Gold!James L wrote:Me fail english.... Thats unpossible...
Aussies are just as bad with our colloquialisms and slang but our spelling and pronunciation is for all intents and purposes the same as British English (regional accents not withstanding). I lived in England for 2 years and there are many regions where the language spoken has no resemblance to English. Take the Geordies for instance, I couldn't understand a word they said.Kevnlis wrote:It is though, a very different language to the proper "Queens English" and again to what Australia calls English. Correct spelling and grammar here still shocks me at times. I admit without a British spell checker I would "misspell" or "Americanise" (I would have spelt that with a 'z' and the word spelt is not a real word where I come from, the word is 'spelled' where as 'spelt' is wheat to me) many words I type on this forum!warra48 wrote:Most of the people on this forum have English as their native tongue (and that includes Kevnlis).
Doc, the 'z' in those words is considered 'proper' in the US, and if you did not use that spelling you would be the one chastised for it... just different sides of the coin IMHO. No offence taken at all
I publish in American journals and am required to Americanise my writing for that. Unfortunately many of their journals are more widely read and respected so i choose to publish there to get a wider audience. I simply switch the spell checker over to 'US' English. I don't like it but I do accept its different.
Not sure what browsers people use to view the forums but with firefox I have a built in spell checker that saves me from too much embarrassment due to my fingers not keeping up with my brain.
I am a grammar nazi though, I was taught to speak correctly (public school education in the country before anyone takes a swipe at me) and that is simply an extension of correct grammar so I am anal about my spelling.
I really don't understand how people balls this one up but it appear nearly once a day albeit tongue in cheek at times.KEG wrote:larger instead of lager...
Very true Spills, some posts are so difficult to read I give up before I get to the point of them and as rwh mentioned, paragraphs help to separate individual points.SpillsMostOfIt wrote:
For me, largely correct grammar and spelling in a post shows that the author has given some effort to their writing and so I should give their thoughts some contemplation.
I suspect a lot of people have had great ideas and been dismissed or ignored because they have not been able to communicate them to other people who can refine or finance or develop these ideas...
Right, off to do some real work instead of picking on peoples grammar. Just be thankful I am not a moderator, this forum would be a very different place!
Cheers
DrSmurto
