The immovable object - or when push comes to shove!!

[moonwitch]

I am loving this thread.

You're yore your easily pleased

[HerMajesty]

Pretty much have to be a Pollyanna if you want to enjoy life. Or stay away from politics.

[Posbear]

Lesley or Leslie ?

My late brother was named Leslie, people would often spell his name incorrectly.

My mum would say..

" i for 'im, e for 'er "

[FirstGreenIsGold]

I went for a walk this morning and walked around in various stores, one of them a drugstore. One of the aisles had notebooks, crayons, pens, and so on. The aisle sign said 'stationary'. I smiled. Since I tend to make a lot of typos, spell things incorrectly, and mix up my words, I usually reserve judgment and comments on errors. The universe will usually thump me on the head and I'll mess up myself. There is probably an error in what I'm writing here. Oh well.

[cambrensis]

I ...The aisle sign said 'stationary'. I smiled. Since I tend to make a lot of typos, spell things incorrectly, and mix up my words, I usually reserve judgment and comments on errors.....

Sorry, but I am unable to accept this.Surely, we should always correct anything we know to be wrong. I once, as a young teacher, pointed out to the seputy head that he had several misspellings on his blackboard. (Yes! It was that long ago!)
He in turn reported me to the Chair of Governors, who happened to be in the school at the time. Unfortunately, the Deputy Head had omitted to clean off his board first!!!
He ended up with the "double zowie".... a polite correction from me and a blasting from the Chair!!

I am very good at typographical errors! I am sure some slip through here, although I check what I write and often edit what I have alresady sent. Just now I typed "write" as "wrtie", noticed it and corrected it. I am not "in the fashion" so would not have claimed "dyslexia" in any case...just a simple tangling of the fingers, which is common at my age! Lol! Most of my typographical errors consist of striking a letter alongside the one I should have used. Missed again!

[madelaine]

My father liked VIBGYOR for the spectrum (pronounced Vibgewer)

[moonwitch]

My father liked VIBGYOR for the spectrum (pronounced Vibgewer)

We were taught 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain'

[sucadot]

My father liked VIBGYOR for the spectrum (pronounced Vibgewer)

And I learnt it the other way round lol! ROYGBIV

[madelaine]

Taken in a shop in Edinburgh

[tony41]

We were taught 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain'

I also learnt it this way but with a different mnemonic (Read Over Your Geography Before I View)