pedants eBay grammar thread

pulliptears

wendym wrote: »

I know someone who thinks the expression is 'dank squid'. Really.

LMAO priceless.

Mrs_P_Pincher

Mr P does says stuff like that all time time. DD2 used to keep a list. 'He's gone up in my expectation' is the latest. When he's writing he is totally incapable of telling the difference between 'properly' and 'probably'. This is because he has some sort of psychological problem, not dyslexia as such, but something similar. Thank heavens he's never tried to sell anything on eBay.

Mrs P P

wendym

Oh and how could I forget the inexplicable 'flatten your own canoe'?

botanical

wendym wrote: »

Oh and how could I forget the inexplicable 'flatten your own canoe'?

perhaps one of Mr P's?

dundeedoll_2

Just had my local freecycle e-mail listing the latest posts..................including this one:

Description
big red holdel with sholder strap the only thing i must point out as it
has 2 zips to do it up but only one dose up but its still usiable with
too big side pockets aswell kneeds to go asap really

:rotfl: :rotfl:

purplevamp

rach29 wrote: »

May I join in please? My favourite one (not confined strictly to Ebay) is "pacifically" My old boss used to say it all the time & it was all I could do not to correct him. "I pacifically asked him not to do that" Please!!! It's specifically.

I'll shoot back to lurkdom now

This reminds me of the bit in Kath and Kim where Sharon says "Where pacifically in the specific were you gonna go, Mrs D.?" :rotfl:

wendym

Not so amusing - from a buyer this evening:

please let me no the situation with this it states i should receive it 23/24th today as you no is the 29th and it has still not been delivered.

Yes I KNOW it's the 29th and I KNOW you want a refund and I KNOW I'll have to refund you. It's been a right old day, with echeques and non-payers and wrong addresses........................

theonlywayisup

hi,wtz its capacity,iz it 1 litre or more den dat.
kind rgdz

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How tempted was I to say....

Madam, to calculate the capacity please use the measurements for radius and height as they appear on the listing, with the mathematical equation for volume as per Pythagoras theorem.

I wouldn't mind so much but the capacity is on the listing at 0.75 litre, perhaps that is what threw them?

Jennikay

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Just think how bad it would have been in the days before half of school leavers were university bound. What will it be like when they no longer are because they can't afford the fees?

I love the implication that university students can spell/use correct grammar. In a report we all had to submit last semester, a few got pulled up for writing 'would/should of'...

wendym

Jennikay wrote: »

I love the implication that university students can spell/use correct grammar. In a report we all had to submit last semester, a few got pulled up for writing 'would/should of'...

And you really would not believe what is submitted in essays by A level students.