Spelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

topten · Post by **topten** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:15 pm

Now I will hold my hand up,and say I,m not the best in the world when it comes to spelling.
But honestly looking at some of the posts on here its like trying to decipher hyroglyphics,come on for heavens sake buy a dictionary,or simply check before posting please. I,m sure there is monkeys that could do better.

owl · Post by **owl** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:25 pm

Topten ......Haven't you got a dictionary?

It's 'Hieroglyphics'!

p.s It should also be 'there ARE monkeys',... not 'there IS monkeys'

chiangbill · Post by **chiangbill** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:30 pm

This site has a built in spell checker. Try it out, spell the word wrong and it will underline it with a wavy red line. Right click on the miss spelt word and it will give options for the correct spelling.

waddo · Post by **waddo** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:30 pm

http://www.livescience.com/18392-readin ... words.html

Can't sea the problum myself!!!

davedee · Post by **davedee** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:34 pm

waddo..... meself wood be more betterer/

fatouche · Post by **fatouche** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:42 pm

It's hieroglyphics top ten, and you mean " it's" ( short for it is, not denoting possession), and "I'm" not I,m. Most people do not know how to use the apostrophe which baffles me.

Your punctuation isn't what it should be either.

Hilltop · Post by **Hilltop** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:44 pm

Mi spilling is crop, but I despair at the demise of "have". Should "of" gone to Specsavers.

tomsteel · Post by **tomsteel** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:48 pm

Topten - check your grammar and own spelling prior to posting belittling others' posts. Waddo, you tinker!

Ragged Robin · Post by **Ragged Robin** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:51 pm

owl wrote:Topten ......Haven't you got a dictionary?

It's 'Hieroglyphics'!

p.s It should also be 'there ARE monkeys',... not 'there IS monkeys'

You beat me to it Owl Lady while I was wondering if I dare (and checking how to spell Hieroglyph),

The problem is spell checks do not tell you if the wrong word is used:

Where and were

Whether and weather

Here and hear

and particularly there and their are words frequently misused here

I have sat on my hands many times to avoid pointing them out, but my hard hat is getting so dented!

Fatouche: According the Oxford Dictionary it is "hiero" with an "i" from the Greek "sacred" hieros

Hilltop · Post by **Hilltop** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 2:57 pm

Grammar is the difference between knowing your sh1t and knowing you're sh1t.

PapaBravo · Post by **PapaBravo** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 3:10 pm

Brilliant, Hilltop.

harita · Post by **harita** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 3:45 pm

chiangbill wrote:This site has a built in spell checker. Try it out, spell the word wrong and it will underline it with a wavy red line. Right click on the miss spelt word and it will give options for the correct spelling.

Didn't appear to work for you chiangbill .. miss spelt should be all one word misspelt ..

ham on brown · Post by **ham on brown** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 3:48 pm

topten wrote:Now I will hold my hand up,and say I,m not the best in the world when it comes to spelling.
But honestly looking at some of the posts on here its like trying to decipher hyroglyphics,come on for heavens sake buy a dictionary,or simply check before posting please. I,m sure there is monkeys that could do better.

So funny!!!!!!! Topten, more like bottomten lol pmsl

Hilltop · Post by **Hilltop** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 4:20 pm

Let's not take this too seriously. If a post is understood then in the main that is all that matters.

I have to say though, Marion's "Keyboard Problems" make me smile (a lot) but in the main I have a rough idea what she means.

tomsteel · Post by **tomsteel** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 4:37 pm

Obviously not the view of the original poster!

Marions · Post by **Marions** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 4:54 pm

The well known phrase of 'People who live in glass houses should not throw stones' comes to mind.

It seems that we have all emanated from differing stables of education, and the results are plain for all to see. Not only spelling (rotten keyboards like wot I 'ave) but also grammar.

For instance Chiangbill, you should have written 'wrongly' as it is an adverb in this instance so you have to shove that 'ly' at the end.

But I understand you perfectly and ,most of the time we all do O.K, don't we. Little gets 'lost in translation' .

Personally I am grateful at the acceptance of my' flingers' on the keyboards, with no time to correct, and I am also very happy that I have friends in the world who accept my appalling grammatical and spelling errors in their language (which I try to master, but am not up to O level standard.
l
~For me on a personal leve, I am with the 'Eats shoots and leaves' brigade, and that I don't like to see any language mutilated, but... for the forum all we need is love and understanding, cos I bet all the money I haven't got that we can all understand what each is saying!

Yeah????

