlandiaely is Ely Dave's northern cousin. :D
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In later years I occasionally have trouble with double letters, since English doubles some that French doesn't and probably v.v. Similarly, whereas some English words use the -ible suffix, French uses -able consistently; I tend to forget which English words do what.
At least they didn't call it "Yom Kipper", which I bet many a spillchucker-user has fallen victim to.Wasn't the Yom Kipper War a result of Iceland trying to extend its fishing limits?
In later years I occasionally have trouble with double letters, since English doubles some that French doesn't and probably v.v. Similarly, whereas some English words use the -ible suffix, French uses -able consistently; I tend to forget which English words do what.
I wonder if this is the Pondian distinction becoming more important than the distinction of meaning? When program was introduced, we (right-ponders) adopted the left-ponders' spelling to distinguish the new meaning. Now the once new meaning is well known there's less need to adopt a special spelling to say, "Look! This is a new word! It does not mean what you think it means!"
Two street preachers who used offensive language during an event in Bristol city centre have been convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence.Fouls committed while "playing away".
The men were arrested in Broadmead in July last year following complaints about comments they were making about Islam and homesexuality.
In later years I occasionally have trouble with double letters, since English doubles some that French doesn't and probably v.v. Similarly, whereas some English words use the -ible suffix, French uses -able consistently; I tend to forget which English words do what.
Was this deliberate?
Saffari Park:facepalm:
Wrong.I wonder if this is the Pondian distinction becoming more important than the distinction of meaning? When program was introduced, we (right-ponders) adopted the left-ponders' spelling to distinguish the new meaning. Now the once new meaning is well known there's less need to adopt a special spelling to say, "Look! This is a new word! It does not mean what you think it means!"
Oh yes, I fully admit to being anoldmiddle-aged fart about it. I suspect this is only ever going to irk The Generation Who Could Program The Timer On The VCR.
There is a generation before yours who began to use computers.
Some of us used (and still use) and wrote 'programmes', and stored (and still store) them on 'discs'.
In Ye Shedde the bowel condition was known as 'dire rear'...
A friend of Mrs. Wow's, who is a nurse, has a little mnemonic he finds useful.
Doesn't
It
Always
Run
Really
Horribly
Over
Each
Ankle
?
:D
Edit: that's pretty much a haiku! O:-)
But still shit poetry. ;)
In Ye Shedde the bowel condition was known as 'dire rear'...
Includes aluminium poles and folding steal frame structure, with polyester cover and carry case.
http://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/pop-up-gazebo-318786QuoteIncludes aluminium poles and folding steal frame structure, with polyester cover and carry case.
on mass
Dentures?
Dentures?
aperoteefs
In a CV, fast paste environment.That made oi larf ;D
In the freshly cut vinyl on the door of a newly rebranded gym, Lifetyle.
in a similar veinQuoteon mass
::-)
just encase you haven't seen
Dick's Body Shop
24-hr Toe Service
BBC look easy, person caption on interview had them described as working for " cambrdidge IVF"
It's not the typo, it's the lack of proof read at the beeb of all places. :o
BBC look easy, person caption on interview had them described as working for " cambrdidge IVF"
It's not the typo, it's the lack of proof read at the beeb of all places. :o
Y'what? ???
"A salary package will be offered commiserate with experience" - an actual job advert seen today."We're really sorry, we can't pay very much."
"A salary package will be offered commiserate with experience" - an actual job advert seen today.
Books - Any kind of Books you don't need anymore will be grate to collect. Thanks.
Obligated.
It's the nails on the blackboard of the English language.
Last Sunday, a bloke in a Beamer started encroaching on my right of way and looked decidedly pissed off when I continued and obliged him to stop. He then had to drive round three sides of a rough rectangle and round a roundabout to get where he was going, whereas the cycle path I was on cut straight across. It was delightful to meet him again at the far side and get onto the cyclist-priority crossing just before he reached it. :demon: :DTo my mind, where obliged has the sense of 'physically forced', as there, it can't be replaced with obligated. Obligated expresses a sense of obliged which is more like 'bureaucratically compelled'. Whether it's worth having a slightly ugly word to express that particular sense of 'obliged', I'm not sure, but it is distinct.
To my mind, where obliged has the sense of 'physically forced', as there, it can't be replaced with obligated. Obligated expresses a sense of obliged which is more like 'bureaucratically compelled'. Whether it's worth having a slightly ugly word to express that particular sense of 'obliged', I'm not sure, but it is distinct.
Obligated and obliged don't have entirely the same meaning though.
after my visit to Conceria Fiori, I unlocked my bicycle and peddled about 2km southeast of the old tannery to her old address in central Turin.
Obligated and obliged don't have entirely the same meaning though.
That seems to be based on the popular notion that extra syllables add gravitas or emphasis (see also: use vs utilise).
Obligate is just a back-formation from obligation, which in turn derives from oblige. Any difference in meaning is defined by custom rather than etymology.
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Oh dear!
Mrs P and are a bit epoplectic at the moment.
:thumbsup:Mrs P and I are a bit epoplectic at the moment.
Appoxy resin ;) ;D
Edited to preserve pedantic sanity!
Mrs P and I are a bit epoplectic at the moment.
Appoxy resin ;) ;D
Edited to preserve pedantic sanity!
