Posted by John_PA on January 28, 2014 at 06:38:08 from (71.182.166.45):
In Reply to: were vs where posted by 55 50 Ron on January 27, 2014 at 19:26:05:
One of my favorite things to see is when someone spells something like it is pronounced in their region. My absolute favorite one is "cullamulcher."
I see that one in adds for used cultimulchers, being sold by dealerships. It amazes me when Brillion dealers spell it that way. I have always pronounced it cultimulcher, but knew exactly what they were selling because of the way my dad always said it. He also pronounced cultivator as "cullavator." It wasn't until the first time I said "cullavator" that he corrected MY pronunciation and spelled it for me! I thought it was great at the time that he pronounced it wrong, yet corrected me.
Regardless, I always know what people are talking about. Now, the newspaper on the other hand... hrmm... I have thought for years about writing a letter to the editor about misspellings and phonetically spelled words. It usually doesn't bother me that bad, but when it is in a big black bold headline, that is when I feel like someone should have stopped the presses and fixed it before it got to me.
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