Author Topic: Spelling that makes you cringe  (Read 169990 times)

clarion

  • Tyke
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #700 on: 12 October, 2017, 09:26:08 am »
:D
Getting there...

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #701 on: 16 October, 2017, 12:19:17 pm »
Other Half insists on spelling "prizes" as "prices".

Auntie Helen

  • 6 Wheels in Germany
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #702 on: 28 October, 2017, 07:19:14 am »
The independent has an interesting disease spelling

“Border Patrol has been unable to tell me what threat or in what manner this 10-year-old child with cerebral paisley is posing to the US. They haven’t really answered that question. So this is where we use our tax dollars."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-border-patrol-cerebral-palsy-boy-undocumented-immigrant-emergency-surgery-rosamaria-martinez-a8019711.html
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #703 on: 28 October, 2017, 10:22:07 am »
I have noticed an apparent increase in 'non' for 'none' and 'recon' for 'reckon'. 

David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #704 on: 28 October, 2017, 09:11:16 pm »
"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #705 on: 28 October, 2017, 09:35:47 pm »
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. 
"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

ElyDave

  • Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society member 263583
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #706 on: 28 October, 2017, 09:36:50 pm »
recon = reconnoitre surely?
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #707 on: 28 October, 2017, 09:40:06 pm »
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.

Suggests postcodes are not being checked/used correctly...

David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #708 on: 28 October, 2017, 10:15:18 pm »
It is breakfast time. Would you rather have a bacon role or a bacon roll?
"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #709 on: 28 October, 2017, 10:33:50 pm »
It is breakfast time. Would you rather have a bacon role or a bacon roll?

PLEASE don't fry and eat me! Promise I'll behave!

Miss Piggy.

Pedaldog.

  • Heedlessly impulsive, reckless, rash.
  • The Madcap!
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #710 on: 29 October, 2017, 01:29:38 am »
Trufax!

Seen in a clinic waiting room (Bowness in Cumbria)..."We offer specialist help to those who suffer Dyselxia".
You touch my Coffee and I'll slap you so hard, even Google won't be able to find you!

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #711 on: 29 October, 2017, 01:45:35 am »
Auntie Helen Tweeted a pic of a blackboard outside a German house of refreshment.
Being FOREIGN errors are understandable.

Muld wine was on offer
as were crêpe's.

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #712 on: 29 October, 2017, 08:01:23 am »
recon = 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?
Quote from: tiermat
that's not science, it's semantics.

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #713 on: 29 October, 2017, 08:30:25 am »
I have noticed an apparent increase in 'non' for 'none' and 'recon' for 'reckon'.

And 'tele' for 'telly'.

It's probably down to the fact they are all accepted by spellcheckers.

ETA - and again the internet tells me I'm wrong! US dictionaries claim it's a British word. Really? That's why all the actual British dictionaries say it's 'telly'.
Quote from: tiermat
that's not science, it's semantics.

ElyDave

  • Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society member 263583
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #714 on: 29 October, 2017, 08:45:15 am »
recon = 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'd happily go with either, but not reckon
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens

citoyen

  • Occasionally rides a bike
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #715 on: 30 October, 2017, 08:16:59 am »
US dictionaries claim it's a British word. Really?

It's a Greek word, surely? ;)
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T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #716 on: 30 October, 2017, 09:06:37 am »
Like that nice Mr. Saveloy?
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #717 on: 31 October, 2017, 08:59:51 pm »
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?

That bugs the shit outta me...... its Compognolo FFS.

Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #718 on: 31 October, 2017, 09:03:58 pm »

Ruthie

  • Her Majester
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #719 on: 31 October, 2017, 11:15:38 pm »
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.
Milk please, no sugar.

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #720 on: 01 November, 2017, 12:35:31 am »
'Charring' [sic] Cross from the London Transport Museum Gift shop.
https://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/homeware/kitchenware/hidden-london-mug-charring-cross

Thankfully, it's Charing Cross in the mug.

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #721 on: 01 November, 2017, 08:37:59 am »
As issued to KKK members.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #722 on: 01 November, 2017, 08:42:11 am »
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.

Trolling really is a method of fishing, rather more piecemeal than trawling.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #723 on: 01 November, 2017, 09:00:24 am »
https://www.opentable.ie/r/campagnola-new-york   :P
http://lacampagnuola.co.uk/#menu-section

My Italian's not too hot existent, but I guess it means or at least is intended to imply something rural.
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

eck

  • Gonna ride my bike until I get home...
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Re: Spelling that makes you cringe
« Reply #724 on: 01 November, 2017, 09:05:50 am »
https://www.opentable.ie/r/campagnola-new-york   :P
http://lacampagnuola.co.uk/#menu-section

My Italian's not too hot existent, but I guess it means or at least is intended to imply something rural.

Do they have lasagna on the menu?
It's a bit weird, but actually quite wonderful.