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| Thread ID: 48489 | 2004-08-24 20:00:00 | spelling errors, | Earnie Moore (5918) | Press F1 |
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| 265032 | 2004-08-27 01:11:00 | > Oh really WTF? > > So why waste your time telling everybody, if not to > be a pointless niggler? To help instil the value of reading a thread. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 265033 | 2004-08-27 01:40:00 | >> Oh really WTF? >> >> So why waste your time telling everybody, if not to >> be a pointless niggler? >To help instil the value of reading a thread. >> > in the direction of assist inculcate the value of interpretation a yarn. You can also use synonyms to make you look inteligent as I did |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 265034 | 2004-08-27 01:59:00 | > To help instil the value of reading a thread. Or post-padding perhaps? :D |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 265035 | 2004-08-27 06:19:00 | You know you really are a total prat whiskey. I haven't been here long but I read the posts most days and you stand out as the nastiest most antagonistic and aggressive clot currently in residence. Nobody will ever match up to your high ideals. Not even you, so whats your big thing with Billys posts? You secretly in love with him or something? Spence |
Spencer (5624) | ||
| 265036 | 2004-08-27 06:25:00 | Good one, Spencer. Vince :D | Vince (406) | ||
| 265037 | 2004-08-28 06:28:00 | Depends all on the Phonetics of the word doesnt it? spelling and how you say a word do not always go together as i recall. but yes the spell checker here is just a little bit laborious? and who seems to have spare time for that? beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 265038 | 2004-08-28 07:56:00 | For me spelling used to be hugely (HUGELY !) important until 2-3 years ago. It was the way I was brought up and I pride myself (still do) on my spelling. Then I came to realise that it is not all that crucial, the very most important thing is that people understand what others are saying. The main turning point for me was Bill Bryson's book "The Mother Tongue" about the evolution of the English language. It is simply an amazing book to read ( and re-read, and re-read). The contribution to the English language by Shakespeare is amazing. No words and phrases have their beginnings from one individual than Shakespeare by light years. He spelt his own name of Shakespeare in about seventeen different ways ( not sure of the quoted number and could go up and check -- but then is it so important ?). Bill Bryson really gives the picture of how the language is evolving and continues to evolve. Was impressed that Billy T spelt "supersede" correctly. It is an odd one that foxes a lot of people ! No matter how much it may hurt, the young people will continue to evolve the language in ways that we may not appreciate - but tough luck !! - we did it to our parents too. The young generation will be upset when the next generation will do the same - guaranteed. Misty :D |
Misty (368) | ||
| 265039 | 2004-08-28 10:02:00 | >>.... Then I came to realise that it is not all that crucial, the very most important thing is that people understand what others are saying. Hmm... I neither understand what many younger people are actually trying to say, nor do I understand what it is they are trying to write, especially on this forum. :) One should not have to struggle and strain to try to decipher almost unintelligible spelling and grammatical construction. Unfortunately the present school system seems to be based on the premise that anything goes just as long as one can be understood more or less, and that it is now in the too hard basket to expect children to have spelling and sentence construction skills beyond that of a 6 or 7 year old of say 50 years ago. When you add to that the widespread mispronunciation of vowel sounds, and I do not mean not accent, eg cheer and chair, pin and pen, Ellis and Alice etc, then for many young New zealanders to be understood by the rest of the English speaking world, must rank as the Eigth Wonder :D |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 265040 | 2004-08-28 11:34:00 | >Eigth Wonder you mean eighth???? (sorry TP, cheap shot, but I couldn't resist it!!!!;\) cheers icy |
icyred (5795) | ||
| 265041 | 2004-08-28 11:50:00 | > When you add to that the widespread > mispronunciation of vowel sounds, and I do > not mean not accent, eg cheer and chair, pin and > pen, Ellis and Alice etc, then for many young New > zealanders to be understood by the rest of the > English speaking world, must rank as the Eigth Wonder :^O BTW, keep it cool Billy & WTF or this thread may go the way of the other threads attacked by kiki's fishy persona (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) for bad spelling - there are some good points here and IMHO it would be interesting to see where this thread heads. Motto for those whose native language isn't their strongest : Bad spelers of the world untie! :D |
andrew93 (249) | ||
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