I was told a tale by a guy who used to work in France, for Control Data, the computer company. He was stopped by the police, when the said who he worked for the policeman stood to attention, saluted, and waved him on.
And the next day.
On the third day a different policeman frowned and asked for papers.
"Non. Control DARTA."
Apparently "Contrôle d'État" is some sort of government organisation...
BTW A cow is a coo in many parts of Scotland.
Andy
more space problems. Anyone got any other good DIY pronouncation clangers ?
Not mispronunciation, but still irritating misspellings: lense for lens, loose for lose.
Using 'less' for 'fewer', as in 'less people'.
Using 'myself' instead of 'me'.
Statements such as 'originally invented' or 'first discovered'.
'Radio-controlled van'. I'd rather road vehicles were controlled by a person at the wheel.
'This door is alarmed'. Did someone say something disturbing to it?
One of these days someone's going to say something about the Pry Minister getting a new seketry in Febry. Not to mention Banky Moon being concerned about Laura Norder.
I just wish the presenter of Eggheads would stop asking questions in a category called "Joggraphy".
In Britain, we eat pasta with tomato sauce and the person a bit like a vicar at some sorts of churches is a parster.
In America they eat parster and churches are run by pastas...
Theo
(insert spaghetti monster joke here)
Perhaps you should write a letter to his seckertary?
Which part of America would that be?
That's the one who lives on the peninsular?
I can agree with most of those, but many things are invented or discovered, independently, more than once. So both of those *can* be correct, although they usually aren't.
SteveW
Mmmmmm... chocolates..... ;)
JGH
McGonagall.
"Upon yonder hill there stands a coo I've just had a look It's no there noo"!
Is she a Klingon?
You can't wash your hands in a buffalo!
My FIL's (GRHS) favourite joke, along with; A weasel is weasley recognised, but a stoat is stoatally different.
which part of Britain would that be?
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