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post Nov 12 2012, 10:03 AM
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A thread to let of a little steam about bad English in the NWN or NewburyToday.

Here is the first - a headline on NewburyToday today:

Walrus, horseshoe, handlebars? Gentleman opt for the musketeer moustache for Movember

Gentlemen opt, a gentleman opts. Hopefully just a typo ...
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- blackdog   NWN and the English language   Nov 12 2012, 10:03 AM
- - James_Trinder   QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 12 2012, 10:03 AM) ...   Nov 12 2012, 12:42 PM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Nov 12 2012, 12:42...   Nov 12 2012, 05:47 PM
- - Penelope   And another, "WEST Berkshire Council is to ...   Nov 13 2012, 07:52 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Penelope @ Nov 13 2012, 07:52 PM) ...   Nov 13 2012, 10:41 PM
- - Nothing Much   I read in the Telegraph this morning that men were...   Nov 13 2012, 08:54 PM
- - x2lls   QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 12 2012, 10:03 AM) ...   Nov 14 2012, 01:17 AM
|- - massifheed   QUOTE (x2lls @ Nov 14 2012, 01:17 AM) See...   Nov 14 2012, 10:38 AM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (massifheed @ Nov 14 2012, 10:38 AM...   Nov 14 2012, 01:13 PM
|- - massifheed   QUOTE (On the edge @ Nov 14 2012, 01:13 P...   Nov 14 2012, 02:29 PM
- - Blake   I recently saw an article where Peugeot was spelle...   Nov 15 2012, 04:28 PM
|- - Hugh Saskin   QUOTE (Blake @ Nov 15 2012, 04:28 PM) I r...   Nov 15 2012, 04:59 PM
- - JeffG   Ha ha McKean's law strikes again!   Nov 15 2012, 07:22 PM
|- - Hugh Saskin   QUOTE (JeffG @ Nov 15 2012, 07:22 PM) Ha ...   Nov 15 2012, 07:47 PM
- - NWNREADER   A journo I know complains often and loudly that hi...   Nov 15 2012, 09:14 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Nov 15 2012, 09:14 PM)...   Nov 15 2012, 10:16 PM
|- - NWNREADER   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Nov 15 2012, 10:16 PM)...   Nov 15 2012, 11:19 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Nov 15 2012, 10:16 PM)...   Nov 15 2012, 11:55 PM
- - Dodgys smarter brother.   Sometimes it's more than just a typo... “My g...   Nov 16 2012, 09:47 AM
- - Biker1   And ... “I thought I was going to chock to d...   Nov 16 2012, 09:58 AM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Nov 16 2012, 09:58 AM) An...   Nov 16 2012, 10:08 AM
- - x2lls   So what happened to using a spellchecker?   Nov 16 2012, 10:07 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (x2lls @ Nov 16 2012, 12:07 PM) So ...   Nov 16 2012, 10:10 AM
- - CBW137Y   The victim was also “struggling to breath...   Nov 16 2012, 11:57 AM
- - JeffG   I have just worked it out! They must be using ...   Nov 16 2012, 12:18 PM
|- - blackdog   QUOTE (JeffG @ Nov 16 2012, 12:18 PM) I h...   Nov 16 2012, 10:26 PM
|- - JeffG   QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 16 2012, 10:26 PM) ...   Nov 17 2012, 09:20 AM
- - Berkshirelad   Same article: "sandwichs"   Nov 16 2012, 05:31 PM
- - Berkshirelad   Same article: "sandwichs"   Nov 16 2012, 05:31 PM
- - Biker1   The "chock" has been corrected anyway.   Nov 16 2012, 07:24 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Nov 16 2012, 07:24 PM) Th...   Nov 16 2012, 07:36 PM
- - GMR   QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 12 2012, 10:03 AM) ...   Nov 17 2012, 11:27 AM
- - Exhausted   I don't get too stressed about the NWN cockups...   Nov 17 2012, 05:25 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Nov 17 2012, 07:25 PM)...   Nov 18 2012, 09:00 AM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Nov 18 2012, 09:00 AM) Mo...   Nov 18 2012, 01:18 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Nov 18 2012, 01:18 PM)...   Nov 18 2012, 03:17 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Nov 18 2012, 03:18 PM)...   Nov 18 2012, 05:06 PM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Nov 18 2012, 05:06 PM) To...   Nov 18 2012, 05:59 PM
- - Strafin   Reminds me of a joke, A dyslexic man walks into a...   Nov 21 2012, 07:34 PM
- - CBW137Y   The one thing which annoys me whilst trying to rea...   Dec 5 2012, 12:09 PM
- - CBW137Y   Of course, I am now waiting for the person for who...   Dec 5 2012, 12:10 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (CBW137Y @ Dec 5 2012, 12:10 PM) Of...   Dec 5 2012, 01:30 PM
- - JeffG   QUOTE (CBW137Y @ Dec 5 2012, 12:09 PM) Th...   Dec 5 2012, 03:08 PM
- - CBW137Y   In all seriousness though, I really don't unde...   Dec 5 2012, 04:32 PM
|- - x2lls   QUOTE (CBW137Y @ Dec 5 2012, 04:32 PM) In...   Dec 5 2012, 08:39 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (x2lls @ Dec 5 2012, 08:39 PM) The ...   Dec 5 2012, 08:45 PM
- - Nothing Much   'AN eighty-four man was left with life threate...   Dec 7 2012, 08:36 PM
- - James_Trinder   A POLICE pursuit through a quite West Berkshire vi...   Dec 13 2012, 01:09 PM
|- - Penelope   QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Dec 13 2012, 01:09...   Dec 13 2012, 01:35 PM
