Thread: So, who spellchecks their flyers?

Originally Posted by Fifth Columnist

Try doing a search on 'definately' and 'definitely' on this forum

Or "loose" instead of "lose"

Originally Posted by numpty

Or "loose" instead of "lose"

An absolute pet hate of mine...

Originally Posted by subasurf

aww man I could have broken someone's jaw if someone corrected me on something so anal

We are talking about a bikie here and you think I should have taken a swing at him.

Anyway, I'm not convinced that using "fewer" when it is appropriate is anal.

What does it mean if I say that I had to fix less expensive problems on the Defender this year compared with last year?

Does it mean there were not as many problems or does it mean there were just as many but they didn't cost as much?

If I remember what that bikie chastised me about and say "fewer expensive problems", then only one meaning is possible.

Originally Posted by vnx205

We are talking about a bikie here and you think I should have taken a swing at him.

Was he a real bikie, or a "I'm in my 50s and feel lost so I'm gonna buy a bike and leathers so people think I'm hard" haha

Originally Posted by Fifth Columnist

Try doing a search on 'definately' and 'definitely' on this forum

You will have equal luck here searching on 'duel' battery systems.....

No, he wasn't what you would call a real bikie. I didn't want to let the facts get in the way of a good story. The truth is, he was about 17, a very nice bloke and a good friend of mine.

At the time, none of the people who rode bikes in Narrabri were anything like the image that bikies usually have. I remember that at one stage there was a Methodist minister, a bank manager and several school teachers who rode motorcycles.

Once when I was feeling in a particularly provocative mood, I wrote a letter to the editor of the local paper pointing that out and suggesting that the local councillors could save ratepayers a lot of money if they were supplied with motorcycles instead of Holden Kingswoods as company transport. Council was not amused and actually wrote a response in the next edition of the paper.

Originally Posted by subasurf

Chucaro, you just raped my brain.

Originally Posted by p38arover

To be in the theme of things here, shouldn't that be "brian"?

Oi - I'm a Brian and I don't like your insinuation here.

On the original topic though - we don't need to read flyers to see this type of spelling. You wanna check out the local newspaper in Kalgoorlie.

They obviously don't employ anyone in the role of "proof reader".

Originally Posted by BMKal

Oi - I'm a Brian and I don't like your insinuation here.

On the original topic though - we don't need to read flyers to see this type of spelling. You wanna check out the local newspaper in Kalgoorlie.

They obviously don't employ anyone in the role of "proof reader".

Proof readers disappeared in the early 70's along with hot metal type
set by tradesmen called linotype operators and the linotype mechanics who maintained the machines.