MineralMan's Visual Guide to Commonly Misspelled Words: Issue 5

[MineralMan]

I'm not going to give this a break today nor am I going to put on the brakes, since I'm on a roll. In this issue, we deal with another common pair of homophones: break and brake

Here are the previous issues in reverse order
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1481631
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1481332
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1480103
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1479832

Break

Before making an omelette, one must break one or more eggs.



Some people find that eating too many eggs, however, can cause them to break wind.



After that arduous task, you may need a break.



Don't relax too much, though. Important news may break at any time.



Brake

Your car, or other vehicle, has brakes.



In certain situations, you may have to brake hard to avoid a disaster.

[izquierdista]

1. I find I like two "g"s in my egs.

Pedantic right back at you.

[originalpckelly]

4. DUzy.

:P

Ironic:
What happens when someone goes off on a self-righteous rant and makes a fundamental error.

[Karenina]

31. Is it too late to REC THIS into +zone?

Neither this thread, nor any of its predecessors need be interpreted as a "self-righteous rant."

As a multilingual ESL trainer across the the Big Pond, I have always searched for ways to "anchor" things in the minds of my clients. Sometimes it's a visual, other times an experience, a joke, a mistake...

Let me give an example:

I KNEW I was sunk when I first realized the complexity of going from 1 or 2 articles to 3 (in my 40's) plus having to
deal with declinations. One day I was explaining to Ruben over breakfast (age 4) that my Deutsch was a bit shaky. He was drilling me on nouns on the table and when we got to "spoon," he got a bit shaky. In French, one can intuit the article fairly easily. In German, NOT. I figured a spoon MUST be neutral or feminine. He agreed. IMMEDIATELY, BOTH OF HIS PARENTS appeared in the kitchen door saying simultaneously, "DER LÖFFEL." :rofl: I'll NEVER make a mistake on that noun! It's ANCHORED.

[MineralMan]

6. Nicely caught. I've corrected that. Thanks!

[MADem]

2. Bumper Sticker: I brake for breaks! nt

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[MineralMan]

8. How kind of you to post three times in my thread. It helps

keep it high on the GD topic list. Would you like me to post a thread about the derivation of the word "putz?" I'd be happy to. Just let me know.

[Karenina]

24. Yeaterday my cousin and I had a misunderstanding

about "Putz." (The Yiddish meaning was not involved. Hubby has been on good behaviour lately.) Anyway, renovation downstairs ist fertig! It was just the word describing HOW that was in question. DAMN our D'englisch! :rofl:

[Maru Kitteh]

7. I wait with bated breath for the next post. I can hardly breathe!

Don't forget. You promised. :-)

[pinboy3niner]

9. Curse you, you batard!

:evilgrin:

[polmaven]

10. I have usually found

that people who are traveling at break neck speeds find they must eventually apply their brakes!

[MineralMan]

11. So it seems. I believe I'll put the brakes on this at Issue 5.

Give everyone a break.

[polmaven]

18. Aw!

I was having a lot of fun with this! Thank you for doing it.......How about a break and start wih #6 maybe tomorrow of Friday? :yourock:

[MineralMan]

19. Yah. I'll be back with more. My list is growing.

[polmaven]

21. Alright!

:bounce:

[pinboy3niner]

12. CNN headline: 'Team USA beats France 3-1, scores World Cup birth'

:rofl:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4918496

[krispos42]

13. !!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MineralMan]

14. Oh, those pesky captioning interns.

They're such scamps.

[krispos42]

15. Looks like you've got another volume to rite. Er, right.

WRITE!

[MineralMan]

16. It looks that way. There are another three homonyms that

need to be sorted out, I guess.

[MineralMan]

28. The US team labored hard for that win!

:hide:

[DevonRex]

29. Ouch. Can you imagine laboring that hard,

only to birth a cup? :rofl:

[Maru Kitteh]

20. LOL!

[fishwax]

26. .

:rofl:

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[DevonRex]

22. Wrong spot.

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[malaise]

25. Love these threads

but I can't leave Murdoch!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. me too

[RC]

30. What's with all the deleted messages?

Shirley... er, mineral man can't be that controversial.

[Karenina]

33. Mary, PUHLEESE. MM is MM.

I find this a brilliant undertaking and support it with all of what's left of my heart.

Tante K.

[planetc]

32. R'd. I R 'em if I think they should be R'd.

Do you think I should start a thread on the suave way to use apostrophes? And when to eschew them?