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As we were discussing welsh (mis)pronunciation, I had my memory jogged of the powerful Pete Seeger protest song "The bells of Rhymney", covered by lots of other Americans (The Byrds and Bob Dylan to name two).

Unfortunately they all pronounce Rhymney "Rimney", rather than "Rumny" (ish).

Yet again a writer has assumed that a shotgun fires bullets. Don't they do any research?
(I've forgotten the exact book!)

Laugh of the day from SpaceX describing their rocket crash as a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'.

I've complained about this before, but the Rugby international weekend has exacerbated it - why do the commentators describe the Italian side as "the Azuri" rather than "the Azzuri" (pronounced "Atzuri")? You can't imagine that they would ever order a "piza"!

I've said this before, but I'm fed up with sports commentators saying "can't be underestimated" when they mean "can't be overestimated". Do they not listen to themselves?

The Ritz held a well deserved tea-party for surviving war veterans. Some of the small, individual flags they gave out were upside down.