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 by the foto fanatic on Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:27 pm
The Queen dropped by my place today. I am aware that some cities and towns missed out on seeing Queen Elizabeth II on her current visit, so here is her exciting trip up the Brisbane River for your viewing pleasure.  That's the Duke of Edinburgh casting an eye over HMS "Pure Adrenalin", royal barge of the day. Is it royal etiquette to put Her Majesty on a boat whose name contains a typo? (Let's face it, a misspelling.) Her Majesty is the tiny figure in green next to the lady-in-red, Queensand Premier Anna Bligh. It seems that there is a giant white esky in front of the two female figures. Maybe some refreshing XXXX for a day on the river. Isn't it riveting? I nearly passed out from the excitement.
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by biggerry on Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:42 pm
sheesh, awesome day out.. i reckon you could have spiced it up with some lewd comments (complimentary of course) and also got them to look directly at ya, 200mm thats not too far away..  the foto fanatic wrote:Isn't it riveting? I nearly passed out from the excitement.
ZZZzzz... wheres the beer..
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by Steffen on Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:44 pm
the foto fanatic wrote:Is it royal etiquette to put Her Majesty on a boat whose name contains a typo? (Let's face it, a misspelling.)
Only if you're American (which the Queen arguably isn't). "Adrenalin" is the correct British spelling. Cheers Steffen. lust for comfort suffocates the soul
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by surenj on Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:10 pm
Here come the spelling polise. 
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by the foto fanatic on Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:19 pm
Steffen wrote:the foto fanatic wrote:Is it royal etiquette to put Her Majesty on a boat whose name contains a typo? (Let's face it, a misspelling.)
Only if you're American (which the Queen arguably isn't). "Adrenalin" is the correct British spelling. Cheers Steffen.
From the Oxford English Dictionary: No dictionary entries found for ‘Adrenalin’.
Check your search and try again.
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by Steffen on Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:02 pm
Hm.  Get a Mac Cheers Steffen. lust for comfort suffocates the soul
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by surenj on Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:11 pm
Has anyone asked Siri? 
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by the foto fanatic on Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:28 pm
surenj wrote:Has anyone asked Siri?
Gold! 
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by the foto fanatic on Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:35 pm
Steffen wrote:Hm. Get a Mac Cheers Steffen.
Whilst I might consider a Mac for several reasons, spellcheck would not be one of them. 
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by Mr Darcy on Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:01 pm
the foto fanatic wrote:Steffen wrote:Hm. Get a Mac Cheers Steffen.
Whilst I might consider a Mac for several reasons, spellcheck would not be one of them.
Perhaps you should include that reason. My paper dictionaries: Concise Oxford 4th Edition: Adrenalin No alternate spelling offered Macquarie Dictionary 1st Edition: Adrenalin Alternate of Adrenaline offered. Greg
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by digitor on Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:39 pm
surenj wrote:Here come the spelling polise.
Who cares about the spelling polise - I want energypolice back! Too much fun...  Cheers What's another word for "thesaurus"?
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by biggerry on Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:47 pm
Trevor, was that your bum flashed at the queen...now that would made for a great picture if someone got it nothing like a great thread on the correct spelling to bring out the pedantics...
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by Reschsmooth on Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:54 pm
biggerry wrote:nothing like a great thread on the correct spelling to bring out the pedantics...
Do you mean "pedants"? Regards, Patrick
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by biggerry on Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:08 pm
sorry i meant... a bunch of pedantosaurs engaging in pedanter to satisfy their daily pedantsturbation.. 
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by the foto fanatic on Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:45 pm
biggerry wrote:Trevor, was that your bum flashed at the queen...now that would made for a great picture if someone got it nothing like a great thread on the correct spelling to bring out the pedantics...
Hahaha. Read about that guy this morning. Couldn't have been too far from me, but I didn't see it. Yes, spelling always raises a few robust discussions on this forum. Don't know why. Spelling to me is like maths. It is either right or it's wrong. But plenty of people have the other view - that as long as it can be understood it's OK. And as for the apostrophe, it's Rafferty's rules - see here
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