Lance Armstrong is to make an official epology for his drug use.That might mak Lance cringe, but delighted me! :D
Lance Armstrong is to make an official epology for his drug use.That might mak Lance cringe, but delighted me! :D
Some very funny ones here on (ahem) Sporcle.Number 11 is quite timely.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/Purple_Parrot/send-me-a-sign
A friend suffers terribly from parcels delivered to the wrong address. She lives at 6 Deanbank Street, and the people in 16 Bank Street are rather annoyed.
It is breakfast time. Would you rather have a bacon role or a bacon roll?
recon = reconnoitre surely?
I have noticed an apparent increase in 'non' for 'none' and 'recon' for 'reckon'.
I'd happily go with either, but not reckonrecon = reconnoitre surely?
I always thought that recon was short for reconditioned and is pronounced ree-con. As in 'recon engine'.
The internet says I'm wrong, it's pronounced ri-'con and means reconnaissance. Surely the word for that is recce?
US dictionaries claim it's a British word. Really?
Campagnola
I'm rarely offended by misspellings as I'm not too hot myself at spelling, and there's no such thing as "correct" spelling, really, as it's an evolutionary thing, but this one makes me :sick: Don't people look at their components, or are they misreading the fancy writing?
I called out a mate for sharing right-wing shite on Facebook. I asked him for his sources.
He replied that he liked to troll the internet for articles.
I think he meant trawl.
https://www.opentable.ie/r/campagnola-new-york :Phttp://lacampagnuola.co.uk/#menu-section
https://www.opentable.ie/r/campagnola-new-york :Phttp://lacampagnuola.co.uk/#menu-section
My Italian's not toohotexistent, but I guess it means or at least is intended to imply something rural.
https://www.opentable.ie/r/campagnola-new-york :Phttp://lacampagnuola.co.uk/#menu-section
My Italian's not toohotexistent, but I guess it means or at least is intended to imply something rural.
Do they have lasagna on the menu?
Alabama journalism...
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There are several explanations on how the city got its name. One is that the city gets its name from a former natural feature of the Tennessee River, namely a shallow zone where mussels were gathered. When the area was first settled, the distinct spelling "mussel" to refer to a shellfish had not yet been fully adopted.
I would have thought that most people who like good music would know of Muscle Shoals, or, at least, the recording studio.
TBH the spelling's the least bad thing about that.
14) Apparently, floor cloth won him seven Tour de Frances.
From that:Quote14) Apparently, floor cloth won him seven Tour de Frances.
Hint: if you're going to take the piss out of someone's spelling and grammar...
I'd happily go with either, but not reckonrecon = reconnoitre surely?
I always thought that recon was short for reconditioned and is pronounced ree-con. As in 'recon engine'.
The internet says I'm wrong, it's pronounced ri-'con and means reconnaissance. Surely the word for that is recce?
I would have thought that most people who like good music would know of Muscle Shoals, or, at least, the recording studio.
Exactly my point! :P ;)I would have thought that most people who like good music would know of Muscle Shoals, or, at least, the recording studio.
I don't believe J S Bach, Messrs Purcell, Dowland or Cesar Franck ever recorded there, so no...
Do YOU fight with your partner all night long? This seller on eBay (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TEMPUR-Symphony-Anti-Snore-Duel-Sided-Head-Neck-Support-Pillow-Brand-New-Boxed/332520150053) has the perfect product for you
...None of the crew seems particularly phased when Weird Shit starts happening.*
Since he's a sometime poster in this thread, I reckon citoyen is fair game for this one:...None of the crew seems particularly phased when Weird Shit starts happening.*
;)
With support from a senior colleague, she became head at Beckford - although her ascent attracted some harassment.
Since he's a sometime poster in this thread, I reckon citoyen is fair game for this one:...None of the crew seems particularly phased when Weird Shit starts happening.*
;)
"It's not just the high-end engineering that makes breaking records on Pendine Sands difficult. As Pendine is a Ministry of Defence test fire site, you'll often end up encountering unexploded ordinance alongside giant washed-up jellyfish."
"... unexploded ordinance ..."[/quote]
That's not so much spelling as grammar and using the wrong word...
Recently,I have noticed the phrase “ to rein in “ being written and published as “to reign in”.
Recently,I have noticed the phrase “ to rein in “ being written and published as “to reign in”.
See also: free reign
I can understand this mistake - "free reign" makes a kind of sense. "Reign in" less so.
If a handyman seeking local business is not a man of letters, even the pedant in me would cut him some slack.Absolutely! I see no reason to think that Bill's little literary mistakes are representative of the quality of his work as a handyman, but when one's selling something as ultra-posh & charging accordingly, lousy English is strongly suggestive of an inability to deliver what is promised.
Sub-literacy in the production of a pricy card is another matter.
Recently,I have noticed the phrase “ to rein in “ being written and published as “to reign in”.
See also: free reign
I can understand this mistake - "free reign" makes a kind of sense. "Reign in" less so.
Recently,I have noticed the phrase “ to rein in “ being written and published as “to reign in”.
See also: free reign
I can understand this mistake - "free reign" makes a kind of sense. "Reign in" less so.
The reign in Speign...
Peddling for pedalling, AGAIN!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45169966 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45169966)
Auntie ought to know better!
I think the overlaying emojis is a Snapchat/Instagram thing, and the use here is the coppers trying to be down with the kids...
Peddling for pedalling, AGAIN!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45169966 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45169966)
Auntie ought to know better!
