Spelling and grammar on this forum

[HST Power]

2000 lines then!

Please sir, I won't do it again, I promise!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Don't worry mate, I was just joking, and besides, I make trillions of spelling errors.

There should be a comma to divide the word "worry" from "mate" in the remark that was made by you.

A "worry mate" is an aid that is used during treatment, which enables the integration of separated elements of a personality during psychosynthesis.

This thread concerns both spelling and grammar. It does not seem to include punctuation as a sub-section of the grammatical base.

 

[LE Greys]

There should be a comma to divide the word "worry" from "mate" in the remark that was made by you.

A "worry mate" is an aid that is used during treatment, which enables the integration of separated elements of a personality during psychosynthesis.

This thread concerns both spelling and grammar. It does not seem to include punctuation as a sub-section of the grammatical base.

Surely, under those circumstances, "worry-mate" would be hyphenated.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Surely, under those circumstances, "worry-mate" would be hyphenated.

If this terminology had arisen from the use of the item in question in Britain, had this terminology eminated from British research work, you would have been correct. In cricketing terms, the words "off-break" and "leg-break", suitably hyphenated, are in common useage in the English language, as the terms came from cricketing useage.

The word "worry mate" was first used in America by researchers in the study of personality disorder in the field of psychosynthesis. It was never shown as being hyphenated in any research paper, hence the use of it, albeit in an arcane sense, in the English language, has to remain as the American spelling, without a conjoining hyphen.

 

[LE Greys]

If this terminology had arisen from the use of the item in question in Britain, had this terminology eminated from British research work, you would have been correct. In cricketing terms, the words "off-break" and "leg-break", suitably hyphenated, are in common useage in the English language, as the terms came from cricketing useage.

The word "worry mate" was first used in America by researchers in the study of personality disorder in the field of psychosynthesis. It was never shown as being hyphenated in any research paper, hence the use of it, albeit in an arcane sense, in the English language, has to remain as the American spelling, without a conjoining hyphen.

*Digs out googly with great difficulty*

I should have known better than to question an expert.

 

[HugePilchard]

Oh boy.

I've just realised that my other half's friend spells things the way she pronounces them. There can be no other explanation for her sending a message that includes the phrase "stick that was full of sharp forns".

 

[HST Power]

I've just realised that my other half's friend spells things the way she pronounces them. There can be no other explanation for her sending a message that includes the phrase "stick that was full of sharp forns".

Well that isant gud iz it?

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Oh boy.

I've just realised that my other half's friend spells things the way she pronounces them. There can be no other explanation for her sending a message that includes the phrase "stick that was full of sharp forns".

Then she's not pronouncing it properly - if you do, you can hear the "th".

 

[HugePilchard]

I didn't say "spells words the way they're pronounced", did I? I said she spells words "the way she pronounces them"!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Then she's not pronouncing it properly - if you do, you can hear the "th".

Well done, Ralph. It is "th" silent.....as in forns.

Did that "prick" your memory?

 

[HugePilchard]

See my post immediately above yours, Paul.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

You have just deflated my attempt at a "funny":cry:

 

[HugePilchard]

Sorry. I have problems detecting humour when I've had insufficient caffeine.

TO THE KETTLE!

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Well done, Ralph. It is "th" silent.....as in forns.

Did that "prick" your memory?

Oh dear, that's a bad as an old Tony Blackburn joke!

 

[Statto]

Oh dear i see the OPs been banned again.

I'm not too bothered about spelling & grammar as long as i understand the post[think theres more importaint things to worry about]i hate txt spk though.

Theres a few members on here who post using there Mobile Phones & that can be hard to spot any typos when using Mobiles. Even using a normal PC i've only spotted a typo on my posts myself, when i've clicked the post button

 

[strange6]

Oh dear i see the OPs been banned again.

I'm not too bothered about spelling & grammar as long as i understand the post[think theres more importaint things to worry about]i hate txt spk though.

