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Comment on “I’m going to kill him!” she shouts. by Justthoughtyoum

Justthoughtyoum — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:23:02 +0000

I miss signing & now miss this missigning.

My pet bugaboo high- horse is people who say ‘Ye’ as in ‘I went to that quaint village and had a lovely pastrey from Ye olde worlde bakery.

‘Ye’ was never ever pronounced ‘Ye’ (to rhyme with he) it was a short form of ‘The’ as Y and Th were similar to print.

“ORIGIN graphic variant; in late Middle English þ (see thorn ) came to be written identically with y, so that the could be written ye. This spelling (usually y e) was kept as a convenient abbreviation in handwriting until the 19th cent., and in printers’ types during the 15th and 16th cent., but it was never pronounced as “ye.”

…Oh hang on I’ve just come over all Lynne Truss!*

*Not literally obviously that would be grammatically wrong

Comment on “I’m going to kill him!” she shouts. by ajb1605

ajb1605 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:17:49 +0000

I wonder if there’s a poor little woman in India, wondering why the signwriter in England has sent her a mis-spelt sign for her Pasteries?

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Comment on Private Secret Personal Appearances. by Damian

Damian — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:19:30 +0000

It was great to see you today and catch up with everybody.

Thanks for organising it.

I am disappointed not to have won the picture of your chicken though.

Comment on “I’m going to kill him!” she shouts. by Beleaguered Squirrel

Beleaguered Squirrel — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:23:37 +0000

“peastries… paestries…pasetries…pasteries… just wondering.”

Haha, exactly the same thought processes in this head here. Sometimes I wonder if Megan is in fact me, and I am what people used to think schizophrenic was (it isn’t).

Comment on “I’m going to kill him!” she shouts. by john malpas

john malpas — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:57:17 +0000

Did not some pubs once have deliberately mis spelled signs to attract attention.

Comment on “I’m going to kill him!” she shouts. by Debster

Debster — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:55:05 +0000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grangeb7/4805567692/ There’s a lot of it about.

There are pictures of chickens on my photostream as well.

Comment on “I’m going to kill him!” she shouts. by guyana gyal

guyana gyal — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:41:42 +0000

That pasteries lady in delhi was so happie until you poynted out the mistaks. Why, Mr. B, why? Ya better run in case you’re the object of her non-affections.

Comment on “I’m going to kill him!” she shouts. by Brennig

Brennig — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:49:22 +0000

Semi-skimmed milk? You had a semi? (sorry, I’ll get me coat)

Comment on “I’m going to kill him!” she shouts. by JonnyB

JonnyB — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:08:42 +0000

Alas no, Jennifer. It’s a really nicely done sign.