Who are Chip and Fishe? https://goo.gl/maps/cwon7EENWRkWhen 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.
Over 1000 of your brothers and sisters have attended your funerals on the 77th anniversary of the Wanssee Conference. I could not have been anywhere else. May the six of you rest in eternal piece.Sad.
Picture caption from Heil web$hite. 'Storm Brendan is effecting cross Channel freight'
Aren't 'journalists' supposed to be trained? Edjumercated?
Oh, it's the Heil. As you were...
Could they not find a banner image that wasn't showing off all its brutalist glory?
My fault for foolishly assuming that they'd have built *something* that wasn't hideous in the 25 years or so since I last visited.
ETA: Clicking round the site, I've found a couple of the above. I'm sure the others are in there somewhere.
'Peddle' again.
Northwick Park ought to know better!
https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/northwick-park-hospital (https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/northwick-park-hospital)
How do you feel about Roman architecture?
And wooden buildings?
The delights of Brumcaster aside, when we look at Roman buildings of concrete, we tend not to think how they've fared badly with 2000 years of weathering. Even early-industrial buildings of concrete, where they've survived, aren't thought of as weathered, and in many cases we have photographs or paintings of their original state for comparison. Okay, different sorts of concrete, but I think saying concrete bad, bricks good, is a bit like Prince Charles carbunclism.How do you feel about Roman architecture?
Birmingham needs more of it.
And wooden buildings?
Label on office stationary shelf: Whole punches
The shelf that stands still.
I presume it holds complete implements and paper, etc...
Now there's a thing. The Royal Welch Fusiliers spell it like that. Perhaps it's a travel essential for when they're on manoeuvres.
Interesting, thanks. What's the link between that a bookie that legs it with your winnings I wonder? Is it the traditional "Those people aren't us therefore they're bad"? (goes off to do web based research)Now there's a thing. The Royal Welch Fusiliers spell it like that. Perhaps it's a travel essential for when they're on manoeuvres.
That's the archaic spelling. Comes from an OE word meaning foreign.
Interesting, thanks. What's the link between that a bookie that legs it with your winnings I wonder? Is it the traditional "Those people aren't us therefore they're bad"? (goes off to do web based research)Now there's a thing. The Royal Welch Fusiliers spell it like that. Perhaps it's a travel essential for when they're on manoeuvres.
That's the archaic spelling. Comes from an OE word meaning foreign.
Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef.Interesting, thanks. What's the link between that a bookie that legs it with your winnings I wonder? Is it the traditional "Those people aren't us therefore they're bad"? (goes off to do web based research)Now there's a thing. The Royal Welch Fusiliers spell it like that. Perhaps it's a travel essential for when they're on manoeuvres.
That's the archaic spelling. Comes from an OE word meaning foreign.
Standard extension of xenophobia. Mind you, pinching each others' livestock was probably common on both sides of every border.
In a traffic jam some years ago, nikki and I came up with The Brick Theory™: That if you molish buildings from bricks (including stone), they still look pretty good even after many years (indeed, centuries) of neglect, but all other materials (especially concrete and plastics) tend to look awful after a decade or two of non-maintenance. It's not that brick is immune to weathering, so much that it still looks aesthetically pleasing as it does so.
I'm reserving judgement on clip-on brick cladding, but my gut feeling is that it'll continue to look decent for quite some time, before whole chunks of it fall off onto unsuspecting passers-by.
Brown paper packaging, tied up with string..Nice! But it was capitalised so T42 is closer. I think any beer actually made by Kraft would probably be less worth drinking than if it were brewed from brown paper and string though.
It was flutist until the victorians changed the spelling.I think that is the standard spelling in America and not totally incorrect here.
As a flautist I beg to differ with the bit in bold text.
The CNN report "Are billionaires really self-isolating on superyachts?" includes a subtitle, half way down this page (https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/billionaires-self-isolating-superyachts/index.html),
"Stationery yachts." There was no mention of billionaires and their stationery yachts, only stationary yachts.
This is a stationery yacht:
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I got to the final last year, despite folding in the semis.The CNN report "Are billionaires really self-isolating on superyachts?" includes a subtitle, half way down this page (https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/billionaires-self-isolating-superyachts/index.html),
"Stationery yachts." There was no mention of billionaires and their stationery yachts, only stationary yachts.
This is a stationery yacht:
(https://www.sailingeurope.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/istockphoto-173571979-612x612.jpg)
That reminds me. As sports have generally been cancelled, it has been decided to broadcast the World Origami Championships.(click to show/hide)
Likewise, a Facebook friend shared a picture of the filled pan in which he was cooking a 'leak curry'...
Adorpion. You know it makes sense.Wondering if they've deliberately chosen a black tee as an attempt to subvert Black Monday protests.
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Twice today I saw "sneak peak". It's peek, you eejits, peek.Not when you think you've reached the top of Mt McBastard and then round that final corner you see...
Alpkit. Petrichor is one of my favourite words (cos it's one of my favourite things) but not when you put an e on the end of it. That makes it into drudge work.Most of my favourite words and phrases are contained in “dictionary of the vulgar tongue” by Francis Grose
(boom, tish, runs and hides)
Twice today I saw "sneak peak". It's peek, you eejits, peek.
A sneak peak is something inserted towards the end of a 600km Audax by a sadistic organiser.Org: "Additional scenery"
I'm being copied in to an email exchange which refers to shoots, when it means chutes.
