Post by: on August 06, 2006, 03:06:06 pm
This was taken with my mobile phone, hence the poor quality.
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 06, 2006, 03:17:40 pm
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Post by: Forth Bridges on August 06, 2006, 03:38:18 pm
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Post by: Forth Bridges on August 06, 2006, 04:04:22 pm
Post by: loulou on August 06, 2006, 06:19:58 pm
Post by: oldspice on August 06, 2006, 06:56:52 pm
If they think purses needs an apsotrophe, why not wallets? They are both plurals. I think it is the old misconception that a vowel and consonent must be separated by an apostrophe.
Did they wonder why you were taking a photo?
Post by: smurfboy on August 06, 2006, 09:34:29 pm
Post by: loulou on August 07, 2006, 12:28:50 am
blackboard
You have to say chalkboard now. Sometimes when I see a chalkboard outside of a pub I wish I had some chalk to change some of the menu about.
Post by: smurfboy on August 07, 2006, 02:11:12 am
Post by: oldspice on August 07, 2006, 10:03:25 am
Most schools don't have blackboards nowadays, they have whiteboards or, if they're lucky, interactive whiteboards - and nobody objects to that.
Someone who once worked in our team interrupted me in mid conversation to tell me she objected to me calling my husband 'my husband'.
"What's wrong with that? We're married" I replied.
"You should call him your partner, not your husband. It's offensive to people without husbands".
"But, what if I said to you, you can't call your girlfriend (she was lesbian) 'your partner', you've got to call her 'your husband'. How would you feel?"
"She's not my husband" she spluttered "That would be very offensive to me".
"So why are you saying I can't call him my husband then? You call your partner what you want and I'll call my husband what I want and we're both happy. Right?"
"But I don't buy into the male-dominated, heterosexual marriage trap" She insisted.
Where do you go from there? She just could not see that my choices were as freely made as hers.
Post by: goldencup on August 07, 2006, 10:06:00 am
For once, words fail me.
Post by: smurfboy on August 07, 2006, 12:09:00 pm
Post by: on August 07, 2006, 12:49:50 pm
If they think purses needs an apsotrophe, why not wallets? They are both plurals. I think it is the old misconception that a vowel and consonent must be separated by an apostrophe.
Did they wonder why you were taking a photo?
They were a bit confused. My Mum was with me at the time and I said, out loud, "Tut, another flagrant misuse of the apostrophe". The woman on the stand looked like I had just walked dog pooh on her carpet!
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on August 30, 2006, 12:29:18 pm
Found today on the BBC news website; I was reading the story about the 3 yachtsmen who died off the Isle of Wight.
Post by: smurfboy on August 30, 2006, 02:07:56 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 30, 2006, 02:36:31 pm
Post by: smurfboy on August 30, 2006, 02:41:48 pm
WHAT?
Just how much do you think it 'costs' to change a mistake like that? Let me tell you, it takes about five minutes to do and even less time to upload. The designer doing it wouldn't be on more than £8 an hour. The 'huge cost' of this 'stupid' thing? About 80p.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on August 30, 2006, 02:45:11 pm
Surely they are already paying editors who should pick up on stuff like this?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on August 30, 2006, 02:46:59 pm
Actually they already changed it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/5296980.stm
Phew.
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 30, 2006, 04:09:55 pm
Post by: smurfboy on August 30, 2006, 04:11:11 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on August 30, 2006, 04:30:10 pm
Post by: goldencup on August 30, 2006, 05:19:43 pm
Not apostrophes but spelling, our local Council have just started a massive recycling campaign with new bins etc and huge advertisements have appeared in the local papers asking people to contact the Town Hall if they haven't yet 'recieved' their recycling pack. This was in letters about 2 cm high!
Post by: on August 30, 2006, 09:07:04 pm
Theirs nuthing wurse than pooher spelling.
Peepul reelay shood tri too bee moar egsacting in there standurdz.
Post by: robbie on August 31, 2006, 11:44:49 am
Post by: smurfboy on August 31, 2006, 01:36:53 pm
Post by: loulou on August 31, 2006, 03:55:54 pm
Post by: smurfboy on August 31, 2006, 03:57:45 pm
Post by: on August 31, 2006, 06:09:51 pm
Nobody needs a camera phone.
Absolutely!
What next?
Phones with MP3 players? Teasmaids? Toasters?
A phone and just that. It is getting harder to find one that is just that.
Post by: smurfboy on August 31, 2006, 07:38:08 pm
Post by: goldencup on August 31, 2006, 09:52:41 pm
Next you will say I don't 'need' new shoes.
To quote Alice from the Vicar of Dibley, "You don't need them, you want them and that's a very different thing young lady!"
Post by: oldspice on August 31, 2006, 09:54:27 pm
She's wonderful that Alice.
Do you remember when she announced: "Oh No, I can't be pregnant because the hampster didn't turn blue!"
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on September 01, 2006, 09:36:55 am