Think you have bad hair days?

daffy2
daffy2 Member Posts: 1,636
edited 24. Aug 2017, 12:04 in Community Chit-chat archive
Pity these poor creatures. An ad in the local paper's pet section started ...
'Wired haired fox terrier puppies..'
I know my hair is bad when it gets static but how much worse to have extra current put through!

The small ads are often a source of amusement. One of my favourites was 'lustre bowel'. I suspect this was the result of the local accent coupled with ignorance on the part of the salesperson taking the call, who simply spelled phonetically what s/he heard.
'Birth' for 'berth' in caravan and tent ads is common, and again conjures up some odd images.

Comments

  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I sell on E**y and I'm part of several online groups. In one someone proudly showed some tiny glass bottles and described them as "vile". This was one occasion when I did respond with a correction, "vial".
  • Airwave!
    Airwave! Member Posts: 2,431
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Every time I see 'your' when it should be 'you're', I want to reach through the ether and shake them, use our language properly! There are so many different ways to express yourself why misuse your own writing.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    People don't bother to check the gadget they are using so don't spot the auto-choice-correct use by the machine. Younger people are using text-speak in job applications - as far as I'm concerned that would be an immediate reason not to employ them - if you agree say 'Here here!' :wink: When I receive that laziness I always respond with 'There there!' which usually falls upon stony ground. :roll:

    My favourite headline was in a local paper and owes everything to a dropped vowel: Thieves Escape as Police Ponce. :D DD
  • daffy2
    daffy2 Member Posts: 1,636
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ah yes, the omitted letter....
    I can't lay my hands on the article right now, but an item about a young man(police or fire service I think) missed the 'l' out of 'public', which put a slightly different slant on things.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    One of my favourite written errors is 'hare's breath' as in 'He was a hare's breath away from death.' which I think reflects the lost art of clear enunciation. Mind you, what really winds me up is those who shorten arthritis to my late father's name, capital letter and all . . . . DD
  • littlemimmy
    littlemimmy Member Posts: 111
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    Mind you, what really winds me up is those who shorten arthritis to my late father's name, capital letter and all . . . . DD
    I don't know why, but this annoys me as well.
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,297
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Me too. I know why. It's because Arthur was (a) my lovely Grandad and (b) two wonderful uncles whereas arthritis is a disease, neither lovely nor wonderful, and not a family member or a pet.

    Words can fascinating things. I deplore the sloppiness (Don't I sound ancient :lol: ) of incorrect spellings due to predictive text plus a lack of care but sometimes words can be fun when spelled incorrectly. One of our funniest, longest-running and most widely appreciated threads came about due to a simple missed consonant - the 'Tripe Therapy' thread on LWA. Of course it should have been 'triple' therapy but it came at a time when we were being bombarded with suggestions of curing ourselves via all sorts of ridiculous diets etc and it came as a much-needed relief for those of us who were being made to feel as though we had actually chosen to be ill.

    I believe there is a book of newspaper misprints entitled 'A Steroid Hit the Earth'. It always makes me chuckle.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Guilty of the tripe, M'Lud. :D I always bear in mind that posters may have arthritic fingers which may not be that biddable and anyone can make an error. It takes only a little time to check (which I failed to do with the tripe but at least we had some fun with it!) DD
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 28,315
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I want to know where 'Branch' is??

    Also how people are going to 'get' their own coffee at costa, (other food items and establishments are available :wink: )???