The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #118743   Message #2570686
Posted By: Genie
19-Feb-09 - 05:12 AM
Thread Name: BS: World's best grammatical howlers
Subject: RE: BS: World's best grammatical howlers
Yeah, meself, but the word is DISsect, not DIsect. I.e., it means to take apart or separate into parts, not to split into two parts.   (That's something I learned in high school biology.) That's why even in N America it shouldn't be pronounced with a long "i."   (OK, off pedant soapbox.) ; D

Jim D, as for the "rules and regulations," etc., that reminds me of a man who regularly offered public prayer at our church back in the 1950s.   He would include in each entreaty to God "lead, guide AND direct us in each AND every way ... ." (I added the emphasis.)