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| Thread ID: 145812 | 2018-02-02 03:54:00 | You'd think they would know the difference | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1445846 | 2018-02-02 03:54:00 | Driving down Auckland's Southern Motorway, just south of the Newmarket Viaduct, there is a sign on the side of a building proclaiming "Remuera Rackets Club." With tennis courts alongside the building, it's obvious what they do, so why can't they spell it correctly? They're not there to make a noise so you'd think that coming from Remuera they'd be better educated than that - but it seems not. I don't think I'd want to belong to a club that can't spell their name right.:( | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1445847 | 2018-02-02 04:21:00 | It could be correct though, most rich pricks are thinly disguised criminals. So they are all involved in rackets, eh! |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1445848 | 2018-02-02 04:43:00 | Perfectly valid modern spelling, you are entitled to use racquets if you prefer. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1445849 | 2018-02-02 04:59:00 | Perfectly valid modern spelling, you are entitled to use racquets if you prefer. There's nothing modern about the sign. It's been up there for at least the past 20 years. And the two words have very different meanings so "rackets" is definitely incorrect. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1445850 | 2018-02-02 05:48:00 | 20 years is 'modern', rackets is a perfectly correct alternative, look it up, you are being irrationally pedantic. en.oxforddictionaries.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1445851 | 2018-02-02 06:11:00 | Still think my explanation is most likely | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1445852 | 2018-02-02 06:27:00 | Probably, I think Roscoe has been watching too many old James Cagney, George Raft, Edward G Robinson and Bogey mobster rackets films :banana | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1445853 | 2018-02-02 06:59:00 | It could be correct though, most rich pricks are thinly disguised criminals. So they are all involved in rackets, eh! Just because you're not "rich" doesn't mean you're not a "thinly disguised criminal" prick. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1445854 | 2018-02-02 07:07:00 | Just because you're not "rich" doesn't mean you're not a "thinly disguised criminal" prick. Hope you are getting well Greg, not wasting your energy fighting imaginary battles. :) |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1445855 | 2018-02-02 07:18:00 | Probably, I think Roscoe has been watching too many old James Cagney, George Raft, Edward G Robinson and Bogey mobster rackets films :banana I was thinking of the other meaning. A racket can be a noise as well. |
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