It's killing me, all the shooting.
I'm trying to decide if I should tell the perpetrator or try (thus far failing) to rise above.
Co-operation is good. So is cooperation. But both in one paragraph is unhelpful.
I think there's a general but vague process whereby compound words start off hyphenated and over time come to be written as either a single word or two separate words. Obviously there's a fairly large degree of linguistic fashion as well.... "e-mail" but really, who hyphenates that in 2020?
Perhaps those that still write to-day and to-morrow, as they were written 100 years ago.
PS. I still write web site even though I see most people now write website.
Co-operation is good. So is cooperation. But both in one paragraph is unhelpful.
Coöperation is better. :)
Ceremonies at registry offices restarted on Saturday, July 4 and from Monday, July 6 the number of mourners at burials and creations was increased to 20.;D
Bom! Bom! Bom! Stalactite of love!
Is there an arithmetic that makes you cringe topic?
Minchin cowrote, and stars in, the Sky series Upright, and has released a single, I’ll Take Lonely Tonight, from his forthcoming debut album, Apart Together.
Letraset out of vowel error.
Minchin cowrote, and stars in, the Sky series Upright, and has released a single, I’ll Take Lonely Tonight, from his forthcoming debut album, Apart Together.
When your search and replace goes a too far. Your particitrousers are going to be confused...
When your search and replace goes a too far. Your particitrousers are going to be confused...
I love that!
The classic of the genre is of course Tyson Homosexual (https://www.standard.co.uk/olympics/olympic-news/london-2012-olympics-sprinter-referred-to-as-tyson-homosexual-because-of-websites-ban-on-word-gay-8015664.html).
Over on Facebook, perfumes are being discussed.
Somebody has posted 'Channel 5'...
Our pianist friend is playing some Chopin and Saint Sean's on Facebook.
His paying is MUCH better than his spelling...
Given he's now playing Le Cygne, St Sean's 'Swan' would be quite a tongue twister...
Tymczasem państwowa agencja informacyjna Biełta poinformowała na swoim kanale na Telegramie, że Łukaszenko udał się dziś z wizytą gospodarską do siedziby holdingu rolniczego pod Mińskiem. "Łukaszenka zapozna się z realizacją projektu inwestycyjnego dotyczącego nowoczesnej produkcji rolnej w BNBK - [Białoruska narodowa biotechnologiczna korporacja -red.]" - podawała Biełta.There's no consensus on whether to call him Lukashenko or Lukashenka, but at least pick one and stick to it.
Hear's won... Sorry, here's one in Polish:QuoteTymczasem państwowa agencja informacyjna Biełta poinformowała na swoim kanale na Telegramie, że Łukaszenko udał się dziś z wizytą gospodarską do siedziby holdingu rolniczego pod Mińskiem. "Łukaszenka zapozna się z realizacją projektu inwestycyjnego dotyczącego nowoczesnej produkcji rolnej w BNBK - [Białoruska narodowa biotechnologiczna korporacja -red.]" - podawała Biełta.There's no consensus on whether to call him Lukashenko or Lukashenka, but at least pick one and stick to it.
I thought that in Slavic languages Lukashenko is male and Lukashenka is female.
I thought that in Slavic languages Lukashenko is male and Lukashenka is female.
Generally speaking, yes, but apparently Belarusian breaks that rule. (With my Ukrainian knowledge I can understand Belarusian fairly well, but have never studied it so not sure of the details).
Ukrainian has a few exceptions to the rule as well, e.g. Юра/Yura, usually Юрій/Yurij (George); and Олекса/Oleksa, usually Олексій/Oleksij (a form of Alexander).
NO MORE Dust on Small Corners and Wholes!
This new cleaning tool was designed to get dust and bacteria out of every nook and cranny
Several fires had been sparked by lightening strikes during unusual thunderstorms prompted by the extreme heatwave, which has sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits.
Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of primary care at the Univerity of Oxford,Oxford as the single source of truth?
No. No it wasn't.
Complementary (https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/18724169.10-bob-remark-meant-complement/)
Over on Facebook, perfumes are being discussed.
Somebody has posted 'Channel 5'...
Reminds me of someone discussing the Star Wars film 'Rouge One'...
Does no one proof read anything now??
I can't proofread because my brain corrects mistakes. So omitted words are filled in, spelling is corrected, and more egregious errors effectively sanitized before my mind lets them in. Basically my brain sees what it wants to see, not what is written in front of my eyes.
Unfortunately, this same process of semasiological sanitation happens for my own words.
I'd be the world's worse proofreader which probably explains my very short* tenure in the sub-basement of sub-editorship (I was good at headlines and captions though).
The only vague solution I have for this problem is to make the computer read things back to me, for some reason the process doesn't impact the text when spoken.
There's probably a medical definition for this. I figure that at this point everyone is the first world is either 'gluten intolerant', 'a bit dyslexic' or 'somewhere on the autistic spectrum.' I demand my own distinct pathology.
*see, edited to add this, this word was totally omitted the first time, but my brain wrote it.
Basically my brain sees what it wants to see, not what is written in front of my eyes.
When I was teaching Maths to FE students, I used to use the
PARIS IN THE
THE SPRINGTIME
trick to get my students to understand the importance of forensically checking everything that they'd actually written, rather than what they thought they'd written. Getting them to read and mark each other's work was something of an eye-opener for many of them.
