tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post1315805456539492620..comments2023-10-29T21:28:41.709+10:30Comments on Pavlov's Cat: The return of the Spelling NaziKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-90483407008443763222007-06-03T03:41:00.000+09:302007-06-03T03:41:00.000+09:30I have been bad as well.I should have written "Mis...I have been bad as well.I should have written "Mistress".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-34162288224744318232007-06-02T15:11:00.000+09:302007-06-02T15:11:00.000+09:30Well, I'll be damned.Did not know that. (Obviously...Well, I'll be damned.<BR/><BR/>Did not know that. (Obviously.)<BR/><BR/>I would not trust Wikipedia as far as I could throw it, and think it is a Very Bad Thing -- but that particular entry is obviously authoritative.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-68045742272978933832007-06-02T12:53:00.000+09:302007-06-02T12:53:00.000+09:30God forbid that I should get pedantic on you, Pavl...God forbid that I should get pedantic on you, Pavlov...<BR/><BR/>but rayon is not a synthetic fibre<BR/><BR/>(though most people think it is).<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayonshulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349989043861777133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-67029456971213919142007-05-31T13:06:00.000+09:302007-05-31T13:06:00.000+09:30I wish I'd thought of couscous and varicose.I wish <I>I'd</I> thought of couscous and varicose.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-30973747777787625122007-05-31T10:47:00.000+09:302007-05-31T10:47:00.000+09:30Absolutement, though I think I can plead innocent ...Absolutement, though I think I can plead innocent to have ever confused 'vicious' with 'viscous', 'couscous', 'varicose', etc. I did pay attention in Chemistry (sort of), after all.<BR/><BR/>And I didn't mean 'colon' rather than 'comma' in the semi-colon question though I probably should have said 'full stop' rather than 'comma'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-90248603415726001232007-05-30T11:40:00.000+09:302007-05-30T11:40:00.000+09:30"I've been a bad boy" "What did you do..."I've been a bad boy"<BR/><BR/> "What did you do?"<BR/><BR/>"I've been a very very bad boy"<BR/><BR/> "Tell me how you spelt it"<BR/><BR/>"With a Z"<BR/><BR/> "That's very very bad"<BR/><BR/>OK, I'll stop now.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09053707150866449830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-38348796951669479972007-05-30T08:09:00.000+09:302007-05-30T08:09:00.000+09:30Pav,If you follow the once NSW Deptof Ed. guidelin...Pav,<BR/>If you follow the once NSW Dept<BR/>of Ed. guidelines you could in some circumstances make "s" and"z" interchangeable.How about "viciouz" or "vizcouz" or "Zyd Viciouz"?<BR/>My pet hate is that dumbing down of spelling which results in the look of a word on a page changing too much e.g. "foetus" becoming "fetus".<BR/>Are you sure you want to be a passe Spelling Nazi?A Spelling Bondage Mistriss would be certain to keep one on one's toes and be much more exciting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-2229893146492870052007-05-29T17:06:00.000+09:302007-05-29T17:06:00.000+09:30I do remember having to pause in my reading once t...I do remember having to pause in my reading once to contemplate the visual image provoked by the description of a 'viscous circle'.Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-49208913485715345122007-05-29T16:41:00.000+09:302007-05-29T16:41:00.000+09:30Enemy Combatant sez...Pav, I think "the word VICIO...Enemy Combatant sez...<BR/><BR/>Pav, I think "the word VICIOUS" gets used so much because its last syllable is so onomatopoeically apt. It's what we do to villians in pantos, but rarely to women in uniform. <BR/><BR/>Ya vol?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-8178313205067280272007-05-29T14:03:00.000+09:302007-05-29T14:03:00.000+09:30Something nasty and thick and sticky, eh? Hmm.My m...Something nasty <I>and</I> thick and sticky, eh? Hmm.<BR/><BR/>My mnemonic for the discreet/discrete divide is 'discrete is the opposite of concrete', but I would have to look up dispatch and despatch. <BR/><BR/>Elsewhere, when you say 'Okay', I assume you mean 'Jawohl, Herr Kommandant'?Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-2686999474311235052007-05-29T13:45:00.000+09:302007-05-29T13:45:00.000+09:30although it would be a great word for something r...although it would be a great word for something really nasty <I>and</I> sticky. SorryMindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634135486127575735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-30609165716411465232007-05-29T13:20:00.000+09:302007-05-29T13:20:00.000+09:30Okay.Okay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-7130338895580830732007-05-29T12:42:00.000+09:302007-05-29T12:42:00.000+09:30... yeah.Sid Viciouseasy.discreet discreteanddespa...... yeah.<BR/><BR/>Sid Vicious<BR/><BR/>easy.<BR/><BR/>discreet discrete<BR/>and<BR/>despatch dispatch<BR/><BR/>are the ones that throw <I>me</I>.<BR/><BR/>peace and loveAnn ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-50337564985080103972007-05-29T11:29:00.000+09:302007-05-29T11:29:00.000+09:30If you're vicious with the viscous viscose, all th...If you're vicious with the viscous viscose, all those crylics will have died in vain for your shiny jacket.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09053707150866449830noreply@blogger.com