Amusing misnomers in Private Ads
ega | 02/11/2018 10:15:18 |
2805 forum posts 219 photos | An advertiser in MEW is offering an "Adonis Q/C toolpost"; users do find their QCTPs very attractive but perhaps this goes too far. Have others had their ads mangled in similar ways and did they still manage to sell? |
Mike Poole | 02/11/2018 10:40:36 |
![]() 3676 forum posts 82 photos | Probably another unhelpful spell checker, they seem to have a very limited vocabulary. Mike |
Tony Pratt 1 | 02/11/2018 10:49:45 |
2319 forum posts 13 photos | This sort of thing always brings a wry smile to my face, the spell checker is a helpful tool but actually reading what you have written is the final test. Tony |
larry phelan 1 | 02/11/2018 10:56:10 |
1346 forum posts 15 photos | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder !!! |
ChrisH | 02/11/2018 11:08:12 |
1023 forum posts 30 photos | "actually reading what you have written is the final test. - sometimes even that fails as your eyes tend to 'see' what you want it to read not to actually read what is written, so sometimes it pays to read it out aloud. Don't know why this works, as in theory both should turn out the same, but it does for me! Chris |
ega | 02/11/2018 11:34:56 |
2805 forum posts 219 photos | For me, the errors often don't appear until I have the printed copy in my hand. Mike Poole: I had overlooked the likelihood of the spell checker being involved - surpassed only in destructive potential by predictive text! |
Howard Lewis | 02/11/2018 20:54:52 |
7227 forum posts 21 photos | My error detection kicks in just as the message goes into the "Sent" folder, or appears as post on this Forum! Works almost EVERY time Howard |
not done it yet | 02/11/2018 22:47:14 |
7517 forum posts 20 photos | Anyone any ideas of how it should read? ‘Add on”? “and a nice”?
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ega | 02/11/2018 23:37:57 |
2805 forum posts 219 photos | I assumed "Adonis" was a typo for Aloris. |
blowlamp | 02/11/2018 23:54:21 |
![]() 1885 forum posts 111 photos | Is this it?
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jimmy b | 03/11/2018 06:18:54 |
![]() 857 forum posts 45 photos | Posted by not done it yet on 02/11/2018 22:47:14:
Anyone any ideas of how it should read? ‘Add on”? “and a nice”?
I guess it should have read "Aloris" **LINK**
Very popular in the USA
Jim |
ega | 03/11/2018 11:30:47 |
2805 forum posts 219 photos | blowlamp: Well, he certainly looks as though he is about to do a "quick change" jimmy b: Thanks for Aloris link |
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