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Offline MrDavo

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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2020, 03:27:18 PM »
I read the closing procedures message several times, carefully, word by word. Nope, nothing wrong with it at all, except that knowing there actually was something was driving me nuts.

I only saw it when I was wondering what on earth BryanJ was on about, and then re read the message. Now I know I can't unsee it, I can't believe I missed it!

I am the apostrophe police, the number of people who think that " 's"  pluralises something is astounding. Our local tip has signs everywhere saying "No Bag's", and the charity shop here sells "CD's" amongst other things. I read a great article about a man after my own heart in Bristol, who goes around at night armed with a ladder, and different colours of paint and tape to make rogue apostrophes go away.

Lost in translation from Japanese rather than misspelt, the Webike site refers a lot to 'out of print motorcycles'.
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2020, 03:37:05 PM »
Now you know what that damn crawling bug does to us!!!!
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2020, 03:40:12 PM »
Leave my bug alone, it is grammatically correct!



This chap is quite a sensation in the USA, however the fact that the sign sometimes reads 'Brian' and sometimes 'Brain' proves that it has been messed with via photoshop...

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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2020, 05:12:05 PM »
You want to see out local WHAT store.  On the edges of the shelving are notices;  "Smile, Your on CCTV"
Drives me up the wall whenever I go there.

I love the thought of a guy deleting apostrophies.  I'd gladly hold his ladder if he came around here.
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2020, 05:16:53 PM »
Well I like your bug Mr D
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2020, 05:46:43 PM »
I read about a Spanish Hotel that had experienced problems with the quality (not quailty) of their Water Supply, and after the experts had sorted it out, a sign was displayed in the Foyer saying:

'All the water in this Hotel has been passed by the Management'.
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2020, 05:51:43 PM »
A Tesco store in Greater Manchester had a sign to label the 'Stationary Department' - it sold pens and paper etc, and didn't move at all!

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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2020, 08:26:05 PM »
I'm no fan of the welsh language but I find this sort of thing hilarious,  especially when no one notices.
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2020, 10:27:35 PM »
How about this:

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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2020, 10:46:31 PM »
Quote from: mike the bike on December 30, 2020, 08:26:05 PM
I'm no fan of the welsh language but I find this sort of thing hilarious,  especially when no one notices.

  Unfortunately i do not speak Welsh just a smattering of words and phrases, but i am proud of the language. Cymru am Byth.
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #25 on: December 30, 2020, 11:57:44 PM »
How can you tell? ???
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #26 on: December 31, 2020, 01:07:33 AM »
Quote from: mike the bike on December 30, 2020, 09:21:02 AM
What's wrong with Best Quality Christmas Trees?  Am I missing something?

I missed it too first time -

Appaenrlty wehn we raed wrods our brian ptus the ltteers in the rghit odrerr - its called (brain) clumping so we understand what has been said.!

it's a sort of built in spell checker.
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #27 on: December 31, 2020, 05:59:09 AM »
Quote from: adespin on December 29, 2020, 11:44:36 PM


 I thought that politics was banned on this forum as we all have differing views.  :o
I wasn't talking about Diane Abbott's politics, I was talking about her arithmetic!  ;D
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #28 on: December 31, 2020, 06:02:15 AM »
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Re: Sometimes I wonder where these people get their copywriters/editors…
« Reply #29 on: December 31, 2020, 08:54:51 AM »
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