Wrong Way Around

[Bushwhacker]

Meaning for "Wrong way around." Does it mean a sheer wrong way?

Thank You. :-D:up:

 

[heidita]

Hi, any kind of context??

cheers

 

[Bushwhacker]

Hi, any kind of context??

cheers

Yes, thank you. Found at the following sentence:

"The musketeer loading the musket is ostensibly doing it in the wrong way around."

 

[Anglika]

Looks like a typo:

The musketeer loading the musket is ostensibly doing it in the wrong way round

 

[Bushwhacker]

Looks like a typo:

The musketeer loading the musket is ostensibly doing it in the wrong way round

Yes, thank you, but then, what is meaning "wrong way round" please? :-?

 

[Anglika]

If you put on a garment with the front facing backwards, it is the wrong way round.

I presume the man loading the musket is putting the shot into the barrel before he puts in the gunpowder and the wad, which means the gun will not shoot correctly = he is loading his musket the wrong way round.

 

[heidita]

Yes, thank you, but then, what is meaning "wrong way round" please? :-?

It simply means he is doing it the wrong way, for example first powder, then bullet...(I have no idea of how to load a musket. )

(O sea, lo hace mal, empieza con lo que debe terminar o algo así.)

cheers

 

[TommyB]

I always thought 'round' and 'around' were interchangeable.

"He went for a quick spin round/around the block."

"She went round/around the mayor's villa to perform a private dance, as promised."

Do both apply in the sentences above?