PSA: BORDER
Jun 4th 2011, 3:28 pm
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PSA: BORDER
PSA (Public Service Announcement)
[rant]the word is spelt: BORDER, not boArder, when talking about boundaries between countries.
typos are forgivable.
but to persistently mis-spell the same word is really rather annoying. [/rant]
ok, I've spent too much time on the road today, so forgive my pedantry, but AARGH summer duck-wit season has begun again.......
[rant]the word is spelt: BORDER, not boArder, when talking about boundaries between countries.
typos are forgivable.
but to persistently mis-spell the same word is really rather annoying. [/rant]
ok, I've spent too much time on the road today, so forgive my pedantry, but AARGH summer duck-wit season has begun again.......
Jun 5th 2011, 2:16 pm
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Re: PSA: BORDER
PSA (Public Service Announcement)
[rant]the word is spelt: BORDER, not boArder, when talking about boundaries between countries.
typos are forgivable.
but to persistently mis-spell the same word is really rather annoying. [/rant]
ok, I've spent too much time on the road today, so forgive my pedantry, but AARGH summer duck-wit season has begun again.......
[rant]the word is spelt: BORDER, not boArder, when talking about boundaries between countries.
typos are forgivable.
but to persistently mis-spell the same word is really rather annoying. [/rant]
ok, I've spent too much time on the road today, so forgive my pedantry, but AARGH summer duck-wit season has begun again.......
Jun 6th 2011, 6:31 am
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Re: PSA: BORDER
...and whilst we're on the Pedant Podium...
the use of 'of' instead of have really REALLY annoys me. The readers of this thread could of done with reading it before posting. I mean, WTF are people thinking? Doesn't even make sense.
And when youngsters talk, the use of the word 'like'.
" I was like are you coming out tonight"
" He was like nah I'm too tired"
or
"Its like really cool".
'Like' in my mind means similar to, but not the same as. Not quite identical. Or to be fond of something.
Grrr....
the use of 'of' instead of have really REALLY annoys me. The readers of this thread could of done with reading it before posting. I mean, WTF are people thinking? Doesn't even make sense.
And when youngsters talk, the use of the word 'like'.
" I was like are you coming out tonight"
" He was like nah I'm too tired"
or
"Its like really cool".
'Like' in my mind means similar to, but not the same as. Not quite identical. Or to be fond of something.
Grrr....
Jun 6th 2011, 8:40 am
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Re: PSA: BORDER
...and whilst we're on the Pedant Podium...
the use of 'of' instead of have really REALLY annoys me. The readers of this thread could of done with reading it before posting. I mean, WTF are people thinking? Doesn't even make sense.
And when youngsters talk, the use of the word 'like'.
" I was like are you coming out tonight"
" He was like nah I'm too tired"
or
"Its like really cool".
'Like' in my mind means similar to, but not the same as. Not quite identical. Or to be fond of something.
Grrr....
the use of 'of' instead of have really REALLY annoys me. The readers of this thread could of done with reading it before posting. I mean, WTF are people thinking? Doesn't even make sense.
And when youngsters talk, the use of the word 'like'.
" I was like are you coming out tonight"
" He was like nah I'm too tired"
or
"Its like really cool".
'Like' in my mind means similar to, but not the same as. Not quite identical. Or to be fond of something.
Grrr....
"That was Really Awesome!"
Jun 6th 2011, 10:38 am
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Jun 6th 2011, 1:40 pm
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Re: PSA: BORDER
We can now make a complete sentence in 'Newspeak!' Just like Arabic there are no Capital Letters, Punctuation, nor Spelling Mistakes! What about writing it from Right to Left, just for a change?
edud emosewa yllaer ekil saw taht orb looc
cool bro that was like really awesome dude
As they cannot spell 'Border' in English, I still wonder about 'Sharkah' or 'Sharzah' in Arabic, yet everyone pronounces it 'Sharjah!' It is the same with 'Jebel Ali' and 'Jabal Ali!'
