Linguistic tic's and crutches

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by susie123

huntin', shootin' and fishin'...

Yorkshire they can't help it.

As to getting worked up about it . 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]

Originally Posted by Eric

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]

Originally Posted by katex

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

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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, now if it was the fairer sex that would be a different question altogether

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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

[Michael1954]

Originally Posted by jaysay

What the piginG hell you on about Kate

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

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Michael1954

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

Ehh, pardon

[Michael1954]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Ehh, pardon

See Eric's reference to Churchill.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Michael1954

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]

Originally Posted by Michael1954

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

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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

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

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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

Rumour is you pinch peoples vegetables!

[Margaret Pilkington]

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

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by jaysay

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

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.