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Category Archives: Fake English

Scooters and mopeds

A scooter is usually more of a child’s unpowered toy, whereas a moped has a small internal combustion engine.

Posted byMike WilkinsonNovember 18, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Fake English, MistranslationsTags:dunglish, engels, scooterLeave a comment on Scooters and mopeds

Nicknames

A nickname isn’t a preferred short, alternative or familiar form of the actual name on youur passport. It may be mean and unkind, unrelated to the actual name, or even offensive.

Posted byMike WilkinsonNovember 1, 2021November 11, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Fake English, MistranslationsTags:dunglish, engels, roepnaam1 Comment on Nicknames

The singular of criteria…

…is “criterion” in English, not “criterium”.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJuly 9, 2021July 9, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Fake English, PluralsTags:criterium, dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on The singular of criteria…

What comes between junior and senior?

Well, not “medior” at any rate. That’s a fabrication, an anglicization.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJune 18, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Fake EnglishTags:dunglish, engels, junior, medior, seniorLeave a comment on What comes between junior and senior?

Mo-Fr, Sa+Su

You’re probably not going to confuse anybody by using two-letter abbreviations for days. But English doesn’t do that.

Posted byMike WilkinsonFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021Posted inElementary, Fake EnglishTags:dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on Mo-Fr, Sa+Su

Propaedeutic? Um…

A dictionary-only word that you shouldn’t use in English. (With or without the -ae- spelling variant.) Nobody knows it.

Posted byMike WilkinsonFebruary 11, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Fake EnglishTags:colofon, dunglish, engels, propedeuseLeave a comment on Propaedeutic? Um…

Beamer for Christmas?

My brother-in-law was astonished when I said I was getting Clare a beamer for Christmas. An SUV or a soft-top?

Posted byMike WilkinsonDecember 11, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Fake English, Mistranslations, Valse vriendenTags:beamer, dunglish, engels2 Comments on Beamer for Christmas?

Invented abbreviations

They’re confusing enough as it is. Don’t go inventing your own!

Posted byMike WilkinsonSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Fake EnglishTags:c.q., dd., dunglish, engels, etc., o.a., p.m., v.v., vice versaLeave a comment on Invented abbreviations

Quartermaster

A quartermaster is a low or mid-level military administrator responsible for supplies and equipment, not some kind of high-level official trailblazer for projects.

Posted byMike WilkinsonAugust 5, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Fake English, Mistranslations, Valse vriendenTags:dunglish, engels, kwartiermakerLeave a comment on Quartermaster

Qualitative

In English, this word is almost only ever used as the counterpart of “quantitative”: it doesn’t mean “high-quality”.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJuly 29, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Fake EnglishTags:dunglish, engels, kwalitatief, kwantitatief2 Comments on Qualitative

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