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Don't come home from the pub and read witty comments from somebody you respect followed by a smartarse comment from somebody you don't like - then post a response ::)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Muttley snigger@red!

Hi all,

Whats a typo between friends?

I agree completely with what weedbusta wrote.

Sometimes I write complete scribble and at other times I have no idea what I`m banging on about but I come here everyday and read what you all have written.

Thanks for your wisdom however you spelt it.  :)

Col

Well said Col,we come on here to read about gardening and related topics, the spelling and grammar is incidental, it is the knowledge, wit, warmth, welcome of the postings that are what matter!

Now you all are maiking me worry if this is written right!! :)

T.

So what about shop signs then? Apart from the always mis-placed apostrophe, I saw this today

'Proveyors of High Quality Prime Scotch Beef'

???

The shop (and sign) have been there since God's dog was a pup.....shall I mention it?

;D 

For years and years there used to be a sign in a butchers' in Fort William saying 'Cookad Meets'. This was in the 1970's; I have no idea whether it's still there.

Maybe they feed the highland coos on Glenfiddich ? 

Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on September 10, 2006, 20:07:00
For years and years there used to be a sign in a butchers' in Fort William saying 'Cookad Meets'. This was in the 1970's; I have no idea whether it's still there.

;D

If you ever happen to stop at the Oak Tree Lane/Bristol Road traffic lights, Robert, the butcher's in the group of shops on the rt...

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Drove past a shop last night, all painted up and fancy (under new management) with a big sign outside saying "SAMWICHES"

Hey Katie. Glad you don't live near me otherwise I might worry in case it was one of my son's signs ::) ::)

Not quite the same but similar ::) ;D we have a shop near us that says "Walter Wall Carpeting" ;D

At work, before leaving the staff area and going into the public area, there's a big sign painted on the wall above our heads saying, "Smile .... your on the company stage"
So many times I've wanted to grab some paint and paint in the apostrophe and additional e!!!

any posts i do at the moment are done whie feeding the baby, so one handed and half the time with my wrong hand, and a brain full of post natal hormones, not conducive to a literary masterpice i'm afraid! i'd never correct a post for spelling or grammar.

Where did I read that the brain is able to read normally words that are mispelt as long as the first and last letter are correct? [goes off to google...] Can't find the link. I remember they wrote a badly spelt paragraph but I was able to understand it without any effort.

Is this it?

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

from... http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/

Quote from: Soph on September 12, 2006, 16:11:27
Is this it?

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

from... http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/

Yes that's it. I wonder what phonics would make of that!

And if you cut the words in half, you can read them by their tops?