Grammar!

[jjjnettie]

For the Grammarphiles of the forum. :P

[Omaroo]

Agony...

[Barrykgerdes]

Gramma(r) was the homely old lady that lived with grampa and whom we were regularly taken to visit as children. We liked her because she always had a nice treat for us.

Barry

[Shark Bait]

My better half is a Secondary English Teacher. Sometimes I like to stir the grammer pot...:poke:

[lacad01]

Priceless :lol:
I can somewhat empathise with posters on this and other sites where there's a disconnect between the brain's intent and the keyboard (I don't mean that in a nasty way whatsoever), mainly as one of my daughters is dyslexic and know what a frustrating experience it can be for her.

[Omaroo]

In addition to the spelling pot... ;)

[bartman]

Totally agree with that as my sister is in the same position. She gets very frustrated when trying to type emails etc
bartman

[Shark Bait]

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[Hagar]

It is a big problem today. My Son in law refers to a group of people as Use People instead of you people. I'd like to thank use all for coming. He even spells it this way.

Any of you who know me or my daughters can only just imagine how well this goes down at the dinner table.
He has an excuse I suppose, he is a Collingwood supporter.

[Baddad]

Realy Doug,

an' others, Collingwood supporters are unique. Individuals. They write how day talk. LOL

Throughout the history of the English language there have been many changes. Gradual and so slow but definite changes. Dialect leads to these changes.

What was correct years ago may be obsolete now. ie. "terrific", It was coined from the word terrify. Its meaning is very different.
Also there was no punctuation. Punctuation developed to make the meaning clearer. ie. " What's on the road? A head?" or "What's on the road ahead?"

Punctuation is now falling away. Through necessity. We are subject to change at every step. Right or wrong, its there.

At times when the writer does not adhere to convention it does become annoying. I once was very pedantic about it. Then I realized I can not teach the world to suit me.

Cheers

[iceman]

ROFL nice one. Is there a larger version of that image?

I love it!

[Ric]

That's a beauty. :lol:

Cheers JJJ :thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Yesterday someone came up and said that he had received an email with the word underwhelm, then asked if this was correct.

What really pees me off is people making up words

[Omaroo]

It's in the Australian Oxford Dictionary.

[DavidTrap]

Agreed!

Read the following sentence (without punctuation) and see how it's mean could be changed by a well placed comma:

I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.

DT

[pmrid]

Touche!
P.

[TrevorW]

Well I stand corrected it is however one of those words that came in use only in the later half of the 20th Century



:thumbsup:

[blink138]

i was born in lverpool in the uk and i am also part of an english blog site
my avatar name is "de dont do dat der do dee" which is "proper" speak for "they dont do that there do they?"
i picked it up from an old hale and pace song from their programmes in the 80's when they were hilariously "skitting" scousers
pat

[blink138]

"I helped my uncle Jack off a horse."
ha ha thats a cracker dave, it took me a few seconds, but i got there
(a bit like uncle jack)

[jenchris]

Insincere panegyrics concerning the use of English can be insufferable.
It is a modern, fluid language. If we wish it to remain static so that we may understand it, then we must use it properly ourselves.
Sew their.

[TrevorW]

xacklee

[PeterM]

SMS language by phone or email seems to be changing the way we communicate quicker than ever. Here spelling and grammar seem to be of no importance as the language is just understood by the new tribe, U no wot I mean. Mike started his response to this thread with ROFL, until recently I would have thought he couldn't spell Rolf. I hated the LOLs etc but now it's common place, can't stop it so go with it. I suppose the next big change is simply talking to the phone, computer, Ipad etc and it will just relay the message as a voicemail SMS and even typing text will disappear. I see a problem for sexting if the voicemail is your same sex!
PeterM.

[blink138]

although i am a stickler for the english written word, i truly love all of the mother tongues dialects regardless of how "improper" the use of words are
after all where would we be without "cockney patter", "irish lilt", "liverpools nasaly drawl" of which i am part of or "scottish brogue" after all this is what australias language is based upon.
vive le difference!
interestingly enough that amazing programme "the story of english"
they attribute liverpools nasally tone from the people, maily irish, constantly having the common cold and the sniffles!
pat

[GeoffW1]

Goodness me :lol:

[jenchris]

LA difference...... selbverstandlich!

Bet you had to look up panegyric Geoff!!:D

[Steffen]

You mean, selbstverständlich ;)

Cheers
Steffen.

[Steffen]

http://www.explosm.net/comics/2712/

Cheers
Steffen.

[jenchris]

Goodness, I've never missed out the st before!
Entschuldigen sie

[Miaplacidus]

Back when Bob Hawke was Prime Minister and I was at uni, I remember an optimistic dyslexic telling me that I was wasting my time teaching myself to type because by the time we would have graduated we'd all be talking to our computers.

Well, I'm still waiting...

(Funny, though, that no one seems to talk about dictation software anymore, even though the technology has clearly improved, albeit a little tardier than people expected in the 1980s. I guess Siri might be the start of something...)

[jenchris]

My brother uses speech to type - he's a solicitor and about as coordinated as a three toed sloth.

Reminds me of the dyslexic agnostic insomniac - up all night wondering if there was a dog.

[GeoffW1]

Nooooooo :D I'm an engineer :lol:

Cheers

[jenchris]

HAHAHA
I think the only book I've ever seen it in is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice!

[Shark Bait]

Did anyone notice the spelling error in the fourth frame for the distressed blue character?

Thank you for the large format cartoon Steffen. My Wife will be sticking it on her wall at school. :thumbsup: