Looney Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 ...........it will probably make this evenings shift at work a bit more interesting for me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I think that there is something about using screens that makes it harder to spell or just harder to spot one's errors. Today, to my horror, an email that I had sent came back to me (the way they do, with loads of answers attached) and I saw I had written 'determinde' - like that, with an 'e' at the end I'd even put it in the title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Not really a question of spelling, but something was bugging us at school today...! Which of these is correct... "It was sarcasm" or "It was sarcastic" We were talking about a text that someone sent the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Not really a question of spelling, but something was bugging us at school today...! Which of these is correct... "It was sarcasm" or "It was sarcastic" We were talking about a text that someone sent the other day. Both could be correct. "It was sarcasm" is saying that the text was an example of sarcasm. Since it contained those elements of sarcasm, you could go on to describe it by saying "the text was sarcastic". Sarcasm is a noun, sarcastic is an adjective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Oooer, what have I started Actually something else that bothers me is when people, newsreaders especially, say things like "An hotel, an hospital " etc. I'm sure I was taught at school that you used "an" if the next word started with a vowel. And as for a woman being a hero - why isn't she a heroine anymore ? And why do newreaders nod their heads all the time that someone else is talking ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Oooer, what have I started Actually something else that bothers me is when people, newsreaders especially, say things like "An hotel, an hospital " etc. I'm sure I was taught at school that you used "an" if the next word started with a vowel. And as for a woman being a hero - why isn't she a heroine anymore ? And why do newreaders nod their heads all the time that someone else is talking ? Words beginning with "h" can sometimes have confusing rules. "Hotel", for example, historically has a silent "h", so would be referred to using "an". Unfortunately, not all words beginning with "h" follow the same rule, so personally I see no point in trying to stop the language evolving to something more standardised. Oh, and newsreaders don't nod their heads whilst someone else is talking. They're even more cynical than that. In fact, they're filmed nodding their heads during some inane and trivial chatter as a preamble to the interview, then the footage is adjusted in the cutting room to make it look like the interviewer was interested in the interviewee's answers. Smoke and mirrors.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Oooer, what have I started Actually something else that bothers me is when people, newsreaders especially, say things like "An hotel, an hospital " etc. I'm sure I was taught at school that you used "an" if the next word started with a vowel. And as for a woman being a hero - why isn't she a heroine anymore ? And why do newreaders nod their heads all the time that someone else is talking ? Words beginning with "h" can sometimes have confusing rules. "Hotel", for example, historically has a silent "h", so would be referred to using "an". Unfortunately, not all words beginning with "h" follow the same rule, so personally I see no point in trying to stop the language evolving to something more standardised. Oh, and newsreaders don't nod their heads whilst someone else is talking. They're even more cynical than that. In fact, they're filmed nodding their heads during some inane and trivial chatter as a preamble to the interview, then the footage is adjusted in the cutting room to make it look like the interviewer was interested in the interviewee's answers. Smoke and mirrors.... poor newsreaders.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little cluckers Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I cringe whenever someone says 'pacific' when they mean 'specific'! Oh and my yoghurt still has a 'h' too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Interesting about the H. Is that why Americans say erbs instead of herbs. Doesn't explain the math thing of course......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 People who don't know that bought and brought are two completely different words 'I went to the shop and brought a onion' No you didn't you bought it!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 People who don't know that bought and brought are two completely different words 'I went to the shop and brought a onion' No you didn't you bought it!!!!!! ..........Unless they took the onion shopping with them that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexsampson Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Wow...I never noticed that!! I get where you are coming from, wintery makes perfect sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 The word for today is 'alternate' when they mean 'alternative' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickendoodle Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 OOh just seen one on the BBC News website - the economy "shrank". I thought it was shrunk Just checked online dictionary - apparently shrank is the simple past tense and shrunk is the past principle. Hope all is clear now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I can never pick apart somones spelling simply because i understand what it's like to not be able to. I'm a dyslexic and it doesn't matter how many times i check something a mistake will always slip through. What really gets my goat is when somone decides to correct me. If your message come across despite the fact that a word is mispelt or an apostrophy is in the wrong place then what does it matter. I understand with things like websites that take a long time and you build them but in emails and things that are done quickly i don't have time to be proof reading them for hours before i send them. I don't post on internet forums like this one very much because i don't have the time to spend 30 mins proofreading every post and the number of times people correct my spelling as a way of attempting to undermine my point. Well said Woodcat Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I think that there is a world of difference in not being great at spelling because you just can't. And not being great at spelling because you can't be bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Very true.... I post on another forum and there are some posts on there which I just have to give up trying to read as I can't make sense of them. My guess is that they just can't be bothered as it's not consistently bad. Edited January 25, 2012 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickendoodle Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I can never pick apart somones spelling simply because i understand what it's like to not be able to. I'm a dyslexic and it doesn't matter how many times i check something a mistake will always slip through. What really gets my goat is when somone decides to correct me. If your message come across despite the fact that a word is mispelt or an apostrophy is in the wrong place then what does it matter. I understand with things like websites that take a long time and you build them but in emails and things that are done quickly i don't have time to be proof reading them for hours before i send them. I don't post on internet forums like this one very much because i don't have the time to spend 30 mins proofreading every post and the number of times people correct my spelling as a way of attempting to undermine my point. :clap: :clap: :clap: Well said Woodcat Sage Don't think I have ever seen anyone on here be rude enough to correct someone else's spelling - obviously not the same on other forums. I would not dream of picking apart someone's grammar on a forum - the height of rudeness ! I think the point of this thread is to moan about spellings etc on places where they should be correct - eg newspapers, billboards, shop signs etc, not to make anyone nervous about posting in case they get marked like they were in school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeloo Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Interesting about the H.Is that why Americans say erbs instead of herbs. Doesn't explain the math thing of course......... Yes, we say erbs instead of herbs, but we pronounce the h on hotel and hospital! I think of the silent h as a French thing and I guess we like to be opposite in which words we choose to use the French pronunciation! If we are talking about pet peeves, it makes me a little annoyed when people write "of" instead of "'ve," as in "should of" instead of should've. I'm mostly afraid that it will rub off on me and I will start doing it incorrectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 That's one of my hates too Leeloo 'should of' and 'could of' instead of 'should have' or 'could have'. One I remember from my childhood is being told 'different from and opposite to' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I think the point of this thread is to moan about spellings etc on places where they should be correct - eg newspapers, billboards, shop signs etc, not to make anyone nervous about posting in case they get marked like they were in school Absolutely what I thought too . I hate "could of" too and also "I done" instead of "I did" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 The word for today is 'alternate' when they mean 'alternative' Similar to the increasing use of 'invite' for 'invitation' and 'quote' for 'quotation'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 People who don't know that bought and brought are two completely different words 'I went to the shop and brought a onion' No you didn't you bought it!!!!!! And then you brought it home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickweed Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 It used to amuse me when a male patient would refer to his prostrate instead of prostate, but when a nurse said it and wrote it in records, it was not funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 And another thing .........why do we now have pro testers ? What happened to protesters ? Sorry, had a bad day, wanted to get that off my chest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
