I guess I’ll need some “assistnace” from Tesco to explain why my (long-neglected!) Clubcard didn’t work when buying some emergency sunscreen this morning. 😂 ×
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/04/07/tesco-assistnace/

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I guess I'll need some "assistnace" from Tesco to explain why my (long-neglected!) Clubcard didn't work when buying some emergency sunscreen this morning. 😂

#note #supermarkets #spelling #words

Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2026/04/07/tesco-assistnace/

"Easy listening" but finnish.
Good way to check your level of finnish (mine is just three words over the zero)

Veikko Lavi - Silakka-apajalla
https://youtu.be/329vcSNGKQQ?si=gExOO2sVJ0BfRPsE

#song #music #finnish #finnishlanguage #spelling #finland #finnishsong #finnishmusic #VeikkoLavi

So, »manoeuver« is an accepted variant.

Maneuver/manoeuvre must be the English word with the most spelling variants.
Wiktionary has
maneuver
maneuvre
manoeuver
manoeuvre
manœuver
manœuvre

Google ngram has seen some more:

manoueuvre,
manouver,
manouvre,

Misspellings, sure, but something that has appeared in print.

The only version i could think of not there is

manoueuver

#English #Spelling #Variant #spellingVariant

Beauty Parlour

I think I’ll start a beauty parlor promoted as “By bad spellers for poor readers.”

I’ll call it Heredressers.

Why do so many people have difficulty differentiating "breath" and "breathe"? One is a noun, the other a verb. You take a breath; that's how you breathe. It's really not complicated!

#Grammar #English #Spelling #

Although I am easily distracted, it is never for nought. Today, I've been thinking of the orthography and morphology of Parsifal whilst trying to decide which version to run with.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brywillis634737/p/parsifals-drifting-name?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

My first 'real' encounter with Perceval was Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished version, but Wagner's version seems to have stuck with me.

#bliog #philosophy #language #spelling #variation #substack #writing #linguistics #orthography #morphology #Parsifal #FisherKing