Is correct spelling not taught anymore ?

[Old Boggy]

Now I know that incorrect spelling and punctuation is quite acceptable and can be quite amusing on this forum, but I've just received an email from Confused.com , who I would have thought would get it right, asking -:

"Is saftey techonology in cars becoming more of a hinderance these days ?"

Surely if they cannot employ people literate in the Queen's English, there are such things as 'spell checks' that are simple enough to use. 

Rant over , time for breakfast.

OB the old pedant.

Edited July 6, 2019 by Old Boggy

[guzzicat]

11 minutes ago, Old Boggy said:

Now I know that correct spelling and punctuation is quite acceptable and can be quite amusing on this forum, but I've just received an email from Confused.com , who I would have thought would get it right, asking -:

"Is saftey techonology in cars becoming more of a hinderance these days ?"

Surely if they cannot employ people literate in the Queens English, there are such things as 'spell checks' that are simple enough to use. 

Rant over , time for breakfast.

OB the old pedant.

+1 For this, puncuation too! also missuse of "decimation!"Historic Roman punishment, death of 1 in 10.

Edited July 6, 2019 by guzzicat

[Old Boggy]

4 minutes ago, guzzicat said:

+1 For this, puncuation too! also missuse of "decimation!"Historic Roman puishment, death of 1 in 10.

Thanks Guzzicat, you've just proved my point, but as said, acceptable on PW 

OB

PS. Quick, go back and edit your post before anyone else notices. 

Edited July 6, 2019 by Old Boggy

[ditchman]

[guzzicat]

Oh N, Missed my L, Pre breakfast fingers.

[Old Boggy]

17 minutes ago, ditchman said:

I did say acceptable and amusing on here 

Your posts Ditchy, are written in Norfolkstanie and are therefore perfectly acceptable if not somewhat incoherent after 2/3 of a bottle of the red stuff.

Edited July 6, 2019 by Old Boggy

[Scully]

14 minutes ago, Old Boggy said:

Now I know that correct spelling and punctuation is quite acceptable and can be quite amusing on this forum, but I've just received an email from Confused.com , who I would have thought would get it right, asking -:

"Is saftey techonology in cars becoming more of a hinderance these days ?"

Surely if they cannot employ people literate in the Queens English, there are such things as 'spell checks' that are simple enough to use. 

Rant over , time for breakfast.

OB the old pedant.

Do you mean incorrect spelling?

[Old Boggy]

2 minutes ago, Scully said:

Do you mean incorrect spelling?

You got me there Scully. Well and truly hoist by my own petard 

Corrected now, I hope.

[Scully]

7 minutes ago, Old Boggy said:

You got me there Scully. Well and truly hoist by my own petard 

Corrected now, I hope.

😂 I almost spelled it with two n’s. 

I don’t mind incorrect spelling it’s punctuation which can make a sentence hard to read 🙂

[NoBodyImportant]

My phone makes me sound like a retard some times as it changes words.  

[Old Boggy]

7 minutes ago, Scully said:

 

I don’t mind incorrect spelling it’s punctuation which can make a sentence hard to read 🙂

I agree. There was one post on here of a report of a day in the field with the most interesting content,  but quite difficult to fully understand without reading through a couple of times. Worth it in the end though.

The other problem of course is predictive text on phones, which can sometimes make for interesting reading.

6 minutes ago, NoBodyImportant said:

My phone makes me sound like a retard some times as it changes words.  

You and me both.

[Hamster]

Life wouldn't be the same if you couldn't look forward to the next delicious howler, last night I saw phenomenal spelt for nominal (complete with a space). It's amusing because you never know if the gaffe was intentional or whether they can't spell or weather they simply write things as they here them. I could of died laughing. 

[team tractor]

21 minutes ago, NoBodyImportant said:

My phone makes me sound like a retard some times as it changes words.  

Called my mate babe last night on mine 😂

[Old Boggy]

6 minutes ago, Hamster said:

Life wouldn't be the same if you couldn't look forward to the next delicious howler, last night I saw phenomenal spelt for nominal (complete with a space). It's amusing because you never know if the gaffe was intentional or whether they can't spell or weather they simply write things as they here them. I could of died laughing. 

I'm sure that your sentence -:

'can't spell or weather they simply write things as they here them. I could of died laughing'  

was intentional to prove a point of illiteracy. 

OB

[team tractor]

I have to admit I’m not the smartest guy when it comes to English. My mums been helping me out a little bit of late as I’d like to come across smarter. 

Little chance of that tho 😂😂

[Old Boggy]

6 minutes ago, team tractor said:

Called my mate babe last night on mine 😂

You sure that wasn't Winston that you were calling ? 

[Hamster]

16 minutes ago, Old Boggy said:

I'm sure that your sentence -:

'can't spell or weather they simply write things as they here them. I could of died laughing'  

was intentional to prove a point of illiteracy. 

OB

Could of been, their is know way to no for sure. 

 

[figgy]

Spell checkers are usually American English, some words still get mangled.

Phones predictive text can produce some howlers, my phone does so on a regular basis.

One of the best check programs I have used checks your spelling and grammar on your computer. Offering alternative words and phrasing. 

Experts are predicting a change to English as we know it due to the rise in text speach and using more phonetic spelling, so phone will be fone as it is in Scandinavia etc. Our written language has always been fluid.

So long as I can read a post I try not to let it bother me or to comment. When it's a howler from a meber you know can write, it's fun to point it out. Laziness in writing posts gets tiresome.

O know weer turning into milenyals

Edited July 6, 2019 by figgy

[Eyefor]

On several occasions I have sent people copies of the "Eats shoots and leaves" book by Lynne Truss. Link here (many other vendors available).

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I now see there is a version for children - which my kids (both in their 30's) might be getting as copy of. Link here

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[team tractor]

39 minutes ago, Old Boggy said:

You sure that wasn't Winston that you were calling ? 

Lol 😂 

[ShootingEgg]

57 minutes ago, team tractor said:

Called my mate babe last night on mine 😂

That's nothing new though 😂😂

[team tractor]

Just now, ShootingEgg said:

That's nothing new though 😂😂

Your just jealous  . 

[Harnser]

4 hours ago, Old Boggy said:

I did say acceptable and amusing on here 

Your posts Ditchy, are written in Norfolkstanie and are therefore perfectly acceptable if not somewhat incoherent after 2/3 of a bottle of the red stuff.

Norfolk folk are bilingual as we speak the queens English and broad Norfolk and old dialect that goes back hundreds of years .

harnset

[Diver One]

Sulphur has now changed to sulfur!.......it's a slippery slope, I tell you, a slippery slope

the continuous use of "of" instead of "have" really boils my urine

 

 

cannot post a link to this so I have screen shot' it.....this the first of 4 pages  I will put the rest on if anyone is interested?

it shows how complex the English language is and why it makes us superior😂

 

 

 

[Retsdon]

5 hours ago, Old Boggy said:

people literate in the Queens English

...needs a possessive apostrophe in Queen's...