kazmac Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Am scottish and a too am a pedant wen it come's too bad spelin and puctation. Drivs me nutz!!!! Seriously, though, it drives me mad when folk don't spell correctly or when they use poor grammar. One of my pet hates is also here / hear, there / their, your / you're. I also hate when colleagues and friends write things like "I thought of you when I seen this" ..... Or "Guess what I done last night?" Or "I've went and done something daft" I could go on ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 One of the reasons I didn't respond to this post is that I agree but I know my sentence construction can go a bit awry. I put words in odd places and that's how I talk too, I don't know why but it happens. Glaringly obvious bad grammar bothers me too - I borrowed him my 'whatever ' - really grates. You didn't borrow him nuffin', you lent it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I try to be tolerant (honestly I do!) but some things try me, especially when it's in a professional context. 'Could of', instead of 'could have' Why on earth do folks say 'I just had to itch that mozzie bite'? Surely you'd scratch it? My grandma was Italian and not a native English speaker, but she took it upon herself to learn correct English, and would always correct us as children; my favourite saying of hers was "you can, but you mayn't" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Of instead of have really annoys me. How do you all feel about this one? My mother would always correct me when I said that something was different to rather than different from. She always said that something couldn't be different towards something it had to be away from, if you get my meaning. I have always used different from because of this, but have argued with my OH about it. Punctuation is something that I would love to improve upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I was always told 'different from' or 'opposite to' as well Liz. I think the lunch, dinner, supper, tea debate is largely regional, but school dinners will always be just that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 The meal terms are definitely regional. I grew up with dinner in the middle of the day, which was always a cooked meal, and tea in the late afternoon which was usually sandwiches or eggs. My family are for the East Midlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 now I'm terrified of spelling and punctuating incorrectly Me too. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I am a total grammar pedant too. Most of the time I try not to let it irritate me too much (for example, a spelling mistake or grammatical error on the forum won't particularly bother me) but I cannot abide poor spelling or grammar in a professional context. It's totally unnecessary. Text speak is another thing entirely and I really don't see the point of it. I realise it started when text messages were limited to 160 characters to save space, but nowadays texts can be any length and, for the majority of people, free as part of a contract, so there's no need. With predictive text on phones, it's actually more time consuming to write in text speak, never mind how long it takes me to decipher one of these messages if I'm unfortunate enough to receive one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Don't laugh L_B; I received a text the other day - in text speak - and had to read it out loud in order to understand it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I had one where I ended up phoning the sender and asking her what on earth her message said. I couldn't work it out at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I have an Irish colleague and whenever she will text me, I have to start googling stuff... Really can't work out what she means sometimes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Just spotted this listing on Ebay: fitflop,bnib.size 3.gogh chocolate , theses a are a great slip on .i were mine winter summer spring aurtam. i bought this pair for my sister, but she as this colour, so get a bargine great for gift. happy bidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Oh dear I was taght though not to judge people by their spelling, but I have seen a lot of this on ebay. Perhaps it's ebay talk. Sort of like text talk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Just spotted this listing on Ebay: fitflop,bnib.size 3.gogh chocolate , theses a are a great slip on .i were mine winter summer spring aurtam. i bought this pair for my sister, but she as this colour, so get a bargine great for gift. happy bidding What on earth is 'gogh chocolate'? I guess it's something to do with the colour, but I am totally stumped on what it actually means! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Just googled it, it's a trade mark. So some kind of designer I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Below was a description pasted from an item I was watching on eBay For sale..Omlet eglu chicken house..Holds up to 4..I only used it for two..so have double of matching accessories. Grub and Glub..water and food also other accessories. .including a chicken..sad to see her go but I have to keep asking people to call in cos away alot..And 7 month's ago one got away when I was not here so just not fare on keeping one so she is 2..come in my kitchen. Cos she likes crisps. .She lays lovely eggs.which I will miss..So I took.them photos today so the cover I put over cos been so hot but what u see including food and big sack of strew..as well also will have to be dismantel but very easy..you will need metel pegs..cos mine keep disappearing. ..but can get them anywhere I at the moment use large allen keys. .it dos the job...I have someone who will have the chicken if you dont want her..so its not a problem. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Right... I..think..there..must..be..something..wrong..with..her..key..board.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Right... I..think..there..must..be..something..wrong..with..her..key..board.. It does seem a little over-punctuated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 that is actually very funny. I wonder how they keep escaping! Very odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I wonder what flavour crisp she likes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patsylabrador Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 See - maths professor blasts student's email and don't worry, he doesn't humiliate one student, the name is an amalgam. It's very relevant to this thread. http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/5829170?utm_hp_ref=uk-comedy&ir=UK+Comedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I ave luved reeding this thred, it is sew funny!!!!!! I brought some gogh chocolate to and it where well nice!!!!!! Does anybody no were I may get more from???????? That wood be a grate help........ Well it's noon'ish so I'm off for me dinner now c u soon!!!!!!! . That was actually quite hard to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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