This fascination extends to how people use words and how they spend their money.
Which leads to this experiment in finding bargains on ebay. I wonder if I would find more bargains by plugging in a few wrong spellings.
Spelling errors for common items.
'Draws' (drawers) = 616 results
'Chase lounge' (chaise longue) = 10
'Chaise lounge' = 439
'Lounge suit' (instead of suite - yes, there still is a place for lounge suits in modern life, possibly) = 26
'Dinning' (dining) (happens too often to be just a typo) = 426
'Frige' (fridge) = 15
'Vehical' = 21
Interestingly, 'Ed Hardy' is always spelled correctly - does this mean that Australians who like Ed Hardy are good spellers, or that Ed Hardy is so revealed one would never take that name in vain? It may, of course, just mean that Ed Hardy is easy to spell.
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Keep it nice, or I'll remove it. That is all..