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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: PhilRich on 30 September 2011, 22:37:04
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When trawling through the Forum from time to time (as you do ;)) I am constantly amazed at the parlous state of the spelling used by members who are UK born & bred! I have mentioned this before and been told that spelling isn't that important? but notice that members have been rebuked by Admins for using Textspeak (which I am in full agreement with). Now this apparent double standard does not make sense to me as i'm of a certain age, reasonably well educated for a working class bloke & know that poor spelling can, in certain circumstances totally alter the meaning of a sentence or statement, and in a mechanical or technical environment can have drastic consequences! Apart from all that, it is bloody annoying! It's like having an itch you can't scratch!! So for Heavens sake, if you're unsure of the correct spelling, check it first before Posting? 'cos you're causing unnecessary suffering to an old bloke and it aint right! ;) ;D
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My spelling is reasonable I think, but when I type something in a hurry and then hit the post button I often realise that I have mis typed something - which is where the edit function always came in useful. ;)
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Yis, tha edut fonctin wus ewesful four fickos lick moi :-[ ;D
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One of the more recent causes of this problem would appear to be the larger number of folks accessing the site on "smart phones" .. which seem to have inbuilt "mis-spelling" CODECS ... I'm sure the excuse will be the small screens and even smaller keyboards .. but most of them also have built in spell checkers ... but you are right ... it does appear to be getting worse ... :)
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Yis, tha edut fonctin wus ewesful four fickos lick moi :-[ ;D
An example of some research which iirc suggests that you only need the, or perhaps some. letters in a word to be able to understand it when reading, even if the letters are the wrong way round, I seem to remember that the first and last letter must be correct... :-\ :-\
Phil, welcome to the old farts club....according to Miss Vamps.... ::) ::) ::)
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Cheeky young Whippersnapper that young Gel! ;D ;D
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Yis, tha edut fonctin wus ewesful four fickos lick moi :-[ ;D
An example of some research which iirc suggests that you only need the, or perhaps some. letters in a word to be able to understand it when reading, even if the letters are the wrong way round, I seem to remember that the first and last letter must be correct... :-\ :-\
Phil, welcome to the old farts club....according to Miss Vamps.... ::) ::) ::)
You're talking about this, Vamps: http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp :)
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Yis, tha edut fonctin wus ewesful four fickos lick moi :-[ ;D
Trying to bamboozle us with French wont cut it T.H. ::) ;D
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Yis, tha edut fonctin wus ewesful four fickos lick moi :-[ ;D
An example of some research which iirc suggests that you only need the, or perhaps some. letters in a word to be able to understand it when reading, even if the letters are the wrong way round, I seem to remember that the first and last letter must be correct... :-\ :-\
Phil, welcome to the old farts club....according to Miss Vamps.... ::) ::) ::)
You're talking about this, Vamps: http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp :)
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Wtih rpescet anjarob, tath's a laod of blooclks! and amusses taht the rdaeer is itnlegilent egounh to urvanlel the wdors? ;D ;)
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Yis, tha edut fonctin wus ewesful four fickos lick moi :-[ ;D
An example of some research which iirc suggests that you only need the, or perhaps some. letters in a word to be able to understand it when reading, even if the letters are the wrong way round, I seem to remember that the first and last letter must be correct... :-\ :-\
Phil, welcome to the old farts club....according to Miss Vamps.... ::) ::) ::)
You're talking about this, Vamps: http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp :)
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Wtih rpescet anjarob, tath's a laod of blooclks! and amusses taht the rdaeer is itnlegilent egounh to urvanlel the wdors? ;D ;)
Point proved I think, not that I agree......
