oowee Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) 56 minutes ago, KB1 said: Who am I taking to task? Its called light hearted banter Gordon…….. Jeez man, People who live in glass houses comes to mind Edited March 28, 2018 by oowee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Quote Who am I taking to task? Its called light hearted banter Gordon…….. Jeez man, People who live in glass houses comes to mind My comments were light hearted banter, or I would have listed all your errors, starting with the howlers above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 20 hours ago, peck said: Lack of comma's and full stops get me, don't know when one sentence finishes and the next starts Ironic? 19 hours ago, Dunkield said: or stray_underscores, *asterisks* & \backslashes, I mean <what> is *that* \all_about? Buze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesterse Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 20 hours ago, grrclark said: What do you say to soothe someone who is upset by poor orthography? There, their, they're To, two or is it too right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 The latter of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Biggest bugbear for me, is some sites and programs will not let you use true English only American English. Some that will have a spell check that tries to make you use the American English, a sly way of enforcing the use of z in place of s and bastardising of far to many English words, to the point you get so used to seeing the American spelling, you start to doubt that you have spelled words correctly. The text speak was good when you had to make three or four presses of the phone keys to compose a text, but modern phones make this unnecessary and just show a either a lack of manners or laziness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted March 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Gordon R said: My comments were light hearted banter, or I would have listed all your errors, starting with the howlers above. "when his own posts are littered with errors" Feel free to list them (All of them), I'm interested to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 1 hour ago, figgy said: Biggest bugbear for me, is some sites and programs will not let you use true English only American English. Some that will have a spell check that tries to make you use the American English, a sly way of enforcing the use of z in place of s and bastardising of far to many English words, to the point you get so used to seeing the American spelling, you start to doubt that you have spelled words correctly. The text speak was good when you had to make three or four presses of the phone keys to compose a text, but modern phones make this unnecessary and just show a either a lack of manners or laziness. Ur rite their M8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston72 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 8 hours ago, loriusgarrulus said: Wishful thinking and opportunistic. I am been heckled by somebody who has more chance of joining MENCAP than MENSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 What I do as a matter of course is to read through my replies before I post them. This usually eliminates spelling mistakes. Others obviously do not do the same. My lesson was learnt when I opened a thread on corvid shooting and I posted that the 'two cows on the rotary were bringing others close in'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 45 minutes ago, JDog said: What I do as a matter of course is to read through my replies before I post them. This usually eliminates spelling mistakes. Others obviously do not do the same. My lesson was learnt when I opened a thread on corvid shooting and I posted that the 'two cows on the rotary were bringing others close in'. Yes, I think this might explain the quite common use of the word 'defiantly' rather than 'definitely'....auto correct isn't always your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Quote "when his own posts are littered with errors" Feel free to list them (All of them), I'm interested to know. As we are both having a bit of banter, it would be churlish to list them all. I don't have the time or the inclination, but trust me, they are easy to spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted March 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Just now, Gordon R said: As we are both having a bit of banter, it would be churlish to list them all. I don't have the time or the inclination, but trust me, they are easy to spot. Me thinks you might be bluffing Shame really, I was ready with a few of yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Winston72 said: I am been heckled by somebody who has more chance of joining MENCAP than MENSA Being retired, I don't have to worry about looking for jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston72 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Just now, loriusgarrulus said: Being retired, I don't have to worry about looking for jobs. just staying awake and not smelling of wee, terrible burden on the old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Winston72 said: just staying awake and not smelling of wee, terrible burden on the old Just worry about a Granny with a shotgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Quote Me thinks you might be bluffing Shame really, I was ready with a few of yours I don't bluff. I'm sure if you look hard enough, I will have dropped the odd clanger. Not in your mega clanger league, but not perfect. Then again, I didn't start the thread - you did. A bit ironic really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 The trouble with posts like this is you will putt other members off posting i myself don't give a toss. As someone once said to me if you can understand it what is the problem We all didn't go to grammar schools probably didn't go to school at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 hour ago, fister said: Should “Spelling” have a capital S in the title? Yes, a better question would have been should the word "on" be replaced with "in." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 I embrace the modern age of poor spellin and that grammar stuff....I am a rubbish speller and have terrible handwriting, this is a result of a rubbish school with rubbish teachers and idiotic pupils. oh and the fact that I rarely went.. anyway these days you can hide behind text speak and typo errors oh and predictive thing.....all is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Rim Fire said: The trouble with posts like this is you will putt other members off posting i myself don't give a toss. As someone once said to me if you can understand it what is the problem We all didn't go to grammar schools probably didn't go to school at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted March 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 13 hours ago, Gordon R said: I don't bluff. I'm sure if you look hard enough, I will have dropped the odd clanger. Not in your mega clanger league, but not perfect. Then again, I didn't start the thread - you did. A bit ironic really. Still bluffing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howling Hound Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Rim Fire said: The trouble with posts like this is you will putt other members off posting i myself don't give a toss. As someone once said to me if you can understand it what is the problem We all didn't go to grammar schools probably didn't go to school at all Totally agree. This is a forum for shooting and not for scoring points on the rights and wrongs of spelling, syntax errors and grammatical abominations. Lets keep to the subject and encourage everyone to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted March 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 59 minutes ago, Howling Hound said: Totally agree. This is a forum for shooting and not for scoring points on the rights and wrongs of spelling, syntax errors and grammatical abominations. Lets keep to the subject and encourage everyone to participate. But the subject is "Off Topic" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 KB1 - I haven't a clue why you started the thread, as you are ill-equipped to judge the spelling and grammar of others. You do seem a bit reluctant to accept that your own written work is not brilliant, for reasons that escape me. I suspect that, when you say I am bluffing, you can't find fault in your posts. Sack the guide dog and start looking. It isn't that hard. A cynic might come to the conclusion that you can't find the faults in your own work, but have a special ability to spot errors elsewhere. That is a special talent that you have there, albeit very selective. It is clear that others on the Forum care less about whether something is 100% perfect and focus on the actual content. That is the right thing to do. Whilst this is predominantly a shooting forum, the best threads I have read concerned Land Rovers, boats, welding and a moped. The junior dig about "Off Topic" is just a bit silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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