My main issue these days is my ability to consistently trype adn, teh, fro,
ElyDave, mine is 'environemnt'. I can see it is obviously wrong when I read it, but my right hand seem unable to move from n to m quicker than my left hand shoves the e in. Also 'Jamsine' when signing off emails.'exsiting' for me
Basically my brain sees what it wants to see, not what is written in front of my eyes.
Everyone does that, it's normal. That's how things like the "Paris in the/the springtime" trick work. It's actually a sign that your brain is working as it should, not the opposite.
I believe the thing these days is to be either a "more" or "very" unique snowflake.Basically my brain sees what it wants to see, not what is written in front of my eyes.
Everyone does that, it's normal. That's how things like the "Paris in the/the springtime" trick work. It's actually a sign that your brain is working as it should, not the opposite.
But I want to be special. I want to be a beautiful and unique snowflake.
I'm a very special snowflake- every glaring error I've typo'd shouts out at me. As soon as I've hit send.I believe the thing these days is to be either a "more" or "very" unique snowflake.Basically my brain sees what it wants to see, not what is written in front of my eyes.
Everyone does that, it's normal. That's how things like the "Paris in the/the springtime" trick work. It's actually a sign that your brain is working as it should, not the opposite.
But I want to be special. I want to be a beautiful and unique snowflake.
"A clash of political, military and economic etiologies."???
Not just an isolated slip, it's come up twice in one paragraph. I think it's a case of "I found this word and it sounds really impressive but it doesn't mean quite what I think it means."
Etymologies ? Entomologies? I have no idea what the writer is trying to convey there.Ideologies would be my guess.
Ideologies ?
Etymologies ? Entomologies? I have no idea what the writer is trying to convey there.
Ideologies ?
"A clash of political, military and economic etiologies."
Not just an isolated slip, it's come up twice in one paragraph. I think it's a case of "I found this word and it sounds really impressive but it doesn't mean quite what I think it means."
When I was teaching Maths to FE students, I used to use theI wouldn't read that as "Paris in the springtime" but neither would I have identified it as an error. To me it looks like two separate, incomplete phrases or sentences. Perhaps "Paris in the [year 1887 was thronged with visitors admiring the new Eiffel Tower.] The springtime [was cold and wet, with a raw north wind, but still they came in their thousands.]" If it was written on the board in a maths lesson, I'd most of all be wondering what it had to do with maths!
PARIS IN THE
THE SPRINGTIME
trick to get my students to understand the importance of forensically checking everything that they'd actually written, rather than what they thought they'd written. Getting them to read and mark each other's work was something of an eye-opener for many of them.
When I was teaching Maths to FE students, I used to use theI wouldn't read that as "Paris in the springtime" but neither would I have identified it as an error. To me it looks like two separate, incomplete phrases or sentences. Perhaps "Paris in the [year 1887 was thronged with visitors admiring the new Eiffel Tower.] The springtime [was cold and wet, with a raw north wind, but still they came in their thousands.]" If it was written on the board in a maths lesson, I'd most of all be wondering what it had to do with maths!
PARIS IN THE
THE SPRINGTIME
trick to get my students to understand the importance of forensically checking everything that they'd actually written, rather than what they thought they'd written. Getting them to read and mark each other's work was something of an eye-opener for many of them.
Version control, I expect...
In other news, I have failed to typeshibollethshibbleshibblelethshibbolithshibboleth correctly all week. And you have no bloody idea how many times I've had to write that word this week.
Version control, I expect...
In other news, I have failed to typeshibollethshibbleshibblelethshibbolithshibboleth correctly all week. And you have no bloody idea how many times I've had to write that word this week.
...My main issue these days is my ability to consistently trype adn, teh, fro, and lately emissisons. The latter being particularly peeving when working in climate change
the shoes must be plimpsoles, because they have soles that make a 'plimp' noise as you walk in them.
...My main issue these days is my ability to consistently trype adn, teh, fro, and lately emissisons. The latter being particularly peeving when working in climate change
Toady - I'm going to get in trouble for that one day.
It was only a few years ago I learnt that daps is an acronym of Dunlop Athletic Plimsolls. I prefer to think of it as onomatopoeia. :D
It was only a few years ago I learnt that daps is an acronym of Dunlop Athletic Plimsolls. I prefer to think of it as onomatopoeia. :D
Ferry interestink. In Schwabenland (darkest Württemberg) the dialect version of "let's go for a dander" is "gehen wir 'rumdappen".
All the pikelets of my childhood came in packets. It might have said crumpets on the label (I can't remember that far back) but the thing within was always called a pikelet by everyone I knew.My Dad, generally a selfless man who put others before him, would always always always go for the crumpet from the bottom of the stack, the one that was drenched in butter that had permeated through those above it.
The important thing is to put enough butter on the top that it comes out of the bottom.
Every now and again, I get the feeling I've actually done something worthwhile.the shoes must be plimpsoles, because they have soles that make a 'plimp' noise as you walk in them.
This is my favourite thing I have read on the internet today.
It was only a few years ago I learnt that daps is an acronym of Dunlop Athletic Plimsolls. I prefer to think of it as onomatopoeia. :D
Ferry interestink. In Schwabenland (darkest Württemberg) the dialect version of "let's go for a dander" is "gehen wir 'rumdappen".
