Of course we don’t regularly write letters these days so much of the polite conventions have dwindled away but I do remember for mischievous reasons often starting my letters to officialdom with Dear Sir / Madman
As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language
You’ve just outed yourself, presumably you’re one of CL’s Gramar Police?
I was working on my genealogy a while back, and after going back a few generations successfully found out that my surname could be spelled about six different ways. Apparently during the time when not everybody could read and write, the census takers spelled peoples names the way they thought they should. My genealogy research has been very challenging as a result.
As a bit of a spelling nazi who works with a load of very well educated engineers not a Day passes when I don’t want to punch someone for brutalising our language
Do they punch you back for unnecessary capital letters and missing full stops?
Of course we don’t regularly write letters these days so much of the polite conventions have dwindled away but I do remember for mischievous reasons often starting my letters to officialdom with Dear Sir / Madman
sir/madam always used to be the write way of course. I honestly don't know what would be the correct way for a formal letter!
I had a manager in Thailand who used to give cheques every week to staff. She used to send me an email each week before issuing the cheques which read, “Tomorrow I will sing the cheques. The total is xxxxx”.
My name is actually Darrel so I see y's, l's, r's and n's dropping into my name or replacing other letters all the time.
Do not disrespect someone by spelling their name incorrectly, it's rather upsetting.
Not a spelling mistake but getting words mixed up. Many years back I was given a very small one line speaking part in a school play, with disastrous consequences. You must remember I was a somewhat nervous twelve year old at the time.
”I have come to snatch a kiss and fill your soul with hope.”
I blurted out.
“I have come to kiss your snatch and fill your hole with soap.”
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Gets me every time.😩
Bare as in naked, bear as in the animal, bear as in carry.
spelt being spelt as spelled
#Susanalbumparty
Wet spam instead of West Ham.
Both examples make the writer come across as childish.
However, a good sketch of cock and balls where you least expect to find it, is not childish, but very humorous
Many years back I was given a very small one line speaking part in a school play, with disastrous consequences.
You must remember I was a somewhat nervous twelve year old at the time.
”I have come to snatch a kiss and fill your soul with hope.”
I blurted out.
“I have come to kiss your snatch and fill your hole with soap.”