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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Rush on March 18, 2023, 06:26:35 AM

Title: Proofread
Post by: Rush on March 18, 2023, 06:26:35 AM: I just can’t stand it. TF is wrong with these people unable to correct their phone’s autocorrect?

“The growing unrest, combined with rubbish piling up on the streets of Paris after refused workers joined in the action, has left President Emmanuel Macron with the gravest challenge to his authority since…..”

It’s REFUSE not refused!! What we call garbage here in the U.S. Refuse workers. Jeeezus.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/protests-resume-france-amid-anger-macrons-pension-age-reform-2023-03-18/
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Bamaflyer on March 18, 2023, 06:43:00 AM: Lol maybe eat a bowl of Wheaties Rush? 😉😉

Or a Snickers, like in the commercial…
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Little Joe on March 18, 2023, 07:09:52 AM: I don't even see how the word "refuse" would fit correctly in that sentence.

Well, duh,
I just reread your post and see that the word "refuse" in this context is not the same as the word pronounced as "re fuze".

I don't think I've ever heard of sanitation workers being called "refuse workers" though.
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Anthony on March 18, 2023, 07:18:57 AM: Midol may help. ;D
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on March 18, 2023, 07:24:28 AM: Quote from: Little Joe on March 18, 2023, 07:09:52 AM
I don't even see how the word "refuse" would fit correctly in that sentence.

Refuse as a noun
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Rush on March 18, 2023, 07:52:49 AM: Quote from: Little Joe on March 18, 2023, 07:09:52 AM
I don't even see how the word "refuse" would fit correctly in that sentence.

Well, duh,
I just reread your post and see that the word "refuse" in this context is not the same as the word pronounced as "re fuze".

I don't think I've ever heard of sanitation workers being called "refuse workers" though.

Must be a British journalist. Their version of English is weird.

It’s “garbage men”. And “trash can”, not “bin”. And “trunk”, not “boot”. It never ends.
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Anthony on March 18, 2023, 11:07:15 AM: Quote from: Rush on March 18, 2023, 07:52:49 AM
Must be a British journalist. Their version of English is weird.

It’s “garbage men”. And “trash can”, not “bin”. And “trunk”, not “boot”. It never ends.

Ahhh, their English is proper. Ours is weird.
;D
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: texasag93 on March 18, 2023, 04:20:36 PM: Don't say fanny on TV in the UK.

Smoking a fag has a totally different meaning in London and Texas (and also San Francisco).
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: jb1842 on March 18, 2023, 05:38:21 PM: My kid watches Peppa Pig (British) and Bluey (Australian) kids shows. When he gets mad or there is something he doesn't like, he says, "That's rubbish."
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Rush on March 18, 2023, 05:51:29 PM: My brother’s wife is British and their son speaks very proper English with a British accent he got from her.
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: nddons on March 21, 2023, 05:51:50 AM: Quote from: Rush on March 18, 2023, 07:52:49 AM
Must be a British journalist. Their version of English is weird.

It’s “garbage men”. And “trash can”, not “bin”. And “trunk”, not “boot”. It never ends.
George Bernard Shaw once said “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.”
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Anthony on March 21, 2023, 06:45:54 AM: Quote from: jb1842 on March 18, 2023, 05:38:21 PM
My kid watches Peppa Pig (British) and Bluey (Australian) kids shows. When he gets mad or there is something he doesn't like, he says, "That's rubbish."

Bollocks!
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: President in Exile YOLT on March 21, 2023, 01:01:20 PM: Quote from: Anthony on March 21, 2023, 06:45:54 AM
Bollocks!

Give us a fag, old boy.
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Little Joe on March 21, 2023, 01:08:02 PM: Quote from: President in Exile YOLT on March 21, 2023, 01:01:20 PM
Give us a fag, old boy.
You got a Lucifer to light that fag?
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Anthony on March 21, 2023, 04:28:11 PM: Quote from: President in Exile YOLT on March 21, 2023, 01:01:20 PM
Give us a fag, old boy.

Wait. They're in the glove box. And I'm hot so I'll have to take my jumper off.
Title: Re: Proofread
Post by: Rush on March 21, 2023, 06:08:11 PM: Don’t get your knickers in a wad.