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Pedants' corner

A Viscous Attack # 3

609 replies

Catspace · 09/03/2026 18:28

Ding, ding, round 3 of the highly entertaining collection of misspellings, misuse and general bastardisation of language. The floor is youre’s x

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Fopar · Yesterday 11:13

Spotted "clammer" on a thread this morning.

Chersfrozenface · Yesterday 11:37

Fopar · Yesterday 11:13

Spotted "clammer" on a thread this morning.

A crabber is a boat for harvesting crabs, a prawner is a boat for catching prawns - so surely a clammer is a boat for gathering clams.

Whosthetabbynow · Yesterday 11:45

grumpygrape · 22/06/2026 09:51

Considering all those daft little videos going around entitled POV maybe that should be Point of Vous ?

PS, having had to edit this, is there a Law which states one will make more mistakes in a Pedants' Corner post than any other ? 😉

Edited

Yes, I believe it’s a ‘thing’. I always read what I’ve written before posting but espeshly in Pedants’ Corner x

Whosthetabbynow · Yesterday 11:48

SchnizelVonKrumm · 22/06/2026 17:59

Saw a post on LinkedIn today about how getting a dog helped someone spend less time on their phone and more time focusing on "whats infant of me" Confused

No way! 😱

SueBlime · Yesterday 12:41

The person advertising "boarder work" on Facebook is achily a gardener.

ErrolTheDragon · Yesterday 13:37

SueBlime · Yesterday 12:41

The person advertising "boarder work" on Facebook is achily a gardener.

Bad back?ConfusedGrin

Whosthetabbynow · Yesterday 17:03

Someone’s husband is going on a long hall flight.

ErrolTheDragon · Yesterday 17:08

Whosthetabbynow · Yesterday 17:03

Someone’s husband is going on a long hall flight.

a trip on the landing?

Whosthetabbynow · Yesterday 17:13

ErrolTheDragon · Yesterday 17:08

a trip on the landing?

It’s possible

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