The Typo Police
Nov 1, 2023 07:21:19 #
Nov 1, 2023 07:41:50 #
Morry
Loc: Palm Springs, CA
At my age (89)I feel that I'm entitled to an occasional unintended typo. As a retired printer who worked for a major newspaper all of his life no one is bothered more by many typos than I am . . . but please folks . . . "give me a break".
Nov 1, 2023 08:10:47 #
sodapop wrote:
Before you louse things up, thimk!
I do a lot of thimking during the day.
Nov 1, 2023 08:25:17 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I sent an email to a friend, and I made a typo. I typed "your" instead of "you." He pointed that out, so I replied.
"I put two typos into emails I send to my smart friends. I'm glad you found the easy one."
"I put two typos into emails I send to my smart friends. I'm glad you found the easy one."
😀
Nov 1, 2023 08:49:25 #
Nov 1, 2023 08:57:05 #
cdayton wrote:
Poor grammar is something up with which I will not put.
Nov 1, 2023 09:21:04 #
Horseart wrote:
I am a freak about good grammar and spelling but I am also the past, present and future World Grand Champion Typo Queen.
I don't think anyone will ever be much of a challenge.
I don't think anyone will ever be much of a challenge.
What are your feeling about alternate spellings that not everyone knows or uses like "Lense" or "Lens"? The one with the "e" at the end looks like German or French to me.
Nov 1, 2023 09:31:38 #
joesrunning
Loc: N.C.
Thanks , I needed that one this morning.
I don"t post here , but I had to on this one.
I don"t post here , but I had to on this one.
Nov 1, 2023 11:04:00 #
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Nov 1, 2023 12:14:20 #
Morry wrote:
At my age (89)I feel that I'm entitled to an occasional unintended typo. As a retired printer who worked for a major newspaper all of his life no one is bothered more by many typos than I am . . . but please folks . . . "give me a break".
I miss a good daily newspaper!!
Nov 1, 2023 12:21:04 #
therwol
Loc: USA
sodapop wrote:
Still trying to figure out where "acorst" comes from
Shortened version of "acoarst". Easier to type on a phone or tablet.
Nov 1, 2023 13:12:08 #
therwol wrote:
Shortened version of "acoarst". Easier to type on a phone or tablet.
Oddly enough (or maybe not so odd) Googling "define acoarst" gives as its first result a link to UHH where this nonsense was discussed: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-682642-3.html
Nov 1, 2023 13:17:37 #
sodapop wrote:
Still trying to figure out where "acorst" comes from
Used in a sentence: "Why, acorst I dunnit."
Nov 1, 2023 13:38:07 #
lamiaceae wrote:
What are your feeling about alternate spellings that not everyone knows or uses like "Lense" or "Lens"? The one with the "e" at the end looks like German or French to me.
There are very few legitimate alternate spellings. "Oh, well, that's the way I spell it."
Lens or lense UK
Since many common nouns are made plural by adding an "s" to the end of the singular form, people sometimes incorrectly assume that the word lenses is formed by adding an "s" to lense. However, lense is not a word in American English or U.K. English (or any other language). The correct singular term is the word lens.
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