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I understood everything in Aarons link, so that must make me a thick un I suppose ;) :P
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I'm not so old, 39, but I HATE the way kids use language and words these days, especially when people who work for me use text-speak when replying to a text. I always text long-hand, I don't really see that text-speak is that much quicker. And anyway, it takes longer to decipher sometimes than it's worth. Some of the shite that they put in their texts has to be seen to be believed, honetly :-\
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I meant 'honestly' :-[
Can we have that button thing back please? :-[
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My spelling is reasonable I think, but when I type something in a hurry and then hit the post button I often realise that I have mis typed something - which is where the edit function always came in useful. ;)
::) :P
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my splleing is perfect, my typign sucks
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I can spell just fine, it's my fingers that carn't ;)
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When trawling through the Forum from time to time (as you do ;)) I am constantly amazed at the parlous state of the spelling used by members who are UK born & bred! I have mentioned this before and been told that spelling isn't that important? but notice that members have been rebuked by Admins for using Textspeak (which I am in full agreement with). Now this apparent double standard does not make sense to me as i'm of a certain age, reasonably well educated for a working class bloke & know that poor spelling can, in certain circumstances totally alter the meaning of a sentence or statement, and in a mechanical or technical environment can have drastic consequences! Apart from all that, it is bloody annoying! It's like having an itch you can't scratch!! So for Heavens sake, if you're unsure of the correct spelling, check it first before Posting? 'cos you're causing unnecessary suffering to an old bloke and it aint right! ;) ;D
the thing is that not all people have had a good education .i had lots of family proplems growing up and became a bit of a tearaway and missed out on lots of school so my english and spelling isnt very good but i do try. i do read it before posting but i just see the words and if i think they are right iam not going to change them.
but we are all diffrent.
for instance i wouldnt use f word that you have used in a sentance as i think it is offensive.
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When trawling through the Forum from time to time (as you do ;)) I am constantly amazed at the parlous state of the spelling used by members who are UK born & bred! I have mentioned this before and been told that spelling isn't that important? but notice that members have been rebuked by Admins for using Textspeak (which I am in full agreement with). Now this apparent double standard does not make sense to me as i'm of a certain age, reasonably well educated for a working class bloke & know that poor spelling can, in certain circumstances totally alter the meaning of a sentence or statement, and in a mechanical or technical environment can have drastic consequences! Apart from all that, it is bloody annoying! It's like having an itch you can't scratch!! So for Heavens sake, if you're unsure of the correct spelling, check it first before Posting? 'cos you're causing unnecessary suffering to an old bloke and it aint right! ;) ;D
the thing is that not all people have had a good education .i had lots of family proplems growing up and became a bit of a tearaway and missed out on lots of school so my english and spelling isnt very good but i do try. i do read it before posting but i just see the words and if i think they are right iam not going to change them.
but we are all diffrent.
for instance i wouldnt use f word that you have used in a sentance as i think it is offensive.
I'm a little confused :-\ where have I used the 'f' word?
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Over the years, i've proved many times that I can get my head round pretty much anything maths / physics / electrics / computers (when my heads in a good place) but when it comes to spelling .............. forget it ;D
Thought about it many times and I put it down to 2 things.
1/ Mr Johnson ( my english teacher from the age of 9 to 13.
Every lesson, he would bend me over his knee and give me the slipper. It didn't matter what my work was like either >:(
Had to laugh though, 15 years ago, I rewired one of my old teachers house.
Over a cuppa we got onto the subject of "Johnson" and how much I hated him.
He just smiled and said .............. even his own mother hated him ;D ;D
2/. Spell checkers and computers. How many people actually write nowdays :-\
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One of the more recent causes of this problem would appear to be the larger number of folks accessing the site on "smart phones" .. which seem to have inbuilt "mis-spelling" CODECS ... I'm sure the excuse will be the small screens and even smaller keyboards .. but most of them also have built in spell checkers ... but you are right ... it does appear to be getting worse ... :)
I, more or less, use my phone to browse the forum all the time and have no problems. 'Fraid it's just down to laziness.
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When trawling through the Forum from time to time (as you do ;)) I am constantly amazed at the parlous state of the spelling used by members who are UK born & bred! I have mentioned this before and been told that spelling isn't that important? but notice that members have been rebuked by Admins for using Textspeak (which I am in full agreement with). Now this apparent double standard does not make sense to me as i'm of a certain age, reasonably well educated for a working class bloke & know that poor spelling can, in certain circumstances totally alter the meaning of a sentence or statement, and in a mechanical or technical environment can have drastic consequences! Apart from all that, it is bloody annoying! It's like having an itch you can't scratch!! So for Heavens sake, if you're unsure of the correct spelling, check it first before Posting? 'cos you're causing unnecessary suffering to an old bloke and it aint right! ;) ;D
the thing is that not all people have had a good education .i had lots of family proplems growing up and became a bit of a tearaway and missed out on lots of school so my english and spelling isnt very good but i do try. i do read it before posting but i just see the words and if i think they are right iam not going to change them.
but we are all diffrent.
for instance i wouldnt use f word that you have used in a sentance as i think it is offensive.
