[WillowTheWhisp]

Just a thought on the subject.

In many ways when you hear some young people speak or read their written words we may feel that the educational system has been sorely lacking. I think the rot set in when teachers were told not to correct what the poor little dears had written because that was stifling their own creative talents. The results have been evident.

So, we can choose to criticise and be thankful how much better our own education was (and in many cases I do believe that Primary education in particular was a great deal better a couple of generations back) or we can try to encourage the young people of today by showing an example and hope that they will learn from us.

Dismissing what they try to say isn't going to help them learn to say it any better. Perhaps if they continue to read posts by well-educated (and I don't necessarily mean university level educated, but people who were educated in a day when spelling, punctuation and grammar were relevant) members they may learn something. Just so long as they don't try to learn from my spelling on a bad day because I've been known to come out with some classic typos.

Princess, if you could at least add a "g" to words like "being" and "reading" it would perhaps encourage us old grumpies to read your posts. It is much easier to read something like. "I was coming here" than "I woz cummin ere".

Thanks Yerself for that amusing interlude courtesy of Jack Winter. I found myself wonder how many people could actually interpret it as some of the original words are far from commonly use these days. In spite of that it is surprisingly easy to follow. I read it with such ease that my flabber was well and truly ghasted for such an early hour.