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Is this taking the pee or what?
« on: December 06, 2024, 09:20:30 AM »
And £9 postage .... Maybe DS himself will sign it if you ask nicely   ;D ;D

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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2024, 09:22:16 AM »
Uuuh ?
This is a prank right?


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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2024, 10:17:54 AM »
In another 50 years it will be worth a fortune!
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2024, 11:04:53 AM »
The forlorn hope is that the optimistic seller will find an online buyer who has had a wee late night dram.😃
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2024, 01:28:47 PM »
...maybe the seller thinks the grammatical error makes it worth £10. A bit like the coins and stamps which are printed or minted incorrectly..
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2024, 02:44:37 PM »
Reminds me of a guy I worked with he couldn’t seem to let the inappropriate use of the apostrophe go over his head like most of us numptys could. And it’s probably because he knew when and where to use properly.🤭
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2024, 03:07:00 PM »
I like using over spaced hyphens rather than a comma in long sentences, to avoid too many "and's". Pretty much all my posts are edited when I spot errors, more likely when I use my phone.

I see lots of grammatical errors or misused words on posts, at the end of the day were not sitting an english test.
However when I see mistakes in professional posters & invitations that's not acceptable.  Wendy attended a very upmarket wedding a few months ago. Two hundred invites went out with a glaring error on the outer cover that was I believe professionally printed. Some spell checkers are often poor with context, if the word exists they ignore it.

My Google Pixel phone is really annoying as it tries to predict whole sentences, it can change what I have typed with reckless abandon..on..on.

PS I never passed English O Level, I have a wide vocabulary, I learnt some Technical  German to enable me to work in a chemical plant in Krefeld, however my spelling has always been poor. My excuse is that when I came to the UK permanatly aged 5 I knew no English at all. At secondary school I was too lazy to rote learn how to spell as it was not logical Mr Spock. Maths & Science always seemed easier somehow.
« Last Edit: December 06, 2024, 03:18:48 PM by McCabe-Thiele (Ted) »
Honda CB400NA Superdream (current money puddle)
Honda CB500 K1 (second money pit)
https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,28541.0.html
Honda CB400 four super sport (first money pit)
Link to my full restoration http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,23291.0.html
This is a neat 500 restoration in the USA.
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,151576.msg1731556.html#msg1731556

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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2024, 04:57:34 PM »
I fink I can spell proper like. 😜
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2024, 10:51:43 PM »
I fink I can spell proper like. 😜
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2024, 09:28:36 AM »
Me too, Ted. “Eats shoots and leaves” is worth reading.

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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2024, 11:11:46 AM »
The Apostrophe Protection Society Militant Wing made me laugh.
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2024, 04:23:12 PM »
And the exclamation mark!!!!!!!😀😀😃

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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2024, 07:56:35 PM »
🤣  what jokers DS are, we should all put it in our watch list to build up their hopes.
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2024, 04:59:42 PM »
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Re: Is this taking the pee or what?
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2025, 11:36:10 AM »
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What an absolute piss take, a real “these tossers will buy anything” attitude. Some of his aftermarket stuff is getting that way as well, makes me want to stop buying anything from him.

Hope I got the punctuation in the right place, probably not.  Makes me laugh when someone criticises a post for bad spelling and grammar and I haven’t even noticed anything wrong😂😂😂😂😂
But I do also agree with Ted,  if it’s a professional thing it should be correct.

 

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