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grunger

28th June 2024, 12:34
Chris

I suppose it was the dreadful Alex Hartley. You would think Atherton would know better with his education. If one of them makes a mistake the others perpetuate it e.g. stonewall
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paulhabershon

16th July 2024, 10:59
More evidence of ignorance about lie, lay etc.

BBC News - Lavender field 'being killed for social media posts'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnk4w4w53x8o

'Visitors had sat or laid in the lavender'
'lain' please!

Also the caption for the picture: '...the temptation to lay on the lavender.'
'lie' please!
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chrise

17th July 2024, 15:31
I've just seen a TV advert for an air freshener - can't remember which - that claimed to be "aerosol free" just before finishing with a clip showing it emitting an aerosol - i.e small droplets of a liquid suspended in a gas (air, in this case).
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chrise

17th July 2024, 16:48
It was AirWick. They obviously don't know what "aerosol" means. Rather like adverts referring to "omega 3" oils - there was a long article in the Guardian last week extolling their virtues, and I've even seen New Scientist get it wrong.

(It's omega-3, where the "-" is "minus", meaning a carbon-carbon double bond three from the end of the chain.)
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darla

17th July 2024, 18:41
Chris, Iā€™m afraid that battle was lost long ago. You are correct of course in the definition of aerosol, but it has come to mean having an added chemical propellant to release the product. One more example of abuse of language. Sadly, it makes us less educated as a whole.
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simplesimon

17th July 2024, 20:03
Wonder if general dumbing down is actually not a bad idea?
Then we might be able to look up to our politicians!
Just a thought šŸ¤”šŸ˜œ
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grunger

22nd July 2024, 14:27
Paul

There were a lot of lays and lies at the golf on the radio yesterday.

Did I hear a golfer say something like "I had lain a few shots back, so when I had a bad lie, I decided to lay up. I was laid back about it and it worked."

I didnt know what he meant but it sounded correct.
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jigjag

22nd July 2024, 14:29
Grunger

It must have been an American. Was it Sheffler or Shuffler?

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grunger

22nd July 2024, 14:34
jigjag

Possibly...

Shuffle, shuffle... ace golfer (10)
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jigjag

22nd July 2024, 14:38
Grunger

I like it.

With hesitation, first unknown Open Champion (6)
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