To have kept my mouth shut?

[starshine1926]

I went into my local shop this morning and the female shop assistant was wearing a Xmas jumper. Not unusual for the time of year you might think. A black jumper with pretty red and green sparkly bits including bells.
But underneath the design were the words in big gold letters, 'Gingle Bells'.
I said nothing because I know the woman and didn't want to spoil her day. But really, this is right up there with redundant apostrophes and other language crimes.
Still wish I'd said something now .

hoist on your own petard

nope - with, or by, never on... (slinks back to corner)

I’ve made a tit of myself on here before but at least I admitted it.

I want one of those jumpers.

Dig... dig...dig...

Me acting superior? You mean like the posters on MN frothing at the mouth over 'Chester draws' on facebook? Yeah I've seen the gin puns everywhere. But no need to call someone a 'dickhead'. I guess my obsession with spelling blinded me to the pun. Tends to happen when you've a first in English (not a boast, just to counter the implication I'm thick).grin

First of all - Nelson style HAHA! Joke’s on you, OP.

Secondly, anyone who says they have an obsession with spelling and posts a thread about such a mundane thing sure as hell is a SPAG pedant and I bet you are the one frothing at the mouth over ‘Chester Draws’ and are now deflecting.

HAHA

@starshine1926 people did start off as gintly as possible, they were trying to point out that you ginuinley got the wrong end of the stick. Now it would be gracious to accept the ginuine comments on here and pour a large gin and have a good old laugh at yourself?

It's gin o'clock somewhere in the world surely?

people did start off as gintly as possible

Gintly

@MinervaSaidThat there are more, keep reading! 😂

Oh yeah 😂

I've got a third and I still know what a pun is.

@spanglydangly Most excellent

Perhaps “gingle” bells is the traditional English way of spelling it?

Just like how the American “jail” has replaced the English “gaol” in most print news now.

hoist on your own petard

nope - with, or by, never on...

BeyondMyWits, I don't have a first so I neither know nor care

And here I thought this was going to be a dull thread, then OP came back....

Hi! I also got a first in English (and I am totally boasting, it was an awesome achievement that I am very proud of and hasn't led to me earning over the average wage in the 20 years since so I need to brag about it to stop myself feeling like an over qualified failure).
I am also dyslexic so my spelling is amazingly bad and my my apostrophe use erratic. I don't care about "language crimes" - my favourite thing about English is its adaptability and the way it has shifted and changed over the centuries. "Should of" for instance will be accepted usage in a couple of generations, and why not? It's the joy of English.

Anyone else humming this?

It's a play on words.

"Should of" for instance will be accepted usage in a couple of generations, and why not?

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

the only daft one is you for missing the very obvious pun.

Completely ignoring the fact that you missed the joke, why on earth would you even think it was OK to comment on someone's clothing (joke or not). How rude!

@Itsallgonewoowoo - you have just made me properly cackle, like the MN days of yore

I guess my obsession with spelling blinded me to the pun. Tends to happen when you've a first in English

I would have thought that a first in English would have made you more alert to subtle word play, not less.

Just like how the American “jail” has replaced the English “gaol” in most print news now.

I cannot forgive the world for this.

GingleJangleScarecrow

Seeing Gingle's name, I now have user name envy. Is that a thing?

@GingleJangleScarecrow 'fraid so. Language change is inevitable....

I got a Desmond and I still got the pun... do I get a prize?! 😆