People can't talk correctly

[sbutler]

Im not an expert on english, but I have noticed that people dont, or never did well at english at school, why do people drop the L of the end of some words??
eg:::
school is now..schoow.
girl is now..girw.
million is now..miweion.[Ho want to be a miweionair}
people is now peopiw.
motel is now.. motew.
Melbourne is now..Mewboune.
Evil is now..eviw.
angel is now..angew. :

I wish some peopiw would just talk right!!
Now ive had a rant I'll go & have a good lie down now. : :

[Stevo]

hahahahahahha

[DivHunter]

hmm yes it's spreading, used to be a localised Vic thing. Say your 'l's people!

Stevo I read your sig.. and felt a lot dumber for it. ?sdrawkcab ecnatnes etelpmoc a thgirw ot emit eht sekat ohw naem I

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

As long as people don't start dropping letters when they are writing out words, like the Americans do - for example, color instead of colour...

Sorry, but that sh!ts me up the wall for some strange reason.

[DOC]

People can't talk correctly

Are we talking or writing? and should it be
People can't spell correctly

[RED_EL_XR8]

You have to Broaden your horizons Steve, try talking to owners of other vehicles too. :

The amount of semi illiterate children that scrape through the school system is appauling. Parents need to be more aware and start to educate their children at home by reading books to them, and generally make learning fun.

I have helped in kindergarten classes in the past and it's damn hard to get around 30 young children in a constructive way.

but some of these threads with the 'sms' type of spelling is pathetic. :

[Steffo]

Originally Posted by The MaDDeSTMaN

As long as people don't start dropping letters when they are writing out words, like the Americans do - for example, color instead of colour...

Sorry, but that sh!ts me up the wall for some strange reason.

I hate that too. Who do they think they are to change a language that isn't even theirs? Following the way England speaks English = correct. Its their language after all. I especially hate the Yanks who say "I speak American."

[Homer1]

Originally Posted by Steffo

I hate that too. Who do they think they are to change a language that isn't even theirs? Following the way England speaks English = correct. Its their language after all. I especially hate the Yanks who say "I speak American."

Don't be surprised, there are actually those in the US who think english IS American!!! _

[UTE69Z]

Originally Posted by The MaDDeSTMaN

As long as people don't start dropping letters when they are writing out words, like the Americans do - for example, color instead of colour...

Sorry, but that sh!ts me up the wall for some strange reason.

Correct me if i'm wrong but that is how the americans spell it, color, put it in word and the spell checker wont pick it up...

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by UTE69Z

Correct me if i'm wrong but that is how the americans spell it, color, put it in word and the spell checker wont pick it up...

That's because your copy of word was loaded as typical, and typical = american in the tiny world of Mr Gates.

And even if you get your right those shared documents will keep trying to Americanize you.

Region settings and correct defaults are a must.

[PULLY6]

cm on pplz sms wrtng iz da bom. cn u nt unstnd i'z whn i wrt lk ths?

F*K I HATE that!! ^^^

Even my sms's contain proper grammar and spelling, even if it takes me 2 messages to get my point across!

[mcflux]

"Fwiends! Womans! Countwymen!"

Oh wait, that's Rs...

[svo347]

Simply put.... Your getting old ...

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by svo347

Simply put.... Your getting old ...

But that could be said about anyone really, couldn't it? I mean, none of us are getting any younger, are we?

Oh well, I guess as long as we're all getting old disgracefully, right?

[svo347]

Originally Posted by The MaDDeSTMaN

But that could be said about anyone really, couldn't it? I mean, none of us are getting any younger, are we?

Oh well, I guess as long as we're all getting old disgracefully, right?

Right on...

[Sourbastard]

Has to be said: WEWEASE!!! WODERWICK!!!

[XB_fairmont]

things that bug me

inner-national instead of international
prolly instead of probably
vun-erbale instead of vulnerable
zort instead if exhaust
arsked instead of asked

I can on and on.. and i will....

Originally Posted by xrgran

The amount of semi illiterate children that scrape through the school system is appauling.

Hmmmm....

