General Chat

I winced a bit today listening to the news on the car radio. The presenter said 'rooves' instead of 'roofs'. I wondered if that was how it was spelt in what they were reading or whether that was correct and they thought they knew better and changed it as they read it. :-S

One of my pet hates is 'different to'. Nobody says 'similar from'. Different means unlike, which to me indicates apart. Therefore it should be different from. I think we were taught that at school.

Then of course you have to make allowances for "Local Dialects" which are used in different ways to describe or say things. :-D

It annoys me when I see official documents littered with mistakes. Last week I read a one page letter from the Careers Service in which I counted nine errors.

Another little Tit Bit,is some people say "F1 Racing Etc" For Sure.instead of Yes.Most annoying. Yo Bro. :-D :-D

I wonder how some people felt in days gone by when the young people talked of the 'cubbard' instead of the 'cup board', or 'one a clock' instead of 'one of the clock'.

I remember an English lesson in the year dot when the teacher analysed some of the corruption in the language and I found it fascinating as I had never thought about it.

One aspect of an English Grammar lesson we all should learn is the difference between a remark made in an 'active' way and the same remark made in a 'passive' way. A valuable lesson.

Whatever our views we should embrace the best language in the world. -jl

Just thought of another one misused, don't know if it has been mentioned.

Bored of instead of bored with. :-)

I actually meant the preview button, not key. I have just noticed (been out for the last few hours). :-0

Sounds about right to me Huia. Thank you.

10/10 Huia, I reckon :-D

Unlike Ann, I am a touch typist, but I find my fingers go so fast and sometimes one hand is faster than the other so I finish up with letters transposed. Added to that, the keys on the computer are smaller and closer together than the old typewriters and I sometimes hit two keys at once. I dont hit the preview key but scan over what I have typed in this box, but sometimes miss an error I have made and if I notice it on the board later I edit it but I dont always notice it.

Having looked at the above closely, I hope there are no errors that I have missed.

Yes Island, it's a joke. I presume you've taken offence yet again?

Is that a joke Malcolm? :-\

"Hear Hear " and watch out for the inmates of the chicken run. :-)

Thank you all ...... I am not the best typist I will watch my Ps and Qs in future.

Just to say that I didn't take Paula's post as being aimed at the boards but assumed she was generalising. Knowing she was new I realised that she had not been here long enough to criticize spelling. I often have to go back and correct spelling errors because I don't touch type and my fingers often don't hit the keys in the right order or hit the wrong keys. Always in a hurry I sometimes forget to check my posts before submitting them. Having A level English, achieved way after I left school I always annoy myself when I make errors. :-)

I think Darcey Bussell must have seen the Strictly thread, as she has stopped saying "yah" after every sentence.

Now that's reeeeally annoying.

ps the spelling mistake was intentional yah

:-D :-D

Island,
I have sent you a pm explaining things as best as i can.
I would like to say, that the post i was referring to was not your post., which was aimed at cooling things down with a sense of humour, but the one that came afterwards. I apologise for not making this clear at the time.

Sue :-)

Simple, but dodgy ground Paula :-D

I understand Island, but it's not just you. From what I can gather from this thread one has to be hyper sensitive in ones comments. I just feel so sorry that such a simple topic got so out of hand.