Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear - Page 3

Acrylic-bob · 20-01-2005, 08:17

After an hours hard searching I finally found the figure for Islington's Debt. At 31st March 2003 it stood at £718,900,000. Nice!

On a totally different tack, while I was searching I think I may also have discovered the source of some of the excesses of political correctness.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/garbagega...ive3/loony.htm

park381 · 20-01-2005, 09:03

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

After an hours hard searching I finally found the figure for Islington's Debt. At 31st March 2003 it stood at £718,900,000. Nice!

On a totally different tack, while I was searching I think I may also have discovered the source of some of the excesses of political correctness.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/garbagega...ive3/loony.htm

Nice one

WillowTheWhisp · 20-01-2005, 16:57

Some other councils make ours look positively intelligent.

park381 · 20-01-2005, 17:55

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Some other councils make ours look positively intelligent.

Must say after reading that link from A-B, I must agree..........but that can't be true can it? HBC positively intelligent (you're being kind)

removal-man · 20-01-2005, 19:53

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

You may have been taught at school that correct spelling does not matter, I understand that this is currently the fashionable position taken by a growing number of teachers of English.
But correct spelling does matter, for the simple reason that it ensures that your reader does not misunderstand your meaning, if for no other. There are plenty of people out there who will happily misunderstand what you write, given the opportunity. This is how flame-wars and libel cases start. It is better not to give them the opportunity in the first place, don't you think?

i agwee 1 huded rer went. wel sed.

park381 · 20-01-2005, 20:02

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Originally Posted by removal-man

i agwee 1 huded rer went. wel sed.

On the question of spelling, sometimes a person replies to a post in a hurry, may be the fingers on the keyboard are a little bit quicker than the old grey matter, result a few spelling mistakes, also not always possible to use spell checker.

park381 · 20-01-2005, 20:03

Is this not a little off topic

WillowTheWhisp · 20-01-2005, 22:26

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Is this not a little off topic

No, I think it's totally off topic from the thread wander

Unless of course we consider councils to appear less impressive when they are unable to spell correctly. Speed in a message board post is one thing (I'm always getting my fingers in a twist) but when something is produced for publication and contains glaring errors which can lead to misinterpretation one wonders why on earth they didn't employ a proof reader.

park381 · 20-01-2005, 22:41

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

No, I think it's totally off topic from the thread wander

Unless of course we consider councils to appear less impressive when they are unable to spell correctly. Speed in a message board post is one thing (I'm always getting my fingers in a twist) but when something is produced for publication and contains glaring errors which can lead to misinterpretation one wonders why on earth they didn't employ a proof reader.

Still off topic.....but can you provide evidence of this, or is this just a general observation

WillowTheWhisp · 20-01-2005, 22:52

Mis-spelling in an official publication puts me off and I know it has the same effect on friends and aquaintances. The impression it gives is that they can't be bothered or don't care......so that leaves me wondering if they have the same attitude towards everything.

Of course when it leads to misinterpretation that's when real problems can arise. If what they say isn't actually what they mean it can lead to false expectations.

I once had some simple examples of how punctuation errors can alter the whole meaning of a sentence or paragraph. A bit like the grammatical structure effect in adverts like:

"Mahogany dining room table for sale by elderly lady with nicely carved wooden legs."

park381 · 20-01-2005, 23:05

Good example, I have one of those. It's for sale, and it's cheap.

removal-man · 20-01-2005, 23:33

i like nicely carved legs

Acrylic-bob · 21-01-2005, 07:35

To return to the discussion, what happened to George Slynn? I have a dim recollection that he was at one point facing an investigation and a possible surcharge. Did anything happen or did the odious creature weasel his way out of it?

Acrylic-bob · 21-01-2005, 07:40

Aaaargh! I can't believe this. I have just done a quick Google on George Slynn and I have discovered that he is a County Councilor now, for Great Harwood. How can anyone in their right mind vote for someone like that?

park381 · 21-01-2005, 09:07

Looks like he's moved on to bigger, and better things. Oh to be drawn by the corridors of power, sit on all those committees, and shape the lives of all those local people.

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/council...ails.asp?id=97