tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post6846630831767763906..comments2023-12-23T18:17:33.955+00:00Comments on Tunnocks Teacakes Forever: May I Have a Word?garferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-23144605765047379292008-06-10T13:56:00.000+01:002008-06-10T13:56:00.000+01:00Great words: Tunnocks tea cake, cream bun, strawbe...Great words: Tunnocks tea cake, cream bun, strawberry tart.<BR/><BR/>Ghastly words: Eccles cake, lardy cake, Garibaldi biscuit.Mopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-57613849087269689712008-06-10T13:40:00.000+01:002008-06-10T13:40:00.000+01:00Piggy: Have you forgotten the word "anyway"?Piggy: Have you forgotten the word "anyway"?The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-27451847924763134532008-06-09T23:29:00.000+01:002008-06-09T23:29:00.000+01:00'Eldritch' deserves a place on the 'sadly underuse...'Eldritch' deserves a place on the 'sadly underused' side. it does.FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-65601674031818630222008-06-09T21:37:00.000+01:002008-06-09T21:37:00.000+01:00"Brigade" Because of its use by the PC brigade wh..."Brigade" Because of its use by the PC brigade when they constantly deride the views of the Daily Mail brigade. Nobs.<BR/><BR/>and of course "went" in the football commentator context: "he's gonna went to the byline"<BR/><BR/>idiotsSniffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373942595139748242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-29551427174393950022008-06-09T13:26:00.000+01:002008-06-09T13:26:00.000+01:00Basically I agree with all of the above.Basically I agree with all of the above.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-13220276786571950492008-06-09T09:22:00.000+01:002008-06-09T09:22:00.000+01:00"Callipygian" is a favourite."Callipygian" is a favourite.Alex Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16692553639515536019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-43278080113679605252008-06-09T06:00:00.000+01:002008-06-09T06:00:00.000+01:00'Bumptious' is good. So's 'phlegmatic'. 'Envision'...'Bumptious' is good. So's 'phlegmatic'. <BR/><BR/>'Envision' really isn't. <BR/><BR/>And in the last week, I've seen two instances in British quality newspapers of 'palette' when they mean 'palate'.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-79627113286966931482008-06-09T05:48:00.000+01:002008-06-09T05:48:00.000+01:00Unctuous and smegma. Need I say more?Unctuous and smegma. Need I say more?pissoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507652867586105271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-90745310423881906062008-06-09T03:44:00.000+01:002008-06-09T03:44:00.000+01:00Pustulent. It's a good word.My own pet peeve abou...Pustulent. It's a good word.<BR/><BR/>My own pet peeve about words is the confusion of lose/loose - and how people can't figure out which one to use. Forget your/you're and their/there/they're. It's loose/lose that separates the wheat from the chaff.Peevish McSnarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001100371115771960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-87120340739944069802008-06-08T23:45:00.000+01:002008-06-08T23:45:00.000+01:00Damn.I forgot to add the word 'adding'.It goes bet...Damn.<BR/><BR/>I forgot to add the word 'adding'.<BR/><BR/>It goes between 'request' and 'the'.<BR/><BR/>*dull thud as head crashes down on keyboard*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-8569893714262389322008-06-08T23:44:00.000+01:002008-06-08T23:44:00.000+01:00May I request the word 'basically' to the list of ...May I request the word 'basically' to the list of words that don't?<BR/><BR/>I fucking hate it.<BR/><BR/>Just have a listen for the next week, or so. You'll realise how many people start sentences or answers with it - or use it in other completely inappropriate contexts.<BR/><BR/>Fucking mongs, the lot of 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-26793398325522948572008-06-08T23:34:00.000+01:002008-06-08T23:34:00.000+01:00May I add "addicting" - an awful word that is beco...May I add "addicting" - an awful word that is becoming increasingly popular in the US, and, inevitably, is making gains over here. It's addicTIVE you murderers of language!Alex Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16692553639515536019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-52303825717149626202008-06-08T19:11:00.000+01:002008-06-08T19:11:00.000+01:00Yuk.Yuk.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14089279.post-40438371971330381922008-06-08T12:54:00.000+01:002008-06-08T12:54:00.000+01:00Epistemological makes me clench as it reminds me o...Epistemological makes me clench as it reminds me of the word "episiotomy".The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.com