My pew pews are pretty!
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I was just thinking about that phrase the other day. People always spell it "baited", even in books. Pretty sure it's supposed to be "bated" as in "abated", eg- holding their breath. I don't think I've ever seen it spelled "bated" after maybe 1945!Oh, man... I am impressed that someone can stoop to my level.
Hmmm, "baited" breath? Here, buddy, have some gum...
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
My 5th grade teacher, a 5'4" guy with a giant sized little man complex used to throw a tangerine sized super ball. Problem was the little sob wasn't much of a pitcher, but I had an uncanny ability to always be standing/sitting next to whoever it was he was aiming at. Little fricker would have been arrested today for some of the stuff he did, and rightly so.
YES!
And, not to be snobbish,...
Where this rubs me is when someone is writing in an attempt to educate this poor dumb soul as to how things really are and how flawed my way of seeing it is wrong.
Honestly, I see these mistakes most often among academics or those who make affectations of being highly educated or more insightful than us dumb folk.
EDIT:... and dang if those pew-pews ain't purty! I had to go back and look at what this thread was about. I had forgotten.
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Snakeoil
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In high school that meant "loose straps mean floppy ..."
I decided to edit this. I'm too sensitive to get scolded twice in one day.
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RBHarter
West Central AR
Grey and gray are ok ....er .. okay .
Lead and leade aren't pronounced the same except when they are .
Mold is in the fridge mould isn't ...... unless that's what you use for dry storage.
Molding happens to bread , moulding goes in corners .
The we have the deers' hooves , the deers' hoof , and 11 deer with hooves .
That stupid Oxford comma.
Color , colour , coloure are all the same thing and American English because Vallejo is val lay ho and rendezvous is Ron day voo .
Please vs for a favor .
Asking or owing a favor is ok , falling out of it isn't . One can result from the other .
Guardian, guard , and regard should be spelled the same way .
At least nobody "lands a bloody king high while I was stowing under the bonnet" ........in America they might in Canada, it's happened in New Zealand and Australia probably somewhere in the UK also .
Only a language separates us from our cousins across the pond .
Lead and leade aren't pronounced the same except when they are .
Mold is in the fridge mould isn't ...... unless that's what you use for dry storage.
Molding happens to bread , moulding goes in corners .
The we have the deers' hooves , the deers' hoof , and 11 deer with hooves .
That stupid Oxford comma.
Color , colour , coloure are all the same thing and American English because Vallejo is val lay ho and rendezvous is Ron day voo .
Please vs for a favor .
Asking or owing a favor is ok , falling out of it isn't . One can result from the other .
Guardian, guard , and regard should be spelled the same way .
At least nobody "lands a bloody king high while I was stowing under the bonnet" ........in America they might in Canada, it's happened in New Zealand and Australia probably somewhere in the UK also .
Only a language separates us from our cousins across the pond .
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Oh yeah! It burns me when some "authority" starts talking down to the masses and sticks both feet in his/her mouth clear up to the hips but no one takes them to task for it. Just once I'd like to see a reporter report on a gun related story and in the story, plainly stated, make the disticntion that the BG was a convicted Felon who couldn't possibly legally have a gun in his possession in the first place!!! It won't ever happen, but you'd think professional pride would make them note this. Oh wait! Reporter...professional pride...never mind...........YES!
And, not to be snobbish,...
Where this rubs me is when someone is writing in an attempt to educate this poor dumb soul as to how things really are and how flawed my way of seeing it is wrong.
Honestly, I see these mistakes most often among academics or those who make affectations of being highly educated or more insightful than us dumb folk.
EDIT:... and dang if those pew-pews ain't purty! I had to go back and look at what this thread was about. I had forgotten.
richhodg66
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Are those 358311s in those rounds? That is a good bullet and a single cavity of it was the very first bullet mold I bought 30 some odd years ago. I still have it somewhere.
glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
Yes Sir! Ben knew the mould number straight away as well. Found it on fleabay and it even came with the original box. It casts well and I think it is a keeper!
richhodg66
Well-Known Member
The 358311 also makes a real good plinker bullet in .35 caliber rifles. Proven performer in every .38 Special/.357 Magnum revolver I ever shot it in.
Snakeoil
Well-Known Member
Okay, since joining this "fine" group of miscreants, I have struggled with typing mold and mould. I've seen the comments regarding which is right and which is wrong here. But I never bothered to look it up. But this conversation gave me the incentive to look it up, TWICE.
Here is the definition from the web. I also looked it up in a thick Random House dictionary I have had for probably 40 years. Says the same thing.
So based upon this, mold is the thing we buy from NOE or similar and mould is what we do with it.
Have you also noticed that the spell check for this site does not recognize the world mould and puts the squiggly line under it and offers up mold as the proper spelling? I'm kinda relieved about all this. I've always spelled the thing as mold and it was not until coming here that I started to doubt my spelling and began to use mould because of the comments here. I too am a bit anal about the proper spelling of words. There and their bug me when wrong as does to and too. At least now I'll get mold right.
As a side note, in the dictionary I have, I looked up "mould" and it said it was both a noun and a verb, but Chiefly British for mold. It did not provide a definition, directing the read to see "mold". In the definition for mold, it gave the mould spelling for the verb and mold for the noun.
See below
mold
[mōld]
NOUN
mould (noun)
VERB
mould (verb)
Here is the definition from the web. I also looked it up in a thick Random House dictionary I have had for probably 40 years. Says the same thing.
So based upon this, mold is the thing we buy from NOE or similar and mould is what we do with it.
Have you also noticed that the spell check for this site does not recognize the world mould and puts the squiggly line under it and offers up mold as the proper spelling? I'm kinda relieved about all this. I've always spelled the thing as mold and it was not until coming here that I started to doubt my spelling and began to use mould because of the comments here. I too am a bit anal about the proper spelling of words. There and their bug me when wrong as does to and too. At least now I'll get mold right.
