Comments on: The top 10 political spelling and grammar failures http://www.benlocker.co.uk/the-top-10-political-spelling-and-grammar-failures/ Just another WordPress site Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Top Ten Political Spelling and Grammar Mistakes « Politics and Language http://www.benlocker.co.uk/the-top-10-political-spelling-and-grammar-failures/#comment-33 Top Ten Political Spelling and Grammar Mistakes « Politics and Language Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:12:57 +0000 http://benlocker.co.uk/?p=832#comment-33 [...] http://benlocker.co.uk/the-top-10-political-spelling-and-grammar-failures/ [...] [...] http://benlocker.co.uk/the-top-10-political-spelling-and-grammar-failures/ [...]

]]> By: Ben Locker http://www.benlocker.co.uk/the-top-10-political-spelling-and-grammar-failures/#comment-32 Ben Locker Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:31:59 +0000 http://benlocker.co.uk/?p=832#comment-32 You could be right. On closer inspection, one could plausibly argue he wrote 'strat' and not 'strut', indicating that Pakistan's main man is a fan of three-chord rock. You could be right. On closer inspection, one could plausibly argue he wrote ‘strat’ and not ‘strut’, indicating that Pakistan’s main man is a fan of three-chord rock.

]]> By: KEB http://www.benlocker.co.uk/the-top-10-political-spelling-and-grammar-failures/#comment-31 KEB Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:25:54 +0000 http://benlocker.co.uk/?p=832#comment-31 Ben, I think you've got it wrong. That was "Strut" as in, walking the talk, cock o'the yard, the inbuilt belief that one is, in whatever Islamic way possible, essentially a Fonzerelli. Call it pointing the wall with testosterone. Such poetic language. Can only be applauded. I'm told, by the way, that Einstein had notoriously bad spelling, and that this is common of geniuses. But as my mother would have said, "That's no excuse." Ben, I think you’ve got it wrong. That was “Strut” as in, walking the talk, cock o’the yard, the inbuilt belief that one is, in whatever Islamic way possible, essentially a Fonzerelli. Call it pointing the wall with testosterone. Such poetic language. Can only be applauded.

I’m told, by the way, that Einstein had notoriously bad spelling, and that this is common of geniuses. But as my mother would have said, “That’s no excuse.”

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