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Wallah! It's the first time I've seen voilà written this way. But when I think about it, it seems like a really obvious thing to do so I wonder how common it is.
Is it a "thing" that I've just missed before now?

superb! What a classic @friggingnora

Recently at the zoo I heard someone pronounce orang utan as 'orange uttan' (rhyming with glutton)

Isn't it Srickly?

@Girasole02

Recently at the zoo I heard someone pronounce orang utan as 'orange uttan' (rhyming with glutton)

When I was a child I used to think it was an "orange" "utan", with the utan part meaning a general monkey. At the zoo i once asked to see the utans

On the First World War "wounded in the Dandy Nelles"

Sorry, what's fat accomplice? 🤔

@Maddison12

Sorry, what's fat accomplice? 🤔

fait accompli

(done deal)

Lack toast and tolerant. Benignly forgiving of poor service in a B and B.

I could really use a fat accomplice though.

Twice recently I've seen somebody "balling" their eyes out 🤣

@custardbear

I have two that spring to mind

Frogs born - frogspawn

Expresso- espresso

I really like frogs born! It made me smile!

fat accomplice is probably from autocorrect.

@M4J4 Thanks
Feel a bit dumb now. Was getting a mental image of a large burglar

One of my favourites is people from my home town writing 'anorl' to mean 'and all'.

Years ago on some talk show or other, I heard a girl say her partner put her on a 'pedal stool'...

Two of numerous typos I've seen in actual books:
'His eyes were out on storks'
'her immaculately quaffed hair'

(side note: I'm a copyeditor and during my freelance days the (large) publishers responsible for the 2 howlers above had both rejected pitches from me with a confident 'no thank you, we have a team of in-house staff who deal with that.' )

I read a Facebook post yesterday where somebody had put “it fell on death ears”

[quote Maddison12]@M4J4 Thanks
Feel a bit dumb now. Was getting a mental image of a large burglar [/quote]
Haha! Don’t feel dumb, it’s not used in everyday language.

I think people forget that we’ve all had to learn these words from somewhere.

Also... has anyone else noticed 'vunerable' seems to be creeping into the vernacular? Mind you, it's no wonder when ACTUAL BBC NEWSREADERS seem convinced that's the pronunciation... facepalm

@bringincrazyback

Years ago on some talk show or other, I heard a girl say her partner put her on a 'pedal stool'...

Two of numerous typos I've seen in actual books:
'His eyes were out on storks'
'her immaculately quaffed hair'

(side note: I'm a copyeditor and during my freelance days the (large) publishers responsible for the 2 howlers above had both rejected pitches from me with a confident 'no thank you, we have a team of in-house staff who deal with that.' )

Sounds like they just ran it through the Spelling checker in Word and that’s it.

I get annoyed by SPAG pedants on MN but errors in books really pull me out of the story. (I read some self-published books too, often they haven’t employed a copy editor).

vunerable is a pet hate of mine as well as deteriate. Both regularly used by news readers. Also secetary, library and Febuary. Grrrr....

@bringincrazyback

Also... has anyone else noticed 'vunerable' seems to be creeping into the vernacular? Mind you, it's no wonder when ACTUAL BBC NEWSREADERS seem convinced that's the pronunciation... facepalm

Yes but it is venerable in texts and posts. Ovious innit. I think I need councilling.

I love fat accomplice 😂

However I can't get worked up about "vunerable" or "definate". Spelling isn't everyone's forté which actually I'm glad about as it can be fun! I adore reading young children's stories 😂

I get annoyed by SPAG pedants on MN but errors in books really pull me out of the story. (I read some self-published books too, often they haven’t employed a copy editor).

Some of the errors I've encountered in self-published books have made my eyes beg for mercy...

One I've spotted frequently in Amazon book reviews is 'I will defiantly be buying the sequel'... sounds like they're talking about something that's been banned.

Michelangelo painted the 16th Chapel !