You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


meara - Jan 28, 2014 9:25:56 am PST #18389 of 30000

Steph, maybe it was a typo, and they meant bon appetite? And just didn't know how to spell the second word in the phrase?

I hate "wallah!" though.


Steph L. - Jan 28, 2014 9:33:33 am PST #18390 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Maybe. (I deleted because I'm trying to learn I don't have to express every rude thought that passes through my brain.)


Amy - Jan 28, 2014 9:43:07 am PST #18391 of 30000
Because books.

It's hard, though, Steph! I read a piece in Business Insider yesterday where the author used "it's" wrong, and I was so disappointed. I always think that on certain websites, standards will be upheld, and not so much it turns out.


Jesse - Jan 28, 2014 9:44:51 am PST #18392 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My mother was at a funeral recently at the kind of church that projects the hymn lyrics, and apparently they used the wrong your/you're in the chorus of one of them, so it kept coming back. This was not the only thing she told me about the funeral, but it certainly was one of them.


Connie Neil - Jan 28, 2014 9:45:01 am PST #18393 of 30000
brillig

Typos on the New Yorker pages freak me out.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 28, 2014 9:55:30 am PST #18394 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

The ones that weird me out are the sort of "unclear on the concept" things. The one I have been seeing recently is "ascetic" instead of "aesthetic"-- so 'The ascetic of the artwork is a post-modern punk' or whatever.


SuziQ - Jan 28, 2014 9:55:52 am PST #18395 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

A new massage place opened next to the dojo and I had popped in to say hello during their first day. They gave me their pricing information and I ended up pointing out a typo. Thankfully they were mortified but glad to know before too many got handed out.


Amy - Jan 28, 2014 9:58:35 am PST #18396 of 30000
Because books.

The most golden rule of all: You can *never* have too many proofreaders.


Steph L. - Jan 28, 2014 10:01:05 am PST #18397 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The ones that weird me out are the sort of "unclear on the concept" things. The one I have been seeing recently is "ascetic" instead of "aesthetic"

Misusing "awe" instead of "aw" drives me batshit crazy. WORDS MEAN THINGS.


Jesse - Jan 28, 2014 10:06:13 am PST #18398 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

"AWE" MAKES ME SO CRAZY!