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161277 2003-07-20 12:14:00 Sorry Tweak'e but you have lost your crown. Stu has that honour (?) now as he definitely beats you hands down in the poor spelling department. :D

Never mind, your long-term PF1 Geek status gives you exclusive rights to bad spelling that no one else can claim. ;-)
Susan B (19)
161278 2003-07-20 12:29:00 By the way Stu.....just what is a "progume" that you consistently refer to in your posts?

Not by any chance a program? Got me stumped.

Please enlighten us..... :)
godfather (25)
161279 2003-07-20 23:54:00 I prefer programmes, myself, such as the ones I write. All correctly spelt (so no undeclared variables :D) and syntactically correct (so they compile). I also ensure that they are semantically correct (so they work).

Lesser beings write programs in BASIC, Cobol, and Fortran.

Others write progumes in word processor virus macro and other scripting dialects. And C, C++. ]:)

Programmes work. :D
Graham L (2)
161280 2003-07-21 00:59:00 > By the way Stu.....just what is a "progume" that you
> consistently refer to in your posts?
>
> Not by any chance a program? Got me stumped.

Yes :( :_| :8}

> Please enlighten us..... :)

See I suck!!! at spelling / grammar :8} :8} :_| :( :|

** Gets flame shield ready **
stu140103 (137)
161281 2003-07-21 01:29:00 > > By the way Stu.....just what is a "progume" that
> you
> > consistently refer to in your posts?
> >
> > Not by any chance a program? Got me stumped.
>
> Yes :( :_| :8}
>
> > Please enlighten us..... :)
>
> See I suck!!! at spelling / grammar :8} :8} :_| :(
> :|
>
> ** Gets flame shield ready **


Why would we flame someone for speaking the truth :p :p :D

It's not that bad all the time though.
-=JM=- (16)
161282 2003-07-21 02:24:00 Just mostly! Thomas (1820)
161283 2003-07-21 03:08:00 I've kept out of this up to now, just had a good chuckle every now and then, because as you all know I'm from "the old country", and everyone knows we had a much superior education over there :).
Or maybe, we all had a good education, (even here), 50/60 years ago, and teachers knew how to speak and spell.

It's the pronunciation and the great vowel change I like comment about that is one cause of poor spelling, even a major cause.

Now hands up all those that think unknown is spelt unknowen :D

Now hands up again those who know the difference between all ready and already. (I dont think Stu does in a nearby posting)
Terry Porritt (14)
161284 2003-07-21 03:10:00 <In that case, you seem to have chosen an unfortunate name for yourself because it is a well known fact that Sir Winston Churchill was dyslexic>

He would also with this thread not upwith put.
heaton (3697)
161285 2003-07-21 03:26:00 > Now hands up again those who know the difference
> between all ready and already. (I dont
> think Stu does in a nearby posting)

:_| :( :8}:8}

** Hides in the corner of his room & wisher he did not say that :( **
stu140103 (137)
161286 2003-07-21 03:34:00 Not to worry, it is all good fun.

I will take issue however with the complete urban myth that has grown up (notice I didnt say growen ) that Winston Churchill suffered from dyslexia. That is completely untrue, it seems to have been spread by those that re-write history. If that was true he would never have been able to have proof read his prolific writing output :)
Terry Porritt (14)
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