Where an acronym is posited as the origin of a colloquial word, it's nearly always spurious.
The important thing is to put enough butter on the top that it comes out of the bottom.
the shoes must be plimpsoles, because they have soles that make a 'plimp' noise as you walk in them.
This is my favourite thing I have read on the internet today.
The primitive fish had a heavily-armoured head and could grow up to a meter long
Today I learnt that some people refer to the poles of a magnet as "positive" and "negative". How long has this been going on? What's wrong with North and South?That’s a bit of a loded question.
::-)
That's just for puns (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lodestone)
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I'm glad to see that they don't leave houses, flats or bungalows all over the ivories. That simply Would Not Do!
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?
Ooooof. Even me as a musical dullard knows that that's wrong.
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. :demon:
Pt 1: https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-05-24
Pt 2: https://dilbert.com/strip/1989-05-25
"The power of Zwift compels you!"
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. :demon:
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.
Recycling is drought with issues at the best of timesPerhaps under the influence of the previous paragraph's reference to using a desert as a natural food dehydrator!
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.
one of the tenants of bikepacking: be minimal.
A platypus under Visable light, UV light unfiltered and UV light yellow filter.Urrgh. Interesting to read about glowing platypuses though.
Dr Kenny Travouillon (L), Curator of Mammalogy, Western Australian Museum
Also, this photo:
(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3af9ccddd729bfdc4e57118bdc7f7d4747df9dfb/223_0_1564_1036/master/1564.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=926056cc189cad42eef48d4f2f5eb2c7)
should have been captioned:QuoteDr Kenny Travouillon (L), Curator of Mammalogy, Western Australian MuseumDame Echidna Everage (R), Curator of Humanology, (deceased)
...the FBI has sent a bulleting...
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).
Although planting trees is more often associated with combatting climate change, ecologists say that removing trees and restoring the mire play a crucial role in mitigating its effects. Many of the mires were partially planted as part of a drive to shore up the nation’s timbre reserves, depleted after two world wars.
From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/09/vertical-mulcher-rides-to-rescue-of-ancient-northumberland-peat-bogQuoteAlthough planting trees is more often associated with combatting climate change, ecologists say that removing trees and restoring the mire play a crucial role in mitigating its effects. Many of the mires were partially planted as part of a drive to shore up the nation’s timbre reserves, depleted after two world wars.
But, like the PPU, it endured. In 1989, it formed the foundation of the Velvet Revolution – a name referencing both its peaceful “iron fist in a velvet glove” nature and its roots in the music of The Velvet Underground – which saw half a million people gather in Wenceslas Square demanding freedom, ommunism crumble in Czechoslovakia and Havel himself become the first president of the democratic Czech Republic. So vital was music to the revolution that, for a brief time, Frank Zappa became one of Havel’s official cultural advisors.I'm going to make an ommunism crumble tomorrow. Better than apple or rhubarb.
On the back of a delivery truck today:
KNAUF
INTELIGENT LOGISTICS
On the back of a delivery truck today:
KNAUF
INTELIGENT LOGISTICS
;D ;D ;D
Given your location, should this be an 'amusing translation error'?
FrrybttnThat's how it's pronounced anyway, isn't it? It's phonics for financial services. Ay-brrr-d'n.
(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fb43a08762629dfedfc4b436e290ffa4a6e5f89b/95_0_3310_1988/master/3310.jpg?width=620&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d718a910eaaec9139e573a402d871a54) (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/26/standard-life-aberdeen-to-change-name-to-abrdn)
(https://scontent.flhr4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t45.1600-4/cp0/q90/spS444/p235x350/177619435_23847341733760687_2614831522651676218_n.png.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=68ce8d&_nc_ohc=9yuHeN5OqUYAX_F6hvc&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-3.fna&_nc_tp=31&oh=a3c3dd97e3370321ba65f87242a35c90&oe=60AE9AC9)CAMRA, shirley?
Or Kamara (https://www.chriskamara.com), perhaps?
[Working in a high-end fashion store]’s not all been bad. You get some good mates, the retail causalities – people who only care about going out every night and free clothes. Contemporary hedonists, degenerate behaviour rises out of fashion retail like a phoenix.
Wondering what a "causal sex post" might be...Like a May Pole but more modern.
Wondering what a "causal sex post" might be...And how and why do you lock one down?
Or Kamara (https://www.chriskamara.com), perhaps?
Or Carnera (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfJp-LuxR_o)?
It could be a pun. Haul as in acquisitions? A tendency to make puns was thought in the early 19th century to be a symptom of insanity...
My spelling checker did not know the word "titration". It wanted to split it in two. ::-)Could such splitting be cleavage?
It boobed.My spelling checker did not know the word "titration". It wanted to split it in two. ::-)Could such splitting be cleavage?
An advert on Facebook, selling an "otterman bed".
Noodles, tofu and spring onion, an attempt at some sort of ramshackle Ramen.. It filled the whole and that was that.I'm sure this is a typo, but I also think it's better than the correct phrase.
