Player names spelt wrong

[Iceybabey]

Boldock

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

How many of us have usernames without a capital letter. I am ashamed of myself.

Or gaps, we are all b'stards aren't we? My surname has 11 letters and to me it is the easiest thing in the world to spell. Unfortunately, this simple tenet is not held by the rest of the English speaking community. I would say that my name is spelt incorrectly about 90% of the time, not always the same mistake and often more than one mistake in the same attempt.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

And the apostrophe in it’s William Large

Pants. I missed that one! Good spot D04

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Or gaps, we are all b'stards aren't we? My surname has 11 letters and to me it is the easiest thing in the world to spell. Unfortunately, this simple tenet is not held by the rest of the English speaking community. I would say that my name is spelt incorrectly about 90% of the time, not always the same mistake and often more than one mistake in the same attempt.

11? Twatface only has 8.





oh yeah, er...

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

11? Twatface only has 8.





oh yeah, er...

Thank you for your understanding

 

[William Large]

I know what you mean. I have to repeatedly stab myself with a fork to release some of the rage experienced when a poster starts using a random number of dots to attempt to represent an ellipsis. If I see a conjunctive adverb without a semi-colon preceding it, I have to punch myself in the kidneys. I can’t even describe what happens when a possessive adjective is used instead of a contraction.

Glad you feel it too comrade.

 

[William Large]

And the apostrophe in it’s William Large

It was actually a tongue in cheek post, but yes, yes!

 

[Sean Thornton]

And the apostrophe in it’s William Large

Danny is the apostrophe expert on here.....

His eyes sometimes appear to be painted on though.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I know what you mean. I have to repeatedly stab myself with a fork to release some of the rage experienced when a poster starts using a random number of dots to attempt to represent an ellipsis. If I see a conjunctive adverb without a semi-colon preceding it, I have to punch myself in the kidneys. I can’t even describe what happens when a possessive adjective is used instead of a contraction.

"it is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent"


Said a sad lonely virgin.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

It was actually a tongue in cheek post, but yes, yes!

Michael Tongue?

 

[bladesince64]

Greasy Chip Butty song should be

Deep Fried French Fries on Granary (no butter) Song

 

[coaxingstar71]

I don't mind so much on here, but it really annoys me when the media spell players names wrong, or worse when they have a caption saying something like "Duffy battling for the ball" and it's a picture of some other player. That's just basic research. Lazy.

 

[Maidenhead]

I hate the fact that youngsters don't know the difference between the verbs to have and to get.

Customer : Can I get a pint of lager

Bar staff : No you fucking can't. It's my job to get it.

(Well that's what I'd say if I was behind the bar)

 

[IOM Blade]

I hate the Americanised "I'm good". I asked how you were, not whether you thought you'll be going to Heaven.

'Alright'. The answer is always 'alright'.

 

[100% part time blade]

"it is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent"


Said a sad lonely virgin.

You’re right, and I know your last phrase should make me rethink my life choices, but all I can think about is that “sad” and “lonely” are both adjectives modifying the noun “virgin”, so they should be separated by a comma. Oh well ...

Ok, that’s not true: the misuse of uppercase and lowercase letters got to me too, and I desperately want to point out that the quote is referring to a different type of ellipsis, but I don’t want to look any sadder / lonelier.

 

[Sean Thornton]

You’re right, and I know your last phrase should make me rethink my life choices, but all I can think about is that “sad” and “lonely” are both adjectives modifying the noun “virgin”, so they should be separated by a comma. Oh well ...

Ok, that’s not true: the misuse of uppercase and lowercase letters got to me too, and I desperately want to point out that the quote is referring to a different type of ellipsis, but I don’t want to look any sadder / lonelier.

 

[robbiez666]

Fucking Cunt Ainsworth? I always make that mistake.

 

[SherburnBlade]

Player names spelt wrong

Should be -

Player names spelt 'incorrectly'

Shouldn't it actually read 'spelled' not 'spelt'?

Incredibly ironic if so...





(probably isn't ironic at all)

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

You’re right, and I know your last phrase should make me rethink my life choices, but all I can think about is that “sad” and “lonely” are both adjectives modifying the noun “virgin”, so they should be separated by a comma. Oh well ...

Ok, that’s not true: the misuse of uppercase and lowercase letters got to me too, and I desperately want to point out that the quote is referring to a different type of ellipsis, but I don’t want to look any sadder / lonelier.

[Serious pedantry alert] That is not strictly true. If both 'sad' and 'lonely' refer equally to the noun 'virgin', the comma is appropriate. It appears from the context that that is how Sean Thornton sees himself. But if he was defining himself as generally a 'lonely virgin', but perhaps generally also content with his lot (and this may be true, as I don't know him), he could be pointing out that he is a lonely virgin, who for whatever reason is at the moment sad - 'a sad lonely virgin', as opposed to a 'contented lonely virgin'. In other words, without the comma, 'sad' is modifying the whole phrase 'lonely virgin', rather than just the noun 'virgin'. [End of pedantry alert, and of gratuitous intrusion into ST's personal life]

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Shouldn't it actually read 'spelled' not 'spelt'?

Incredibly ironic if so...





(probably isn't ironic at all)

Both are fine, though the Americans would usually only use spelled as the past tense of spell

 

[derfblade.3]

Effan a Cuckoo

 

[Sean Thornton]

[Serious pedantry alert] That is not strictly true. If both 'sad' and 'lonely' refer equally to the noun 'virgin', the comma is appropriate. It appears from the context that that is how Sean Thornton sees himself. But if he was defining himself as generally a 'lonely virgin', but perhaps generally also content with his lot (and this may be true, as I don't know him), he could be pointing out that he is a lonely virgin, who for whatever reason is at the moment sad - 'a sad lonely virgin', as opposed to a 'contented lonely virgin'. In other words, without the comma, 'sad' is modifying the whole phrase 'lonely virgin', rather than just the noun 'virgin'. [End of pedantry alert, and of gratuitous intrusion into ST's personal life]

I've never liked you.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

I've never liked you.

No wonder you're a 'sad, lonely virgin'. And punctuation just got a whole lot sexier - on the Waghorn thread in the Rumour Mill this morning, there are claims that the whole deal/non-deal saga hangs on the interpretation of a full-stop! Full-stops have never interested me much before...

 

[Sean Thornton]

No wonder you're a 'sad, lonely virgin'. And punctuation just got a whole lot sexier - on the Waghorn thread in the Rumour Mill this morning, there are claims that the whole deal/non-deal saga hangs on the interpretation of a full-stop! Full-stops have never interested me much before...

" Full-stops have never interested me much before..."


Physician heal thyself......

 

[davidblade]

That is how you spell Hammond?

No it unseen.