Oh and I have new batteries in my wireless keyboard. Seems to help - a bit!

karmels · Post by **karmels** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 6:09 pm

isnt this thing hiroglifiks just riting on the wall.

turtle · Post by **turtle** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 6:54 pm

Why so many exclamation marks in the title ?

spider · Post by **spider** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 7:13 pm

Thanks for the posting TopTen Ken,

What a good laugh from all the posting just what was needed tonight, laughter with like minded posters,,

I now feel like a And maybe even soon a good,sing-a-long swim-a-long,

Spider, X

chiangbill · Post by **chiangbill** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 7:14 pm

"For instance Chiangbill, you should have written 'wrongly' as it is an adverb in this instance so you have to shove that 'ly' at the end"

Wrongly There you go Marions. By the way what the bloody hell is an Adverb then eh. Did not learn that at my school, mind it was 100s of years ago, but it was Approved though.

Marions · Post by **Marions** » Fri 12 Sep 2014 8:44 pm

Ha, ha, ha. You went to an Approved School, well then you are one up on me, I had to go where I was sent! And no one asked my approval!

An 'adverb' is something you add to a 'verb' and an adjective' is something you add to a 'jective' but no one ever told me what a 'jective' was - so we all have a lot to learn, innit? Or maybe a 'jective' is something like 'objective' so maybe I went to an 'Objective School' cos I oS:) objected to not being allowed to approve!

topten · Post by **topten** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:08 am

Post by **Soner** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:41 am

Waht a luagh! Pelase udnersatnd taht smoe of us are foriegn so will ineviatbly mkae misatkes.

Owl Lady · Post by **Owl Lady** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:44 am

Soner,are you using Marion's keyboard?!!!!

karmels · Post by **karmels** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:45 am

Soner, I bet everyone who reads your post will understand every word.

Post by **Soner** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:46 am

But you did understand what was said, right?

Post by **Soner** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:46 am

Karmels, great minds think alike.

Post by **Soner** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:47 am

Or is it, a like???

Post by **Soner** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:48 am

and is it mind's???

Post by **Soner** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:49 am

I need a brake!

Post by **Soner** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:50 am

or is it, break?? Look what you guys have done to me.

Johnny Lee · Post by **Johnny Lee** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 10:09 am

Top Ten, maybe you are just going through a bad spell.

frontalman · Post by **frontalman** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 11:04 am

Yeah, come on Topten if you are complaining then you should get it right yourself! My pet hate is people using 'of' instead of 'have' e.g. I might of known it was you. I think this might be a younger person thing, but it is still a corruption of our beautiful language.

topten · Post by **topten** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 11:38 am

frontalman wrote:Yeah, come on Topten if you are complaining then you should get it right yourself! My pet hate is people using 'of' instead of 'have' e.g. I might of known it was you. I think this might be a younger person thing, but it is still a corruption of our beautiful language.

I also hate the corruption of our beautiful language especially people that use YEAH instead of yes!

kaiserphil · Post by **kaiserphil** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 2:10 pm

frontalman wrote:Yeah, come on Topten if you are complaining then you should get it right yourself! My pet hate is people using 'of' instead of 'have' e.g. I might of known it was you. I think this might be a younger person thing, but it is still a corruption of our beautiful language.

Absolutely right frontalman, innit?

karmels · Post by **karmels** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 2:41 pm

topten.

Unless you are looking for a job in teaching, GET A LIFE.
The only thing I passed at school was the gates, but managed to compile a very good bank account throughout my working life, If some one who posts on this web site is a bit uninformed about the correct English, leave it out as everyone knows what is being said.
There are a lot of people on this forum who know myself and my wife as we have lived and worked here for over 20 years, I do not hide behind a name as my user name was the name of our restaurant.
Now I rest my case, don't mind the flack. ( got banned from villa owners ).

topten · Post by **topten** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 2:50 pm

karmels wrote:topten.

Unless you are looking for a job in teaching, GET A LIFE.
The only thing I passed at school was the gates, but managed to compile a very good bank account throughout my working life, If some one who posts on this web site is a bit uninformed about the correct English, leave it out as everyone knows what is being said.
There are a lot of people on this forum who know myself and my wife as we have lived and worked here for over 20 years, I do not hide behind a name as my user name was the name of our restaurant.
Now I rest my case, don't mind the flack. ( got banned from villa owners ).

It did its job this post got a rise out some one who is perfect

karmels · Post by **karmels** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 2:58 pm

Glad you said perfect, I thought at first you said PREFECT. I didn't like them one bit.

