Category Archives: English language

More apostrophical crimes

Posted on Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 by jmacg

All power to the South Wairarapa Adult Learning Association (SWALA) in Martinborough, for providing adult education courses. Good on them. But I sincerely hope the content of their literacy and writing courses is better than the content of this poster … Continue reading →

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Correctly English in 100 days

Posted on Tuesday, 8 March, 2011 by jmacg

Tortured Chinglish is nothing new. Consider this book, published by the Shanghai Correctly English Society, in 1934. The blurb reads: “This book is prepared for the young man who wishes to served for the foreign firms. It divided nealy hundred … Continue reading →

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Apostrophical crimes

Posted on Monday, 4 January, 2010 by jmacg
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Truth in wine description

Posted on Wednesday, 11 March, 2009 by jmacg

Winemakers and wine critics are responsible for some of the most pretentious crap that ever flowed out of a word processor. But I did enjoy these descriptions from a Marlborough winemaker. Each starts with the usual tosh, then degenerates into … Continue reading →

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