QuoteAll you need to say can be expressed with a simple "ough".This cracked me up, because the most common words to be butchered are ones ending in ough.What the hell is a borough anyway? (borrow? burrow? barrow? boroff? bow-ruff? bo-rooge? Come on, someone help me out here!)A fun game is asking people to spell twelfth. That's a bloody stupid word if I ever I heard one.
All you need to say can be expressed with a simple "ough".
Sea Monster...just try to have today's Millennials present in front of a classroom environment...then you would realize that although they may be able to express themselves wonderfully using electronic media, they are doing themselves no favours when it comes time to speaking to others face to face.
QuoteSea Monster...just try to have today's Millennials present in front of a classroom environment...then you would realize that although they may be able to express themselves wonderfully using electronic media, they are doing themselves no favours when it comes time to speaking to others face to face. Speaking of made up words - Millennials gets my goat (idioms anyone?)As to your point - It would not (avoiding contractions, they are complicated, and people might start thinking my would owns nots? wood knots? This should be in the outdoor forum ) surprise me that there is that offset in learning and or or development. Having said that, most world leaders probably have a twitter account. Orating is for stage actors and the people who stand outside shops with loudspeakers telling you a new toaster will solve problems you never knew you had.*I am trying to be linguistly ridiculous (if not cunning) on as many tiers (The germans in the room are wondering if I am on a farm, with all my goats and other animals) as possible.*I don't actually believe this, in case anyone was worried.On the other hand, I may be a carefully coded bot, designed to farm forums for some purpose, and incapable of speech.Go on, ask me if I'm human.
Pretty sure the only reason I still have a job is because I can really read.......like instructions, RTFM & all that smurf.People can't read anymore, so they are just happily ignorant.What crawls up my nose is you native english speakers that can't figure out THERE and THEIR..........ffs I had to learn that 25+ years ago, and not my monkey, not my circus
Quote from: Gerhard Gerber on June 07, 2016, 11:48:18 AMPretty sure the only reason I still have a job is because I can really read.......like instructions, RTFM & all that smurf.People can't read anymore, so they are just happily ignorant.What crawls up my nose is you native english speakers that can't figure out THERE and THEIR..........ffs I had to learn that 25+ years ago, and not my monkey, not my circus The THERE and THEIR thing drives me nuts too. Another one that probably bugs me even more is YOUR and YOU'RE
Quote from: Monrogue on June 08, 2016, 05:06:36 AMQuote from: Gerhard Gerber on June 07, 2016, 11:48:18 AMPretty sure the only reason I still have a job is because I can really read.......like instructions, RTFM & all that smurf.People can't read anymore, so they are just happily ignorant.What crawls up my nose is you native english speakers that can't figure out THERE and THEIR..........ffs I had to learn that 25+ years ago, and not my monkey, not my circus The THERE and THEIR thing drives me nuts too. Another one that probably bugs me even more is YOUR and YOU'RE 'Then'/'than', and 'sell'/'sale' (as in, "for sell"). They seem to be getting pretty common too.
Quote from: moonweasel on June 08, 2016, 09:14:25 AMQuote from: Monrogue on June 08, 2016, 05:06:36 AMQuote from: Gerhard Gerber on June 07, 2016, 11:48:18 AMPretty sure the only reason I still have a job is because I can really read.......like instructions, RTFM & all that smurf.People can't read anymore, so they are just happily ignorant.What crawls up my nose is you native english speakers that can't figure out THERE and THEIR..........ffs I had to learn that 25+ years ago, and not my monkey, not my circus The THERE and THEIR thing drives me nuts too. Another one that probably bugs me even more is YOUR and YOU'RE 'Then'/'than', and 'sell'/'sale' (as in, "for sell"). They seem to be getting pretty common too. Oh yeah. Then/than bugs me too.Sent from my SM-G920R4 using Tapatalk
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I am great at making overly large post and proofreading them afterwards, and still making idiotic mistakes in my posts. Mind you, I only find them a day after when I cannot fix them. Most annoying that.I think this is worse when considering that I proofread student papers all the time. Even I am not immune to the typo. What really bothers me, in Ontario they do not teach cursive writing anymore...meaning I have to block print everything I do on a blackboard or whiteboard.
It's hard to make "these young people today" understand that little things count and make a BIG difference in the meaning of sentences. Apostrophes, commas and even capitalisation MATTER. A single capital letter is the difference between helping your uncle Jack off his horse and helping your uncle jack off his horse. A recent video on YouTube caught my eye as it was from a YouTuber who usually has quite different content but it illustrates the point that your communication skills strongly influence other people's opinion of you.
you should see how some people spell soccer...
Quote from: dks on June 13, 2016, 01:03:22 PMyou should see how some people spell soccer... You mean like this?F-O-O-T-B-A-L-L Def
You think that's bad?Thanks to your necro posts I'm seeing my spelling and grammar mistakes from a decade ago! Including the good old days when I double spaced everything except my signature. Def
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