In British English, apparently there are several status marking indicators shared by the lower and upper-classes -- because the upper classes hire from the lower classes when they pick nannies.
My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.
Mal ,'Shindig'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - Sep 27, 2005 9:17:16 am PDT #4435 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Topic!Cindy - Sep 27, 2005 9:19:36 am PDT #4436 of 10001
What is even happening?
Irregardless
Also hate. I've pretty much given up on that one too, though.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 27, 2005 9:23:38 am PDT #4437 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The one that gets me is liberry. From people who work at one in a University.
Grrr.
Jars - Sep 27, 2005 9:27:35 am PDT #4438 of 10001
See, I've been know to use 'supposably' and 'liberry' for fun. Feel free to beat me now. I do try not to around children and stupid people though.
Ginger - Sep 27, 2005 9:30:28 am PDT #4439 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Strenth for strength.
Mute point.
Less when it should be fewer.
And, in remembrance of what thread we're in, people whole mispronounce "Minear."
Nutty - Sep 27, 2005 9:33:07 am PDT #4440 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
In English language news, I ran across a spelling error yesterday that had been picked up verbatim from a previous book. Which book had picked that spelling error up from a different previous book. I checked four books, and the spelling error was in all of them. So at least it was consistent, but I am pretty sure there is no ship called the USS Kearsage.
That's four different copyeditors, four accuracy reviewers, four proofreaders, the author four times, and at least three editors who are not fans of maritime history.
ChiKat - Sep 27, 2005 10:20:55 am PDT #4441 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
See, I've been know to use 'supposably' and 'liberry' for fun
Me, too, Jars. Also: sammich, punkin, nakin (for napkin because that's how my little bro pronounced it when he was wee) and bikit (for biscuit, same reason as nakin).
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2005 10:34:39 am PDT #4442 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's a krav instructor that says "groind" for "groin." As far as I know, that error will live as long as they do, because for fear of their own, no one's going to point it out.
What chaps my ass, though, is heighth. I'd thought it a "just one guy" thing, but I've been hearing it around.
Rick - Sep 27, 2005 11:09:33 am PDT #4443 of 10001
In English language news, I ran across a spelling error yesterday that had been picked up verbatim from a previous book. Which book had picked that spelling error up from a different previous book. I checked four books, and the spelling error was in all of them.
One of the fun things about Google Scholar is that you can do a search on your own stuff or some classic paper and see how the citations of said stuff change over time, as people copy previous errors and insert their own. Eventually you find out that you published a paper in 1897 in the Journal of Psychiropractic Medicine or some other field that doesn't really exist. I'm not sure if it's more like an accumulation of DNA mutations over several generations or more like that party game where a chain of people whisper a message to the next person in line, but either way it testifies to the carelessness of the science community when it comes to citations.
It might be fun to be a Psychiropractor, though.
Aims - Sep 27, 2005 11:36:20 am PDT #4444 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"Heighth" drives me nuts, as does my friend who calls it a "swifter".