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My name is Undervalued...and I'm a pedant (sob)

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undervalued · 14/07/2008 21:34

Imagine it pedants..... you're going on a hen night (fair enough, you can cope) Bride to be turns up with t-shirts to wear - one for day and one for night! (WTF???) You manage to keep smile on your face. Then you notice:
a) wrong spelling, your name now ends with a y, not an -ie!
b) On the back, in gold lettering (), are the words - 'Blah's hen's'
Feel my pain please. I am a farkin English teacher. Is wearing this T-shirt unprofessional? Will I be fired?

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mummyloveslucy · 14/07/2008 21:39

Just have a few drinks before you leave the house, that way you won't care. I just hope none of your pupils or fellow teachers see it.

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Twiglett · 14/07/2008 21:41

use your red pen (marker will work)

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mummyloveslucy · 14/07/2008 21:44

I am actually dyslexic so don't really know what I'm doing on pedants corner. And according to Twiglet hear I sound like a prat!!

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undervalued · 14/07/2008 21:48

You sound lovely MLM, shuddered at the thought of bumping into any students on this night out!
Can't use red pen any more Twiglett, green will have to do.

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undervalued · 14/07/2008 21:49

MLL even...ooops

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LongLiveGreenElizabeth · 14/07/2008 21:50

ooooooooooooh! I am not an English teacher, but I did go to school and have read the odd book. That would have hurt me. It's embarrassing enought being a in a gaggle of henpals.

Did you wear it? I would have bought Tipp-Ex and put a splodge on the offending apostrophe.

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PeaMcLean · 14/07/2008 21:51

Can't use red pen??? Digressing here, but is that a school rule?

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LongLiveGreenElizabeth · 14/07/2008 21:51

PS whose mistake was it? The chief BM organising the hen night? or the eejit who works at the print your own t-shirt shop?

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mummyloveslucy · 14/07/2008 21:52

Thank you.

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PeaMcLean · 14/07/2008 21:52

What colour are the tshirts? And are they sufficiently cheaply printed to peel off the lettering?

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cornsilk · 14/07/2008 21:53

You could say it was irony if cornered by a parent.

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yorkshirepudding · 14/07/2008 21:53

Message withdrawn

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undervalued · 14/07/2008 22:01

T-shirt is black and (sadly) lettering is stuck fast!! Tippex won't work but would it be rude to wear a jacket??? All day and all night???

They have even used the word sexy (I'm not!!) as it starts with the same letter as my name (I did laugh(!!) at the clever use of alliteration) - this is in silver print for the night time t-shirt. Will my pain ever end??
The hen night is this Saturday.

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mummyloveslucy · 14/07/2008 22:01

I'd have another one printed. Even I know that there is no apostrophe and that's saying somthing. Mind you, I did have a fantastic english teacher.

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undervalued · 14/07/2008 22:03

Green pen is not exactly a rule. We are... encouraged to avoid red.

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squeaver · 14/07/2008 22:04

Oh God, Undervalued, I feel for you. I DESPISE hen nights.

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Brangelina · 14/07/2008 22:05

Black marker pen.

Or failing that.....

....black nail polish.

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undervalued · 14/07/2008 22:08

Don't put yourself down MLL. Not all English teachers are fantastic, you were lucky!!
It was the BM's error. She was too busy working out where she could buy 'L' plates and other 'decoration.'
Shoot me now........

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mummyloveslucy · 14/07/2008 22:13

You could always come down with the flue or somthing.

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undervalued · 14/07/2008 22:19

Not an option mll, dh keen for me to fit in...well make an effort to anyway. Bride is lovely and wouldn't want to hurt her feelings. I hate hen nights. i don't binge drink and am very limited in terms of girlie conversation. Help...

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LongLiveGreenElizabeth · 14/07/2008 22:25

Could you put a little bit of black material from something else over the apostrophe? Or, would one of those big thick black markers, you know the ones, you take off the lid and inhale and feel a bit whoozy, would one of those cover up the POZ?

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LongLiveGreenElizabeth · 14/07/2008 22:27

I've got a good idea. Stitch it in! Fold the material so that the apostrophe is hidden, and then just stitch it with black thread to hold it that way.

You will stand out as the 'one who can spell'. The guys will be saying, yours is the blonde, Gary is going to chat up the fat red hed, and I'm going to JUST chat to the one who can spell.

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mummyloveslucy · 14/07/2008 22:27

I hate hen nights too for the same reasons. I do feel for you, I'm glad it's not me.

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LongLiveGreenElizabeth · 14/07/2008 22:29

I hate them too. I've done well to have attended so few. I have lots of married friends so I don't know how I've avoided the hen nights so successfully!

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undervalued · 14/07/2008 22:30

lol longlive. So what do I do about the tragic alliteration??
Shoot me now.....

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