Uninterest

I think I would have said 'indifference' of the spectators though uninterest is quite OK. (Ha! spellchecker has put a red line under 'uninterest, clearly Chrome has never heard of it )

In respect of 'syncing' versus 'synching' (Chrome doesn't like the latter, either)as I've spent years teaching phonics and an 'i' after a 'c' commonly indicates that the 'c' is pronounced as /s/ I find I automatically mentally pronounce it as 'sinsing. As its root word is 'synchronise', in which the 'ch' spells a /k/ sound I think that the 'ch' should be retained, so, 'synching'. But then, I suppose some people will then think it's 'sinching' . How about we propose that it is spelled 'sinking'? Oh, that could cause problems too!

How about 'mic' as opposed to 'mike' for a shortening of microphone? Annoys me no end as I always read 'mic' as 'mick'...

Oh I see. Yes, that makes sense now.

Sorry, should be goab. Gob a bit.... er...

Yes, gob, but the guy is Spanish. Perhaps one could make allowances for the possibility that English is a foreign language to him. The phrase used was "the uninterest of spectators". I agree that "lack of interest" there would be better, but it's still great that he didn't say the 'disinterest' of spectators.

I've never heard "uninterest" as a noun, just as "disinterested" in place of "uninterested".

Surely you'd just say "lack of interest"?

'Uninterest' is such clumsy word - why not 'no interest ' or 'not interested?'

No, it's medalling of course. Ugh.

Yay!

Just been thinking about "modern" verbs. Is it syncing or synching?. Is there such a verb as to bluetooth?. And, vis à vis the Paralympics, should it be podiuming or podiumming?.

I don't know why people get that wrong Bags.
After all, you wouldn't say something was 'disinteresting' if you meant it wasn't interesting, would you?