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soapdodger
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 Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: Mistakes site |
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Here's an interesting site that catalogues common manglings of the language, malapropisms etc. Essential reading for some posters !
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ |
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jwbhomer
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This sort of thing is a regular feature in the Dilbert newsletters, which should be a mine of examples.
One that annoys me is "rack" for "wrack", as in "a racking cough". I'll post it on Eggcorn next time I see an example in the wild.
I imagine we'll see some of these errors here on Dave's. We are enjoined not to call attention to our colleagues' flaws, but there's nothing to say we can't forward them to Eggcorn!  |
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SueH
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| I wish I still had a copy of a CV for a government inspector (OFSTED for UK types) who visited a college I was at. It was used in our staff-room as entertainment: 'see how many mistakes you can find'... it was that appalling. |
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arioch36
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arioch36
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TheLongWayHome
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Supposably you can teach English irregardless of the mistakes you make. |
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MO39
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| TheLongWayHome wrote: |
| Supposably you can teach English irregardless of the mistakes you make. |
Yes, but what sort of English will you be teaching your unsuspecting students?  |
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fluffyhamster
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice link, Soap, but one of the best places to see mangled language is still Dave's! |
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quoi_de_neuf?
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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...I guess it has to be in a very spacific context, n'est-ce pas?
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TheLongWayHome
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| MO39 wrote: |
| TheLongWayHome wrote: |
| Supposably you can teach English irregardless of the mistakes you make. |
Yes, but what sort of English will you be teaching your unsuspecting students? |
I was kidding with supposably and irregardless though they are taken from various colleagues. That's just it though, where's the quality control? |
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MO39
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