to discreetly mention that 'discreet' has a discrete meaning from 'discrete'?

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The one you want for breastfeeding is 'discreet.'

'Discrete' means 'separate from'.

As you were. Except for, you know, the discrete thing.

No wish to offend!

I remember practice and practise as follows: the noun has a c and the verb an s - noun is before verb alphabetically, and c is before s. Well it helps me!

Love this thread.
It appeals to my inner pedant.
I do love a set of dashes - especially when emphasising the point in arsey emails.

Thanks Horatia. All I need now is to remember it/get a lovely tattoo somewhere discreet.

I would like to add my foghorn to this debate.

Split infinitives are legitimate. Their use is a matter of stylistic preference rather than grammatical rectitude.

The plural of octopus is octopuses, NOT octopi.

Yes, SirIN, and of course anyone familiar with Latin knows that the correct plurals are Kleeneces and Tampaces.

Discreet/discrete has been pissing me off for ages.

And what about been/being? I thought I'd only seen it on MN, but it turns out my friend does it too!

"I never knew been pregnant was such hard work" Arrrrrgh!

Thank you... I always struggle with this one, it's one of those differences that never quite stuck.

Crete is an island all alone. I will discreetly remember that

I like pendants. I would love to be one but make too many errors.

Pendants!

See? SEEE?!!!!! Whacks head on desk! I feel like crying.

octopi - seafood encased in pastry.

Didn't know the stanch/staunch one. I've mixed up alternately/alternatively and arrogantly 'corrected' remunerate to renumerate before being told off. I kept that quiet.

I was cured of my pendantry when a former boss pinned up some pompous bit of musing from me about slipping educational standards with all the mistakes highlighted in red pen. You could hardly see any white paper . It stayed there for nearly a year and I didn't dare take it down. He probably kept copies, anyway. Bastard.

Now I feel tempted to point out mistakes only when the poster has form for pontificating about her tip-top English skills. Does that really happen?

But I don't do anything but twitch any more because nobody loves a pendant

You lot should try living in Somerset.

'Where's it to?' 'I was paid a remittance' 'I didn't not never...'
'You was'

And I'm broad Zummerzet, even drives me mad!

It happens up north too ImNotaPheasantPlucker

"Can you borrow me some money?"
"Renember when etc.," (Argh)

Annoying.

I'm from Somerset! It's weird actually, I would never have written down 'where's it to?' but when I left home I was totally perplexed to find that no-one understood me!

I suppose it's better than 'Whasonmysonnerowbeyon!'

Ha!

The Somerset word I think Standard English could really do with is 'backalong'. Saves all that nonsense of 'last month, or was it two weeks ago, actually it may have been any time in the last decade, anyway, the other day...' . I may start a campaign .

YABU, it doesn't matter, I'm disinterested.

While we're at it I'd like to add that it's not childrens', but children's and not peoples' but people's. The plural has its own form.
Folk keep adding pointless apostrophes onto plurals after the s (e.g. My parents' looked after my dog) as well and it's annoying!!

Now if you were looking after your parents' dog that would of course be different peacocklady

limitedperiodonly I love the way you kept typing pendant.

Yes of course.

Yesterday I was given a receipt in the Post Office which contained the word "seperate".

And disinterested and uninterested are completely different words. Grrrrrrrrr!

Ahhhhgggggggg- just noticed you, SauvignonBlanche- how very dare you!

And you keep things in kitchen drawers. Not draws!!!