Etc. is a tough one- because Ect. also works as a contraction of EtCeTera. First time I saw a Cadillac ETC, I figured it might be one like Johnny Cash sang about, "One Piece at a Time", or some such name, about a guy who worked at the Cadillac factory and built a Caddy at home from pieces purloined over many years. Turns out its an Eldorado Touring Coupe. Thought I might like to get one when they hit about 15 years old (as is my custom), but my mechanic put the kibosh on that idea REAL quick.
You're right about bailers vs. balers- but what's with Minneapolis Moline further muddying the waters with the "balor" and "huskor" in their uni-tractor line?
I always refer to the "guvment" on here, as I believe spelling the word correctly renders a level of respect to that institution that it no longer deserves.
Have enjoyed the responses on this thread. I write for a living, so I'd better have a pretty good command of those skills. I defer to the superior skills of those in most other fields, and appreciate this forum for the solutions you get to problems- If I can't figure out the hydraulic system on my tractor (or the hydrolic system either, for that matter), I really don't care whether the guy with the solution can spell or not, as long as I can figure out what he's saying.
As far as I can remember, the only time I ever critiqued anyone's spelling on here was when a guy wanted info about his Kabota, and I suggested the correct spelling for purposes of Googling. Caught he11 from Dave2 for that, and as it turns out, with good reason- Google has "dumbed down" to where you don't even have to spell correctly! Try googling Kabota, and you'll see what I mean.
And BTW, B & D, its rocket scientists' - plural possessive. Just sayin'.
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