Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Not a spelling mistake, but this thread reminds me of those annoying signs by the side of the road one sees directing visitors to a psychic conference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Not a spelling mistake, but this thread reminds me of those annoying signs by the side of the road one sees directing visitors to a psychic conference. Or even better... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Interesting. Americans spell bargain, bargain. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2015 Interesting. Americans spell bargain, bargain. Best, Pete. Confusingly they say things which are on special offer are on sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 And they also have their Sales before Christmas; when you can pick up some bargains..... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted March 13, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2015 Its been fixed. They Listened Good spelling won in the end Thankyouthankyouthankyou. I suppose that I had better by something form them now to show my appreciation. Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Brand new bus added to our local fleet this week. Factory fresh applied rear advert proclaiming the Barcleycard Arena. And I don't mean a small panel ad. No,we're talking full rear decal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Formal bound document arrived in the office from a would-be supplier of a multi-million pound contract. It had been compiled by a notionally professional print team. Sadly the word 'procurment' appeared on the cover and every section header and divider. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted March 13, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2015 I was once, and once only persuaded to sponsor my meat suppliers' son in his bid to become the World Stock Car Racing champion. It was only a hundred quid, to have the name of my pub, the village and the phone number on a prominent part of the vehicle. The day of the unveiling arrived, a press launch in the car park of my pub. The Canary Yellow stock car was unloaded from the trailer, and there it was in all its glory. As a premier sponsor, the name of the pub was there all right. Prominent, too No village, no phone number, nothing nada, etc I complained mightily, "That's not an advert, that's not sponsorship, that's a bl00dy invitation. Across the veru prominent rear of the car, in foot high letters, it said "Plough Inn" Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGC Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I am as guilty as the next of posting before proofreading, but I am not a professional. When I see spelling mistakes within a post, I ignore them. But when a professional entity puts a flashing banner ad at the top of (it seems) every page that I look at with a glaring schoolboy spelling error, I see red. Hat, Coat.... Regards Ian P.S. already reported myself for intolerant behaviour Ah ha, the Jeremy Clarkson effect strikes again! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGC Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I can remember seeing a poster up for a "Dyselxia awareness group" a few years ago. Ooops! Q - So what does DNA stand for? A - National Association of dyslexics. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOxon Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. I was tempted to try fishing, but once I'd been, I found it was a load of carp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2015 Its been fixed. They Listened Good spelling won in the end Thankyouthankyouthankyou. I suppose that I had better by something form them now to show my appreciation. Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Reminds one of that classic Eric and Ernie 'Mr. Preview' sketch...'All the right letters but not necessarily in the right order' ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 TPE have had a poster on Northallerton station for what must be 5 years warning passengers against the danger of 'turbulance' from passing trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 There are two errors that really get me vexed: 1 Loco's as a plural. The plural of loco is locos. It is NEVER loco's. 2. American spellings in a UK context: ie "center", "color" etc. It's just wrong. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamTom Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 40 years ago, I once unintentionally wrote "to shew" at work. Okay, so it was already archaic, but didn't deserve a b*ing from my (unpleasant) dept head. As it happened, his line manager took umbrage on my behalf. Knowing that my nasty dept head commuted by rail, he suggested he produce his ticket: upon which was written "Passengers shall shew this ticket on demand". You know, of course, about the insomniac dyslexic agnostic... ...who lies awake at night worrying whether there's a Dog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOxon Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 There are two errors that really get me vexed: 1 Loco's as a plural. The plural of loco is locos. It is NEVER loco's. 2. American spellings in a UK context: ie "center", "color" etc. It's just wrong. steve There is an argument for loco's as a plural, in that the apostrophe was originally used to show where letters had been missed out. Similarly, a full stop (US: period) is used to show when the entire ending has been removed, as "loco." We used to indicate possession by adding "es" (e.g. Johnes book) and, over time, the "e" became an apostrophe. We still use it in that way for contractions, such as "doesn't". By that argument "loco's" could be short for loco(motive)s. Having said that, I wouldn't do it myself, because it creates confusion with the possessive (e.g. "loco's whistle") and it also seems that "loco" is accepted as a word in its own right (no full stop to indicate abbreviation). Remember, however, that languages are continuously evolving; our 'rules' today would not have been understood a few hundred years ago and will seem archaic in the future. Never say never, where language is concerned Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCR Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Clocked a genius fault Morrisons supermarket, tils are currently set at several stores so you can leave the store with cash in your hand if you go in at right point and find two matching reduced items, the checkout will still apply multibuy discount, meaning if you can go at just the right time, you can walk out the store with a trolley of shopping for pennies, or in fact for money given to you to take the goods away . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted March 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19, 2015 I've had that in Waitrose in the past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCR Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 we don't have those up here in the far north(tayside) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2015 Clocked a genius fault Morrisons supermarket, tils are currently set at several stores so you can leave the store with cash in your hand if you go in at right point and find two matching reduced items, the checkout will still apply multibuy discount, meaning if you can go at just the right time, you can walk out the store with a trolley of shopping for pennies, or in fact for money given to you to take the goods away . I don't understand how that works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2015 I don't understand how that works. eg Lasagne £4 or 2 for £7 ie normal discount when 2 go through the till means you get £1 off. End of days products are marked down. Say they are now £2 each. In some supermarkets these will go through the till as 2 x £2 = £4 less the £1 multibuy total £3 for a pair of items. We once had a chicken for 10p in Sainsbury on a Saturday night last minute reduction (still had Sunday closing in those days). Can't remember the details but it was some kind of multibuy deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19, 2015 I've had the same in Tesco's with stock on the sell by date and on a 'BOGOF' offer, IIRC the items were normally about £5 each but were reduced to about £2 so it was £4 - £5 so the items were free plus a £1 in the pocket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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