While I can see "damned a drain" as being a fat-finger typo that spellchecker didn't catch, the following two seem to be prime indicators of lack of reading.I wasn't sure what Adrian had done to deserve that... (think I blame Timothy Taylor) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210813/26a7a366e638215b9d3502a25284a286.jpg)
Sam
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/f794xI3x80_MZ1-a6lxtCQjOTxkxyxeHiZsM1qcLq3uzTULJCXSDylaPNvh0YyyH_K-CVCLxbbaPZY_wEnamFpCESY-YCLNz7dCQKXLE0THh-IEHR39KkqjGfL8VncE3ZjeS5qAo_BA=w2400)
Several for the price of one there. Westcliff sea front yesterday morning.
While I'm here: I saw a sign for CO-VID testing the other day... (is that spelling or punctuation?)
Agree with your sentiments, stranger! Yes, I'm sure I could sort it out but it gives me something to talk about! What really is irritating is the way the council's algorithms prevent me looking at things it deems to contain pornography or terrorism-related material, possibly because there is a p in pancreas and pornography and a b in bike and bomb! I'd expect it to get uppity if I typed in Rogerzilla but I've not tried it!
Agree with your sentiments, stranger! Yes, I'm sure I could sort it out but it gives me something to talk about! What really is irritating is the way the council's algorithms prevent me looking at things it deems to contain pornography or terrorism-related material, possibly because there is a p in pancreas and pornography and a b in bike and bomb! I'd expect it to get uppity if I typed in Rogerzilla but I've not tried it! Am on non-stroppy muchine, just now!
Peter
We stock breakes, pads chains,
sustepnsion, cassettes, grips, cranks
etc
Just spotted at my local post office
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51783087014_8e587aa4a9_k.jpg)
"freeee caaaaaash" :D
Agree with your sentiments, stranger! Yes, I'm sure I could sort it out but it gives me something to talk about! What really is irritating is the way the council's algorithms prevent me looking at things it deems to contain pornography or terrorism-related material, possibly because there is a p in pancreas and pornography and a b in bike and bomb! I'd expect it to get uppity if I typed in Rogerzilla but I've not tried it! Am on non-stroppy muchine, just now!
Peter
“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,”
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.
air-aid sirens
And a particularly unfortunate example:Quoteair-aid sirens
A typical print compositors joke. Those days are long gone.
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."
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.
Someone on our local Nextdoor is asking if anyone has a spare stargate they no longer need.
To stop the dog going upstairs apparently.
And among the things you can have in the comfort of your own hovel, courtesy of “home services app” Wecasa, is a “manucure”.
And among the things you can have in the comfort of your own hovel, courtesy of “home services app” Wecasa, is a “manucure”.
Campbeltown lifeboat station will see the installation of their new birthing pontoon this month.:D :D :D
QuoteCampbeltown lifeboat station will see the installation of their new birthing pontoon this month.:D :D :D
JONAS VINGEGAARD: "SINCE LAST YEAR, I BELEIVED I COULD WIN THE TOUR"
China Covid protests widen after 10 people killed in appartment block fire
The news ticker wossname at the bottom of the BBC News Channel is telling us:QuoteChina Covid protests widen after 10 people killed in appartment block fire
:facepalm:
For years, women and non-binary people have battled society’s gender stereotypes, ridiculed for having wearing men’s clothes, having cropped air or appearing like a ‘tomboy’.The air was so thick, you could have cut it with a number 1 clipper.
In general, having to spell any word that has a double letter in English or French has me havering, since what's OK in the one may not be in the other and these days I'm hard put to remember which.
Proofreading's a bit slack, too.Ha! I'd totally missed the "having wearing". Brain's a funny thing with words. I'm not convinced the 24/7 actually employ a proofreader though.
There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement.
There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement. I think the UK/US distinction has only become so definitive relatively recently and many people apply it overly rigidly, leading to mistakes like metre for meter.
There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement. I think the UK/US distinction has only become so definitive relatively recently and many people apply it overly rigidly, leading to mistakes like metre for meter.
Absolutely. Ize is the traditional, old-school, Shakespeare and Dickens, still-found-in-the-OED-as-preferred formation. Ise is the Johnny-come-lately variant, based on an incorrect assumption of a French derivation. Ize was in The Times' editorial style guide as the 'correct' form until about 30 years ago.
The -or vs -our endings are so well known as to not be a problem, but to remind myself which is US v UK of disk v disc, I have to go via sceptic/skeptic and explaining to Polish students that not only do Americans pronounce it with a hard 'k' they even spell it that way (because the Polish cognate sceptyczny is all sibillants they were convinced that at least one variety of English must pronounce it that way too).There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement.
Interestingly, that's the one that I get caught out by too. Somehow I'm mostly able to think of a Color as being a different thing to a colour, and never confuse a [floppy] disk with a [compact] disc or a [computer] program with a [television] programme. But my BRANE still insists that a StringTokeniser should be a thing.
I've recently been working on adding features to CrossMgr (https://sites.google.com/site/crossmgrsoftware), and have just about got the hang of 'License' as a noun.
I think -ize is still used by Penguin.The -or vs -our endings are so well known as to not be a problem, but to remind myself which is US v UK of disk v disc, I have to go via sceptic/skeptic and explaining to Polish students that not only do Americans pronounce it with a hard 'k' they even spell it that way (because the Polish cognate sceptyczny is all sibillants they were convinced that at least one variety of English must pronounce it that way too).There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement.
Interestingly, that's the one that I get caught out by too. Somehow I'm mostly able to think of a Color as being a different thing to a colour, and never confuse a [floppy] disk with a [compact] disc or a [computer] program with a [television] programme. But my BRANE still insists that a StringTokeniser should be a thing.
