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Pedants' corner

A Viscous Attack #4

65 replies

Whosthetabbynow · 04/09/2026 10:24

Here we are on the fourth instalment of crazy misspellings, misuse of words and all the other topsy-turvy attempts at literacy from the illiterate.
Post your observations. Lady’s the flaw is youre’s…

OP posts:
Whosthetabbynow · 07/09/2026 09:34

Howinthehelldidthishappen · 07/09/2026 04:34

Sounds a bit chewy!

Yes. A bit dry

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HopeSpringsInfernal · 07/09/2026 09:41

Whosthetabbynow · 06/09/2026 21:31

They’re coming thick and fast today. Someone has just made a cottage pie using mashed suede as the topping.

Not to say expensive

JudyTeeny · 08/09/2026 16:11

All these silly mistakes are making me high rate.
I overheard a receptionist telling her workmate that she was high rate due to a customer's behaviour.

AlbieJiggered · 08/09/2026 16:47

You need some rest bite.

butterpuffed · 08/09/2026 19:03

Was watching Come Dine with Me and a woman said 'The dessert was a bit incoherent '.

trainedopossum · 08/09/2026 19:09

There’s an ad I hear when I listen to podcasts, where someone says she’s “the founder of xyz, a gift shop from the lens of artists and handmade objects.”
I can never get to my phone quickly enough to avoid it.
I object to odd pairings like “pregnant to” and “embarrassed of” as well.

Motuihe · 08/09/2026 20:49

AlexandraCarrington · 05/09/2026 11:56

On the BBC website today:

"The plan for the Merchant's House is to turn it back into how it could of looked in the early 1600s when it was built," he said.

The privateer's raids on two Spanish vessels while under the command of Sir Drake, likely paid for the redevelopment of the Merchant's House into the timber framed building it is today, historians believe.

(Will be interested to see if it's edited.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yw0971wq4o

BBC Proofreader is still on.....vacation 😚

MagpiePi · 09/09/2026 08:24

…I love reading thoughtful inciteful posts…

I think insightful was what was the poster meant!

AppleButterGutter · 09/09/2026 12:29

MagpiePi · 09/09/2026 08:24

…I love reading thoughtful inciteful posts…

I think insightful was what was the poster meant!

TBF, a lot of MN posts are pretty "inciteful"!

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/09/2026 14:22

A new one on me yesterday -

A stellar toe heel shoe 👠

AlbieJiggered · 09/09/2026 14:25

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/09/2026 14:22

A new one on me yesterday -

A stellar toe heel shoe 👠

What's one of those and so they come as a pear?

SueBlime · 09/09/2026 15:58

Falour

I'll give you three guesses.

AlbieJiggered · 09/09/2026 16:14

AlbieJiggered · 09/09/2026 14:25

What's one of those and so they come as a pear?

do they not so they. The pear was deliberate, as in a pear of stellar toe heal sandles.
Stiletto!

Whosthetabbynow · 09/09/2026 16:37

AlbieJiggered · 09/09/2026 16:14

do they not so they. The pear was deliberate, as in a pear of stellar toe heal sandles.
Stiletto!

No way! Stellar toe = stiletto? Wowzer

OP posts:
Whosthetabbynow · 09/09/2026 16:38

SueBlime · 09/09/2026 15:58

Falour

I'll give you three guesses.

Valour? Velour? Fella?

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AlbieJiggered · 09/09/2026 16:44

Failure?

SeptemberRains · 09/09/2026 16:47

‘’Menna’ is one I’ve not come across before.

AlbieJiggered · 09/09/2026 17:15

@SeptemberRains , it's a Welsh woman's name. There's Menna Elfyn . (Surname is 'Elvin').

SeptemberRains · 09/09/2026 20:35

@AlbieJiggered
Thank you - that is a very pretty name.
However, the this 'menna' should have been 'meant to'. It's up there with 'gunna' I suppose or 'wanna' or 'tryna'....

AlbieJiggered · 09/09/2026 20:43

@SeptemberRains , There's one thing to consider with it - it might be appended with pause.
Thanks for explaining it to me. I can cope with gonna but not gunna.

SueBlime · Yesterday 07:13

AlbieJiggered · 09/09/2026 16:44

Failure?

Yes! It took me a few seconds to work it out and I had the benefit of context.

FuzzyPuffling · Yesterday 09:21

AlexandraCarrington · 05/09/2026 11:56

On the BBC website today:

"The plan for the Merchant's House is to turn it back into how it could of looked in the early 1600s when it was built," he said.

The privateer's raids on two Spanish vessels while under the command of Sir Drake, likely paid for the redevelopment of the Merchant's House into the timber framed building it is today, historians believe.

(Will be interested to see if it's edited.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yw0971wq4o

I live near here and would like to make it clear that not everybody in Plymouth is an illiterate idiot.
Although those working for the BBC obviously are.

AlbieJiggered · Yesterday 10:36

SueBlime · Yesterday 07:13

Yes! It took me a few seconds to work it out and I had the benefit of context.

I'm getting good at this! I'm proud of the stellar toe.
Looking for a book this morning and one is recommended as the best interia book and gives insite...

SueBlime · Yesterday 11:04

Interia as in interior @AlbieJiggered ?

I did get stiletto eventually. It was an out loud moment 😁

AppleButterGutter · Yesterday 13:11

I see that someone has already started a thread in PC, but I have just spotted "as a pose" instead of "as opposed" on a thread today.

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