The the impotence of proofreading
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ooooh.... I think I might have died....
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my Wife once marked a paper on drugs use by one of her students.
the sentence she still giggles at to this day...
"drugs will cause irrational beavers" (Behavior)
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Well, not only spelling but pronunciation can be very interesting, too. Especially that English has very difficult rules where you put (one or more of the 4 kinds of) emphasis in a word (more exactly sentence syntax will definitely overrule even these rules).
So it is not the same to say im**potent or import**ant (especially in British English where you would not pronounce that "r" in the latter).
I do remember funny times when I used to teach English (and it can be so awkward sometimes as you are not supposed to burst out laughing at students when they are trying their best).
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I don't know there Csaba, I can make some mean errors in Hungarian I tell you.
For instance: when I was in Hungary in 1975 I expressed surprise that they were still using salt containers as opposed to salt shakers, but when I said salt shaker I accidentaly said : só szorzó (salt multiplier) instead of só szóró (salt spreader or shaker).
Small difference to me, big difference to the folks who were listening and falling down laughing.
I won't tell what other gaffs I made but suffice it to say the family found me very entertaining.
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Yup,I can imagine...
BTW Remember how astonished Todd Burch was when he heard us speak our "secret language" (as he had no clue about your background)?
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@sorgesu said:
[...]I accidentaly said : só szorzó (salt multiplier) instead of só szóró (salt spreader or shaker).[...]
I could hardly read the difference!
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Well, Thom, no wonder if you are blindfolded like in your avatar!
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Fond memories Csaba. That is why I so wish you would be willing to take some kickbacks from your association with SkechUcation and let us fund your trip. I'm good for a share. I would love to see you again.!
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Well, I would really like to go - so I'll see how my finances work out by September.
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@gaieus said:
Well, I would really like to go - so I'll see how my finances work out by September.
You misspelled fiancées.
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Ah, Jim...
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reminds me of this app I downloaded to my Iphone recently, called "Miss Spell's Class"... The game: a list of 20 regularly misspelled English words... you tell which ones are spelled correctly and which aren't. As quick as possible. I only once got an A, so far...
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Reminds me of Officer Crabtree on Allo Allo. Check him
out on You Tube, very funny character.
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