Yes; the Germans.Phil74Camper wrote:Does anyone speak German fluently?
das Auto (but der Autobus).
modulus Veteran Volks Folk
2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
das Auto (but der Autobus).
"words" that shit me.
das Auto (but der Autobus).
donn Wolfsburg Elder
3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
How about when you have the phone stuck firmly to your ear and the first words that come out of the callers mouth are " I'm just phoning you............." makes me wonder what they may have thought I would think, maybe they are standing behind me and I just think they are on the end of phone, another one is the clasic line in an advertisement to sell a car, "yellow in colour" well yellow isn't a shape is it. Bugger, I hate being so damned perfect! 🙄
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
TheMiniMan Insano Dub Head
849 posts · joined Aug 2006 ·
& the oldies but goodies--> VIN Number--> Vehicle identification number number
& ATM Machine--> Automatic teller machine machine
& :-)
& yeah no listen, i may have aksed this B4, butt... i really like lots of usless apostrophies & commas & full stops-n-such... sorry if it annoys anyone,,, it`s just that i like to spread my words apart so my sentences don`t flow in as one... if you know what i mean???,,,... :-)
Personal favourites are--> pat8ta & tom8ta,
:-)
& ATM Machine--> Automatic teller machine machine
& :-)
& yeah no listen, i may have aksed this B4, butt... i really like lots of usless apostrophies & commas & full stops-n-such... sorry if it annoys anyone,,, it`s just that i like to spread my words apart so my sentences don`t flow in as one... if you know what i mean???,,,... :-)
Personal favourites are--> pat8ta & tom8ta,
:-)
chester Casual Dubber
40 posts · joined Nov 2003 ·
Being a teacher you come across some real gems.
The problem is the influences of other "English" speaking countires. Coloqialisms appear in every new edition of dictionaries the world over. I had never heard of disoriented until I arrived in Oz some 10 years ago, I always knew disorientated as the word to use.
The one that really gets me is when someone wants to 'aks' you a question. Too American for my liking!
The problem is the influences of other "English" speaking countires. Coloqialisms appear in every new edition of dictionaries the world over. I had never heard of disoriented until I arrived in Oz some 10 years ago, I always knew disorientated as the word to use.
The one that really gets me is when someone wants to 'aks' you a question. Too American for my liking!
TheMiniMan Insano Dub Head
849 posts · joined Aug 2006 ·
Yeah no listen Chester that sounds more like "axe" you a question,,, as in the "a" in your "aks" is pronounced as "aye",,, the correct termenoligy is pronounced "Arks" you a question
how many times do i need to correct you people??? :-) :-) :-)
how many times do i need to correct you people??? :-) :-) :-)
ancientbugger Custom Title Time!
1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
Another is 'furtherest' when it should be 'furthest' aaaahhhhh! I know the language is always evolving but making words longer rather than shorter makes no sense.
68AutoBug Sir Isaac Walton wrote a book called 'The Compleat Angler' about 300 years ago so the word 'complete' maybe wrong now or maybe just changed so we wouldn't be like the americans.
I've just had to edit this post about 3 or 4 times because of spelling errors !!! BTW has anyone ever noticed that when an american pronounces the word 'error' or 'mirror' it suddenly becomes one syllable.
68AutoBug Sir Isaac Walton wrote a book called 'The Compleat Angler' about 300 years ago so the word 'complete' maybe wrong now or maybe just changed so we wouldn't be like the americans.
I've just had to edit this post about 3 or 4 times because of spelling errors !!! BTW has anyone ever noticed that when an american pronounces the word 'error' or 'mirror' it suddenly becomes one syllable.
1500S Custom Title Time!
1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
Phil, you could substitute DIARRHOEA with POLITICIAN if you like. Easier to spell and gives you the same feeling in your duds every time they open their mouth. 😎Phil74Camper wrote:One word I can never spell correctly without looking it up is DIARRHOEA. Even now it took me 5 minutes to find it in the dictionary. At least it isn't a word I use in a VW club magazine very much.
Occasionally I have a mental block with little words - was it 'once apon a time' or 'once upon a time'?
Here's two annoying mistakes in one sentence: "I NEVER DONE NOTHING." And what about Jack Gibson's famous quote, 'played good, done strong'.
I really hate the former Apple Computer slogan - THINK DIFFERENT. Argh! It should be THINK DIFFERENTLY.
Lee you should be educating the Americans in proper English, not slipping into their lazy habits. Be proud of windscreen, mudguard, colour, harbour etc. And yes, there's no such word as 'compleat'!
DH
Notch Nut Custom Title Time!
1,011 posts · joined Apr 2006 ·
My pet hate is when people type or write notes as if they are texting!
it fukn shts me hps!!!! lol.🙄
There are only 5 vowels ffs!!! USE THM!!😊
it fukn shts me hps!!!! lol.🙄
There are only 5 vowels ffs!!! USE THM!!😊
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
you have an electrical problem....
sinecure Want another... :(
1,031 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
Free. You can get something free, or you can get something for nothing. You cannot get something for free.
