The Pedant's Revolt

[Angela Woodford]

Did you have the Hag as your Housemistress Frances? And was dear old Pot there for your daughter?

[mvgrogan]

Miss Scott Haughton... and her "fagash" biscuits - yes... I remember Pot!

We had a number of housemistresses in sixes during my four years before the move to Horsham and I think Pot was the only constant during those years.

Mx

[Vonny]

Miss Scott Haughton... and her "fagash" biscuits - yes... I remember Pot!

I remember her well too

[Fjgrogan]

Having read loads of old threads on the forum in the last few days, I have rather lost track of which one was The Hag - but I suspect it would have been Miss Jenkins - the woman who blighted my life! I think she arrived in my UIV year. Prior to that I had had a year in 5's, when it was a junior house with Miss Bailes and a series of assistant housemistresses- the only one I really remember was a New Zealander called Miss Henshaw. Then a year in 6's with Mrs Windham who was OK - she used to write books about the lives of saints, for children. After she left CH she remarried.

[DavebytheSea]

Oliver had to be filmed sailing yesterday to demonstrate his practical skill for his GCSE Sports exam. In its wisdom, AQA prescribed that it had to be done in a "dingy". Unfortunately, the noun was omitted .........

[midget]

Oliver had to be filmed sailing yesterday to demonstrate his practical skill for his GCSE Sports exam. In its wisdom, AQA prescribed that it had to be done in a "dingy". Unfortunately, the noun was omitted .........

That must have been unpleasant. Does the examiner award extra marks for spelling?

My favourite seen recently outside a cafe GATEAUX'S

[NEILL THE NOTORIOUS]

Going back--on this Topic, to the notices which infuriate me, because the "Author" hasn't read it first --


I think this is hilarious--- and quite genuine !

Signpost in Hospital Grounds -----------FAMILY PLANNING DEPARTMENT ---- PLEASE USE REAR ENTRANCE

I didn't have a camera with me -- Oh what lost opportunity !

[Mid A 15]

Going back--on this Topic, to the notices which infuriate me, because the "Author" hasn't read it first --


I think this is hilarious--- and quite genuine !

Signpost in Hospital Grounds -----------FAMILY PLANNING DEPARTMENT ---- PLEASE USE REAR ENTRANCE

I didn't have a camera with me -- Oh what lost opportunity !

That is a classic Neill!

The coffee I was drinking almost ended up on my monitor!

[Angela Woodford]

If only you had had a camera Neill. That is superb.

Much, much more boringly, here is my personal spelling bugbear again - in the Housey! Newsletter.

"A new item this year is the Grecians Gift Fayre in the Garden Quad..."

Right, Mr Franklin. If we are talking about the tea and cakes, we spell it "Fare". If about the live music and activities, how about "Fair"? Please write out three times...

Sorry to sound so , but "Fayre"? No! No! No!

[J.R.]

If only you had had a camera Neill. That is superb.

Much, much more boringly, here is my personal spelling bugbear again - in the Housey! Newsletter.

"A new item this year is the Grecians Gift Fayre in the Garden Quad..."

Right, Mr Franklin. If we are talking about the tea and cakes, we spell it "Fare". If about the live music and activities, how about "Fair"? Please write out three times...

Sorry to sound so , but "Fayre"? No! No! No!

Bang goes your personal invitation to dinner, Angela !

[kerrensimmonds]

Generally speaking, a fair is 'a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment', whereas fare is 'a range of food' (Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1999). However, the archaic (15th to 17th century) spelling fayre is confusingly used for both words by those who think it lends 'an historick flavour'.

From 'AskOxford.com'
(Oxford Dictionaries - Passionate about language.....)

[englishangel]

Hystoryck shorely.

[midget]

And then there were the ultra-feminists (Harperson anybody?) who referred to "herstory"

[kerrensimmonds]

Thanks Maggie. I LIKE IT!
But I won't go down the road (publicly, here) which led me to re-evaluate my whole approach to Christianity and which brought me to where I am today.
Strangely enough, in later life, I found DRW more in tune with my thinking than I would ever have thought possible. I even referred to that (I think) in my eulogy at her funeral.

Whoops.. think I have diverted this thread.
Sorry...

[Angela Woodford]

Sorry, Kerren, I got lost! DR? Your approach to Christianity? I must have dialled the wrong number!