Looking for a longmore?

LucyAnn2. That was not a spelling mistake but a slip of the finger. I must cut my nails

I said long ore to DH. He knew immediately what that was

How can anyone in Belfast be so utterly stupid as to spell ‘lawnmower’ as ‘longmore’? Just how?

A firm called Longmoors sells lawnmowers ......

"Welcome To Longmoors"

"Welcome to Longmoors, farm and garden machinery specialists in Kingswood Buckinghamshire."

I saw an advert yesterday for a six BIRTH CARAVAN. No thank you I’ll stick with the three births I had. I did laugh though as it looked like a lovely caravan.

Germanshepherdsmum

How can anyone in Belfast be so utterly stupid as to spell ‘lawnmower’ as ‘longmore’? Just how?

Lots of people everywhere can't spell but it's the pronunciation that has led her to spell it this way.

It was probably autocorrect or predictive text.

JamesandJon33

*LucyAnn2*. That was not a spelling mistake but a slip of the finger. I must cut my nails

I hope you didn’t take offence - I was only jesting

kircubbin2000

Germanshepherdsmum

I’ve tried, but can’t imagine a dialect in which ‘lawnmower’ becomes ‘longmore’.

Try Belfast.

Spot on kircubbin

Aveline

Saw this and thought of some posts I've read. Pedantic? Moi?

i don't think it's wise to show your picture on here; could be stalkers out there.
take care.

I know none of us are perfect but surely to goodness people should know it's Drawers and not Draws .. and why oh why do people describe a set of drawers.. as a Chester ?.. .. it's a Chest of Drawers... not a Chester Draws. ! sigh

She's Scottish, not in Belfast, by the way...

but how would most people know that, about chest of drawers.
i doubt many people have ever seen it written down.
chester draws is exactly what it sounds like and is perfectly understandable.
it's not going to be confused with a table or a lamp, is it.
so the purpose of language is fulfilled, to communicate information or a meaning.
(i probably don't belong in this corner, just wandered in for a look round...)

I thought it might be Scots. It read like lawnmower to me. Funny nonetheless less.

I advertised my wee flat on Gumtree and got one reply which I was about to dismiss. The spelling was so awful.

A friend said he may be dyslexic and indeed he was. We let the flat to him and he was a perfectly good tenant. He was actually a singer/songwriter.

Chester draws? Certainly sounds nothing like chest of drawers.
Looking on these local sites the standard of spelling and comprehension is woeful. The education system had failed so many.

Celieanne86

I saw an advert yesterday for a six BIRTH CARAVAN. No thank you I’ll stick with the three births I had. I did laugh though as it looked like a lovely caravan.

😂😂😂

I notice how many people (on tv and radio as well as real life) speak really badly. No attention seems to be given to speech in schools, and yet it is very important. With clear speech nobody could confuse ‘chest of drawers’ with ‘Chester draws’.

In an interview with Prince Harry a while back, Aveline, I was surprised to here him say exactly that!

I, apparently, speak something called Norfolk but I learned to write in English. It seems there is a difference.

I was once in a shop that had Christmas Reefs for sale…

Oh I remember a reference to reefs from a thread about burials v. cremation

There are wonderful woven coffins available smile. At natural burial grounds, flowers and reefs on diabolically toxic polystirene bases are not allowed at all.

RosiesMaw

Q : What should you say to comfort a grammar Nazi?
A : There, their, they're

This thread has been indeed amusing.

However, imagine that you became aware that you had been mocked on social media for your, ignorance/lack of education/poor spelling\inaccurate grammar, etc.,etc. How would you feel? I think I would be mortified.

Marydoll👍

Marydoll

This thread has been indeed amusing.

However, imagine that you became aware that you had been mocked on social media for your, ignorance/lack of education/poor spelling\inaccurate grammar, etc.,etc. How would you feel? I think I would be mortified.

So why bother having a 'Pedants' Corner' on here at all then? Do you make the same comments about all threads on here?