Pedants' Corner

Roger_Rampant

OK, so rant of the day for today is:

Win a designer-inspired bag.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5028981

Surely all products have a designer, no matter how lowly they might be? :rotfl:

It might be on the clearance shelf at Primark, but somebody still designed it!

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Marg2k8

Great idea for a thread. I can't think of anything to add now, but I do tend to be rather pedantic, so I thought I would like to be one of the first to join your "club".

Melli

My particular favourite is 'architect designed' in estate agent blurb

Oh, and 'pan fried' on menus (although I suppose if things were cooked in a deep-fat fryer, would that technically be classed as a pan?)

hamsterfan1

my pet peeve is the number of people who massacre the English language such as "we was" & "more better" alos not saying the Ts in words "so more better" is said as "more be'er" & "could of" instead of could have (or its contraction could've)

brownhandbag

People who say Pacific when they mean specific!!!! PACIFIC is an ocean grrrrrrrrr

snakepilsen

Marg2k8 wrote: »

Great idea for a thread. I can't think of anything to add now, but I do tend to be rather pedantic, so I thought I would like to be one of the first to join your "club".

If this was to be a place for multiple pedants to gather, it would be plural and possessive.

Pedants' corner

gholmes724

...worth ££££ - a thing is only ever worth what you can get someone else to pay for it, intrinsically most things have no value at all...

cagsd

gholmes724 wrote: »

...worth ££££ - a thing is only ever worth what you can get someone else to pay for it, intrinsically most things have no value at all...

I was just about to say that!!! The ones that get me are eg. a crappy handbag "worth" £500... no it's not worth £500 that's just what you try and sell it for!!!


Other things that irk me -
"Win a free xxxxx" - of course it's free if you win it, otherwise you would be buying it!
and in the wider world, people saying or writing "brought" when they mean "bought", "defiantly" when they mean "definitely", "ect" when they mean "etc"

hannonle

People who miss out parts of the word, like ibuprofen being called ibufren.

Also, Americans calling it St Patty's Day makes me want to claw my eyes out.

Marg2k8

snakepilsen wrote: »

If this was to be a place for multiple pedants to gather, it would be plural and possessive.

Pedants' corner

This is true, but I wasn't the one to say Pedant's Corner.

sarah182xxx

I think places like Primark don't always design their products they take inspiration from high end designers. I work at the head office of a retailer and we take inspiration from other retailers. not sure but maybe that's what they mean xx