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ConwayMuddy

ConwayMuddy

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Because some of you clearly need help.

Q: It drives me crazy when my friends mistake "isle" for "aisle." Can you set the record straight so I prove to them once and for all there is a difference? —Elizabeth W.

A: It's true that these two words sound alike, but you're right—they have completely different meanings. Here's an easy breakdown that defines both "isle" and "aisle" and will (hopefully) help your friends get it right.

An "isle" is a small island. Carl and his wife honeymooned on a remote isle. I'm not sure what's bigger: the isle Gilligan was stranded on or my wife's shoe collection.

An "aisle" is a narrow walkway, like in a church, supermarket or department store. The bride walked down the aisle. In which aisle can I find a nice pair of women's shoes for my wife to apologize for that last joke?

An easy way to remember it is this: Churches have amens and aisles. Vacations have islands and isles. Unless you vacation at the supermarket, I guess. Then you'll need to come up with your own mnemonic device
 
Seeing as how we are doing this. Can we make the definition of Acreage means you own at the Very Very least a forty or two. I just laugh when people use this term on their 4-5 acre house lot.
 
Some day I would like to race The Isle of Man TT
This morning I slipped in an aisle buying some pierogies
 
ThePanzerFuhrer said:
Seeing as how we are doing this. Can we make the definition of Acreage means you own at the Very Very least a forty or two. I just laugh when people use this term on their 4-5 acre house lot.
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No joke. The lot nextdoor lists acreage on the for sale sign. It is 2.6 acres :homer:
 
Ryno said:
Just saw an ad for a "wheel barrel for sell"

:homer:
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Some of the boys on my crew that work for me call it a wheel barrel, drives me nuts but I don't correct them because otherwise they're pretty smart and good at their jobs.
 
Saw this on the way to work today.


It's more than just more it's "moore"

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ConwayMuddy said:
Because some of you clearly need help.

Q: It drives me crazy when my friends mistake "isle" for "aisle." Can you set the record straight so I prove to them once and for all there is a difference? —Elizabeth W.

A: It's true that these two words sound alike, but you're right—they have completely different meanings. Here's an easy breakdown that defines both "isle" and "aisle" and will (hopefully) help your friends get it right.

An "isle" is a small island. Carl and his wife honeymooned on a remote isle. I'm not sure what's bigger: the isle Gilligan was stranded on or my wife's shoe collection.

An "aisle" is a narrow walkway, like in a church, supermarket or department store. The bride walked down the aisle. In which aisle can I find a nice pair of women's shoes for my wife to apologize for that last joke?

An easy way to remember it is this: Churches have amens and aisles. Vacations have islands and isles. Unless you vacation at the supermarket, I guess. Then you'll need to come up with your own mnemonic device
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in politics, isle is correct because there is a mountain in between the opposing ideology, and most small islands have a hill or mountain or other physical barrier that prevents the east coast from being easily visible while on the west coast :flipoff2:
 
GM Guy said:
Breaks and Brakes. Your car has brakes, not breaks... even if it might be broken.
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Or just as bad- "I need some brakes, rotors and calipers". No, rotors, calipers, brake pads, etc. are part of your brake system.
 
ConwayMuddy said:
Because some of you clearly need help.

Q: It drives me crazy when my friends mistake "isle" for "aisle." Can you set the record straight so I prove to them once and for all there is a difference? —Elizabeth W.

A: It's true that these two words sound alike, but you're right—they have completely different meanings. Here's an easy breakdown that defines both "isle" and "aisle" and will (hopefully) help your friends get it right.

An "isle" is a small island. Carl and his wife honeymooned on a remote isle. I'm not sure what's bigger: the isle Gilligan was stranded on or my wife's shoe collection.

An "aisle" is a narrow walkway, like in a church, supermarket or department store. The bride walked down the aisle. In which aisle can I find a nice pair of women's shoes for my wife to apologize for that last joke?

An easy way to remember it is this: Churches have amens and aisles. Vacations have islands and isles. Unless you vacation at the supermarket, I guess. Then you'll need to come up with your own mnemonic device
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A friend of mine reported to me that one of his underlings was chatting to him about a company email and said he had been "miled" pronounced like "mild". Trying to figure out the context, he had the underling spell it for him. Guy comes back with misled.
 
Every day at work I hear people calling on the radio "entering the port-hole" or "exiting the port-hole"

There's no ship here, just an underground mine.
It's a fucking portal.

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I have no expectations of language use on Craigslist or similar. Makes me giggle. What is dismaying to me is the number of spelling errors and grammatical mistakes on the evening news by all the newly minted "journalists" with college degrees in the very use of language they regularly ruin.
 
Provience said:
in politics, isle is correct because there is a mountain in between the opposing ideology, and most small islands have a hill or mountain or other physical barrier that prevents the east coast from being easily visible while on the west coast :flipoff2:
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This makes me want to move to a desserted aisland :flipoff2:
 
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