- Location
- Glasgow
What's this 'Recommend me' malarkey?
- Thread starter vernon
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I'm still in shock after someone pulled me up on here the other week for spelling bike pedal peddle! They knew what i meant but they had to be all pedantic about it.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Can I get a latte? I dunno, can you?My son aged 15, and also with AS, will often ask me "Can I use the computer?"
To which I reply, "I don't know, can you?".
The light bulb comes on and he replies "May I use the computer?"
- Location
- Glasgow
For years, while reading CC, I thought "peddle" was a regional variation of "pedal", until somebody pointed out it's a misspellingI'm still in shock after someone pulled me up on here the other week for spelling bike pedal peddle! They knew what i meant but they had to be all pedantic about it.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I don't think that's unreasonable on a cycling forum. Much like breaks and brakes which is a surprisingly frequent error.I'm still in shock after someone pulled me up on here the other week for spelling bike pedal peddle! They knew what i meant but they had to be all pedantic about it.
I can be pedantic, but my spelling and grammar are nowhere near the best here. When I get corrected I like to take the view that it's free education.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
A milky brew, you mean?
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I couldn't be arsed to type Espresso ....
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
When I was a primary school pupil, the shopkeeper in the corner shop used to call me Khanai, after Rohan Khanai, a cricketer who played for Warwickshire and the West Indies in the sixties.
Why Khanai?
I'd go into the shop and say, "Please can I have (name of item one)" followed by "Please can I have (name of item two) followed by "Please can I have (name of item three) (...) "Please can I have (name of final item)"
I thought that I was being polite. The shopkeeper found it entertaining.
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
I used to pronounce it Expresso until someone put me right.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
They looked a little silly anyway as they didn't quote me just mentioned it. So i edited the post and said i don't know what you mean.
- Location
- Glasgow
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Sadly, if you look around you'll see Expresso written everywhere, on coffee machines as well as freehand.There is no X in the Italian alphabet.
There isn't an "X" in the Italian alphabet.
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
There is no X in the Italian alphabet.
There isn't an "X" in the Italian alphabet.
I'd never seen it written and had misheard it spoken and then propagated the error.
The X in Catalan has three different pronunciations depending on its position in a word or if it's between vowels. I quickly picked that up last week in Barcelona.
- Location
- Glasgow
Ah, the American influence
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Yes, I loathe that misplaced question with a passion.
Can I get? no you can't, I'll get it for you, I work here, that's my job.
luckily I don't work in a coffee shop or I wouldn't for very long.
