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DaveinGermany

27-12-2011 16:33

Re: Linguistic tic's and crutches

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Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 958514)

huntin', shootin' and fishin'...

Yorkshire ;) they can't help it. :)

As to getting worked up about it :idunno:. As long as the folk who put their points down are understandable where's the problem ? We all at some point make mistakes, so just let it ride, be that pebble on the beach. :)

Admittedly Jay comes up with some belters, but hey that's part & parcel of who & what he is & often raises an unintentional smile. Each to their own & all that, lest you be judged by others. :)

Michael1954

27-12-2011 16:54

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 958522)

Spelling isn't that important either.

Prospective employers would disagree with this statement. Employers complain that school leavers, and even some university graduates, cannot spell simple words.

jaysay

27-12-2011 17:11

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 958474)

Just a quick correction here, Garinda. In words that end in 'ing', the 'g' should never be pronounced; it is a nasal sound where you raise the back of your tongue (pronounced again without the 'g' and tun) to the palette. :)

What the piginG hell you on about Kate:D

jaysay

27-12-2011 17:14

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 958468)

John......just how many folk have seen your bum?.......seems like there are a few willing to talk about it

Ya its just a tad worryinG (I'm sounding the G just for Kate) is that Margaret, seeing they're all blokes talking about it:eek::eek:, now if it was the fairer sex that would be a different question altogether:D:D

jaysay

27-12-2011 17:17

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 958465)

The eyebrow really made me smile....I hope it is a raised one and not too finely plucked.:)....John, I love your way with words.....it makes me smile every day.

That is always my intention every morning when I first log on, pity that some prat from Scotland usually messes it up:D

jaysay

27-12-2011 17:19

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 958482)

We were taught in school that we shouldn't drop the H's and we should sound the g in endings...... we had a teacher who would rap your knuckles with a ruler....just to help you remember and imprint it in your consciousness

Ya I had a teacher like that, remember your "Hs" laddy, whack:D

Michael1954

27-12-2011 17:20

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 958533)

What the piginG hell you on about Kate:D

That's tickled me! Thanks for making me laugh, John. I am suffering with flu and that's cheered me up!

jaysay

27-12-2011 17:22

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Originally Posted by Michael1954 (Post 958525)

This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.

Ehh, pardon:D

Michael1954

27-12-2011 17:25

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 958540)

Ehh, pardon:D

See Eric's reference to Churchill.

jaysay

27-12-2011 17:28

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Originally Posted by Michael1954 (Post 958530)

Prospective employers would disagree with this statement. Employers complain that school leavers, and even some university graduates, cannot spell simple words.

I honestly think they don't put the same emphasis on correct English or grammar as they used to do, in exams apart from English that is, spelling doesn't seem to matter. My other half acts as an exam invigilator at her local primary school in the exam season, and she often remarks that spelling mistakes in subjects such as history and geography are overlooked, which to me is counter productive

Margaret Pilkington

27-12-2011 17:32

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Originally Posted by Michael1954 (Post 958539)

That's tickled me! Thanks for making me laugh, John. I am suffering with flu and that's cheered me up!

Get well soon Michael.......I am a dab hand at bedbaths:D.
I keep offering, but no-one seems to trust me with a flannel round their vegetable patch.:D:D:D

jaysay

27-12-2011 17:52

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 958544)

Get well soon Michael.......I am a dab hand at bedbaths:D.
I keep offering, but no-one seems to trust me with a flannel round their vegetable patch.:D:D:D

There are those of use that have spent time in hospital and know just what damage can be done by a flannel round the vegetable patch, especially to the brussel sprouts:D

Gordon Booth

27-12-2011 18:10

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 958544)

I keep offering, but no-one seems to trust me with a flannel round their vegetable patch.:D:D:D

Rumour is you pinch peoples vegetables!

Margaret Pilkington

27-12-2011 20:12

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Gordon! Where did you hear that? Not true....I have my own bag of brussel sprouts in the fridge.:D

mobertol

27-12-2011 20:23

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 958538)

Ya I had a teacher like that, remember your "Hs" laddy, whack:D

Idem Jay. Miss Bailey from 1st-5th year at Paddock House.

We used to have to repeat this:

It isn't the hunting on the hill that hurts the horse's hoof, it's the hammer, hammer, hammer on the hard high road.:D

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