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  • L LloydA111

    Not as bad as: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.


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    The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick. [thrice] Many stumble on the word 'The'

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      My daughter is 5, and was saying haitch the other day. I said no, aitch. My wife said no, haitch. My daughter says her teacher has told them haitch. So I asked my mother who until recently taught children of a similar age. She said she said and taught aitch, although her father said haitch. I am adamant that the school should not be teaching haitch, and all this is a just after the following story on the BBC website; Haitch or Aitch[^]

      Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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      We have the same issue with my 7 year old granddaughter. Fortunately, her mother is Afrikaans so accepts what we say about "correct" English. Unfortunately far too many primary school teachers are not as literate as they should be.

      Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash

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      • A AspDotNetDev

        To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)

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        A co-worker who I used to fancy something rotten, would always say when she was hungry "I'm ravishing". I could but agree with her.

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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          People who say pacific instead of specific need to be beaten until they stop. These seem to mostly be women. I actually saw someone write "anyone persific?" the other day. Londoners cannot say Birmingham, they say Birmanum. I always pronounced Arkansas as it is written until I saw something to do with Bill Clinton where there was a caption on the TV.

          Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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          ChrisElston wrote:

          People who say pacific instead of specific

          Gosh, they need to go to the libary, than there vocab would be nucalur.

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          • A AspDotNetDev

            That reminds me of...

            The Pheasant Plucking Song:

            I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes...

            Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly. ;)

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            aspdotnetdev wrote:

            Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly

            One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. And they all felt smart together!!

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              A co-worker who I used to fancy something rotten, would always say when she was hungry "I'm ravishing". I could but agree with her.

              Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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              Ha, that's straight out of that movie with Angelina Jolie and what's his face from the Pirates movies. "You look ravenous." "Do you mean ravishing?" "Uh, yes."

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              • A AspDotNetDev

                Ha, that's straight out of that movie with Angelina Jolie and what's his face from the Pirates movies. "You look ravenous." "Do you mean ravishing?" "Uh, yes."

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                My working career pre-dates the 'Pirate' movies by many, many, tears. Hey perhaps they nicked it off of me. Get back to you later, I'm of to my Lawyers office.

                Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                  My working career pre-dates the 'Pirate' movies by many, many, tears. Hey perhaps they nicked it off of me. Get back to you later, I'm of to my Lawyers office.

                  Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                  Henry Minute wrote:

                  I'm of to my Lawyers office.

                  You will use any excuse to visit her. She must be ravenous.

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                  • A AspDotNetDev

                    To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)

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                    aspdotnetdev wrote:

                    Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?

                    Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).

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                      aspdotnetdev wrote:

                      Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?

                      Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).

                      Never forget to Dispose any of the ODP.NET objects

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                      You must be, well, retarded -- by your peers. :)

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                        aspdotnetdev wrote:

                        Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?

                        Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).

                        Never forget to Dispose any of the ODP.NET objects

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                        Easily Done[^]

                        Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                          You must be, well, retarded -- by your peers. :)

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                          No. It is just typo which is more frequent than others.

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                            aspdotnetdev wrote:

                            Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly

                            One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. And they all felt smart together!!

                            I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!

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                            :~ How did this whole thread devolve into "Tongue-Twisters"?

                            WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                              No. It is just typo which is more frequent than others.

                              Never forget to Dispose any of the ODP.NET objects

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                              I tend to go through phases of being unable to type certain words. I typed methid instead of method over and over and over again today. And one day a few years ago trying to program in Progress I typed edn instead of end, a much used word in that language, almost every time. Just for the one day.

                              Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                I tend to go through phases of being unable to type certain words. I typed methid instead of method over and over and over again today. And one day a few years ago trying to program in Progress I typed edn instead of end, a much used word in that language, almost every time. Just for the one day.

                                Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                ChrisElston wrote:

                                I typed methid instead of method over and over and over again today.

                                Yeah. It just happened in this sentence again.

                                ChrisElston wrote:

                                And one day a few years ago trying to program in Progress I typed edn instead of end, a much used word in tha

                                You've gotten so used to it that you do not realize it anymore. See still you are typing it wrong. ;P Retards, Danish

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                                  :~ How did this whole thread devolve into "Tongue-Twisters"?

                                  WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                                  Just lucky I guess!!

                                  I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!

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                                    To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)

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                                    expresso instead of espresso annoys me almost as much as 'renumeration'. And I HATE when people type per say instead of per se.

                                    Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                                      expresso instead of espresso annoys me almost as much as 'renumeration'. And I HATE when people type per say instead of per se.

                                      Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                                      Christian Graus wrote:

                                      expresso instead of espresso annoys me almost as much as 'renumeration'.

                                      You hate when people use the incorrect version of a simple word more than when they use the incorrect version of a less common word?

                                      Christian Graus wrote:

                                      And I HATE when people type per say instead of per se.

                                      Hay, give them some slack. That is not, per se, what they meant to say, wouldn't you say?

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                                        I know technically it's correct usage, but it still makes me grit my teeth: object-orientated

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                                        If I ever saw somebody seriously use that, I might have to puke in my mouth a little bit.

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                                          To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)

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                                          Heard a David O'Docherty (sp?) at the Edinburgh festival (it's on the Amnesty International final podcast) ranting (in song) about how he pronounced Hyperbole to rhyme with superbowl, twice, live on radio. Well, it's funny when he sings it:)

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