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definatelyHow many others seen this around lately. Bile-rising scale of 1 - 10, how annoying? 6.3745679238101 for me.  Happy Boxing Day the sunshine warrior
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I've seen it, but not that often. I'll give it a 5. Something that grates on my nerves is the collectible- collectable switch. Apparently both are now acceptable--  ! Or should I have said acceptible?
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You didn't sound very credit ible in your rant there Jackie  I think the reason these misspellings become accepted is that they are seen over and over and not corrected. In time they just become a alternate spelling for the same word.
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- Which takes us to CapK's rant elsewhere in Miscellany. But I agree with our Sunshine Warrior about the irritation factor of these little mistakes. Even the fact that the words are totally comprehensible when miss-spelt annoys me! But then, I'm getting old and grumpy!  (BTW, our beloved Aenigma's variation on "Miscellany" is "mischief" - make of that what you will!)
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See it all the time, shanks, and hate it.
Was your bile-raising rating a double pi in the face?
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The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Personal pet hate: "Dispatch" for "Despatch". Having deprived you all for far too long of the ineffable bliss which my presence invariably generates, I emerge from my pupa to enquire whether you feel the same way about inquire. Should I form a Royal Commission of Inquiry, or convene a Stewards' Enquiry?
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In reply to:
Having deprived you all for far too long of the ineffable bliss which my presence invariably generates
The absence of any emoticons after such a preposterous statement suggests that you have an extremely inflated sense of self-worth. If you were not serious, it would be advisable to let others know that.
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Well ever the creative speller-- i must be something like the horrid screeching scratch of chalk across a board-- thank goodness you're all to far away to come and rap my knuckles....
What i find distressing is "hat maker" not milliners, barrel maker (any one familiar with NY knows the city is famous for its 50 to 500 gallon water barrels on building roofs) not cooper
and the whole made up word "Westcott" for waistcoat-- and an article about plumbers in NY who no longer have to be skilled in lead work to get a license! all they need to know is copper piping.
do we wordsmiths keep are noses to the grindstone (grind- stone or grinned-stin?) rant away! its all to no avail! English marches on... and are chaff (chits, chads) thrown off in the wind...
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and the whole made up word "Westcott" for waistcoat-- and an article about plumbers in NY who no longer have to be skilled in lead work to get a license! I've always thought the affectation was something like "weskit" As for plumbers, I am deeply grateful that their craft no longer requires any use of that which gave them their name. You couldn't pay me to drink out of lead pipes now. Also, I feel compelled to say that Lewis Carroll's creation has a happier ring to it as is - The Mad Hatter rolls off the tongue much more easily than the Mad Milliner, IMNSHO.  In general, I agree with you that milliner is preferable, and,living in wine country, cooper is still in common use here. The obe "archaic" trade that exists here now only in surnames would seem to be fletcher, as we still have smiths and farriers.
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