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Top of my list is when advertisers claim "10 times less". Idiots.
I've recently seen some idjit argue that his use of the word strait rather than straight was legitimate as the spellcheck didn't underline it!Quote:
Originally Posted by A Duke
Unfortunately, spellcheck only tells you if you've spelt a word correctly, not if you've used it correctlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker
yes, yes, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by grumpy john
People using "f" instead of "th" :((
It's 97% fat free. It's sodding got 3% fat.
And 30% sugar; something has to give it flavour :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisb691
That'd be the salt.:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by elanjacobs
GPS. Literal translation. This system is so flawed.
Take and average cross road with a roundabout. Essentially two roads we will call one East St upon which you are travelling and the other North St
GPS "at the roundabout take the second exit onto East St"
It is telling me to effectively do a U turn. The first exit on to East St would take me straight.
Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art
You've lost me...(pun slightly intended)Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTTC
If it's your standard, 4-way roundabout, the first exit is left, second is straight and third is right.
But if its the second exit 'onto East St' then the first exit onto East St would be straight and the 'second exit onto East St ' would be a U turn 😉
Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art
The thing about GPS stuff is that you have to be so particular
I had someone tell me their address was in Chatswood or Chatswood West. Turned out they lived in Lane Cove North
So you put in the suburb and then the street doesn't exist :doh:
and Bankstown Athletics track isn't in Bankstown
It's the second exit *comma* onto East St.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTTC
This is why Victor Borge's phonetic punctuation makes sense :p
Cant hear the comma and I think a comma would be poor grammarQuote:
Originally Posted by elanjacobs
Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art
Nope, a comma is proper grammar. It indicates that "onto East St" is a clause on "the second exit", rather than the second East St exit (which would be a U-turn).Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveTTC
http://d1r5wj36adg1sk.cloudfront.net...quote_icon.png Originally Posted by chrisb691 http://d1r5wj36adg1sk.cloudfront.net...post-right.png
It's 97% fat free. It's sodding got 3% fat.
That would mean it has contents of 130%:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by elanjacobs
Ummm, the 30% sugar is part of the 97% that isn't fat....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ari2
Ofcourse, silly me, not to mention the artificial colouring, emulsifiers, preservatives...etc., etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by elanjacobs
Pretty much the only part safe to eat, is the 3% fat bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ari2
No the safe bit is the packaging - but it might taste like cardboard or plastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisb691
Just flicked through this thread and it has touched a few raw nerves, but I guess that's life.
I think we all make grammatical slip ups from time to time and we all get peed off by food
labeling.
Makes life interesting.
Eye Halve a Spelling ChequerQuote:
Originally Posted by A Duke
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its really ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
Cheers
Doug
wear the badge with prideQuote:
Originally Posted by Grumpy John
My favorite hate is when I receive an email and it starts with "Hey mate". Don't people know how to address others using the written word?
Chris, you're lucky they use a salutation at all:roll:
A lot of emails and (especially) PMs I receive have no salutation, no capitals, no punctuation and no name at the end.
Won't even talk about texts:no:
Brilliant Doug, I didn't know we had such an erudite writer among us.Quote:
Originally Posted by doug3030
:AO:
oh the perils of the silent comma and it's friends, the silent colon and silent semi-colonQuote:
Originally Posted by DaveTTC
Hi ChrisQuote:
Originally Posted by chrisb691
the sad part is that with food, you really only have two flavour carriers -- sugar or fat.
Weight watchers, et al, have very effectively sold the line that fat is BAD, so 97% fat free -- a big "good" number -- is always going to be "better" for us than a small "bad" number like "contains 3% fat"
the really sad part, is that fat is replaced by sugar, so "97% fat free" really means around 30% sugar, the calories in which are not very good for us.
Is this a formal work place type of email you are referring to Chris?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Parks
TT
I didn't write it Ian. I just remembered having seen it and googled it for appropriate use here.Quote:
Originally Posted by ian
It was on the internet but listed as an anonymous source, otherwise I would have credited the author.
Cheers
Doug
still it's a very clever bit of writing
Here are some others that make me roll my eyes:
peddled - pedalled
principle - principal (both school and bank account)
gourmet - gourmand (yes, really!)
The new fashion in America is to get breathe and breath mixed up. I consistently come across that. "He could not breath". "She stopped running and caught her breathe".
As well, they don't know where to put an apostrophe and when to leave it out: "He owned five car's (as plural)".
When I see that kind of thing in a supposedly edited short story, published on the 'net, it just makes both author and editor look like right real wallies (wallettes?wandas?).
Reading Typonese is one thing, and it doesn't bother me hugely, but not knowing to use the right word?!?
(and English isn't even my first language) :~
GJ, a thought just occurred to me (yes, yes, I know). Perhaps the "should have/should of" thing comes from an aural mix-up of the abbreviated form "should've". It sounds very much like "should of".
I do hope you can rest better now :D
Brett
You need to be careful - thinking can be dangerous. :D:D
TT, no it applies to any email I receive, surely the writer of the email can take the time to either use the recipient's name or use "hallo" or something else besides "hey mate". The courtesies of this world are slowly being eroded but I am a cranky old fart so perhaps it is just me. Do they still teach GRAMMAR at school within the English subject curriculum? Another pet peeve is Microsoft's dictionary trying to correct the use of "s" in words and insisting it should be "z" when posting on line. I could really get on my soap box so I had best leave it there as I have been told many times what does it matter if a person can't spell or construct sentences so they may be read. I do notice that as I get older my skills in constructing sentences and using the correct punctuation are rapidly going down hill so perhaps I should not be too critical of others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Tenon
English is a dynamic language..it's changing all the time. If it wasn't we'd still be speaking the way they did back in Medieval times.
Yes, but what has that got to do with using proper salutations in an email? It certainly has not changed to make "hey mate" a courteous salutation, at least not in my view and a lot of others agree. Of course my objection to it won't change anything but it makes me feel better.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwigeo
Not sure if it has been mentioned, but 'then vs than' gives me the irrits(sp)!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Parks
If the email was from a total stranger I'd probably have issues with the salutation but if it was from some one I know I wouldn't have much issue with the informal greeting. I tend to treat emails as a less formal means of communication than a written letter.
I'm sure that even what you consider a "formal" greeting in this day and age would be considered overly informal or perhaps even rude back in Medieval times....:)
'Should of known"? That should read "Should have known" lol.