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12-01-2015, 07:59 PM
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Whateva!
Sick thread.
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12-01-2015, 08:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Satchmo
This thread is super .
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..kalifragilisticexpialidosius?
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12-01-2015, 08:11 PM
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spellink err's
"..kalifragilisticexpialidosius ?"
..califragilisticexpialidocious?
Andrew
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12-01-2015, 08:21 PM
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I Prefer Refractors
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In common use is the expression "exact same" which to me is an irritation of the colon or should it be semi colon?.
Last edited by UniPol; 14-01-2015 at 11:49 AM.
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12-01-2015, 10:23 PM
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If the content of a sentence does not have the word LIKE in it 3 or more times our youth cannot understand it.
One media comment which bugs me. " I haven't seen that before in a long long time"
The list goes on.
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12-01-2015, 10:33 PM
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Condition statements make me smile:
1. Mint condition, apart from...
2. 100% original and matching except...
Another drummed/kicked into us at school was pronunciation of the letter H. We were forcibly told it was "Aych", NEVER, EVER "Haych". In fact we were told "Only Catholics say Haych" 
The other pet peeve is the word "The". My daughter came home saying "tha". I corrected her, she told me her teacher says "tha" (teacher is 25 if lucky). I listened to the teacher, and sure enough, she pronounced it "tha". I made sure my girl says "the" (e is an e sound, not an a!)
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13-01-2015, 01:07 AM
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I have detailed files....
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Oh, don't get me started!
My wife gets very annoyed with me when I have my Grammar Police hat firmly placed on my head, especially during the ad breaks when the banks invite us to speak with a consultant "in branch"!!!!!! What's wrong with saying "visit your local branch to speak with a consultant"????? Are they charging advertisers by the word now?
Likewise, the appalling use of the word "vision" for a video clip on the news......."Let's roll the vision....." or "we have just received new vision on this breaking story".....
I have had to invest in a rubberised remote control after embedding the last three in the plasma screen, the wall and the TV cabinet.
I shudder to think what phonetic, half numerical, annotised, abbreviated and hieroglyphic gibberish we will be all having to tolerate in the coming years.
Chris
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13-01-2015, 06:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewJ
spellink err's
"..kalifragilisticexpialidosius ?"
..califragilisticexpialidocious?
Andrew
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 Fair enough.
I'd like to say that I did that deliberately, but truth is I was taking my best guess as I went along, and you still knew what I was getting at!  I guess spelling isn't as important afterall, even though bad spelling bugs the hell out of those of us what can!
Al.
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13-01-2015, 07:15 AM
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Gday Al
Normally i dont bother re minor spellink errers in online fora,
just trying to keep the spirit of the thread going 
Andrew
Anyone else noticing how it takes ages to ensure you dont make spelling/grammar errors in you own posts, when knowingly commenting on the spelling/grammar usage in other posts??? 
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13-01-2015, 08:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by andrewj
gday al
normally i dont bother re minor spellink errers in online fora,
just trying to keep the spirit of the thread going :d
andrew
anyone else noticing how it takes ages to ensure you dont make spelling/grammar errors in you own posts, when knowingly commenting on the spelling/grammar usage in other posts??? |
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13-01-2015, 08:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Gday Al
Normally i dont bother re minor spellink errers in online fora,
just trying to keep the spirit of the thread going
Andrew
Anyone else noticing how it takes ages to ensure you dont make spelling/grammar errors in you own posts, when knowingly commenting on the spelling/grammar usage in other posts??? |
I assume the errors in the first part of your post were deliberately placed for humorous effect, but did you notice that you missed the apostrophe in "don't" in your last sentence?
(And "g'day" requires an apostrophe because it is an abbreviation.)
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13-01-2015, 08:51 AM
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I obviously didn't spend enough time on my reply. 
Andrew
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13-01-2015, 09:13 AM
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Oh my gawd.
I do find that phrase is rather annoying.
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13-01-2015, 04:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steffen
That said, even language pedants can eventually get over themselves – people like, say, Stephen Fry...
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Yeah, but Stephen Fry knows how to speak proper English like. Unlike most of the rest of the country
On a semi-serious note, the problem is that the younger (and less well educated) generations and their obsession with their sentence length and vocabulary purely because of their own lazy fingers are making the rest of us look stupid
The language can quite elegant and very precise, if you know how to use it...
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13-01-2015, 04:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by julianh72
(And "g'day" requires an apostrophe because it is an abbreviation.)
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Contraction
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13-01-2015, 05:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
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Which of course means you're contractually required to provide an apostrophe there
Cheers
Steffen.
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13-01-2015, 06:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
Contraction |
Well, yes, technically, you're correct.
But in my copy of "Oxford Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage", the complete entry for "contractions" reads as follows:
contractions see ABBREVIATIONS 2.
Also, being a "contraction" does not make the use of an apostrophe mandatory.
Again, referring to Fowler's:
Contractions are a type of shortening in which letters from the middle of the word are omitted (Dr = doctor, St = saint) and are sometimes marked as omitted by use of an apostrophe (can't = cannot, we've = we have).
[My emphasis]
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13-01-2015, 06:55 PM
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Gday All
I reckon gday ( sans apostrophe ) should be declared a new word based on national importance. Fixes all the problems in one hit.
Now on with the linguistic pedantry. 
Andrew
PS I heard a standard phrase that annoys the hell out of me on the news tonight, ( esp when uttered by politicians )
"The fact of the matter is...."
Why cant they just say, "My opinion on this is..."
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13-01-2015, 07:00 PM
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Gday Julian
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Also, being a "contraction" does not make the use of an apostrophe mandatory.
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True, but not in this case.
After snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in my earlier post, i went and looked up some more on this topic.
If a contraction is made up of multiple words, an apostrophe is required, so "G'day" does require one.
( But i'll never stoop to doing that, its too ingrained )
Andrew
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