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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: David Eckels on March 10, 2017, 10:41:08 am
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Are craigs the US spelling of our crags, or something else entirely?
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Are craigs the US spelling of our crags, or something else entirely?
I've known a couple of guys named Craig, but in the U.S. the rocky kind are called crags.
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Otherwise known as a typo. There are usually several a day on LuLa.
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:-[
Russ got it right; senior moment!
After correction: Obviously you're all mistaken ;D
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Otherwise known as a typo. There are usually several a day on LuLa.
What? Somebody made an error on the Internet?? On LULA??? ???
Actually, the photo is quite nice, with the sunlit band on the left piercing the darks.
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Otherwise known as a typo. There are usually several a day on LuLa.
Hard to be sure with US spellings/pronunciations. You know, basil is pronouncrd basil, and oregano is properly pronounced oregano. You USAians really do seem to struggle with these.
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Thanks, Eric... pronounced Eric. ;)
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Hard to be sure with US spellings/pronunciations. You know, basil is pronouncrd basil, and oregano is properly pronounced oregano. You USAians really do seem to struggle with these.
I learned the proper pronunciation of Basil from the Fawlty Towers series on TV. :D
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What? Somebody made an error on the Internet?? On LULA??? ???
(https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png)
Jeremy
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Hard to be sure with US spellings/pronunciations. You know, basil is pronouncrd basil, and oregano is properly pronounced oregano. You USAians really do seem to struggle with these.
It's only because my my mother was English that I have any idea of how to pronounce Gloucestershire (one of the easier examples, really). :)
Here in Nova Scotia there is a village called Port Mouton. At one time, the village was called "Sheep Overboard" (what an image that makes). The locals pronounce the village name Port mah-TOON.
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(https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png)
Jeremy
Yup. That's the reference.
How about this one, Jeremy: "He's from Barcelona!" ;)
Eric
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It's only because my my mother was English that I have any idea of how to pronounce Gloucestershire (one of the easier examples, really). :)
Here in Nova Scotia there is a village called Port Mouton. At one time, the village was called "Sheep Overboard" (what an image that makes). The locals pronounce the village name Port mah-TOON.
There are lots of cities, towns, and villages in New England (USA) that are spelled and pronounced as they are across the pond.
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There are lots of cities, towns, and villages in New England (USA) that are spelled and pronounced as they are across the pond.
Yes, but wherever a "U" appears after an "O," we delete the "U" just to demonstrate our independence.
Thus, "Colour" becomes "Color" and "Gloucester" becomes ... (Oops! Well, we have to keep some of the "U"s) ;)
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Yes, but wherever a "U" appears after an "O," we delete the "U" just to demonstrate our independence.
Thus, "Colour" becomes "Color" and "Gloucester" becomes ... (Oops! Well, we have to keep some of the "U"s) ;)
Some pronunciations are curiously different, too. The American habit of articulating the "h" in placenames such as Birmingham makes them sound very odd to English ears.
Jeremy
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Some pronunciations are curiously different, too. The American habit of articulating the "h" in placenames such as Birmingham makes them sound very odd to English ears.
Jeremy
Whilst herbs becomes 'erbs
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And we drop the "st" from "while."
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Whaich brings us back to the Eternal Question: "Why can't the Brits learn to speak American?" :o
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Yup. That's the reference.
How about this one, Jeremy: "He's from Barcelona!" ;)
Eric
https://youtu.be/ZUlZpEPuhD8
I have never seen the show... But, since I'm living in Barcelona, I was curious for the reference...
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https://youtu.be/ZUlZpEPuhD8
I have never seen the show... But, since I'm living in Barcelona, I was curious for the reference...
That's it!
Fawlty Towers is my all-time favorite TV series. I even bought the entire series on VHS tapes. Now, of course, I don't even have a working VHS player any more. :'(
Eric
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*sigh*
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https://youtu.be/ZUlZpEPuhD8
I have never seen the show... But, since I'm living in Barcelona, I was curious for the reference...
It's a recurring sentence. Fawlty Towers was one of TV's great series. There were only 12 episodes, although there seem in recollection to have been far more. It's embedded itself into popular culture here: any bad, grumpy hotelier will find himself called Basil at some point.
Jeremy
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That's it!
Fawlty Towers is my all-time favorite TV series. I even bought the entire series on VHS tapes. Now, of course, I don't even have a working VHS player any more. :'(
Easily available on DVD, Eric: https://www.amazon.com/Fawlty-Towers-Complete-Collection-Remastered/dp/B002LFPAUC/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1489344218&sr=1-1&keywords=fawlty+towers. And worth every penny cent.
Jeremy
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Easily available on DVD, Eric: https://www.amazon.com/Fawlty-Towers-Complete-Collection-Remastered/dp/B002LFPAUC/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1489344218&sr=1-1&keywords=fawlty+towers. And worth every penny cent.
Jeremy
I've been sorely tempted. But I expect that as soon as I buy the DVDs, then DVDs will become obsolete, just like VHS and floppy disks (I still have one 8" floppy disk somewhere.)
Eric
P.S. I still like the ZIon Crags photo (just to get back on topic). ;)
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Easily available on DVD, Eric: https://www.amazon.com/Fawlty-Towers-Complete-Collection-Remastered/dp/B002LFPAUC/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1489344218&sr=1-1&keywords=fawlty+towers. And worth every penny cent.
Jeremy
Curiously, even as I have a collection of DVDs here at home, I realized the other day, as I was putting in a box an old Mac Mini that I had connected to my TV... That I have no DVD player, nor in my computers... Nor in my TV... Yes, I know that I could buy one for less that 50€... But I think I will check if Netflix or Amazon Prime have the series first...
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I still like the ZIon Crags photo (just to get back on topic). ;)
*sigh* it's ok. I am glad folks are having fun. It's hard to shoot things that are different. Or interesting to others.
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*sigh* it's ok. I am glad folks are having fun. It's hard to shoot things that are different. Or interesting to others.
When typos are more interesting than one's photograph... But, hey, you've started the typos war...and you keep provoking it: :)
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I might just post a couple of my own photos from Zion.
I promise they will make you feel better about yours.
(Il'l check all spelings cairfully.)
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Instead, Eric, how about a few typos from Zion? Everybody loves typos.
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Instead, Eric, how about a few typos from Zion? Everybody loves typos.
Good idea, Russ.
Some folks on LuLa seem to relate better to typos than they do to content in photographs.
And some use typos without ever realizing they are doing so, the most common one being "loose" when "lose" is clearly intended.
Typo-peeping is much more fun than pixel-peeping!
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When typos are more interesting than one's photograph... But, hey, you've started the typos war...and you keep provoking it: :)
I know! Ending this pain! :)
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Locked. Ahhhh, much better!