yes, but not very widely
yes, but not very widely
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
friends, this conversation getting increasingly interesting, I have moved the last two posts to where they belong
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Taken in Northwestern Tenn.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
thank you so much for posting it, Jon, you can't even imagine!!!
my friend Helen Finkelstein, with her friend Stephen, are making a site dedicated to how people vandalize English, and they collect all kinds of illustrative material! I hope you won't mind if they use this one? did you take it yourself?
I will post my own photos soon, in both Bad Spellers and Eat, Shoot and Leaves. PLEASE MY FRIENDS:
if you see a mistake in a sign, whenever possible take a picture and post it! (if you don't mind my friends' using it, of course. I'll give you the link when the site is ready) Let's at least try to make the world a better-spelling-and-grammar place!
P.S. I have copied this post to ESaL, too
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes I took that picture, between fits of laughter, and any friend of yours may use it.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
www.dictionary.com is good for spelling too. If you get close enough to the word you want, it will ask you if you meant the correct one.Originally Posted by Letti
If only I could be one of those... really. I fight with spelling so often (both in Hungarian and English) because I think it's really important.
Google is my big friend.
A life-saver!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I found these online...
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
Hahahaah!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At our workplace there is a sign that says "Childrens Books"
It could be children's books but children is already plural...
Oh but as for a tough word why the hell is colonel spelled that way? Nobody who doesn't have that word in their language is going to know how to spell it because it doesn't sound like it's spelled at all!
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because it is French
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, according to its wikipedia article...
In modern English, the word colonel is pronounced similarly to kernel (of grain) as a result of entering the language from Middle French in two competing forms, dissimilated coronel and colonel. The more conservative spelling colonel was favored in written use and eventually became the standard spelling even as it lost out in pronunciation to coronel.
do they pronounce it "kernel" though?
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who, the French? they pronounce it ko-lo-nel, the last syllable stressed, "l" always soft, "o" unknown to Americans.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Americans pronounce it kernel.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
So, how sad is it that I just realized i've been spelling "separate" as "seperate" for years now.
I bet i've been driving you guys nuts this whole time.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
Yes, but I'd only correct you if you did it in this thread.So, how sad is it that I just realized i've been spelling "separate" as "seperate" for years now.
I bet i've been driving you guys nuts this whole time.
Well, at least now I know how it's properly spelled.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
So now you have something to post in the "learn something new everyday" thread
how often do you transpose the t and e in quiet? ending up with quite instead... i think i just observed this somewhere....
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
I have never even seen that before. If somebody ever tells you that you spelled something wrong, just say it was a typo so you don't look stupid.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
and, William... while we are at it... it's Edgar Allan Poe... I would be so grateful if you correct it in your signature, it has been bothering me for weeks!
(and your profile too, ok?)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew it!!!!!!! I was spelling it that way but my stupid dad told me it was Allen instead of Allan. Thank you!
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
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