Maybe our next project should be to invent a New Calendar? We could also declare that the 'Earth is Flat' and have one 'Universal Time Zone!' =
Give a thought to a 'God,' or should we be Atheist? - Otherwise we could rule with the 'Iron Fist' of 'Anglican Fundamentalism' ensuring that Bishops, Rectors, Vicars and Curates replace Islamic Clerics! - Just imagine all of that Bell Ringing at 5:00 AM! 'Suicide Bombing' would be limited to 'Party Poppers' and 'Custard Pies!'
Smoking, Drinking, and Sex on the Beach, could all be made legal, provided that there is a letter of the alphabet in the month name! - Participants would (of course) need a Letter of 'No Objection' from their Local Vicar!
The same would apply to 'Ugly Fat Women' we could issue 'sawtaf' (Newspeak for 'Fatwa') to ensure that 'Plain Women' must be covered with a 'Horse-Blanket' at all times!
What do you think?
(Sorry guys, just had a bad couple of days trying to carry out an 'Extremely Painful' Payment Collection!)
"Bukrah Insha Allah Habibi, Bukrah Insha Allah" Was the response as I left them 'Coppering-Up!"
edud emosewa yllaer ekil saw taht orb looc
cool bro that was like really awesome dude
As they cannot spell 'Border' in English, I still wonder about 'Sharkah' or 'Sharzah' in Arabic, yet everyone pronounces it 'Sharjah!' It is the same with 'Jebel Ali' and 'Jabal Ali!'
Maybe our next project should be to invent a New Calendar? We could also declare that the 'Earth is Flat' and have one 'Universal Time Zone!' =
Give a thought to a 'God,' or should we be Atheist? - Otherwise we could rule with the 'Iron Fist' of 'Anglican Fundamentalism' ensuring that Bishops, Rectors, Vicars and Curates replace Islamic Clerics! - Just imagine all of that Bell Ringing at 5:00 AM! 'Suicide Bombing' would be limited to 'Party Poppers' and 'Custard Pies!'
Smoking, Drinking, and Sex on the Beach, could all be made legal, provided that there is a letter of the alphabet in the month name! - Participants would (of course) need a Letter of 'No Objection' from their Local Vicar!
The same would apply to 'Ugly Fat Women' we could issue 'sawtaf' (Newspeak for 'Fatwa') to ensure that 'Plain Women' must be covered with a 'Horse-Blanket' at all times!
What do you think?
(Sorry guys, just had a bad couple of days trying to carry out an 'Extremely Painful' Payment Collection!)
"Bukrah Insha Allah Habibi, Bukrah Insha Allah" Was the response as I left them 'Coppering-Up!"
Jun 6th 2011, 1:53 pm
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Re: PSA: BORDER
When the "IBM" ( Inshallah, Bukhrah, Ma'allesh) factor comes into play, it's usually time to go and lower the level on a bottle of booze and quietly mutter ruderosities to yourself!
Jun 6th 2011, 2:01 pm
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Re: PSA: BORDER
Been here long enough to realise that! Sat here with my friend Gordon (a close friend of Vera Lynn) and the Schweppes Brothers!
Jun 6th 2011, 6:50 pm
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Jun 6th 2011, 7:41 pm
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Re: PSA: BORDER
Being a magazine editor, I see it all.
I've experienced most of those spelling mistakes and gramatical errors during the past ten years I've been working as a journalist, but the ones that really bug me the most (partly because they're such a pain in the ass to remove) are when people use double spacing between sentences, and when they capitalise random adjectives or verbs in the middle of sentences.
I've experienced most of those spelling mistakes and gramatical errors during the past ten years I've been working as a journalist, but the ones that really bug me the most (partly because they're such a pain in the ass to remove) are when people use double spacing between sentences, and when they capitalise random adjectives or verbs in the middle of sentences.
Jun 6th 2011, 9:50 pm
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Re: PSA: BORDER
Being a magazine editor, I see it all.
I've experienced most of those spelling mistakes and gramatical errors during the past ten years I've been working as a journalist, but the ones that really bug me the most (partly because they're such a pain in the ass to remove) are when people use double spacing between sentences, and when they capitalise random adjectives or verbs in the middle of sentences.
I've experienced most of those spelling mistakes and gramatical errors during the past ten years I've been working as a journalist, but the ones that really bug me the most (partly because they're such a pain in the ass to remove) are when people use double spacing between sentences, and when they capitalise random adjectives or verbs in the middle of sentences.
