October 2007
As I Like’s It
More gastronomic & linguistic innovation from As You Like It.Apologies for the poor quality photo; I must have been shaking with contempt when I noticed that their latest menu referred to "Gateaux's ...
Grammar Mechanic: a warning for sticklers
Is this what will happen to us if we continue down this path? Are our destinies full of terrible cardigans and side partings?She does have a cool computer though.
Helfhy Food
HELFHY FOOD, originally uploaded by Kidsturk. I wish people would ...
What the f—?
I was recently surprised to discover that GrammarBlog lost 38 subscribers following the publishing of 'Thanx' (which contains a naughty word meaning poo). I wouldn't have thought our ...
Grammar Abuse in Signage Part 8
Personalize'd Photo's, found hereAbuse of the word 'Photos' is unsettlingly common; in fact all words ending in vowels seem to cause some people problems. ...
An Blog Entry by a Irritated Man
There are certain grammatical errors which are so enjoyable that they can become in-jokes between friends. This can be dangerous when outsiders are present, as they may believe you are making genuine mistakes.Inspired by a trip to a local restaurant, my good lady wife and I now ...
Hand in the T(r)ill*
A very interesting one, till.The matter is mentioned in the Wikipedia entry for 'Till Death Do Us Part', and it seems the Beeb has often been confused too:The BBC, which broadcast the series, refers to the title differently in different locations. The 2004 ...
Open till midnight
Open till midnight, originally uploaded by scriptingnews. This really bugs me. ...
Thanx
Found here.If one is trying to politely but firmly get a point like this across, using a smiley or unnecessarily-cutesy text-speak comes across as very disingenuous, ...
Quandary: New, Improved Recipe
I was party to an interesting conversation the other day. Actually it wasn't that interesting as I recall but, since I'm about to blog about it, I'm going pretend it was. To be fair the conversation did raise an interesting question. I shall paint you a picture:Imagine, if ...
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