Two things that bug the everlivin' CRAP out of me:

• Unless you're using it as an adjective (the premier episode), the word premiere is spelled with an E at the end. The meaning of premier when used as a noun is
  
  1. the head of the cabinet in France or Italy or certain other countries; first minister; prime minister.
  2. a chief officer.
  Season ( Read more... )

So, it looks like the Golden Globes may be cancelled in its entirety. And not just the telecast, the whole shebang, with just an announcement of the winners. Can I just say that I think they should do this every year? Is there really anyone left who cares about the Globes, the Oscars or the Emmys other than as a source of ridicule?

And now, a ( Read more... )

Things I Learned Are True from the Internets.

• It's ad nauseam, not ad nauseum. (thanks to meko00)
• It's dammit, not damnit. (thanks to about 10 dictionaries because I couldn't believe that was right the first 9 times)
• People will get the above wrong nine times out of ten.

Things I Have Learned Are True for Me

• 'Shipping makes every show better.
• I ( Read more... )

TWW season 6 finally dropped to under 30 pounds, so I ordered it yesterday. It still hasn't shipped, though, which is curious. But I'll be getting it next week sometime, I suspect. I've been on a real TWW kick lately, which led me to think about maybe creating a post with all my major fandoms with links to things like fic archives, cap sites, ( Read more... )

Premiere

Noun:The first public performance of a play or movie

Premier

Noun: 1. The person who holds the position of head of the government in the UK
2. The person who is head of state (in several countries)

( BSG - Pegasus )

As a translator I have a few language pet peeves. One of them is that Swedes tend to write words that are supposed to be one word as two words. I just found one of the funniest examples of how wrong you can go when you don't know Swedish well enough. I'm reading an ad for a camera and it says "lätt använd". Translation:

Lätt använd - slightly used ( Read more... )

How come small words often give us the most trouble?

etc. - the abbreviation of etcetera. ect is the acronym for electroconvulsive therapy.

yeah - yes. yea also means yes but is pronounced more like "yay" and always makes me think I've been transported back to a session of Congress in the 18th century. You know the expression "the yeas have it"? ( Read more... )

Okay, so bailunrui linked to this webcast of White House spokesman McClellan. The reporters are just pounding him into the carpet, relentless in their questions about Rove and his involvement in the reveal of the CIA operative ( Read more... )

I've spent the day watching BBC World and their coverage of the bombings in London in between bouts of work. Well, except for the two hour period when the entire street experienced a blackout! When we lived in Florida we had blackouts constantly, but I can't tell you how uncommon they are here. In the past fifteen years I can remember three and two ( Read more... )

I'm still fascinated by the More Icons Petition! but I've moved on from the glee at seeing the comment count increase (mostly because it's slowed down considerably). No, instead I'm intrigued at the numerous spellings that "definitely" has: definately (most popular by far, more popular than the correct spelling probably), definetly (I'm baffled, ( Read more... )