I find so many errors in internet articles. Obviously proofreaders no longer exist and Spellcheck rules! ‘Best-Selling Cars in the World’ I knew the winner was Toyota Corolla. I was not surprised that the Europe winner was the Volkswagen Golf as it is license produced in 2 countries I know of ( Cz…

We don’t see it on this site, that I am aware of, automotive “experts” referring to the Studebaker 289 as a Ford 289. BTW, I use quotation marks because I do not know how to switch font to italics on an iPad. Another peeve, when people refer to any other tablet as an iPad.

Hahaha! I say that just to PO my wife. It’s a pet peeve of hers. So I use that mispronunciation any time I get a chance. Just for funsies. Lie berry, lie berrian, and so forth. :joy:

@Scrapyard_John I continue to say “Studebegger” instead of “Studebaker” and my wife corrects me every time and asks why I say it that way. I say that’s the way I’ve always said it since my first encounter in 1953. It was fun going through the “Studebegger” Museum and she finally gave up for the d…

I still think “Cadillac converter” takes the cake :cake:

I hear that all the time at the ol scrapyard. “How much can I get for this Cadillac converter? It came off of a Toyota.” Hmmm…You’d think it would’ve come off of a Cadillac.

The conversion wasn’t complete yet. :grin:

[image] texases: articles are done by contractors with very little oversight. I have friends who are good writers who tried the contracting thing. You get paid when, and if, your article gets published. That might be next month. It might be next year. Or they might decide not to publish it (t…

[image] VDCdriver: there seem to be a lot of people who talk about driving to the Lie-berry . That’s “lye berry”, a basic ingredient in soap. It’s also the local accent showing up. Regional accents aren’t nearly as prevalent as they used to be. Go to or near any big city, and everyone’s acce…

[image] shadowfax: that leaves the dopes who got C’s in remedial English class to do the work C means average though, which means the majority. Maybe not unhinged brilliant or dumb as a rock, but just ordinary. Don’t we really want more just ordinary folks writing articles? Ya know, like d…

I don’t see how doing your job well and getting average grades in school are related. I have spellcheck and a grammar checker embedded in MS Word, and I write a lot of technical documents at work. Still, I check them at least once to make sure the document reads properly and that I conveyed the poin…

Where do they find these ignorant idiots?

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The conversion wasn’t complete yet.

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Where do they find these ignorant idiots?

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