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Message 17927 - Posted: 18 Jun 2008, 3:27:36 UTC

Ah! Mondegreens.

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Message 18084 - Posted: 28 Jun 2008, 14:38:38 UTC
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The editor at CNN should be fired for allowing this opening sentence:

"Severe storms with strong winds swept through the Plains on Friday, forcing swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha to flee pools and run for cover, killing two people in Iowa and knocking out power to thousands."

The Olympic swimmers should be jailed, of course. ;-)
Not that sentence two is any better:

"Officials at the Qwest Center near downtown Omaha closed the building to examine it after superstar swimmer Michael Phelps and hundreds of other athletes were herded into hallways because of a tornado warning."

So they also damaged a building? Damn them!
Now what do you make of this:

"Damage reports in the region included toppled trees and power lines, and hail the size of baseballs."

???

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Message 18371 - Posted: 12 Jul 2008, 2:12:59 UTC
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If you know my language fairly well and want to have some fun, check the German EBay sometimes, some people trying to sell stuff there beat even garblefish translations :-/

For improving your knowledge in English language, this would be my tool of choice :-)

I'm not using spell checkers, translation programs only in rare cases - so all misspelled, funny worded or otherwise wrong stuff is copyrighted by myself.
If you're copying and using it to make money, consider donating some of it to a DC project of your choice.
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Message 19462 - Posted: 12 Aug 2008, 22:18:38 UTC

Thank you for the translations! I tried a website I maintain with the Swedish Chef, and I just about died laughing!
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Message 19516 - Posted: 16 Aug 2008, 10:03:59 UTC - in response to Message 19511.  

What if you have lucky number 8 as ID and perceive stress... you retire a project a few times ;>)
Do know that Seti's servers are having problems at the moment, they are stressed for space and bandwidth, so it may take a couple of retires to upload, report and download work.

Hmmm... edited my own post. Firefox needs a grammar checker, even though it would choke on that one as it's grammatically correct.

Too many buttons these days. You don't want to know how many times I have clicked Hide already when trying to answer someone's post!
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Message 19827 - Posted: 29 Aug 2008, 10:14:09 UTC

Especially for all the sad, strong, fragile men around here:


Now what is that doing in the clothing label? ;-)
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Message 20338 - Posted: 17 Sep 2008, 21:52:29 UTC
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I've just received an email which I hope you'll all agree I don't need personally. But other members who regularly consult the speling and grammaticle advise we dispense in this thread might find it useful. The email title is

Low Education? Don't Worry, now You can BUY(No study/exam) Yourself University Dip1oma/Degree

and they say '100% No Pre-School qualification Required! Bacheelor, Degree, MasteerMBA, PhDD available in the Field of your choice so you can Even become a doctor and receive all the benefits That comes with it!'.

They are '24 hours a day, 7 Days a week waiting for your call' so if any BOINC crunchers need their phone numbers, just let me know.
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Message 20387 - Posted: 21 Sep 2008, 7:42:05 UTC - in response to Message 20338.  
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Well that´s one of the many spam emails I recieve too. What I think is this. Who needs a Diploma if you do not have the knowledge to prove it?

Well some people would even pay for it: http://www.tablondeanuncios.com/anuncio_ver.php/compro_titulo_universitario-864390

I've just received an email which I hope you'll all agree I don't need personally. But other members who regularly consult the speling and grammaticle advise we dispense in this thread might find it useful. The email title is

Low Education? Don't Worry, now You can BUY(No study/exam) Yourself University Dip1oma/Degree

and they say '100% No Pre-School qualification Required! Bacheelor, Degree, MasteerMBA, PhDD available in the Field of your choice so you can Even become a doctor and receive all the benefits That comes with it!'.

They are '24 hours a day, 7 Days a week waiting for your call' so if any BOINC crunchers need their phone numbers, just let me know.
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Message 20599 - Posted: 1 Oct 2008, 1:23:16 UTC

I've received a new email with the header

Read hundreds of testimonails of millions of men around the globe

That's a speling error I've never met before. What on earth can it be about?
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