What's this 'Recommend me' malarkey?

[shouldbeinbed]

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 don't think that's unreasonable on a cycling forum. Much like breaks and brakes which is a surprisingly frequent error.
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.

I grind my teeth over Peddle and Break but my grammar particularly isn't 100% and as I often type on a phone screen, my spelling is often amiss too so I have learned to let them go in case I get picked up for an inelegant sentence or accidental misspelling. My Mrs's Mac's autocorrect is a thing of randomness and irritation too when I am on the big screen.

& to save another post @Pat "5mph" I had no idea you weren't a native English speaker, I am always put to shame by my appalling lack of even a basic grasp of other languages when so many people are utterly fluent and proficient in more than one. My brain just doesn't get them, French and German were my absolute worst subjects at school. I keep toying with the idea of trying to learn Latin as the root of so many European languages to give me some chance of not seeming the typical little Englander who's only concession to other languages is 'Do you speak English?' & 'Please go and find someone who does'

 

[Pat "5mph"]

& to save another post @Pat "5mph" I had no idea you weren't a native English speaker, I am always put to shame by my appalling lack of even a basic grasp of other languages when so many people are utterly fluent and proficient in more than one. My brain just doesn't get them,

English is my 3rd language, but I can't do maths to safe my life
We each have our own talents

 

[jhawk]

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?"

The old man does that to me... He thinks it's a riot.

Night before last, I misspoke and called the "washing machine" a "laundry machine." He now will not shut up about it!

"Here, can you put these in the laundry machine?"

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I used to pronounce it Expresso until someone put me right.

What's even worse is that espresso is (as far as I can tell) a common noun, and as such shouldn't start with a capital letter in the middle of sentences.

 

[Fab Foodie]

What's even worse is that espresso is (as far as I can tell) a common noun, and as such shouldn't start with a capital letter in the middle of sentences.

Blimey, I've been out of bed 5 mins and already my education is improving!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Blimey, I've been out of bed 5 mins and already my education is improving!

Yes, CycleChat is very edumacational.

 

[Cubist]

What's even worse is that espresso is (as far as I can tell) a common noun, and as such shouldn't start with a capital letter in the middle of sentences.

Actually, and I'm sure @Pat "5mph" will confirm, it was originally an adjective, being the second half of the phrase caffe espresso, meaning expressed, or pressed, (rather than sped up....) as it refers to coffee brewed under pressure, and that adjective is derived from the verb esprimere. It has been adopted as a noun in English through casual/vulgar usage. The adjective espresso is the masculine form. Were we to express a feminine noun the adjective would become espressa, masculine plural espressi and feminine plural espresse.

Hope that helps......

Oh, and before you get all previous and go about ordering two espressi to show off your new-found knowledge, the Italians don't! An Italian ordering "Due caffe espresso" are actually ordering two cups of caffe espresso............. as coffee itself is unquantifiable it therefore doesn't take on plural form in this instance.

 

[summerdays]

I've always struggled a little with spelling and grammar, but I do think that a few like brakes are worth using correctly if the person needs to look it up on the Internet (capitalised by autocorrect). But rather than saying you got it wrong i just reply using the correct form.

 

[EltonFrog]

English is my 3rd language, but I can't do maths to safe my life
We each have our own talents

I haven't

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Could someone recommend me a pie?

Your taste may be different than Vernon's.

 

[ScotiaLass]

English is my 3rd language, but I can't do maths to safe my life
We each have our own talents

I struggle with English never mind any other language
You're a clever lady!

 

[vernon]

Your taste may be different than Vernon's.

A calibration visit to Bree Louise confirmed congruence of tastes.

 

[vernon]

I haven't

Perhaps modesty is your strength?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Perhaps modesty is your strength?

Not modesty, honesty

 

[vernon]

Not modesty, honesty

Damned by faint praise...