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I keep seeing ‘reindeers’! (In print, I mean.)

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Witzend Wed 27-Nov-24 11:20:15

I dare say it is VU of me, but I do find it very irritating.
Still, not quite as bad as elf’s on shelf’s….😩

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nanna8 Wed 27-Nov-24 11:28:02

I see all sorts of things after a couple of glasses of whisky 🛸🗿🐘

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Namsnanny Wed 27-Nov-24 11:29:03

🤣🤣

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Namsnanny Wed 27-Nov-24 11:30:18

Should have added bottoms up nanna

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Namsnanny Wed 27-Nov-24 11:33:28

Only 4/5 weeks to go Witzend and you can forget about the red nosed ones for about 11 months 🤞😄

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Septimia Wed 27-Nov-24 11:42:51

It is irritating. The plural of "deer" is "deer"... Nearly as annoying as the greengrocer's/greengrocers' apostrophe.

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grandtanteJE65 Thu 28-Nov-24 15:35:26

My pet hate at this time of the year is those who sing "Good King Wence last looked out" or "Good King Wencelas last looked out"

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escaped Thu 28-Nov-24 15:58:28

The reindeers stamped their hoofs on the snowy roofs while waiting for Santa.
Anything goes now.

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NonGrannyMoll Mon 30-Dec-24 15:07:54

Funny (true) story -- sorry, it relies on you having some knowledge of the Portsmouth accent. A man knocked on our door one day and asked, "Is ubby a reindeer?" It took several minutes but I eventually twigged that he was saying, "Is your husband around, dear?" Well, we thought it was funny. Don't even get me started on the plumber from the Black Country....

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RosiesMaw2 Mon 30-Dec-24 18:25:46

escaped

The reindeers stamped their hoofs on the snowy roofs while waiting for Santa.
Anything goes now.

It should be hooves of course, but roofs is correct. tchwink

Roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of English. Rooves is an old secondary form, and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves, but it is not common enough to be considered standard.

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escaped Mon 30-Dec-24 20:30:29

👍

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Deedaa Mon 30-Dec-24 20:37:01

It seems to be just in the last couple of years that reindeers seems to have crept in. Along with "are country" and the use of apostrophes in all plurals.

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fancythat Tue 31-Dec-24 12:19:20

oops. Not written it, but couldnt see what was wrong with it!

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MissInterpreted Tue 31-Dec-24 12:27:47

Oh deer, oh deer, oh deer...wink

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eddiecat78 Tue 31-Dec-24 12:28:36

Not the same at all but yesterday I read that following an accident Stephen Fry is having constant physiotherapy. I suspect he's actually having continuing physiotherapy

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fancythat Tue 31-Dec-24 13:22:01

MissInterpreted

Oh deer, oh deer, oh deer...wink

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twinnytwin Tue 31-Dec-24 13:22:47

That'll be SIR Stephen Fry soon.

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ExDancer Sat 04-Jan-25 12:03:21

Almost as bad as 'she dove into the lake and rescued the baby. (my pet hate)

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NonGrannyMoll Wed 08-Jan-25 19:39:26

Many years ago I saw a wonderful sign on a market stall selling tea-towels, flannels, etc: Bargan sail! Ladys Pinnie's alfprice.

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