Pedants' Paradise

[Pulcinella]

Missing a nought there... It was only the reviling that was corrected, not the price.
I see YouGov has already done the PIneapple Poll.

So I did! Corrected.

[Serial_Apologist]

Priti Patel in Washington: "Our relationship has produced momental outcomes".

Meantime, watching on X somewhere in Texas:

"Hey Mo - j'ya hear that laydee just now say'n sterff 'bout you on Briddish TV? Pretty mental eh?"

[oddoneout]

In the course of looking up something else I came across this from an NHS site

Two thick slices of wholemeal toasted bread (6.6g of fibre) topped with one sliced banana (1.4g) and a small glass (150ml) of fruit juice...

Soggy toast anyone?

[french frank]

In the course of looking up something else I came across this from an NHS site

Soggy toast anyone?

My life was revolutionised when I - authentically - placed pieces of bread (ugh!) at the bottom of my ribollita. Now I frequently put a couple of pieces at the bottom of the dish for some home-made soups. They would be incomplete without soggy bread!

I thought I would share that (the information, I mean) with everyone.

[oddoneout]

My life was revolutionised when I - authentically - placed pieces of bread (ugh!) at the bottom of my ribollita. Now I frequently put a couple of pieces at the bottom of the dish for some home-made soups. They would be incomplete without soggy bread!

I thought I would share that (the information, I mean) with everyone.

Thank you for sharing, it helps to remove the thought of orange juice soaked toast...

[vinteuil]

My life was revolutionised when I - authentically - placed pieces of bread (ugh!) at the bottom of my ribollita. Now I frequently put a couple of pieces at the bottom of the dish for some home-made soups. They would be incomplete without soggy bread!

I thought I would share that (the information, I mean) with everyone.

... À la recherche du pain perdu

[Serial_Apologist]

... À la recherche du pain perdu

Only old crusties need apply.

[french frank]

Thank you for sharing, it helps to remove the thought of orange juice soaked toast...

I must admit it was the soup-soaked sogginess rather than the orange juice sogginess that I was thinking of. I will report back if I hit on a revolutionary idea for orange juice soaked toast.

Aïgo boulido and Soupe au lait are good for the soggy bread treatment.

[french frank]

... À la recherche du pain perdu

Yes, in a real sense, because stale bread is best, as it's easier to rub with garlic if the surface is slightly hard.

[Padraig]

. . . because stale bread is best . .

I remember being sent to the shop for 'a cutting loaf '.

[kernelbogey]

From a Costa Coffee shop 'bookswap shelves':

Suggested donations:
[...]
Kids books 50p
CD's £1.00

[Old Grumpy]

We recently visited Brodsworth Hall on the return trip from a visit South. The café was located in the Servant's (sic) Quarters. This individual must have had a lot to do in a pile of this size!

[Roger Webb]

............ The café was located in the Servant's (sic) Quarters.

At least your apostrophe missed by only one letter.

Seen in a charity shop, a mug commemorating the death of The Peoples Princess'....I assume they knew it needed one somewhere!

[Serial_Apologist]

At least your apostrophe missed by only one letter.

Seen in a charity shop, a mug commemorating the death of The Peoples Princess'....I assume they knew it needed one somewhere!

[vinteuil]

.
... I have been worrying about the case when a word ends in an apostrophe - I was thinking of maître d' - : when it is in the possessive does it require a second apostrophe?

"The maître d' 's insufferable expression"

( and here the first apostrophe to be in italic, the second in roman... )

I suppose similar instances might arise with words ending in exclamation marks -

"Wow - what a conflagration over there at Westward Ho! !"

- or question marks

"Has anyone seen my copy of Where's Wally? ?"

In the end elegance may take priority over logic. Perhaps some of the sub-editors here could advise?