Alton Towers/Merlin Typos & Grammatical Errors

[ThemeParkAddict]

This board outside Minifigure Speedway turns into Mario halfway through

 

[b2311e]

I moaned on here yesterday that there's no email with any details upon purchase of an annual pass. I take that back - they have sent one a day later. Thankfully, I now know you get free standard car parking, as well as free standard car parking

I'll let you know if I spot anymore issues

 

[rob666]

Oh dear, one of my own...but worth posting.
Only a single key away to the right...and everything else correct.
That big leisure company, second only to Disney, Merkin.
Hadn't heard that term in a while...my granny had one for Sunday best apparently.
Pleased to say I never actually saw it, but it was much discussed.

 

[AT86]

From Thorpe’s latest video. Accessibility ‘Inquiry’ form sounds very official.

I assume they mean ‘enquiry’.

 

[rctneil]

From Thorpe’s latest video. Accessibility ‘Inquiry’ form sounds very official.

I assume they mean ‘enquiry’.

This is a tricky one and according to Grammarly:

"The difference between inquiry and enquiry is minor and deals with a nuance in meaning:

• inquiry is preferred for formal requests and official investigations
• enquiry is much broader, referring to any requests, formal or informal

While the words are sometimes interchangeable, their usage tends to be different in American and British English.

• In the UK, the two words are used interchangeably, although inquire is still the more commonly used word for formal or official investigations.
• In the United States, inquire is the strongly preferred spelling in all uses."

So I guess "Inquiry form" is ok? Personally i'd have written "Enquiry Form" myself.

 

[rob666]

I was just about to post, but neil beat me to it...as the local pedant with too much time on his hands currently, that the Hyperia post there is completely correct.
Just because you don't use the "usual" word, does not make something wrong!
Absolutely correct, they want you to use a specific form to inquire.
Spot on.

 

[Matt.GC]

I suppose you could back it up by saying it's more formal? So if the information was just displayed, then it probably would be an enquiry. But the act of scanning a qr code and researching this stuff for yourself means that you are conducting an inquiry?

 

[NuttySquirrel]

I was just about to post, but neil beat me to it...as the local pedant with too much time on his hands currently, that the Hyperia post there is completely correct.
Just because you don't use the "usual" word, does not make something wrong!
Absolutely correct, they want you to use a specific form to inquire.
Spot on!

In British English, an inquiry is a formal investigation, such as those into the Infected Blood scandal or Post Office scandal. An enquiry is a query. I'm pretty sure Thorpe aren't conducting an Inquiry into accessibility, though perhaps they should.

In American English, you would use inquiry for both meanings.

But if y'all want to be Americans about this, fine by me. I'm not a copyeditor anymore!

 

[rob666]

All depends on which dictionary you get your red furry mits on first I suppose.

 

[Steve74]

All depends on which dictionary you get your red furry mits on first I suppose.

Or what dictionary the program used to create this was set to!

 

[NuttySquirrel]

Or what dictionary the program used to create this was set to!

Let's be clear, no one in any Merlin marketing team anywhere is using a dictionary, British or otherwise.

Even a basic spell check programme would pick up a lot of the sins that regularly make it into print.

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

Let's be clear, no one in any Merlin marketing team anywhere is using a dictionary, British or otherwise.

Even a basic spell check programme would pick up a lot of the sins that regularly make it into print.

I would imagine that Jack Silkstone / whomever produced that video did use Adobe Premiere's auto-transcription tool to generate the subtitles initially, which might / ought to explain the incursion of the Americanism in this instance.

 

[Skyscraper]

Err, Nemmy's track was manufactured in Ohio, not Utah



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[Alsty]

Also, "had it's own fizzy drink" is wrong. No apostrophe needed here

 

[Matt N]

Shouldn’t “Our tummy’s are rumbling just thinking about it” be “tummies” rather than “tummy’s”?:


I could be wrong, but in my head, “tummy’s” would only be correct if you were referring to something belonging to a tummy. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the plural form of “tummy”, which I assume Thorpe are referring to here, is “tummies”, isn’t it?

 

[Adthoms]

Shouldn’t “Our tummy’s are rumbling just thinking about it” be “tummies” rather than “tummy’s”?:


I could be wrong, but in my head, “tummy’s” would only be correct if you were referring to something belonging to a tummy. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the plural form of “tummy”, which I assume Thorpe are referring to here, is “tummies”, isn’t it?

You’re right - never ever doubt yourself against Merlin’s SPAG

 

[Squiggs]

I think in that context they could also get away with "our tummy's rumbling", at a stretch.

But either way what they've written is definitely wrong.

 

[BSwiss]

I think in that context they could also get away with "our tummy's rumbling", at a stretch.

But either way what they've written is definitely wrong.

Only if you’re referring to a shared tummy - a contraction of “our collective tummy is rumbling.”

 

[Squiggs]

Indeed. A marketing tummy, one might say.

 

[Thameslink Rail]

In the Legoland Kingdom of the Pharaohs they don't seem to be sure which console they are using (either would be completely out of place in an Egyptian tomb though).