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Axle, axel. As already mentioned "duel axel trailor."

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Old 08-08-2010, 03:25 PM
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"These ones" or Those ones" is never correct. It's simply "These" or "Those".
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Someone once told me that you should not use the possessive noun for an inanimate object, as in "The car's got a V8". More correctly, you should state that "The car has a V8". The reason being is that the car is an inanimate object and it can't "possess" anything.
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..."These ones" or Those ones" is never correct. It's simply "These" or "Those".
That rankles me also.
As rankling is "tiny little", as in "It's a tiny little house".
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Old 08-08-2010, 08:20 PM
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Caret / carrot. Sadly, I have seen that more than once.
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How 'bout some new words?

Exrotic = over the hill stripper.
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Old 08-09-2010, 07:12 AM
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Incidentally these are the only two words in the English language that are both homonyms and antonyms.

There is no word that rhymes with "orange" either.

I'm full of useless information, as anyone who's been around here a while can attest to.
try rhyming purple and silver...
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I see the last one all the time on CL. i.e. I have a boat for sell. or I have to sale my boat to pay bills. Drives me nuts.
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Old 08-09-2010, 09:03 AM
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I see the last one all the time on CL. i.e. I have a boat for sell. or I have to sale my boat to pay bills. Drives me nuts.
Isn't it 'SAIL' with a boat?
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I see the last one all the time on CL.
Craigslist - this is where the English language goes to die.
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I have a boat to sail.

I have a boat to sell.

(okay, this actually works)
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"This program has beeen prerecorded." WTF does "prerecorded" mean?

The dictionary says: To record (a television program, for example) at an earlier time for later presentation or use."

So...some TV exec says "OK, we're going to record this program at an earlier time."

"Earlier than what time?"

"Earlier than the time it's going to be aired, dumbass."

"So you're going to prerecord it, right?"

"You could say that."

"But why would you?"

"STFU!"

"Because the viewing public would be all confused by telling them "This is a recording?"

"GTF outta here! You're fired!"

"Well FU! I'm outta here!"
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"This program has beeen prerecorded." WTF does "prerecorded" mean?

The dictionary says: To record (a television program, for example) at an earlier time for later presentation or use."

So...some TV exec says "OK, we're going to record this program at an earlier time."

"Earlier than what time?"

"Earlier than the time it's going to be aired, dumbass."

"So you're going to prerecord it, right?"

"You could say that."

"But why would you?"

"STFU!"

"Because the viewing public would be all confused by telling them "This is a recording?"

"GTF outta here! You're fired!"

"Well FU! I'm outta here!"
Just like preheating your oven!

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