Alfa-alfa... alpha... no, it's AL-FAL-FA!

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Maybe my hormones or something but I'm buying some hi-fi & alfa-a lite in a well known merchants and I ask for ALFALFA... I get corrected "oh you mean ALFA-ALFA??" (or sometimes... just ALPHA)

NO! I mean... AL-FAL-FA.

I do not know what "alfa-alfa" is, an Arab Man?

"ALPHA" is a greek letter.

ALFALFA... is THIS STUFF which I want to feed my horses with...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa

Nyaaargghhhhhh...................

BAH. and HUMBUG.
 
nosenseofdirection said:
Go for 'Lucerne'. That'll really confuse 'em!
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Wouldn't confuse me!! One of my hates too - alfa alfa - sounds like a police call sign!! And don't even get me started on those who ask for hobsons and dobsons.....and those who ask for products that DO NOT EXIST. And the worst of the worst who want a "bag of what I had last time" GRRRRRRRRR Can you tell it's getting near christmas?!!:rolleyes::p
 
maisie06 said:
Wouldn't confuse me!! One of my hates too - alfa alfa - sounds like a police call sign!! And don't even get me started on those who ask for hobsons and dobsons.....and those who ask for products that DO NOT EXIST. And the worst of the worst who want a "bag of what I had last time" GRRRRRRRRR Can you tell it's getting near christmas?!!:rolleyes::p
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Yes, I think I can! :D
 
Yes, I mean, I'm not the spelling police or anything and of course people may have dyslexia or other issues but I just think some things need to be spelled correctly.

And before I get jumped on for "spelled".... "Spelt" IS also correct but I prefer spelled.

For example medical conditions, feed... As for manège, I gave up and just call it "school" now but I feel embarrassed that ménage is in adverts selling houses.

Oh, I got an advert on email the other day... "Three colly birds"... Actually, it's "FOUR CALLING birds" ... THREE FRENCH HENS.

Quick someone pass me a brown paper bag...
 
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Or

What do you think of my horse's confirmation.....

Que my mother going mental....

It's conformation and Cue idiots!
 
Oh I forgot about conFIRmation...

I often feel like saying.. "I don't know, what did the vicar say?"

Makes you wonder how many people actually did their BHS...
 
This is making me laugh!!

I do find myself ranting at the PC sometimes about peoples' standards of spelling and grammar.

I wasn't even entered for my English GCSE as they didn't think I was good enough. I think a lot of it is down to people being lazy and not bothering to check or correct their mistakes.:rolleyes:

It does make me chuckle a bit though, when I see some people quoting others in order to highlight the mistakes, then making mistakes themselves.:D
 
tallyhohoho! said:
Oh, I got an advert on email the other day... "Three colly birds"... Actually, it's "FOUR CALLING birds" ... THREE FRENCH HENS.

Quick someone pass me a brown paper bag...
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Actually "colly birds" was a term for blackbirds in Ye olde England and was the original wording in the 12 Days of Christmas. I remember it written like this in one of my childhood song books. (I'm not that old by the way :D)

What is a colly bird? It is a black bird. In England a coal mine is called a colliery and colly or collie is a derivation of this and means black like coal. For a long time in England, blackbirds have been referred to as both blackbirds (as in the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence ) and colly birds as in The Twelve Days of Christmas. :)
 
All the above, especially the 'confirmation' instead of 'conformation' one. Also 'loose' instead of 'lose', and 'there' instead of 'their', and 'your' instead of 'you're', and 'could of done' instead of 'could have done'...
 
maybe it is hormones lol and maybe mine havent all gone since having my baby but I get so riled when I phone the take away and ask for Pekin Duck (yes thats how it is on the menu, not Peking) and I pronounce it (peekin) and get corrected by some young lad every time who say, oh you mean Pecking Duck? !!!
 
Yule Mule said:
This was a sign at the school my daughter goes to:
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There's a shop I go past every day with a sign in the window saying "PLACE YOUR FREE ADD'S HERE". Aside from the gross misuse of the apostophe, there is no double d in 'ads'!!! *facepalm* Some day I'm going to run into that shop wielding a pot of industrial scale Tipp-Ex (if there is such a thing)!!
 
Yule Mule- I'd change schools!

Love the Hores on Preloved - brilliant.

Anyway off to try my new briddle with reigns in my menage (a trois?) after my hores has had his alfaalfa lunch with a sprinkle of Lucy nuts. Que rain :rolleyes:
 
sussexbythesea said:
Actually "colly birds" was a term for blackbirds in Ye olde England and was the original wording in the 12 Days of Christmas. I remember it written like this in one of my childhood song books. (I'm not that old by the way :D)

What is a colly bird? It is a black bird. In England a coal mine is called a colliery and colly or collie is a derivation of this and means black like coal. For a long time in England, blackbirds have been referred to as both blackbirds (as in the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence ) and colly birds as in The Twelve Days of Christmas. :)
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I have learnt something new today. I don't mind being corrected when I'm wrong :D but these days it's definitely "calling" birds... I checked on google and yes, colly birds is also right.

But... there are definitely four of them :D
 
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