What's in a name.

[hambugerpete]

For the avoidance of doubt. Hambuger is indeed spelt as read

 

[Voyager EMH]

Is the HAM bit intended to mean "poor actor"?

 

[Bunkermagnet]

And there was me thinking it meant Pete has a fetish for the rear ends of pigs.

 

[AmandaJR]

Never spotted the missing r!

Now I've read "buger" my mind goes to "booger"

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Never spotted the missing r!

Now I've read "buger" my mind goes to "booger"

Thats what my grand-daughter pulls out with her finger

 

[Imurg]

S'not a nice thing to say....

 

[Voyager EMH]

Thats what my grand-daughter pulls out with her finger

Is she American?

There is no listing for "booger" in my 1989 OED.

"Bogey" however, is one-over-par and a small piece of nasal mucus.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Is she American?

There is no listing for "booger" in my 1989 OED.

"Bogey" however, is one-over-par and a small piece of nasal mucus.

A dictionary cannotdictate to a 3yr old....neither can you or I

 

[Voyager EMH]

A dictionary cannotdictate to a 3yr old....neither can you or I

Just wondered where she,.... er,...... picked it up.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Just wondered where she,.... er,...... picked it up.

Who really cares. The innocence of a 3 yr old with their words is wonderful and does nothing but make you smile.

 

[jim8flog]

I did not miss the R just the cheese.

 

[jim8flog]

Without telling you my name I have spent my life correcting how people spell it because they use the mainly American spelling rather than the Scottish/English spelling.

 

[Fade and Die]

Without telling you my name I have spent my life correcting how people spell it because they use the mainly American spelling rather than the Scottish/English spelling.

Jim?

Anyway as they say around these parts “A good name endureth”

 

[IanM]

Without telling you my name I have spent my life correcting how people spell it because they use the mainly American spelling rather than the Scottish/English spelling.

When I worked in Scotland, I was always correcting the spelling of both first and last names

 

[Voyager EMH]

I've spent my life telling people not to put an 'e' on the end of my surname.
I still get mail with my name spelt incorrectly.

If I had lived in Scotland, I would hardly ever had to correct anyone.

My surname is a very commonplace short word in the English language. There is no such word with an 'e' stuck on the end.
Very irritating all my life.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

 

[Orikoru]

Until you explain what a 'hambuger' is I shall assume you're lying to try and save face having spelt hamburger wrong.

 

[Voyager EMH]

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Touché

If I had a pound for every time etc etc blah blah etc

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

When I worked in Scotland, I was always correcting the spelling of both first and last names

I often have to spell both when on the telephone - and my mrs has got used to having to spell out our surname . I think it must be a bit too Scottish for some . Just as well my dad didn't adopt the Gaelic spelling of our surname - that he used when younger and before he moved to Glasgow. There would be serious spelling trouble then.