Youri McAnespie Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Why have otherwise well educated adults started making this glaring error? As soon as as I see something like: "I can see us loosing every game over Christmas" I start loosing the will to live. Edited December 14, 2011 by Youri McAnespie
DazBob Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Spelling doesn't particularly bother me, more the content of posts. It would appear that posters who contribute NOTHING related to BWFC yet do post a light dusting of occasional, drunken ramblings are fine.
no balls Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I've noticed a breakthrough with my little blue boy, Pabbers on the your/you're front. I now have a warm feeling inside.
Smiffs Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Spelling doesn't particularly bother me, more the content of posts. It would appear that posters who contribute NOTHING related to BWFC yet do post a light dusting of occasional, drunken ramblings are fine. Welcome to wanderersways!
Pablo Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I've noticed a breakthrough with my little blue boy, Pabbers on the your/you're front. I now have a warm feeling inside. Well it seemed to upset sooooooo many people !
Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Signwriters seem to have caught the apostrohe in plurals disease recently- surely they should be helping their clients- not fooking things up for them
Sweep Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Why have other well educated adults started making this glaring error? I don't get the whole Loose/Lose error at all - the post just doesn't make sense if you read it back to your self as the words are said differently. I can understand folk getting they're/there/their mixed up as they sound the same I guess it's all down to a general dumbing down of society and an overall acceptance of shoddy grammar which is probably made worse by the acceptance of "text speak"
no balls Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I guess it's all down to a general dumbing down of society and an overall acceptance of shoddy grammar which is probably made worse by the acceptance of "text speak" Ur ded rite m8
Youri McAnespie Posted December 14, 2011 Author Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Spelling doesn't particularly bother me, more the content of posts. It would appear that posters who contribute NOTHING related to BWFC yet do post a light dusting of occasional, drunken ramblings are fine. If you're referring to me, how dare you I haven't touched a drop since October 13th (yes, I'm counting.) Therefore, it's a light dusting of; non-BWFC related, occasional, boring ramblings Like CWP said, txt speak and laziness should be restricted to texting but, even using abbreviation in text should be discouraged if it starts creeping into everyday writing. Remember txt speak started because it used to cost about 40p a text (and about a ?1 a minute to call someone) - this is no longer a problem. You can't put the genie back in the bottle, so reluctantly the 'yoof' get a bye - but adults should be ashamed of themselves (the odd mistake here and there aside). Edited December 14, 2011 by Youri McAnespie
Youri McAnespie Posted December 14, 2011 Author Posted December 14, 2011 Signwriters seem to have caught the apostrohe in plurals disease recently- surely they should be helping their clients- not fooking things up for them I pointed this out to my local greengrocer. I asked why he felt an inanimate, non-sentient object could possess thoughts, let alone comprehend the abstract concept of money. He told me to fuck off.
DazBob Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 If your referring to me, how dare you I haven't touched a drop since October 13th (yes, I'm counting.) Therefore, it's a light dusting of; non-BWFC related, occasional, boring ramblings I wasn't referring to you. As I said, I don't have a problem with poor spelling. Some people are just a bit thick, so it's not necessarily their fault. There is, however, no excuse for "text speak" - especially when not sending a text.
DazBob Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I pointed this out to my local greengrocer. I asked why he felt an inanimate, non-sentient object could possess thoughts, let alone comprehend the abstract concept of money. He told me to fuck off. ... as did the rest of his apple's I presume.
Casino Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 If your referring to me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHY6n907OE
Carlos Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Some people still think this is a football site.
Traf Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 On a similar vein to the original topic, does anyone have certain words they spell incorrectly on a regular basis? I send shitloads of emails every day and quite of type thnaks on them instead of thanks.
bolty58 Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHY6n907OE Now fcuk off. You know I've got two chickens. Youri - best wishes for the festive season, sir, for pointing out this 'loosing' bollocks which drives me nuts. Almost as nuts as folk who use 'of' for 'have'. There have to be standards otherwise it will just descend into total jibberish. Bolton County Grammar School programmed me this way.
Youri McAnespie Posted December 14, 2011 Author Posted December 14, 2011 Cheers Bolty, it's normally a thankless task and I've already been hoisted by my own petard ('your' has now been corrected to 'you're').
Zico Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 On a similar vein to the original topic, does anyone have certain words they spell incorrectly on a regular basis? I send shitloads of emails every day and quite of type thnaks on them instead of thanks. I always get other and over the wrong way round I can never spell recommend right first time either - two c's, one m is generally the mistake
little whitt Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 On a similar vein to the original topic, does anyone have certain words they spell incorrectly on a regular basis? I send shitloads of emails every day and quite of type thnaks on them instead of thanks. NO
Sweep Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 I am amazed by how many people get "as" and "has" mixed up - not just on here, but in general anyway
White on Tyne Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 Menu card in a cafe near me that invites you to try their delicious Gateaux's.
Youri McAnespie Posted December 15, 2011 Author Posted December 15, 2011 I always dither over how to spell knob/nob, I was brought up using nob but have noticed recently most folk use knob - what is the definitive spelling? I mean knob/nob as in "He's a knobhead/nobhead" rather than "I turned the doorknob". I'll just use bellend instead, until this important matter is resolved.
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