Keithcaley · Post by **Keithcaley** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 3:19 pm

topten wrote:...It did its job this post got a rise out some one who is perfect

Har Har!

'Some one' or 'Someone'?

I'll jest git me coat...

Ragged Robin · Post by **Ragged Robin** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 3:21 pm

And dead; it’s said like bed, not bead!
For goodness sake, don’t call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat,
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt)
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear,
And then there’s dose and rose and lose –
Just look them up – and goose and choose,
And cork and work and card and ward
And font and front and word and sword.
And do and go, then thwart and cart.
Come, come, I’ve hardly made a start.
A dreadful language: Why, man alive
I mastered it when I was five

Sorry I couldn't put the whole poem here - the site won't allow so long , You can find it by searching for English spelling poem

Ragged Robin · Post by **Ragged Robin** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 3:29 pm

karmels wrote:Glad you said perfect, I thought at first you said PREFECT. I didn't like them one bit.

Dont you mean "Purfick"?

(Pop Larkin "The Darling Buds of May")

karmels · Post by **karmels** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 4:25 pm

Ragged Robin.

Wot a good poem, great post.

squashmad · Post by **squashmad** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 4:33 pm

Good wind up - it got many going!

jofra · Post by **jofra** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 6:41 pm

A Little Poem Regarding Computer Spell Checkers...

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

Owl Lady · Post by **Owl Lady** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 7:16 pm

Luv bofe teh poims!

Marions · Post by **Marions** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 7:22 pm

ll smashing stuff. Definitely a day of 'eats shoots and leaves' and a lorra larfs. Great stuff.

Most interesting though is that reading these posts where I know who it is, understand it more, but where I do not know the posters, I am not sure if they are being funny or serious. One of the probs with Forums.

Guess there are no Brownie (or Soner) Points for Good English on this forum, but I needed it to get exam points. My generation got a mark deducted for esach spelling asnd grammatical error when it came to tests/exams. Doesn't seem to matter nowadays but at the end of the day KibKom is not about exams and tests, but about communication and helpfulness and sharing and all things good and nice!

And maybe it is good that my old English teachers are now in that heavenly school where lessons probably don't happen, apart from learning to play one of the most difficult of instruments- the harp. Or are they turning in their grave at the mutilations of their blessed 'madre lingua'.

But thanks guys for a Super Saturday Smile.

Ragged Robin · Post by **Ragged Robin** » Sat 13 Sep 2014 9:39 pm

Its a cliche that English spelling is a minefield. Plenty of intelligent, successful people have not been able to master it, and even those who think they can have blind spots and off days, and/or make typographical errors, particularly late at night in a hot climate with fingers sticky from perspiration and slipping on the keyboard.

However, if I may be serious for a moment , boasting of being uneducated and sending up those who you are afraid might be is not clever, it is pitiful because so much that is good about life is missed. Education isn't a matter of what school you went to, nor does it end when you leave school - it is a lifelong process and a matter of a modicum of intelligence and having an open and enquiring mind, and not sticking to preconceived ideas culled from the gutter press. Even for those who did not have adequate formal education (or who skived off ) there are so many opportunities (particularly with the advent of the internet) to make up. English is such a rich language As two posters have already said it is such a shame to corrupt it.

I am sorry to disagree with you again, Marion, but it is not knowing the posters concerned that makes it difficult (for me too!) to know which of the above are jokes or not. I sometimes re-read posts and wonder if people really mean to sound so aggressive or offensive, or if their vocabulary is inadequate, or whether they don't have the consideration to take the trouble to make their intention clear in writing, lacking the clues of face and body language. There are, of course, always smileys!

PS: Re spell checks: why can't I get the option of British English here, just American English?

PPs: Re spell cheques: I'd could do with one, preferrably spelled with a few noughts at the end .

magalan · Post by **magalan** » Sun 14 Sep 2014 9:02 am

Soner - msg 23 - Read this and weep!!!

Cna yuo raed tihs? if yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid, too.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulatcly uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Azanmig hhu? Yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Qoestuin -
Can thsi be doen in ohter lnagugues? Snapsih, Fenrch, Iatilan, Gerek, Rissuan. Chenise, Jaapense, Herbew, Aaribc?

topten · Post by **topten** » Sun 14 Sep 2014 9:36 am

And why do `Posh` people say barth and not bath

Marions · Post by **Marions** » Sun 14 Sep 2014 11:01 am

Define 'posh', PLEASE.

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