|- - motormad   QUOTE (Penelope @ Dec 13 2012, 01:35 PM) ...   Dec 13 2012, 02:12 PM
- - Baffers100   I made the mistake of sending a shirty mail to the...   Dec 13 2012, 04:32 PM
|- - Exhausted   QUOTE (Baffers100 @ Dec 13 2012, 04:32 PM...   Dec 13 2012, 05:04 PM
|- - Baffers100   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Dec 13 2012, 05:04 PM)...   Dec 13 2012, 05:24 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Baffers100 @ Dec 13 2012, 05:24 PM...   Dec 13 2012, 05:50 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Baffers100 @ Dec 13 2012, 05:24 PM...   Dec 13 2012, 06:58 PM
- - Nothing Much   Well I do try to make scent in my posits. Sometime...   Dec 13 2012, 06:12 PM
- - On the edge   On the Brown affair, I must admit to wondering who...   Dec 13 2012, 07:28 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 13 2012, 07:28 P...   Dec 13 2012, 09:29 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 13 2012, 09:29 PM)...   Dec 13 2012, 09:40 PM
- - Spider   QUOTE (blackdog @ Nov 12 2012, 10:03 AM) ...   Dec 13 2012, 08:00 PM
|- - On the edge   QUOTE (Spider @ Dec 13 2012, 08:00 PM) Th...   Dec 13 2012, 09:42 PM
|- - James_Trinder   Another mistake today: Thatcham estate agent scoo...   Jan 2 2013, 12:30 PM
- - motormad   ....   Jan 2 2013, 12:47 PM
- - Biker1   Apparently the the new electric trains we are to g...   Jan 12 2013, 08:57 AM
- - Andy Capp   Would any one be able to translate this: "Mon...   Jan 21 2013, 06:49 PM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 21 2013, 06:49 PM)...   Jan 22 2013, 09:10 PM
- - Blake   Oh and I spotted in an item on potholes Colthrop L...   Jan 23 2013, 02:22 PM
- - CBW137Y   Pahahahahahahahahahaha, quality writing from newbu...   Feb 20 2013, 03:20 PM
- - BMR   I think they write it and publish it without bothe...   Feb 21 2013, 10:20 PM
- - On the edge   Has anyone who has an issue with this every tried ...   Feb 21 2013, 10:32 PM
- - Blake   I would have thought the editor reads this forum b...   Feb 25 2013, 08:19 AM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Blake @ Feb 25 2013, 09:19 AM) I w...   Feb 25 2013, 09:33 AM
|- - JeffG   QUOTE (Biker1 @ Feb 25 2013, 09:33 AM) th...   Feb 25 2013, 10:24 AM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (JeffG @ Feb 25 2013, 10:24 AM) Now...   Feb 25 2013, 01:32 PM
- - Blake   Well it is high time our education system revived ...   Feb 25 2013, 12:16 PM
- - Spider   The English language in the papers has declined ov...   Feb 25 2013, 05:13 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Spider @ Feb 25 2013, 05:13 PM) Th...   Feb 25 2013, 05:30 PM
|- - Spider   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Feb 25 2013, 05:30 PM) ...   Feb 25 2013, 05:33 PM
|- - blackdog   QUOTE (Spider @ Feb 25 2013, 05:33 PM) Fo...   Feb 25 2013, 06:07 PM
||- - Spider   QUOTE (blackdog @ Feb 25 2013, 06:07 PM) ...   Feb 25 2013, 06:17 PM
||- - Biker1   QUOTE (Spider @ Feb 25 2013, 07:17 PM) Bu...   Feb 26 2013, 09:20 AM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Spider @ Feb 25 2013, 05:33 PM) Fo...   Feb 25 2013, 06:33 PM
- - wabbit   NWN running news story just now 'Firefighters ...   Feb 26 2013, 02:21 PM
- - wabbit   Well done NWN! (now amended) - at least someon...   Feb 26 2013, 05:08 PM
- - Blake   http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2013/countdo...r-con...   Mar 25 2013, 12:11 PM
- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Blake @ Mar 25 2013, 12:11 PM) htt...   Mar 25 2013, 12:23 PM
- - Blake   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 25 2013, 12:23 PM)...   Mar 25 2013, 12:43 PM
- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Blake @ Mar 25 2013, 12:43 PM) Wel...   Mar 25 2013, 02:07 PM
|- - Blake   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 25 2013, 02:07 PM)...   Mar 25 2013, 02:55 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Blake @ Mar 25 2013, 02:55 PM) The...   Mar 25 2013, 03:40 PM
- - GMR   QUOTE (Blake @ Mar 25 2013, 12:43 PM) Wel...   Mar 25 2013, 04:54 PM
- - dannyboy   QUOTE (GMR @ Mar 25 2013, 04:54 PM) If yo...   Mar 25 2013, 05:24 PM
|- - GMR   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 25 2013, 05:24 PM) ...   Mar 25 2013, 05:30 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (GMR @ Mar 25 2013, 05:30 PM) An in...   Mar 25 2013, 05:32 PM
|- - GMR   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 25 2013, 05:32 PM) ...   Mar 25 2013, 05:35 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (GMR @ Mar 25 2013, 05:35 PM) Are y...   Mar 25 2013, 05:40 PM
|- - GMR   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 25 2013, 05:40 PM) ...   Mar 25 2013, 05:46 PM
- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (GMR @ Mar 25 2013, 04:54 PM) If yo...   Mar 25 2013, 05:36 PM
- - GMR   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 25 2013, 05:36 PM)...   Mar 25 2013, 05:38 PM
- - motormad   QUOTE (GMR @ Mar 25 2013, 05:38 PM) That ...   Mar 25 2013, 07:03 PM
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