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Experts pore [sic] anxiously over Beijing English menus
China Daily ^
| 04/13/2007
| Xinhua
Posted on 04/13/2007 8:55:07 AM PDT by kevin_in_so_cal
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To: Constitution Day
81
posted on
04/13/2007 11:42:34 AM PDT
by
Silly
(plasticpie.com)
To: bicyclerepair
see http://www.engrish.com for some great laughs. Thanks! Too funny.
82
posted on
04/13/2007 11:46:30 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: kevin_in_so_cal
Menu on the island of Santorini:
I passed on the "Lamp with lemon sauce."
83
posted on
04/13/2007 11:52:47 AM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: Constitution Day; Silly
And now that it’s on the web, it’s gospel.
84
posted on
04/13/2007 11:56:12 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: NCSteve
My pet peeve is “could care less” when the person means “could not care less.”
85
posted on
04/13/2007 11:58:46 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: dighton
I’ve just created another mess for Snopes.com to clean up in fifty years.
86
posted on
04/13/2007 12:02:06 PM PDT
by
Silly
(plasticpie.com)
To: NCSteve
One of my pet peeves is soft-pedaled, If I were going to use that phrase, which I probably wouldn't in writing, that's how I'd spell it. I thought it had to do with sewing machines.
What should it be?
87
posted on
04/13/2007 12:12:16 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
To: Constitution Day
grammatical and spelling errors just seem to leap off the page at me. In color.
88
posted on
04/13/2007 12:13:15 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
To: Tax-chick
Tell me about it.
Sometimes I just WANT to not notice them, but I can’t do it!
To: Silly; Constitution Day; Xenalyte; AnAmericanMother; Billthedrill; aculeus; Tax-chick; ...
90
posted on
04/13/2007 12:30:23 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: dighton
I can’t believe that article says ‘soft-peddle.’ That’s hilarious! Everyone knows if a gay man wants to peddle it, it’s got to be hard, not soft.
More writers need to read Orwell’s Politics and the English Language.
91
posted on
04/13/2007 12:33:06 PM PDT
by
Silly
(plasticpie.com)
To: Silly; NCSteve
So it’s supposed to be “soft-peddle,” as a variation on “soft-sell”?
92
posted on
04/13/2007 1:33:22 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
To: Constitution Day
I just ran across “anti up” in a post. ARRRGH. At least the victim of homophonia didn’t write “auntie up”!
93
posted on
04/13/2007 1:39:48 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
To: Tax-chick
I promise to continue in this vein until everyone is confused.
94
posted on
04/13/2007 1:51:31 PM PDT
by
Silly
(plasticpie.com)
To: Silly
95
posted on
04/13/2007 1:53:08 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
To: nhoward14
The dictionaries have given up explaining a lot of things. As soon as enough ignoramuses misuse or misspell a word, it appears in the dictionary as an alternative.
A recent confusion that has appeared all over the place lately: precipitous instead of precipitate. Precipitous = steep. Precipitate = sudden.
To: Silly
Another interesting bit of wedding trivia: Brides were supposed to be well rested before their ceremonies so they wouldnt be too tired that evening to make the wind and the rain with their new husbands. So they tooks naps. But sometimes a bride would stupidly take her nap after her hair dressing had taken place. It was pretty obvious when she walked down the aisle with nappy hair. Congregants would yell, Ho! as a signal to others to check out the brides hair. This led to everyone standing during the bridal processional. Careful there, if Al Sharpton sees this, you may be losing your radio gig ...
To: Doomonyou
98
posted on
04/13/2007 3:41:56 PM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: NCSteve
"Soft peddle" is incorrect.
Webster's Second Unabridged (1953):
Pedal . . . (b) Slang. To exert pressure, esp. a restraining influence, upon, in the manner of a piano pedal; often soft-pedal.
No corresponding entry appears under "peddle".
99
posted on
04/13/2007 4:31:14 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: firebrand
That's why I rely on the OED and a 1950s-vintage Webster.
The American Heritage dictionary is a piece of trash, much as I admire that estimable history magazine (at least it used to be, back when Bruce Catton was editor).
100
posted on
04/13/2007 4:32:36 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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