For the pedants amongst us ...

For all your general chit chat, caching or not.
rhinogeo
2700 or more caches found
2700 or more caches found
Posts: 1213
Joined: 31 October 03 11:45 am
Twitter: rhinogeo
Location: Benalla, VIC

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by rhinogeo » 20 April 10 10:31 pm

grahamf72 wrote:With so much lose grammar, I am starting to loose my marbles.
Your so right ... me to :P

User avatar
Bewilderbeest
2000 or more caches found
2000 or more caches found
Posts: 955
Joined: 24 December 06 4:18 pm
Location: Canberra

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by Bewilderbeest » 23 April 10 10:25 pm

MtnLioness wrote: **OCD kickes in**
I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in the correct order.

Tuena
6500 or more caches found
6500 or more caches found
Posts: 541
Joined: 17 November 06 11:38 am

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by Tuena » 27 April 10 10:50 pm

Have a look at this recently published cache - GC27GCV. Cringe. I was going to add a note to it suggesting in future they use a spell checker, pay more attention at school & have someone responsible proof read the description but made a cup of tea instead & added the cache to my Ignore List.

Someone else can ask the obvious question though as I am much more circumspect nowadays.

rhinogeo
2700 or more caches found
2700 or more caches found
Posts: 1213
Joined: 31 October 03 11:45 am
Twitter: rhinogeo
Location: Benalla, VIC

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by rhinogeo » 27 April 10 11:41 pm

Tuena wrote:Have a look at this recently published cache - GC27GCV. Cringe. I was going to add a note to it suggesting in future they use a spell checker, pay more attention at school & have someone responsible proof read the description but made a cup of tea instead & added the cache to my Ignore List.

Someone else can ask the obvious question though as I am much more circumspect nowadays.
I'd like to think that the hider(s) are taking the piss ... but it's more an indictment of the education system :roll:

I considered posting an SBA for unintelligibility but I've had a wee dram of scotch (or two) ce soir so am feeling rather mellow

I never knew there were so many ways of spelling Vietnam :P

User avatar
CraigRat
850 or more found!!!
850 or more found!!!
Posts: 7015
Joined: 23 August 04 3:17 pm
Twitter: CraigRat
Facebook: http://facebook.com/CraigRat
Location: Launceston, TAS
Contact:

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by CraigRat » 27 April 10 11:50 pm

Good lord, that's a doozy.

User avatar
Richary
8000 or more caches found
8000 or more caches found
Posts: 4189
Joined: 04 February 04 10:55 pm
Location: Waitara, Sydney

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by Richary » 28 April 10 12:13 am

I personally hope that the spelling mistakes are there for a reason, and that riblit queried them before publishing. I would hope the reviewers are kind enough to point out obvious errors.

Without knowing the area very well at all (have driven through it) I have no idea if the typos may be significant.

rhinogeo
2700 or more caches found
2700 or more caches found
Posts: 1213
Joined: 31 October 03 11:45 am
Twitter: rhinogeo
Location: Benalla, VIC

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by rhinogeo » 28 April 10 12:31 am

richary wrote:I personally hope that the spelling mistakes are there for a reason, and that riblit queried them before publishing. I would hope the reviewers are kind enough to point out obvious errors.

Without knowing the area very well at all (have driven through it) I have no idea if the typos may be significant.
cheery, cherry, Vitenam, Vietname, Vetrans, Vairly, Memrobilia, aprox, ... [-(

User avatar
Team Wibble
2100 or more geocaches found
2100 or more geocaches found
Posts: 1054
Joined: 18 October 04 11:47 am
Location: Adelaide

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by Team Wibble » 28 April 10 8:12 am

GC27BJ9
GC23NWN

And I guess I'm a pedant because in addition to excessive apostrophes, poor spelling, poor sentence construction and poor punctuation, I really don't like all caps either.

=; Only a game... it is only a game.... :stabby

User avatar
Papa Bear_Left
800 or more hollow logs searched
800 or more hollow logs searched
Posts: 2573
Joined: 03 April 03 12:28 am
Location: Kalamunda, WA
Contact:

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by Papa Bear_Left » 28 April 10 9:13 am

Team Wibble wrote:And I guess I'm a pedant because in addition to excessive apostrophes, poor spelling, poor sentence construction and poor punctuation, I really don't like all caps either.
You'll see where theUMP's increasingly unsubtle hints were eventually taken on board by this one. OK, now there's almost no capitalisation at all, but it's a start! ](*,)

User avatar
Yurt
4500 or more caches found
4500 or more caches found
Posts: 1509
Joined: 01 May 09 10:08 pm
Location: Northern Suburbs, Sydney

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by Yurt » 28 April 10 10:06 am

Tuena wrote:Have a look at this recently published cache - GC27GCV. Cringe. I was going to add a note to it suggesting in future they use a spell checker, pay more attention at school & have someone responsible proof read the description but made a cup of tea instead & added the cache to my Ignore List.

Someone else can ask the obvious question though as I am much more circumspect nowadays.
Never mind that! There's an FTF going begging! \:D/

User avatar
winterdragon
3500 or more caches found
3500 or more caches found
Posts: 308
Joined: 05 March 07 9:50 pm
Location: Adelaide
Contact:

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by winterdragon » 28 April 10 2:29 pm

Team Wibble wrote:GC27BJ9
GC23NWN
Aaarrrgghh!! My eyes! They burn!
Image

User avatar
MtnLioness
2800 or more caches found
2800 or more caches found
Posts: 875
Joined: 12 May 09 5:50 pm
Location: Seaton, Adelaide
Contact:

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by MtnLioness » 01 May 10 9:27 pm

winterdragon wrote:
Team Wibble wrote:GC27BJ9
GC23NWN
Aaarrrgghh!! My eyes! They burn!
Image
Tuena wrote:Have a look at this recently published cache - GC27GCV. Cringe. I was going to add a note to it suggesting in future they use a spell checker, pay more attention at school & have someone responsible proof read the description but made a cup of tea instead & added the cache to my Ignore List.

Someone else can ask the obvious question though as I am much more circumspect nowadays.


Those ^ hurt me like this does....
Image

Damo.
Posts: 2183
Joined: 04 April 04 5:01 pm
Location: Jannali

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by Damo. » 01 May 10 10:54 pm

Image

User avatar
CraigRat
850 or more found!!!
850 or more found!!!
Posts: 7015
Joined: 23 August 04 3:17 pm
Twitter: CraigRat
Facebook: http://facebook.com/CraigRat
Location: Launceston, TAS
Contact:

Re: For the pedants amongst us ...

Post by CraigRat » 01 May 10 10:58 pm

Theres a disturbing resemblance of that pic to an avatar on this page....................

Post Reply