SILLY SIGNS. . . . .LET'S START A THREAD ?

[red750]

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[facthunter]

It doesn't say SEXUAL.  Nev

[nomadpete]

21 minutes ago, facthunter said:

It doesn't say SEXUAL.  Nev

Would you pay for a motel room just to have verbal intercourse with a 'near stranger'?

 

That WOULD be strange.

[facthunter]

You can't think of sex all the time. Nev

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, nomadpete said:

Would you pay for a motel room just to have verbal intercourse with a 'near stranger'?

 

That WOULD be strange.

Where ya gunna do ya drug deals?

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

Where ya gunna do ya drug deals?

I do mine at the pharmacy. We're do you do your drug deals?

[red750]

40 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

We're do you do your drug deals

We're  Where.

[nomadpete]

Just now, red750 said:

We're  Where.

No Red.

Spelling is not a in moderator's job description.

 

Besides, we already have a self described Grammar Police. AND A I spellchuck in my fone.

 

Anyway I didn't do it yer honor! The darn automatic spellchuck did it!

[red750]

That's like the death notice for the man who invented autocorrect. The funnel will be held tomato.

[facthunter]

I've an excuse to permit me to point out bad spelling. I've marked thousands of exam papers and assignments. It's an automatic reaction...    Nev

Edited December 19, 2023 by facthunter

[old man emu]

18 minutes ago, facthunter said:

to point out bad spelling

Actually, one can only point out incorrect spelling. Correct spelling is the representation of sounds using letters of the alphabet as indicated by the consensus of the social group the written word  is directed towards. Therefore "kwik" in the business name "Kwik Print" is a correct spelling of the sounds speaker of the English language interpret to mean rapidity.

 

A person whose attempts at reproducing sounds by using the alphabet are often at odds with the consensus can be described as a "bad speller", and the examples of departure are the facts that prove the assertion. Conversely, a person who efforts at this task consistently reflect the consensus can be called a "good speller".

[facthunter]

Yeah some run that argument but you lose the word structure and meaning. I don't see it as desirable to forfeit that benefit. Phonetics is OK for  getting the pronunciation "'near"  acceptable, especially with a language like French, where you think you've got it and they are rolling around with Laughter. I don't go for the Led Zed Lern. thing. and never did. That's when I left teaching.  Nev

[spacesailor]

And the. " conundrum " .

ENGLISH 

Has words that are not written.   ( there's a name for it ) .

spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

Implied?   Nev

[pmccarthy]

Don't you hate it when you see used conundrums lying around in the grass?

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[old man emu]

13 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

Don't you hate it when you see used conundrums lying around in the grass?

Not when it was me who put them there.

[red750]

[red750]

Normally I get these drip fed from Facebook, but a mate sent me an email with 32 on it. Instead of posting them individually, I have put them in a PowerPoint slideshow.

 

Indian Hills Funny Signs.ppsx

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[facthunter]

PECKER'S is possessive.  Nev

[nomadpete]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

PECKER'S is possessive.  Nev

Stop it Nev. You'll do OME out of a job

[facthunter]

There's NO fear of that.   Nev

[red750]

And what is POPUATION?  Spelt with the Christmas alphabet  -  no L.