Spelling pedanticism

[jimi]

see the Gipsy Moth IV Around Again

... should'nt it be Gypsy Moth IV ...

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[1114C]

and without being pedantic again, shouldn't it be shouldn't and not should'nt!



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[Cornishman]

The word can be either gipsy or gypsy so you would need to see the yacht herself to see which was chosen, but my guess is that it was the more common gypsy

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[jimi]

did you know an anagram of pedanticism is "I'm iced pants"?

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[zefender]

Personally, anything with 'ism' in it is worth avoiding. What's wrong with pedantry? That, of course, is an anagram of 'randy pet'

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[jamesjermain]

Sadly its 'hands up' time. Gipsy Moth it is

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[jimi]

Might be worth letting Greenwich Council know;-)

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/EnjoyingGreenwich/Attractions/GipsyMoth.htm>They spell it wrong!</A>

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[charles_reed]

should'nt incorrect should be
shouldn't

But I underrstood what you meant - which surely is the only reason for having standardised spelling and grammar

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[VicS]

Re: They spell it wrong

You mean "they spell it wrongly"

Wrong is an adjective as in "The wrong trousers"

You need the adverb as you are qualifying the verb spell, and that is wrongly.

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[Chris_Robb]

Re: They spell it wrong

as in politician speak "To better understand the problem" uuuurrrgrghhhhh

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[Twister_Ken]

P.E.D.A.N.T.I.C.I.S.M.

Or have I got hold of the wrong end of the banana again?

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[Sybarite]

Yes - because Chichester named it after his plane, the DH 60 better known as a Gipsy Moth - because it had a Halford's Gipsy engine in it.

But they all got it wrong because gypsies were so named because they were believed to have come from Egypt.

John.

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[Talbot]

Split Infinitives

If you want to comment on split infinitives - then what about:

"To boldly go . . . . ." Gramitically incorrect, but the alternative correct version just does not have the same impact.

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[jamesjermain]

Just to get a little bit of my own back, there is no such word as 'pedanticism' in my dictionary. Try 'pedantry'

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[jimi]

Urm .. must confess I did make it up .. so I reckon that entitles me to say how it should be spelt ;-)

New entry for dictionary

Pedant .. plonker who insists on needless adherence to rules
Pedanticism ... nature of type of plonker

em seems a bit tautological .. especially as its a bit too close to pederast for comfort






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[jamesjermain]

Umm!

Paedantry could be something else altogether

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[Joe_Cole]

Re: They spell it wrong

Kim,

Isn't it time that you installed a spell checker on this forum? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Joe

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[Bejasus]

Pedant ..

or Pedanticist............../forums/images/icons/crazy.gif

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[Bejasus]

Re: Split Infinitives

Ok, just to be pedantic, how about Grammatically correct as opposed to Gramitically./forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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