Maybe that should be "appalling"? OK, I'll go away now. :

[fordel]

i will add to that Fez instead of Fiesta !... that s**** me majorly !

yes the language of todays youth is going downhill at a very fast rate, soon we will all be back to grunts to get our point across

Chris

[LuvinmyEB]

I remember in primary school (way back when dinosaurs still roamed that earth), I had written a sentence and had put the word colour in it but had spelt it 'color'. When the teacher corrected it she said that it could be spelt that way. So all through my schooling life, including going to a exclusive private girls school and University a couple of times I was never once picked up on the spelling of colour (or color as I had always spelt it).

It wasn't until I met The Maddestman and he set my spell checker to Australian/English and color kept coming up incorrectly (which would irk me no end) that The Maddestman pointed out that I had been spelling it incorrectly all these years.

I guess on the bright side, I now know why I never had a problem with HTML. :

[LuvinmyEB]

Originally Posted by fordel

i will add to that Fez instead of Fiesta !... that s**** me majorly !

yes the language of todays youth is going downhill at a very fast rate, soon we will all be back to grunts to get our point across

Chris

Do you want to tell my teenage son that grunting is not a proper form of communication, nor is it socially acceptable? :P

[Walkinshaw]

I started an almost identical thread on another forum regarding SMS typing in forums. Its amazing how defensive people get when you comment on their literary skills. I’m no English whiz, but pity people when you listen to them and they sound like they congealed in the gutter.

[bindi]

Originally Posted by XB_fairmont

things that bug me

inner-national instead of international
prolly instead of probably
vun-erbale instead of vulnerable
zort instead if exhaust
arsked instead of asked

I can on and on.. and i will....

So will I... I assume you meant zorst not zort?

Arsked is only slightly better than arksed.

I am also an annoyance to most people as if they pronounce something wrong I will point it out.

Like my daughter's OC teacher (this is a class in NSW public schools, for gifted kids - yes I have to brag!). Tomorrow night when I see her for parent-teacher night, I desperately want to point out that Antarctica has two C's and they are both pronounced. And what's even worse are the Americans who say the An-Artic. WHY?!?!?!

The other thing is the letter H. When people say "haitch" my skin crawls like someone has run their fingers down a chalkboard! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT'S "AITCH" YOU FREAKS!

I could go on... and, like XB Fairmont, I will :evil_laug

[fordel]

Originally Posted by LuvinmyEB

Do you want to tell my teenage son that grunting is not a proper form of communication, nor is it socially acceptable? :P

haha sure, i'll be up for that challenge ;)


chris

[Danny]

Also

Arks instead of Ask, that really ****es me off

also some people say Nyuse instead of use as in : Can I nyuse your pen?? Grrrrr

At work people will generally always ask for 3 "Bourbon and Cokes" when this is not the correct plural for bourbon and coke. It is meant to be can I have three "Bourbons and Coke"

[bindi]

Fordel, I love your avatar! :

[Kapn_Kiwi]

I couldn't help but overhear someone talking about "jinking" recently. It took me a while to realise he mean drinking. My generation isn't afraid to take shortcuts, I guess.

[Kapn_Kiwi]

Originally Posted by Danny

At work people will generally always ask for 3 "Bourbon and Cokes" when this is not the correct plural for bourbon and coke. It is meant to be can I have three "Bourbons and Coke"

If you get confused though, just ask for "A Bourbon and Coke, and two more while you're at it."

[Mike Gayner]

I hate people who can't pronounce "th" properly. My idiot workmate is like this. He says, "See vat mean Evo? Vat's my mates car, it's got va biggest turbo bro!" That ****es me off to no end. He is the absolute worst person to talk to, as I'm extremely anal about things being pronounced wrong and he is one very, very not smart person.

He was reading the calibration sticker on our antenna power meter and said "Vis power meter hasn't been carburetted for over a year!" He consistantly pronounces distributor "discriminer," I have no idea where that came from. Arg I hate talking to him, and he's one of those guys who never stops talking. And his breath smells like the southern end of a north bound mule.