One for the spelling police

[Hugo a Gogo]

yes, drivel used to mean the same as dribble; saliva, drool etc

now it is almost exclusively used to mean 'nonsense' - a use which 'dribble' does not share except to singlecoil, apparently

[marshalla]

croyde said:

The Lotus has never been on my radar before but that show definitely peaked my interest.

[tobinen]

XJ Flyer said:

Wether it be the risk of a 20 something soldier leaving his wife and family as a casualty in battle or an 80 + year old leaving his wife and family through natural causes.

[goldblum]

yellowjack said:

Have at ye, scurvy dog!

Verily thou must know the difference between a thesaurus and a dictionary?

[marshalla]

HoHoHo said:

Kinky said:

I'm Sparticus.

Therefore powerfully built

No, I'm Sparticus.

[marshalla]

DoubleSix said:

How on earth would the pilots of got of a spiralling one winged plane???

I think we need a "Does anyone recognise this dialect?" thread.

[marshalla]

GTIR said:

What's homoglation got to do with how loud a street exhaust can be?

[yellowjack]

Number 5 said:

...it generates lot's of interest from all types of people but i personally think that a majority of people see the plate on a ageing Vectra and they think there is an opportunity hoping the owner either doesn't know its worth or hoping he's in need of some money because the value of the plate well out wheys the value of the car but the owner knows its worth...

Protein shake, anyone?

[ATTAK Z]

Vipers said:

Can anyone explain this :-

A compressed spring weighs more than a relaxed one.

Someone sent it to me amongst other amazing facts which seemed pluasable, but this one?

[marshalla]

z4RRSchris99 said:

these "fx traders" make more money in "how to" classes and seminars than they do trading fx

it's pyrimid selling in effect.

[whoami]

Daston said:

I am not wanting a manual box.....nor do I want a flappy padle box. I want a moster sequenchial gear stick like in the Asscari

[ATTAK Z]

goldblum said:

No, that bit was a joke Hugo.

For a precis of my view you can read the posts between Walm and I.

not really spelling but prepositions take the accusative, dative or ablative case (I think)

[gazza285]

No cracks or dents some ware and tare...

[Pints]

ATTAK Z said:

goldblum said:

No, that bit was a joke Hugo.

For a precis of my view you can read the posts between Walm and I.

not really spelling but prepositions take the accusative, dative or ablative case (I think)

Is it not nominative case being used instead of oblique?

There's certainly a missing comma.

[ATTAK Z]

Pints said:

ATTAK Z said:

goldblum said:

No, that bit was a joke Hugo.

For a precis of my view you can read the posts between Walm and I.

not really spelling but prepositions take the accusative, dative or ablative case (I think)

Is it not nominative case being used instead of oblique?

There's certainly a missing comma.

You've lost me I'm afraid

[marshalla]

steveo3002 said:

i took advantage of the xmas sale at halfords and order 3 cans of oil for mail order , 3 weeks later they tell me theyre completly out of stock and dont know when theyre getting more

really ? major motorist store completley out of oil ?

sould they advertise goods they havent got for sale?

Edited by steveo3002 on Friday 9th January 19:06

[singlecoil]

CMYKguru said:

£40 isn't going to put me on the breadline but it's the principal that they're probably doing this hundreds of times a week.

[PoleDriver]

smegmore said:

perhaps it's time for a sea change in attitude by the vast majority.

[yellowjack]

PoleDriver said:

smegmore said:

perhaps it's time for a sea change in attitude by the vast majority.

Now, I'm prepared to be 'outed' as a bit thick, but what exactly is the fault with this sentence? Apart from missing a capital letter at the beginning, I can't see it. Even then, the capital letter's absence could easily be explained by the quoting.

[marshalla]

yellowjack said:

PoleDriver said:

smegmore said:

perhaps it's time for a sea change in attitude by the vast majority.

Now, I'm prepared to be 'outed' as a bit thick, but what exactly is the fault with this sentence? Apart from missing a capital letter at the beginning, I can't see it. Even then, the capital letter's absence could easily be explained by the quoting.

One could argue that "sea change" should be hyphenated or even written as a single word (sea-change or seachange).