Re: Edjukashun Edjukashun Edjukashun
In message <sMqfVWBJ4BoIFA+S@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan
writes
>In message , Paul
>Herber writes
>>On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:37:13 +0100, K Richard Whitbread
>> wrote:
>>
>>>In message <489ef4d4$0$16177$5402220f@news.sunrise.ch>, Gumrat
>>> writes
>>>>Al Menzies wrote:
>>>>> On 9 Aug 2008 11:42:23 GMT, Jim Easterbrook
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick wrote in
>>>>>> news:6g3fl9Fdob4dU2@mid.individual.net:
>>>>>>> Jo Lonergan wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:24:07 +0100, Marjorie
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I always assumed that the person who spelled the words wrongly in
>>>>>>>>> the first place was the client, and that the sign writer was simply
>>>>>>>>> writing what he'd been told to write. But then I wonder why the sign
>>>>>>>>> writer doesn't say, "Hey, gov, you do know there's a "d" in
>>>>>>>>> "sandwiches", don't you? And are you sure you want that apostrophe?"
>>>>>>>> The one that really makes me cringe is "PANNINI'S".
>>>>>>> My absolute, all time favourite, was GATEAUX'S
>>>>>> A colleague saw a fruit stall by the side of the road offering PLUMB'S.
>>>>> Two furniture shops in my local outlet centre are selling dinning
>>>>> tables.
>>>>>
>>>>What a racket :-)
>>>>
>>>I think you mean racquet.
>>
>>Can we squash this thread before it reproduces?
>>
>>
>Load of balls really ...
I am sure it will simply shuttle back and forth unless some scores in
the back of the net.
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K Richard W
date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:39:43 +0100
author: K Richard Whitbread
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