I'm a little confused :-\ where have I used the 'f' word?
in the subject title
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lol, dont think anyone was looking for Fart :D
Fart is good enough for cbeebies....its good enough for anyone :y
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lol, dont think anyone was looking for Fart :D
Fart is good enough for cbeebies....its good enough for anyone :y
Do you watch a lot of cbeebies ? :P
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a fair bit in my time....you wanna see one of the presenters ;)
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a fair bit in my time....you wanna see one of the presenters ;)
You're talking about Lazytown, I'll bet... Not that I'd know, you understand.
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the infamous Sarah Jane Honeywell to be precise ;)
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Here you go JB nice pic of her fondling her pussy.
http://jamesclarke.me/2011/06/ (http://jamesclarke.me/2011/06/)
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much better out there...
http://www.sarah-jane.biz/gallery3.htm
and did I mention...shes a contortionist :D
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When trawling through the Forum from time to time (as you do ;)) I am constantly amazed at the parlous state of the spelling used by members who are UK born & bred! I have mentioned this before and been told that spelling isn't that important? but notice that members have been rebuked by Admins for using Textspeak (which I am in full agreement with). Now this apparent double standard does not make sense to me as i'm of a certain age, reasonably well educated for a working class bloke & know that poor spelling can, in certain circumstances totally alter the meaning of a sentence or statement, and in a mechanical or technical environment can have drastic consequences! Apart from all that, it is bloody annoying! It's like having an itch you can't scratch!! So for Heavens sake, if you're unsure of the correct spelling, check it first before Posting? 'cos you're causing unnecessary suffering to an old bloke and it aint right! ;) ;D
the thing is that not all people have had a good education .i had lots of family proplems growing up and became a bit of a tearaway and missed out on lots of school so my english and spelling isnt very good but i do try. i do read it before posting but i just see the words and if i think they are right iam not going to change them.
but we are all diffrent.
for instance i wouldnt use f word that you have used in a sentance as i think it is offensive.
I'm a little confused :-\ where have I used the 'f' word?
in the subject title
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I spent ages reading and re-reading Phil's post for a word that I would not have expected him to use anyway.... ::) ::) ::)
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much better out there...
http://www.sarah-jane.biz/gallery3.htm
and did I mention...shes a contortionist :D
Ohh.. I can see the appeal there! ;D
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much better out there...
http://www.sarah-jane.biz/gallery3.htm
and did I mention...shes a contortionist :D
Your right there Jimbob
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/CZJ.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/Halle.png)
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Eye tri moi best & use the spel cheker, but were I'm dyslexic som spilling mestakes will sadly get through ::) ::) ::)
It is not an usual affiliation for left hand biased ambidextrous people like moi. :o :o :D :D
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Eye tri moi best & use the spel cheker, but were I'm dyslexic som spilling mestakes will sadly get through ::) ::) ::)
It is not an usual affiliation for left hand biased ambidextrous people like moi. :o :o :D :D
I'm 'Cuddy Wiffer' affiliated too :y
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I'm not so old, 39, but I HATE the way kids use language and words these days, especially when people who work for me use text-speak when replying to a text. I always text long-hand, I don't really see that text-speak is that much quicker. And anyway, it takes longer to decipher sometimes than it's worth. Some of the shite that they put in their texts has to be seen to be believed, honetly :-\
Far worse than that, in my opinion, is the increasingly more frequent use of 'text speak' when people are actually talking. My kids do it all the time, especially saying 'lol' if they find something midly amusing. Mind you, when they do that they usually don't stay amused for long as I invariably have a go at them for it, it just infuriates me.
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I didn't pay much attention in school, around about the time school became important I noticed girls and spent more time chasing after them than doing home work but saying that, I hate text talk even when i'm texting.