Theres a few members on here who post using there Mobile Phones & that can be hard to spot any typos when using Mobiles. Even using a normal PC i've only spotted a typo on my posts myself, when i've clicked the post button

lol Good old Striker. I wonder what he has done said this time around!

 

[GB]

Well done, Ralph. It is "th" silent.....as in forns.

Did that "prick" your memory?

OK you have confused me. Are you saying thorn is pronounced "forn"???

 

[LE Greys]

OK you have confused me. Are you saying thorn is pronounced "forn"???

'Ow many fevvers on a frushe's froat?
Five-fousand-four-'undred-an'-forty-free.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

If a fellow
Met a fellow
In a field of fitches
Could a fellow
Tell a fellow
Where his belly itches

How many "f"'s in that?

 

[HST Power]

lol Good old Striker. I wonder what he has done said this time around!

Does he have a reputation for this?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

There are no 'f's in the word 'that'
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---

Does he have a reputation for this?

It's what got him banned the first time around, he could be very intimidating...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There are no 'f's in the word 'that'

Correct....a keen lexicologist is amongst us.

 

[Old Timer]

The word "worry mate" was first used in America by researchers in the study of personality disorder in the field of psychosynthesis. It was never shown as being hyphenated in any research paper, hence the use of it, albeit in an arcane sense, in the English language, has to remain as the American spelling, without a conjoining hyphen.

As the Americans as a Nation can neither speak, nor punctuate nor express themselves in correct ENGLISH grammar that should NOT make it acceptable.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

As the Americans as a Nation can neither speak, nor punctuate nor express themselves in correct ENGLISH grammar that should NOT make it acceptable.

They,as a nation, seem incapable of pronouncing the letter "T" when speaking. Every time one of their defence spokesmen talks of N A D O (instead of N A T O), I conjure up a vision of the North American Doughnut Organisation

What is "TWIDDA" ....? :roll:

 

[HugePilchard]

Some of them can't even pronounce their own names correctly! Colin Powell, I'm looking at you.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

They,as a nation, seem incapable of pronouncing the letter "T" when speaking. Every time one of their defence spokesmen talks of N A D O (instead of N A T O), I conjure up a vision of the North American Doughnut Organisation

What is "TWIDDA" ....? :roll:

Wasn't it Churchill you said something along the lines of two English speaking countries that can't understand each other? (In fact alot of the way the Americans spell and write the date, goes back the way the original settlers from England spoke, spelt, wrote etc. EG they use the word Gotten, this was used in Queen Elizabeth the First's time. We have since changed the language here. but they did not alter over there.

They don't use the 24 hour clock either and still use F instead of C when talking about the weather and use feet, inches, pints etc, although the quantity of a US Pint and certain other mesurements are not the same as over here, again we changed, they did not, also in the 1800s the US Government did officially adopt the metric system, but it was never taken up.

(Sorry, I am full of useless information, but you never know when it might come in handy, like now, pub quizes etc.)

 

[HugePilchard]

Wasn't it Churchill you said something along the lines of two English speaking countries that can't understand each other?

He was alleged to have said "Britain and America are two nations divided by a common language". But someone else might have said it instead; I've found an article on it which is rather confusing and has left me none the wiser as to whether he did or didn't say it.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Did he actually say that though? Remember what Benjamin Franklin said - "Never trust quotes found on the Internet".

 

[HugePilchard]

Benjamin Franklin said - "Never trust quotes found on the Internet".

I think you'll find that was Abraham Lincoln.

 

[danfitz123]

It's terrible. In today's modern world children probably spend more time writing on forums and social media than they do in school books, so I think it's up to us to correct spelling mistakes when somebody spots one, otherwise they will just continue to make them. This general apathy and tolerance of mediocrity is sickening to be honest. :roll:

You can't avoid the odd speling mustake from time to time. As long as you understand, it does it mater.