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OK...I generally don't say anything about grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc...because we ALL make mistakes -
BUT...
The low frequency sounds coming from your speakers is called BASS, not BASE.
That has got to be the #1 most misspelled word in any audio forum.
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Ahhhhh. Thank you... I didn't want to be the grammar nazi on this forum, but that's been driving me nuts, too.
I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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Spiff, the English language truly is one of a kind...you can fish for bass, but not for base. However, when your listening to music, you listen to... Like I said, one of a kind!
Cheers.
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How about "seperates"?. Don't they teach in the 3rd grade anymore that "There's a rat in separate"?
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Enjoy the music, not the equipment.
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I am normally not one for spreading around worthless emails, but after reading this thread, just have to post this:
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
take that you spelling nazis!!!!
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English is my second language and I am always on the learning curve. But these are some of the most common mistakes I find in technical documents written by Americans:
ensure vs. insure
affect vs. effect
consist vs. comprise vs. compose
Anyway, here is a comprehensive listing.
Among the audio lingos, how about bookshelfs?
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I think you're way off-base with that comment, spiff...
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tahts a vrey itnretsnig psot-but who wuold eevr wirhgt lkie taht....ron
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how about receiver? even when i interview for a new shipper/receiver, if receiver is not spelled correctly...you're out.
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And don't forget about nukyular. When I interview for a new Nuclear Systems Safety Engineer down at the reactor, if they pronounce it nook-yoo-ler, I ask them to repeat themselves. If they say it wrong again, I stick 'em in the reaction chamber and use them as a cooling rod.
Hopefully Dubya will need a job after this coming election and apply....
Bwahahaha!
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OK, time for some of us Cannucks to pipe in, eh!
Growing up I lived near Deetroyit, a large Mare Can siddy lying across the Deetroyit River from Windsor, Untario. Other Mare Can places known to Canajans are Buff Low, Tcha Coggo, and Ore Gone.
LORD TUNDERIN' JESUS, BYE! Ya ever been to Tunder Bay?
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Epic 80/600 + M3's + M3 Algonquins + M2 Computer + EP125 I think I'm developing an addiction.
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but, is it two fish, or two fishes, or would that be to fishes, or was it too fishes?
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How about people who talk about the purchase of very expensive audiophile speakers on certain home audio message boards and end their critique with the phrase "I never looked back." That is starting to make me cringe just a little.
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beep-beep. hey buddy, move it
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aww, c'mon littleb, how about the "even my wife noticed the difference from the kitchen/bedroom/upstairs/root cellar". That's got to be worse.
"Chickens don't clap."
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Sorry spiff, but one of your recent posts warrants the Angry Flower:
No offense, as usual.
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Shame on me. I know better.
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Yeah, an extra proofreading would insure that the glasses of wine were not effecting your writing.
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Aaaarg! *wham wham wham wham* [slams head against monitor]
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Hi,
Loved the cartoon. Another thing: it's "receiver," not "reciever"! Don't grade schools teach that little rhyme anymore? "i" before "e" except after "c"?
There is an exception, of course, this being English: their.
Alan Lofft, Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)
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I was taught 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' or when sounding like "neighbor" or "weigh".
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There is an even more important exception I learned in my college days:
Budweiser
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ensure, sushi. insure is only when you're talking about property or money.
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Sure, I know that before you receive a driver's license, you must ensure that your car is insured. But before you receive insurance, you must assure the company that you have a driver's licence. How, then, does one assure licensure without ensuring insurance?
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Ah Peter.
Refreshingly funny humour for my short afternoon of reprieve.
Much obliged.
"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
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In reply to:
but, is it two fish, or two fishes, or would that be to fishes, or was it too fishes?
Goose, geese, moose, meese?
The english language has got to be one of the toughest languages on the face of the earth.
"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
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Even so, I think people who learn English as a second language relatively early in life (like me ) seem to have a better grasp on it than many native speakers.
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Yeah, an extra proofreading would insure that the glasses of wine were not effecting your writing.
Peter, I wrote the above as an example of typical mistakes (read my first post in this thread). In fact, my example contains another common one: "effect" should be "affect." Did I do it too subtly? -- sorry forgot to type in a smiley...
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Oops. My eyes must knot be working write today.
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I didn't catch the first one (not reading closely enough!). The second was what made me want to slam my head against the monitor.
Here's another great cartoon by the same dude http://www.angryflower.com
Last edited by kcarlile; 09/23/03 09:13 PM.
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Hmmm. . . I thought the exception was Budweiser!
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