LMAO!EvilBastard wrote:...or the place we had brunch today that was offering a "Prefix" menu. Grrrrrrrrrrr...
Ahhhh...ignorance, arrogance, and mediocrity.
LMAO!EvilBastard wrote:...or the place we had brunch today that was offering a "Prefix" menu. Grrrrrrrrrrr...
... that would be the Hillbillies in Horrorfordshire Sinnie! - Kill 'em ALL!SINsister wrote:...ignorance, arrogance, and mediocrity.
Absolutely Sinnie!SINsister wrote:Erm...sorry, but killing's just not my style. I prefer to ignore idiots.
See this is why the Z-man can't be beat. That's what I call a factoid!Obviousman wrote: Dutch Beats English by about 10,000 headwords (171k vs 186k or so) and is vastly more pointless in its irregularity if I may say so
What a great quotereactiv8 wrote:“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.�, George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah (1921) pt. 5
And my Year Three's have suddenly started with a rash of apostrophes. Every word that ends in an 's' gets the apostrophe treatment. I think the only way to learn 'em is to rabbit punch them for each one they insert unnecessarily..........emilystrange wrote:aaagahhhh. schools DO try! i've been teaching 'their' and 'there' to my 6 year olds...
DON'T blame it on us. we have near breakdowns as it is!
Yeah tell me about it! It's so stupid too that the spelling changes every other year, the whole educational system should be adjusting to that change but do they? We can now blame our political system where education is concerned. In this country there are so many advantages to wanting to live here but it drives me crazy when these important matters have not being maintained for many years it seems.Obviousman wrote: In Dutch we've got the extra disadvantage of spelling changing every other year, so I really doubt whether there are many good spellers left. The common changes made me give up with being really anal on spelling and shifted my focus to other irritating mistakes
That reminds of something else - some people use question marks when not asking a question. It's like a method of writing in an Australian accent!Debaser wrote:And my Year Three's have suddenly started with a rash of apostrophes. Every word that ends in an 's' gets the apostrophe treatment. I think the only way to learn 'em is to rabbit punch them for each one they insert unnecessarily..........
Now my dear, that is indeed a mystery! These Dutchies are a weird bunch I tell you!Brideoffrankenstein wrote:Why on earth do they change how you spell your words?
I remember Stephen Fry going on Room 101? And he wanted to put the Australian accent in? He couldn't understand why everything they say sounds like a question?Almiche V wrote:That reminds of something else - some people use question marks when not asking a question. It's like a method of writing in an Australian accent!Debaser wrote:And my Year Three's have suddenly started with a rash of apostrophes. Every word that ends in an 's' gets the apostrophe treatment. I think the only way to learn 'em is to rabbit punch them for each one they insert unnecessarily..........
That's the one. Everyone should listen to him.Brideoffrankenstein wrote:I remember Stephen Fry going on Room 101? And he wanted to put the Australian accent in? He couldn't understand why everything they say sounds like a question?
Ditto. If it's good enough for William Blake, it's good enough for me.Dark wrote:I refuse to accept that a sentence may not be started with "And".
William Blake...............does he play for an English team?Debaser wrote:Ditto. If it's good enough for William Blake, it's good enough for me.Dark wrote:I refuse to accept that a sentence may not be started with "And".
Well, I suppose it's got to do with updating. Allegedly they want to simplify it as well, but oddly everything's getting more complex this way. On top of that it even influences how we speak, e.g. if you stick two words together and the first one ends in an e, they thought it'd be nice to give all/most of those an n in between. Result being people starting to pronounce the n, whereas they made it clear from the first moment you shouldn't do thatMadameButterfly wrote:Now my dear, that is indeed a mystery! These Dutchies are a weird bunch I tell you!Brideoffrankenstein wrote:Why on earth do they change how you spell your words?
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*Cackling*EvilBastard wrote:Latest piece of linguistic idiocy - just received an offer in the post from Omaha Steaks inviting me to "Save 30% on filet mignons".