Stop saying "Demond" !!!
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feef said:
The IUPAC periodic table lists both Aluminum and Aluminium, while it might grate, both are equally correct
They can't "both be equally correct". They are both correct, or one is incorrect, equally doesn't come in to it.2 men are equally tall. They are the same height. They are both x feet. They are not both the same height. If one of the left the other one would still be that tall. They are the same sex, they are not both the same sex.
If one was a woman they would not both be different genders, they would just be different gender.
I'm not sure I made that clear.....
Shopping this afternoon in Sainsbury's and overheard a mother in her 30's asking her daughter (circa 9 / 10 y/o) to help her pick out some "Letters, Tom-ratoes and Bra-nanas" from the fruit & veg section 
Edit - Googled Bra-nana and maybe she meant this
Edit - Googled Bra-nana and maybe she meant this
Edited by AlexRS2782 on Thursday 18th February 17:38
Thought I'd bump this after hearing a woman, in her 30's, in Waitrose this afternoon asking a member of staff if they had any "Panna-Tonai" available 
The member of staff asked if she meant "Panettone" to which she replied "Yes. That's what I said "Panna-Tonai"
At this point there was a fair amount of chuckling from those of us that were in the queues for the tills nearby
The member of staff asked if she meant "Panettone" to which she replied "Yes. That's what I said "Panna-Tonai"
At this point there was a fair amount of chuckling from those of us that were in the queues for the tills nearby
Just seen the third post on Pistonheads in as many days with someone saying "elude" when they clearly meant "allude". One doesn't elude to something one alludes to it. I wonder if there's some predictive speller on the latest iplod/phone/gizmo that's doing this because surely can't be such a strange and sudden outbreak of illiteracy?
RichB said:
Just seen the third post on Pistonheads in as many days with someone saying "elude" when they clearly meant "allude". One doesn't elude to something one alludes to it. I wonder if there's some predictive speller on the latest iplod/phone/gizmo that's doing this because surely can't be such a strange and sudden outbreak of illiteracy?
I now possess a kindle fire.Sometimes, it is the devils work. It's autocorrect often replaces to with too or of with off and I have no idea why. It makes one type like an illiterate buffoon.
Johnspex said:
They can't "both be equally correct". They are both correct, or one is incorrect, equally doesn't come in to it.
2 men are equally tall. They are the same height. They are both x feet. They are not both the same height. If one of the left the other one would still be that tall. They are the same sex, they are not both the same sex.
If one was a woman they would not both be different genders, they would just be different gender.
I'm not sure I made that clear.....
They can and are both correct, the original spelling was the American way, they continued to use it while in Europe the 'new' spelling was used as it fitted better with existing chemical names.2 men are equally tall. They are the same height. They are both x feet. They are not both the same height. If one of the left the other one would still be that tall. They are the same sex, they are not both the same sex.
If one was a woman they would not both be different genders, they would just be different gender.
I'm not sure I made that clear.....
Just as tyre and tire are both correct for the rubber hoops we put round our wheels, it just depends on who is using the it.
AlexRS2782 said:
Thought I'd bump this after hearing a woman, in her 30's, in Waitrose this afternoon asking a member of staff if they had any "Panna-Tonai" available
The member of staff asked if she meant "Panettone" to which she replied "Yes. That's what I said "Panna-Tonai"
At this point there was a fair amount of chuckling from those of us that were in the queues for the tills nearby
Of course, - Surrey.The member of staff asked if she meant "Panettone" to which she replied "Yes. That's what I said "Panna-Tonai"
At this point there was a fair amount of chuckling from those of us that were in the queues for the tills nearby
Normal for Surrey.
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