Conference thebay::joyoflex

re: .0

  >  I think I shall screem.  
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  > I am going to screem!
  > He is going to screem, too.

   If I see one more person around here mis-spell the word 'scream' I think
   I shall.


   (Many, many :-)'s)

   -- Sam

   Somebody ought to (oughtta) start a collection.  I wait at my terminal
   impatiently every day for a new memo from Facilities, so that I have
   a good excuse to break out into paroxysms of laughter.  Today it was,
   "If you have material that is to be scraped, it is your responsibility
   to fill out the proper paperwork..."
   
   How about my windshield on icy mornings?  :^)
   
   
   							Terza
   

      Re .0
      
      Their/there    also   they're
      
      More. 
      
      Wear/we're
      Bear/bare/beer
      
      Re .1
      
      'Misspell' doesn't need a hyphen.   One can often see that
      word misspelled as 'mispell.'
      
      Dave C.

    re .0
    
    Sue was using metaplasmus to make her point (in case anyone is
    interested) and most effectively at that.
    
    I often use it for one of two reasons:
    
    	1. most people don't know what it means
    	2. it covers my errors even when they know what it means

    
    What is "metaplasmus?"  My office edition doesn't have it.

    re: .-1
    
>   What is "metaplasmus?"  My office edition doesn't have it.
    
    Mine (Webster's New Collegiate) does:
    	metaplasm n 1[L metaplasmus, lit., transformation, fr. Gk
        metaplasmos ...]: alteration of regular structure usually by
    	transposition of the letters or syllables of a word or of the
    	words in a sentence

    I am quite aware that I misspelled scream.  Just wanted to see if
    you all were paying attention.  You have to admit; it did grab and
    hold your attention! (at least for a few seconds)
    
    Sue
    

    Re: Screem - reminds me of a product which used to be sold in the
    UK in the fifties (that dates me, but do I care?). Rejoicing under
    the brand name of Brylcreem, it was (is?) a white, oily grease (John
    Travolta, eat your heart out) intended to be applied to the hair,
    producing those statuesque, shiny hairstyles so characteristic of
    the period. I think the Brylcreem "factory" still exists, adjacent
    to a railway line leading into London...
    
    So a "screem" is a rather slippery "scream" to me - less raucous,
    smoother, melodious even?
    
    -- brian

"A little dab will do ya!"

    
    
    "The girls will love to run their fingers through your hair"
    

    Just as offensive is metaplasm on the part of manufacturers for
    their products. Not for purposes of trademark, but to fool the
    public into thinking it's getting one thing when it's actually
    getting another, without getting caught in a falsehood.
    
    The most obvious example: "creme (or even worse, "kreme") filling".
    
    --- jerry

    My "Bored of the Rings" says "[Boggies] ... fondness for dishes cooked
    in Brylcream".
              ^
    Maybe they spelt it differently in the US. I can remember the stuff
    still being around in the UK in the 60s.

    G'day,
    
    There is still oodles of Brylcream here to buy (or to cook in too)
    for Gentlemen to use on their hair, I hear. If you wish I can ship
    a jar or two too, to you - so There!
    
    Derek

Checked it out Saturday and find you can still buy it by the tube. I Didn't 
look any further so I don't know if it also comes in jars.

        Mike

    RE .14, .15 - Thanks, but no thanks. Have no wish to come into contact
    with the stuff again ...
    
    Now, a jar of Metaplasmus, that would really be something else  ...
    :-)
    
    -- brian

    
    Re: .13
    < Maybe they spelt it differently in the US.  I can remember the
    
    There is no such word as "spelt".  The word is "spelled"
    
    And while I'm on the subject of spelling and wrong words - how 
    about IRregardless?  There is no such word in the English language
    as irregardless.  The word is regardless.  This is just another
    one that makes me want to scream.
    
    Sue
    

    Re: .17

                         -< Creative spelling & words >-
    	Re: .13
    	< Maybe they spelt it differently in the US.  I can remember the
    
    	There is no such word as "spelt".  The word is "spelled"

    Looks like another case of American nearsightedness.  I believe
    "spelt" is acceptable usage in the U.K.
    
Lew Lasher

    Re: .17
    
    >There is no such word as "spelt".  The word is "spelled"
    
    According to Webster's New World Dictionary, 'spelt' is an alternate
    past test and past participle of 'spell.'  The word is commonly
    used, perhaps more so in England than here, but one encounters it
    often enough in literature, criticism, and commentary.
    
    Bernie

    What does a smelter tell you when you ask him what he does for a
    living?
    
    And when he tells you, do you wonder whether he's still in gainful
    employment?
    
    :-(
    
    -- brian

    Thank you .19 and .20 for putting right .17.  I get really hot under
    the collar when foreigners try to tell me how my own language should
    be spelt. :-)
    
    Jeff.

    Think nothing of it.  It is something that I learnt.
    
    Bernie

re: .23 - Don't be shy about .22's gratitude - you earnt it.

    Most humble apologies!
    
    Sue
    

re: .10 or so

Rock stars from the late 50's used another product in their
hair: Preparation H.  I don't remember where I heard this,
but I imagine it had better holding power in the long run.

-Dave

I've found something you can say but not write.

We have the words too,to and two in the English language.

So, there are three ___s(?) in the English language.

Fill in the blank.

Pete

    I think there is another one along the lines of .30
    
    I sew my shirt, my brother is sowing some seed.
    We are both ...ing ??
    
    aa
    
    Mark

    Re .30 (Pete):
    
    "tu" (phon)
    
    Re .31
    
    "doing different activities." :-)
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    By, Bye, Buy
    

RE -1

>    By, Bye, Buy
    
I thought it was By, Buy, Bye!!!

:-):-)
Arie

    re: To/too/two  I read this puzzle once; the setup was similar to
    what Pete mentioned, where an executive was trying to outwit his
    secretary. 
    
    He dictated the sentence, and the secretary didn't hesitate; she wrote
    the sentence done as soon as she heard it.  How did she manage that
    trick?
    
    					andrew 

	Must have been shorthand but, I'd like to see the letter she typed out.

Pete

Re .32 (ct 30)

> "tu" (phon)

Yes, but two "tu"s together make a tutu.  

Dave C.