Supposedly, not supposably.
Sought after, not sort after.
Affect and effect.
Further and farther.
And LATIN spelt in lower case.
AD NAUSEUM, AD INFINITUM.
Supposedly, not supposably.
Sought after, not sort after.
Affect and effect.
Further and farther.
And LATIN spelt in lower case.
AD NAUSEUM, AD INFINITUM.
A POSSE AD ESSE.
I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they know me here.
I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they know me here.
Notch Nut Custom Title Time!
1,011 posts · joined Apr 2006 ·
Don't get me started on bad Latin grammer!!!!sinecure wrote:And LATIN spelt in lower case.
AD NAUSEUM, AD INFINITUM.
🤪😂
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
you have an electrical problem....
modulus Veteran Volks Folk
2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
Here's a test for the budding Grammar Nazis out there:
There is three errers in this sentence. Find them!
There is three errers in this sentence. Find them!
sinecure Want another... :(
1,031 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
There are three errors in this sentence, find them!
???
???
A POSSE AD ESSE.
I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they know me here.
I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they know me here.
trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away
1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 ·
There are two errors in this sentence? 😂
donn Wolfsburg Elder
3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
Well thanks a lot Fahrvergnugen cost me about 3/4 of an hour following all the links on that one, now I'm late for work, bloody funny though, good to start the day off with a giggle, even better with a belly laugh.
Reckon you got it Simon, tricky one that.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
modulus Veteran Volks Folk
2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
Intelligent people spoil everything.trickysimon wrote:There are two errors in this sentence? 😂
baja burley Officially Full-On Dubber
325 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·
you know what i hate... 'SAME DIFF'... i hear people using this as a comeback and i just want to go over to them slap their face and tell them they are antonyms!!!!! and then calling them a YESNO!!
my 2 bob worth.....
my 2 bob worth.....
There are three types of people in this world - people who can count and people who can't....
TheMiniMan Insano Dub Head
849 posts · joined Aug 2006 ·
Baja Burley,,, yeah no i know what you`re saying but can i arks you this? should it be "6 of one & half a dozen of the other",,, because it`s the "same-diff"
i just swaped the crown wheel & pinion & of course it is another centre :-)
i just swaped the crown wheel & pinion & of course it is another centre :-)
greasykitchen Officially Full-On Dubber
375 posts · joined Dec 2007 ·
Fair enough, but what word would you use? These cars have often been repaired and brought back from a poor state (eg rust, dents, worn out mechanicals) so they are kind of restored in that sense. Mybe 'rebuilt'?IN2VWS wrote:.....one word often misused, that frustrates me, is 'restored'.
Restored - To bring back to an original condition.
A customised car, is not a restored car........
An example would be, a split screen kombi, that is lowered, has had an IRS conversion, painted a metallic colour and has velour seats, is not restored.
Or a beetle with a narrowed front beam and slammed, is also not restored.
Just my 2c worth.....
🙂
'76 Golf
volumex Officially Full-On Dubber
389 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·
Things which bug me:
Unique - defined as "radically distinctive and without equal" but I have seen it written "very unique", "really unique", "one of the uniquest". Something is either unique or it isn't!!!
"To all intensive purposes" should be "to all intents and purposes".
"NOS" - I won't go there, suffice to say this is often mis-used deliberately for dishonest personal gain.
"Rarest of the rare" - I don't care, if they only made 8 because people were clever enough to realize they were crap 50 years ago does not mean they are valuable now.
"Botanical Gardens" should be Botanic Gardens
"Essaden" - the suburb and team is Essendon, there are two "n"s!
"Straya" - Australia - three or four syllables is ok, two is not.
Letter Z is pronounced "Zed" not "Zee"
"Back to back" - should use "consecutive" if there are more than 2
Unique - defined as "radically distinctive and without equal" but I have seen it written "very unique", "really unique", "one of the uniquest". Something is either unique or it isn't!!!
"To all intensive purposes" should be "to all intents and purposes".
"NOS" - I won't go there, suffice to say this is often mis-used deliberately for dishonest personal gain.
"Rarest of the rare" - I don't care, if they only made 8 because people were clever enough to realize they were crap 50 years ago does not mean they are valuable now.
"Botanical Gardens" should be Botanic Gardens
"Essaden" - the suburb and team is Essendon, there are two "n"s!
"Straya" - Australia - three or four syllables is ok, two is not.
Letter Z is pronounced "Zed" not "Zee"
"Back to back" - should use "consecutive" if there are more than 2
h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle
7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·
puck u miss.. jonah 🙂
fractal geometry; the inner most limits of mind altering abuse
Fantasy http://seventhchronicle.com
Z = Z2 + C1/r = 1/0 = infinity
Barrels www.barrelman.com.au
VW Workshop - aircooledgarage.com.au
allcooled.com.au
Fantasy http://seventhchronicle.com
Z = Z2 + C1/r = 1/0 = infinity
Barrels www.barrelman.com.au
VW Workshop - aircooledgarage.com.au
allcooled.com.au
sinecure Want another... :(
1,031 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
Aluminium and alloy. These are two different things, and lets not even get started on the spelling of aluminium.
