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On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:43:41 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

In article ,
Adam Funk wrote:

On 2012-04-19, Frank Erskine wrote:

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:02:38 -0400, S Viemeister
wrote:

On 4/19/2012 4:35 AM, charles wrote:

the worst I came across was "compostionize" for "compose"

I've seen "coronated" for "crowned".

The local BBC radio station regularly mentions "your commute", and
occasionally "an invite".

Yuk.


I'm with you on "invite" as a noun, but what are you going to call the
trip to work? Your "commutation"?


That makes you a commutator.


Fowler must be spinning in his grave.



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