I've recently been working on adding features to CrossMgr (https://sites.google.com/site/crossmgrsoftware), and have just about got the hang of 'License' as a noun.
"So, what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"I think -ize is still used by Penguin.The -or vs -our endings are so well known as to not be a problem, but to remind myself which is US v UK of disk v disc, I have to go via sceptic/skeptic and explaining to Polish students that not only do Americans pronounce it with a hard 'k' they even spell it that way (because the Polish cognate sceptyczny is all sibillants they were convinced that at least one variety of English must pronounce it that way too).There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement.
Interestingly, that's the one that I get caught out by too. Somehow I'm mostly able to think of a Color as being a different thing to a colour, and never confuse a [floppy] disk with a [compact] disc or a [computer] program with a [television] programme. But my BRANE still insists that a StringTokeniser should be a thing.
I've recently been working on adding features to CrossMgr (https://sites.google.com/site/crossmgrsoftware), and have just about got the hang of 'License' as a noun.
In BRITISH English 'disk' is often considered short for diskette[1], which is both easy to remember, and clearly etymologically wrong if you give the history of the technologies involved a moment's consideration.
[1] An archaic term for a floppy disk, and not a troupe of dancing girls responsible for swapping disk packs on 1960s mainframes.
QuoteFor years, women and non-binary people have battled society’s gender stereotypes, ridiculed for having wearing men’s clothes, having cropped air or appearing like a ‘tomboy’.The air was so thick, you could have cut it with a number 1 clipper.
:D
https://www.bristol247.com/lgbtq/news-lgbtq/reclaiming-butch-a-new-night-for-dancing-freely-and-letting-go/
There are times when I'm required to write in Leftpondian and get caught out by the words that don't use -ize for -ise, like advertisement. I think the UK/US distinction has only become so definitive relatively recently and many people apply it overly rigidly, leading to mistakes like metre for meter.
It doesn't taste too much of Pete.
Analysis is important in how the problem is irradicated.It almost works! If it's a problem that you can solve by making it less extreme, less radical...
Ventnor? I think it's meant to be like that.
Ventnor? I think it's meant to be like that.
Really????
Why do all the electronic maps, estate agents etc., spell it correctly then?
Ventnor? I think it's meant to be like that.
Really????
Why do all the electronic maps, estate agents etc., spell it correctly then?
After Vanguard bought the plane, it was dissembled and stored in west London for 20 years.
The plane now statically flies over the area of the storage facility, with all customers greeted by the remarkable display.In other words, it's suspended from the ceiling.
There is a place in NZ called Feilding (pronounced Fielding) so maybe it’s an archaic spelling or summat like that.
...diluted effluence being pumped into the river...
Priyanka French, the head winemaker at the winery, is helping oversee the construction of what will be one of the most fireproof wineries ever built, she says they are only using inflammable materials and will produce most of the wine in underground caves, as a natural form of fire protection.
Not sure whether this is spelling or some other form of muppetry from the BBC:Flammable and non-flammable will, ahem, inflame tempers but are the only way of making your meaning clear to a worldwide audience.
Californian winemakers are learning firefighting techniques (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66096061):QuotePriyanka French, the head winemaker at the winery, is helping oversee the construction of what will be one of the most fireproof wineries ever built, she says they are only using inflammable materials and will produce most of the wine in underground caves, as a natural form of fire protection.
Chain Reaction email: "Up to 40% drop on amour". That should be a Valentine's special? :D
Try a dehumidifier then it's quicker and you reduce the risk of damp and condescension form drying indoors.
If you go to Google Maps and search "Chatfeild Road Ventnor" then the Google pin is labelled 'Chatfield', but the Street Name on the map is 'Chatfeild'.https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3669604,-1.3161956,3a,34.4y,93.52h,77.13t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1shY64R6V8-mXLS2hvWDsngQ!2e0!5s20210301T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu (https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3669604,-1.3161956,3a,34.4y,93.52h,77.13t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1shY64R6V8-mXLS2hvWDsngQ!2e0!5s20210301T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu)
It seems that in many places, people have incorrectly 'corrected' the spelling.
Just went to Google the number 45 bus timetable, and the first result was this: https://www.lothianbuses.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/45_210912.pdfBut it doesn't go to the pubic triangle. You need the number 35 for that.
Sadly, I'm not travelling on a pubic holiday.
your're
The Lost & Found Club in Leeds apparently has a "well leaden bar".
The Lost & Found Club in Leeds apparently has a "well leaden bar".
Should be "leaden bra"? How're the millisieverts up that way?
Paycheck, license (noun), mold, all seem to be more common now at least online.
Not to mention erbs.
You've got to keep on top of these things, it's no good resting on your laurels.
fits any handlebar and has multiple mountain positions
when required enjoy some well-deserved rest bite in the occasion Airbnb
Someone blogging about a cycle tour where they planned to mostly camp butQuotewhen required enjoy some well-deserved rest bite in the occasion Airbnb
I've seen it before. I think it's a genuine eggcorn, rather than a spelling error.
*tapity-tap*
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2550
All in one document. A spelling checker is not a magic instrument but it would have caught all of those in a minute. Why the fuck didn't you use one?
An eggcorn is the alteration of a phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a new phrase having a different meaning from the original but which still makes sense and is plausible when used in the same context.from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn.