Flier and flyer - Mixed
messages and misused words from A to Z
Far out! Folks frequently flip out over wrong words that fairly
fly off our tongues like flipping finches.
What’s the difference
between a flier and a flyer?
This one’s fairly easy, if you focus fully. A flier
is something that flies. It might be a bird, a bug, a
pilot, a passenger, or even an astronaut. Even a circus performer, shot from a
cannon, can be a flier. But a flyer is a broadsheet, a paper ad or
announcement, a circular, or another document for distribution or posting.
A flyer is also a device used in the
production of twisted yarns. Of course, plenty of paper flyers may boast
twisted yarns as well. But that’s another story altogether.
Take a peek at this
example of appropriate usage of flier
and flyer.
The flier read the safety flyer
before climbing into the cockpit. Peeking through the windshield, he
beheld two curious sights. A printed flyer was tucked under the windshield.
And a flier of another sort had left
a deposit on the glass.
“Oh, fiddlesticks!" exclaimed the flier, as he revved the
jet’s engine to fly.
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I'm a lover of words and this article is really great! So true how some words can give us mixed messages!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds of the poem about computer spelling checkers where a majority of the words are misspelt with a homonym, sea instead of see, two instead of too and so on. My current pet hate is the misuse of unique.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing :)
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Thank goodness I used it right. Way back when I posted a flyer on my blog, actually thought I looked it up and thought the words were interchangeable. Maybe I thought that because I've seen the words interchanged? Nice post!
ReplyDeleteLanguage can be a funny thing, isn't it? Great job! :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome so a fly in the sky is not a flyer, although it can fly. Hope I've got that right. A fly is a fly not a flyer, but a flier. Yip. Until of course he buzzes around you. lol
ReplyDeleteSo if you fold the ad into a paper airplane you can have both at once!
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ReplyDeleteGood one! Misused words are one of my pet peeves!
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