As a side note, in the dictionary I have, I looked up "mould" and it said it was both a noun and a verb, but Chiefly British for mold. It did not provide a definition, directing the read to see "mold". In the definition for mold, it gave the mould spelling for the verb and mold for the noun.
See below
mold
[mōld]
NOUN
mould (noun)
- a hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material (such as wax or metal) when it cools and hardens:
"the smith would pour the molten metal into the shaped mold" · "a jelly mold"
SIMILAR:
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[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]die
- https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=8770...YXJjaD9xPWRlZmluZStkaWUmRk9STT1EQ1RSUVk&ntb=1
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]form[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]shape[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]container[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]framework[/COLOR][/COLOR] - a distinctive and typical style, form, or character:
"he planned to conquer the world as a roving reporter in the mold of his hero" · "the latest policy document is still stuck in the old mold"
SIMILAR:
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[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]temper[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]disposition[/COLOR][/COLOR] - a frame or template for producing moldings:
"all the molds, masters or originals, had been kept for reference"
VERB
mould (verb)
- form (an object) out of malleable material:
"a Connecticut inventor molded a catamaran out of polystyrene foam"
SIMILAR:
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[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]form[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]fashion[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]model[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]work[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]construct[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]frame[/COLOR][/COLOR] - influence the formation or development of:
"he was instrumental in molding the policy and ideals of the journal"
SIMILAR:
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[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]direct[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]control[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]guide[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]lead[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]influence[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--b-nymsColorLinkable)]shape[/COLOR][/COLOR]
glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
Haha, well I can't spell my own name sometimes!
richhodg66
Well-Known Member
Seems like Brits use "Ou" where we Americans tend to use just an "o". ANother example is the word "color" vs. "colour". I'm good with either one.
glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
I saw a post here recently that said using "mold" was wrong so not wanting to do it wrong, I suddenly changed! I guess I'm the issue then.
Haha. Potātoe potàtoe, Tomātoe Tomàtoe.
Hey, there is an old song in there somewhere . . .
Funny how our language goes . . .
Haha. Potātoe potàtoe, Tomātoe Tomàtoe.
Hey, there is an old song in there somewhere . . .
Funny how our language goes . . .
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Mould. Mold. Be all that as it may be. I use mould, because the very worn copy of Lyman's 45th, given to me by my reloading mentor, used mould.
I suppose some of my written and spoken English usage may be attributed and influenced by the one-quarter of my blood that originated in Southern England and Wales, and the English authors and I read and read. Sometimes the King's English wins, other times the bastardized and Americanized version wins. Though, I am careful to practice writing defense, not practise writing defence. Back in my grade school days, today was to-day, tomorrow was to-morrow, cooperation was co-operation (which I still use), .s were put down after every letter of an acronym and space in-between them, i. e. U. S. A. Either newspaper typesetters got lazy or the cost of news print increased, one (thank you, Randy Graham).
Same-same (a bit of Vietnamese lingo for the non-world travelers) Spanish's double LL pronounced as English L, and Spanish J pronounced as English H. Rich mentioned Vallejo. I pronounce it Val lay ho, taking care to say the J properly, but not the LL. Amarillo is another pronounced with two separate Ls. But, tortilla, for some strange reason is pronounced with a Y, me excluded. Los Angeles is Las Angeles.
One I particular like, though don't know it's origin, and is mortal sin for a native Californian to speak and particularly roils the blood of and is offensive to those who live in San Francisco, is Frisco. And, yes, I know there is a Frisco, Texas.
But, wait, wasn't Texas originally Tejes?
I suppose some of my written and spoken English usage may be attributed and influenced by the one-quarter of my blood that originated in Southern England and Wales, and the English authors and I read and read. Sometimes the King's English wins, other times the bastardized and Americanized version wins. Though, I am careful to practice writing defense, not practise writing defence. Back in my grade school days, today was to-day, tomorrow was to-morrow, cooperation was co-operation (which I still use), .s were put down after every letter of an acronym and space in-between them, i. e. U. S. A. Either newspaper typesetters got lazy or the cost of news print increased, one (thank you, Randy Graham).
Same-same (a bit of Vietnamese lingo for the non-world travelers) Spanish's double LL pronounced as English L, and Spanish J pronounced as English H. Rich mentioned Vallejo. I pronounce it Val lay ho, taking care to say the J properly, but not the LL. Amarillo is another pronounced with two separate Ls. But, tortilla, for some strange reason is pronounced with a Y, me excluded. Los Angeles is Las Angeles.
One I particular like, though don't know it's origin, and is mortal sin for a native Californian to speak and particularly roils the blood of and is offensive to those who live in San Francisco, is Frisco. And, yes, I know there is a Frisco, Texas.
But, wait, wasn't Texas originally Tejes?
oscarflytyer
Well-Known Member
Love the sideways bent this thread took. Glad to know its not just me.
Two from the Army - BOHICA and FUBAR... Personal original: BFO (which NOBODY gets, and expects the worst from me!) - and all it is is Blinding Flash of the Obvious (I like it SO much better than the CPT Obvious!).
Then the 'run over by a bus' that I always use - BR-549. Nobody gets that either unless they are old like me.
And great looking bullets Mike!
Two from the Army - BOHICA and FUBAR... Personal original: BFO (which NOBODY gets, and expects the worst from me!) - and all it is is Blinding Flash of the Obvious (I like it SO much better than the CPT Obvious!).
Then the 'run over by a bus' that I always use - BR-549. Nobody gets that either unless they are old like me.
And great looking bullets Mike!