Spelling in this country has gone to bollocks. I keep seeing:
Sence
Your - when it should 'you're'
Humur (ffs)
There - instead of 'they're'
Waist - instead of 'waste'
And many, many more.....
How? Why? What can be done?
Rant time
- wild bill buttock
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I blaim the pairence,the skools and the teechers.
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I no, I no, but you have know chance cuming on a forum like this and expecting sence. Best of luk in you're search for corereck spelling. There are many on hear who feel you're pain.
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It'll be in the dictionary soon.Johnny M wrote:PS @ Almiche V: Shouldn't 'bollocks' be 'bollox'?
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I'me shure heal understand.Being as yew feal his pein two.
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Almiche V wrote:Goddam, I'm being serious...
Grammar Nazi......
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You calling me a grandma?9while9 wrote:Almiche V wrote:Goddam, I'm being serious...
Grammar Nazi......
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Yeah, a German one....Almiche V wrote:You calling me a grandma?9while9 wrote:Almiche V wrote:Goddam, I'm being serious...
Grammar Nazi......
"An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why." - William Faulkner
-Me, I'm inspired by my DarkAngel.
-Me, I'm inspired by my DarkAngel.
I understood that AV and had a chuckle but sometimes English wit, irony and black humour fails to travel. Which is why we hate Johnny Foreigner. Unless they're German.
Apologises to all for all the correct spelling, grammar and syntax in this post.
Apologises to all for all the correct spelling, grammar and syntax in this post.
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Ooeerr. All of my posts have supposed to have been jokes. Except the first, and I don't take spelling that seriously.
And grammar to me could be a mes-spelling of grandma.
Ho hum. Shall we all have a pint?
And grammar to me could be a mes-spelling of grandma.
Ho hum. Shall we all have a pint?
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... you just have to, lovely as we are, right?Johnny M wrote: Which is why we hate Johnny Foreigner. Unless they're German.
Put their heads on f*cking pikes in front of the venue for all I care.
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My favourite spelling of all time: I once saw a sign on a display of gateaux:
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wait for it...
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GATO'S
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wait for it...
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GATO'S
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wot u 'arpin' awn about?
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Well said.Johnny M wrote: Which is why we hate Johnny Foreigner. Unless they're German.
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Laak, sum of us type wiff funny aksents.
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I can hardly start typing in a funny way - first I'd have to master proper English - but I always wondered: Do you write lets or let's
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If it's "let's pretend" it's shortened from "let us" so has an apostrophe.
If it's the plural of let (e.g. "This estate agent specialises in short-term lets") there's no apostrophe.
If it's the plural of let (e.g. "This estate agent specialises in short-term lets") there's no apostrophe.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
I blame mobile phones for this.
And pretty much everything else.
And pretty much everything else.
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Thanks, I was wondering as I noticed both being usedmarkfiend wrote:If it's "let's pretend" it's shortened from "let us" so has an apostrophe.
If it's the plural of let (e.g. "This estate agent specialises in short-term lets") there's no apostrophe.
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Ahh, so this is the thread I've been waiting for so long. Now I can ask all my pestering grammar questions.
So, can someone please expalin to me the differences of use between "which", "that" and "who" in a subordinate sentence?
Like: "the arsehole, which/who/that is shouting at me deserves a sound kicking."
So, can someone please expalin to me the differences of use between "which", "that" and "who" in a subordinate sentence?
Like: "the arsehole, which/who/that is shouting at me deserves a sound kicking."
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Put their heads on f*cking pikes in front of the venue for all I care.