Originally Posted by
Pumpernickel
Wotcher - so Cockneys are amphibians? I 'ardly fink so, guv.
Anyway, the 'wrong' usage of the semicolon quoted looks perfectly o.k. for me, while the 'correct' usage is rather poor - while not wrong, i'd prefer a colon there.
I'm used to apply the semicolon as a sort of super-comma, to denote a break too significant for a comma but not enough so to warrant a period. Whether or not a semicolon should be used is then a judgement call of the writer, not a definite 'wrong/false' rule.
And hey, you _can_ use a semicolon in co;rrect.
My favourite irritating mistypes are the "they're/their/there" triplet.