Geezer/geyser

Yes, I would have noticed!

'Geysir' is the name of the most famous hot spring in Iceland, hence the name geyser for a water heater.

'Geezer' is definitely the old bloke!

To 'GEEZE', is to act like a geezer. That is one who injects heroin or other hard drugs now, so I'm told!

Me too. I love books. I’d love to get paid for proof reading.

Typical Virgo!

Yes, I'd have spotted that.

What really annoys me is when a Register Office is called a Registry Office. I see this all the time in both books and the press. The BBC are regular culprits as well. I am no proof reader and I'm sure my grammar and punctuation is well below par but I know my Register Offices!

Drives me nuts!

I find mistakes like this in many books and have come to the conclusion that editors (and authors) see it as a sign of weakness to consult a dictionary

Words frequently used incorrectly include:

prone (even online dictionaries are now giving incorrect definitions because of long, bad usage) It means face down. Supine is lying on your backl. You cannot "lie prone and look at the stars".

Brackish - current incorrect usage is 'dirty'.
Proper usage is 'a mixture of fresh water and salt, as in an estuary'.

Recently seen in a book by an author of about 30 novels (so should now be familiar with English) 'he poured the brackish water from the decanter into the vase. of roses'
Thus killing the poor beggars!

And my pet hate, 'Prodigal' I have lost count of the number of times I have heard and seen this used to imply someone who returns. I want to shout, 'Dammit, have you never looked in a dictionary?!'

It means a spendthrift.
Someone who has been away and comes back, unless they threw their money about in profligate fashion and came home boke, is NOT a prodigal.

I'll get off me soapbox now.......

I prefer proper books, but the one good thing about my Kindle (apart from being able to read in the dark) is that I can report errors (like those above) and typos.

I've been known to do it quite frequently. It might not actually do any good, but it's VERY satisfying!

I second that "Geysir" is the name of a specific gushing spring in Iceland, which did indeed gush a long way up into the air until fairly recently, when it lost a lot of its power and now is only half the man jet it used to be. The name spread to all springs that intermittently fire hot water into the sky, and from there to water heaters in bathrooms, and to old men who intermittently hold forth with a lot of hot air - so in that way a geezer is still a geyser.

I would agree, though, that they are now spelt differently. Maybe that is because those referring to old men as geezers were not familiar with the Icelandic spelling and spelt it as it sounds?