Re: [MBZ] Spelling

2006-03-03 Thread tom savage
andrew strasfogel wrote: My bete noir is teh instead of the. (La) bête is feminine, so it would be a bête noire, if you really wanted to be a beast about it :) Tom '82 300D 329k, ma bête jaune

Re: [MBZ] Spelling

2006-03-02 Thread OK Don
I have both of those, plus a frequent nad, with too many more to list -- many of you have caught them --- On 3/1/06, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My bete noir is teh instead of the. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81

Re: [MBZ] Spelling

2006-03-02 Thread LT Don
Don -- Are you having problems with your nads? -- Don On 3/1/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have both of those, plus a frequent nad, with too many more to list -- many of you have caught them --- -- 1977 240D 1983 VW Quantum turbo diesel 5-speed 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle

Re: [MBZ] Spelling

2006-03-02 Thread OK Don
Sometimes, but NOT my go's -- On 3/1/06, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don -- Are you having problems with your nads? -- Don On 3/1/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have both of those, plus a frequent nad, with too many more to list -- many of you have caught them ---

Re: [MBZ] Spelling

2006-03-01 Thread RELNGSON
I have noticed that there is a quite widespread tendency in emails and 'net postings and such to use the spelling loosing or looser when one really means lose or loser.  Never the other way around.  And sometimes it comes out loosed when lost is meant.  Granted the English language has all sorts

Re: [MBZ] Spelling

2006-03-01 Thread Levi Smith
Well, chances are good that if someone's asking about brakes on the MB list they're broke. On 2/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have noticed that there is a quite widespread tendency in emails and 'net postings and such to use the spelling loosing or looser when one really

Re: [MBZ] Spelling

2006-03-01 Thread John Berryman
On Feb 28, 2006, at 7:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other one on the MB lists is breaks for brakes. RLE I'm kind of a stickler for correct spelling. I'm real good on my own but spell check nails me now and then. I have noticed lately that I am making more simple errors. Like

Re: [MBZ] Spelling

2006-03-01 Thread Hans Neureiter
8 out of 10 times I will type 'ans' instead of 'and'. Happens nowhere else on the keyboard. On 2/28/06, John Berryman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 28, 2006, at 7:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other one on the MB lists is breaks for brakes. RLE I'm kind of a stickler