Hang your heads in shame, Channel 5

When we were planning my late husband's funeral, I referred to the interment of his ashes. The funeral director gently told me that, when it's ashes rather than a whole body, the correct term is 'internment'.
I had never heard this before but, when the manager of the burial site also referred to 'internment', I accepted that they must be correct.
I've not given the subject another thought in the intervening years until I saw this thread and started Googling. Interesting: no references to internment meaning anything except a form of imprisonment.
Well, we buried his ashes in a lovely woodland site which was what he wanted and he probably wouldn't have worried too much about the words used.

Someone just told me there's no affluent in our river.

Fleurpepper

MawtheMerrier

Fleurpepper

Internment instead of 'interment'

so probably someone's typo rather than mistake in speech.

Hate to bang on but they said it then it appeared on the screen as a sort of headline - so written as well.

Yes, which is why I clearly said it was probably a typo - but not a speech mistake.

Oh I despair - spoken by the journalist first then written

MawtheMerrier

Fleurpepper

Internment instead of 'interment'

so probably someone's typo rather than mistake in speech.

Hate to bang on but they said it then it appeared on the screen as a sort of headline - so written as well.

Yes, which is why I clearly said it was probably a typo - but not a speech mistake.

Vintagenonna

I swear blind I heard someone refer to the forthcoming event being the greatest moment since the late Queen was 'coronated'.

I have seen/heard “coronated” and also that the King’s accession was “proclamated “

Fleurpepper

Internment instead of 'interment'

so probably someone's typo rather than mistake in speech.

Hate to bang on but they said it then it appeared on the screen as a sort of headline - so written as well.

I swear blind I heard someone refer to the forthcoming event being the greatest moment since the late Queen was 'coronated'.

The quern’s internment, brining in brandy.
Sounds like an episode of Allo Allo

Internment instead of 'interment'

so probably someone's typo rather than mistake in speech.

Oops - Queen!
But I don’t profess to be a professional

Enid101

MawtheMerrier

Galaxy

Well everyone makes mistakes....

Really?
TV broadcasters talking about “imprisoning” the late Queen?
Hello?

I suspect Galaxy may have been referring to your typo.

Which particular typo is that?

MawtheMerrier

Galaxy

Well everyone makes mistakes....

Really?
TV broadcasters talking about “imprisoning” the late Queen?
Hello?

I suspect Galaxy may have been referring to your typo.

Someone referred to the Armstrong Jones nephew of the Queen as Queen Margaret’s son!! This was a professional commentator but can’t remember which one - think it was Sky.

It was also written as a headline on the screen.

However, did you hear correctly?

'Interment is the placing of a corpse in a grave. If a loved one dies, you need to make arrangements for the interment so that people can bid the deceased farewell. Interment comes from root words meaning "to place inside," and in this case it's the placing of someone inside the earth, for burial.'

Oh come on. They have been talking live almost non-stop, often making it up as they go along to 'fill the gaps'. Easy to avoid those mistakes with a prepared script, but these are exceptional circumstances.

And in many ways, it is exactly what it is, no?

Don’t you think so-called professionals should at least be able to do their job competently?

Galaxy

Well everyone makes mistakes....

Really?
TV broadcasters talking about “imprisoning” the late Queen?
Hello?

Orf with their heads!

BlueBelle

Oh who cares ??

Me!

Galaxy

Well everyone makes mistakes....

Oh who cares ??

‘brining in contraband brandy’ in whatever sorts of quantities sounds rather extravagant.

Very common error.
I was at a talk the other day where the speaker told us that smugglers were brining in contraband brandy in “industrious” quantities! It conjured a wonderful picture…

Jeremy Vine was saying ma’am rhyming with harm rather than ham on Channel 5 this morning.