A POSSE AD ESSE.
I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they know me here.
I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they know me here.
amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism
3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
what about nrma's latest ad campaign. "unworry".
Saw a sign yesterday that read "Does your child no scripture?"
Saw a sign yesterday that read "Does your child no scripture?"
h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle
7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·
yeahno
fractal geometry; the inner most limits of mind altering abuse
Fantasy http://seventhchronicle.com
Z = Z2 + C1/r = 1/0 = infinity
Barrels www.barrelman.com.au
VW Workshop - aircooledgarage.com.au
allcooled.com.au
Fantasy http://seventhchronicle.com
Z = Z2 + C1/r = 1/0 = infinity
Barrels www.barrelman.com.au
VW Workshop - aircooledgarage.com.au
allcooled.com.au
donn Wolfsburg Elder
3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
Saw profesionaly writen sign on a shop window in Maitland "no job to small"🙄
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds
2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
'profesionaly writen' ???
I also hate Beetle's, Kombi's, Type 3's, Golf's and Passat's. Maybe they don't teach apostrophe rules in school any more. NO APOSTROPHE FOR PLURALS! One Kombi, two Kombis. You only use an apostrophe in the possessive sense - such as the Kombi's engine.
I don't know where the Americans got 'aluminum' from. Someone must have made a spelling error years ago, and everyone just picked up on it and used the same (wrong) spelling. We don't have magnesum, calcum, uranum, pottasum or lithum. Hang on - we do have platinum - maybe that should be 'platinium'??
Everyone says 'particuly' nowadays. It's 'particularly'.
I also hate Beetle's, Kombi's, Type 3's, Golf's and Passat's. Maybe they don't teach apostrophe rules in school any more. NO APOSTROPHE FOR PLURALS! One Kombi, two Kombis. You only use an apostrophe in the possessive sense - such as the Kombi's engine.
I don't know where the Americans got 'aluminum' from. Someone must have made a spelling error years ago, and everyone just picked up on it and used the same (wrong) spelling. We don't have magnesum, calcum, uranum, pottasum or lithum. Hang on - we do have platinum - maybe that should be 'platinium'??
Everyone says 'particuly' nowadays. It's 'particularly'.
modulus Veteran Volks Folk
2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
And, of course, abbreviations, such as: it's needed here, isn't it?Phil74Camper wrote:You only use an apostrophe in the possessive sense - such as the Kombi's engine.
And, of course, to indicate the plural of a word or symbol that does not normally make a plural, e.g. you have to watch your p's and q's when critcising others' grammar.
hth
TheMiniMan Insano Dub Head
849 posts · joined Aug 2006 ·
If you say this sentence in front of a friend or familly member a few times,,, maybe it will work ,,, maybe it won`t... try it & see what reaction you get--> Fun for the whole familly :-)
"""I AM WHEAT HEARTED, I AM SOFA KING WHEAT HEARTED"""""""""
"""I AM WHEAT HEARTED, I AM SOFA KING WHEAT HEARTED"""""""""
njg02 Seriously Crusin Dubber
145 posts · joined May 2005 ·
Don't know if it's been posted yet, or maybe you guys like it, but everything is now a 'nice bit of kit'. What does it mean? I know you can buy a kit or build a kit but what is 'a nice bit of kit' when talking about cars?
71 super in progress.
sinecure Want another... :(
1,031 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
"I don't know where the Americans got 'aluminum' from. Someone must have made a spelling error years ago, and everyone just picked up on it and used the same (wrong) spelling. We don't have magnesum, calcum, uranum, pottasum or lithum. Hang on - we do have platinum - maybe that should be 'platinium'??"
Davy (a Pom) first called his new element 'alumium' in 1808, then changed it's name himself to 'aluminum' four years later. Americans accepted and adopted the new name, but British scientists disliked the lack of the 'ium' convention and changed it to 'aluminium' as a compromise.
Nuclear, not nuculah.
Davy (a Pom) first called his new element 'alumium' in 1808, then changed it's name himself to 'aluminum' four years later. Americans accepted and adopted the new name, but British scientists disliked the lack of the 'ium' convention and changed it to 'aluminium' as a compromise.
Nuclear, not nuculah.
A POSSE AD ESSE.
I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they know me here.
I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they know me here.
Jay_1965vw Chatting Babe
1,429 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Oh, and no apostrophe of possession in "its". It's like her or his.
"The kombi had a fire in its engine bay." If you can replace it with her or his ("The kombi had a fire in her engine bay") then no apostrophe.
I hate apostrophes of possession in professional sign writing. I have semi-seriously considered writing a brochure on how to use apostrophes and mailing it to all the sign writers in the phone book...
"The kombi had a fire in its engine bay." If you can replace it with her or his ("The kombi had a fire in her engine bay") then no apostrophe.
I hate apostrophes of possession in professional sign writing. I have semi-seriously considered writing a brochure on how to use apostrophes and mailing it to all the sign writers in the phone book...
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