Grammar Police Gazette

[Marty_d]

6 hours ago, onetrack said:

Never heard of the saying, "put an egg in your shoe and beat it", either. But I didn't have a totally sheltered childhood, so it must be a good old Tassie saying.

 

When we annoyed someone, we got, "make like the birds, and flock off!"

 

 

Nah, it's a Yank saying. 

[willedoo]

8 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

Nah, it's a Yank saying. 

I think Michael Jackson started it.

[red750]

I was looking through Facebook this morning, and came across a post by a guy who is a photographer, and produces calendars. Brilliant photographer, with some magnificent shots of birds and flowers.

 

But the text on his post makes it look like he dropped out of kindergarten. No punctuation, capitalisation, basic spelling errors. Unbelievable. Even misspelled 'Calendar'. Maybe he was posting from an iPhone using his feet.  

[old man emu]

52 minutes ago, red750 said:

Maybe he was posting from an iPhone using his feet.  

Or Jerry's keyboard?

[facthunter]

Cruel. Nev

[Marty_d]

It's all Wolfie's fault!!

[red750]

[red750]

Here's one for O.M.E.

 

 

Why is the abbreviation for "Number" written as "No." when the word "Number" does not contain an "O"?

 

 

(Note: I know the answer, just thought you guys might be interested.)

[facthunter]

I usually do it as # X. My wife doesn't take NO for an answer.. Nev

[old man emu]

2 hours ago, red750 said:

Here's one for O.M.E.

There's no knowing where some abbreviations come from. But I know now because I have the knoeledge. 

[red750]

It comes from the Latin root "numero".

[facthunter]

 I came a cropper climbing out the window because there was No Ledge. Nev

[old man emu]

In more refined circles, we refer to an exiting via the window as defenestration.

 

A word invented for one incident: the "Defenestration of Prague," May 21, 1618, when two Catholic deputies to the Bohemian national assembly and a secretary were tossed out the window of the castle of Hradschin by Protestant radicals (the pair landed in a trash heap and survived). It marked the start of the Thirty Years' War.

[Marty_d]

Ah, they've refined the process in Russia.  Officials trained in Putin's defenestration techniques open the windows first, and ensure there's nothing soft on the concrete below.

[old man emu]

29 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

Officials trained in Putin's defenestration techniques open the windows first

It's not torture if you open the window first.

[facthunter]

Depends on what they Taught yer.. Putler is a neat sort of chap considering the  Game he is in. Others do the actual dirty work, but as I've said before I wouldn't swap places with HIM..  Nev

[red750]

On another site, a person posted a photo of themself staring at the camera and asked for other people's photo of 'stairs'. I posted this one:

 

[old man emu]

I'm so glad that you are not homophonic.

[red750]

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[red750]

Guilty as charged, although I do try to correct all the typo's this laptop insists on inflicting.

 

[facthunter]

A perfectionist is someone without imagination. That's not a quote .It's from ME.  Nev

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