This page is no longer updated, and is the old forum. For new topics visit the New HOL forum.
Register | Edit Profile | Subscriptions | Forum Rules | Log In
coulsdoneagle London 28 May 17 11.37pm | |
---|---|
I am constantly reading posts on this board where someone will open a topic and perhaps the OP has spelt something wrong or used 'Where' instead of 'were' or something. Rather than answering the topic or posting anything remotely useful, some pricks on this board decide to post something sarcastic about the mistake because it makes them feel important. Sincerely from everyone else who doesn't give a sh*t about spelling but actually wants to talk about Palace, F*ck off and get a life.
|
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
Kermit8 Hevon 29 May 17 7.38am | |
---|---|
Policing the police? Good on you. Nothing to see here. No contradictory irony. Move along.
Big chest and massive boobs |
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
Midlands Eagle 29 May 17 8.06am | |
---|---|
I must say that I agree with the OP and would like to see this habit cracked down on by the mods as whilst people may think that they are being clever it makes the forum a more unfriendly place
|
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 29 May 17 8.13am | |
---|---|
My wife is an ex-teacher of 35 years.Sometimes she will go into a pub, view the 'Specials' board or just the menus written on a blackboard and say things to the effect "XXX is spelt wrong, YYY is spelt wrong" like "Spaghetti" being spelt as "Spagetti" etc etc.Bloody teachers and blackboards !!!! Although I hear blackboards and chalk are things of the past in classrooms.
|
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
palace_in_frogland In a broken dream 29 May 17 8.20am | |
---|---|
There are some mistakes which could be just plain typos; the example given by the OP for instance. But some other things, like the usage of would of, should of etc. are just wrong and deserve to be called out, imho. But it doesn't matter really. Edited by palace_in_frogland (29 May 2017 8.21am)
|
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 29 May 17 8.25am | |
---|---|
The other day, my wife was looking over my shoulder as I was composing an email.She said there should be a "Comma" after that word etc !!!! I told her to "Bu..er off" downstairs and make me a coffee.Nosey and bloody interfering.
|
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
sa_eagle Just outside Cape Town 29 May 17 8.33am | |
---|---|
There's a reason spelling is important... Attachment: Grammar.png (33.58Kb)
Cynic or realist? It's a fine line! |
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 29 May 17 8.42am | |
---|---|
Don't get me wrong I happen to believe that it is important to get one's grammar and spelling correct and I am as fallible as many in this respect. I might be an educated chap but that was a long,long time ago and I am not exactly a 'Spring chicken'. What raises my hackles is that I believe when my wife looks at menus etc, her focus is trying to pick out the mistakes, instead of concentrating on the contents relating to the food offered by the establishment.She also does this with 'Flyers' suggesting how it could be laid out better etc etc.Makes my blood boil.
|
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
matt_himself Matataland 29 May 17 9.11am | |
---|---|
When a poster berates another for their 'lack of intelligence', yet makes this point in a post which is grammatically incorrect, then it's fair game to point this out.
"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02 |
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 29 May 17 9.14am | |
---|---|
Originally posted by matt_himself
When a poster berates another for their 'lack of intelligence', yet makes this point in a post which is grammatically incorrect, then it's fair game to point this out. Understand your sentiments but I have met a number of highly intelligent people in the past whose grammar can be called into question on occasion and even their spelling - I recall one chap who spelt "Yacht" as "Yatch" and genuinely felt he was right.
|
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
YT Oxford 29 May 17 9.34am | |
---|---|
Originally posted by Willo
Don't get me wrong I happen to believe that it is important to get one's grammar and spelling correct and I am as fallible as many in this respect. I might be an educated chap but that was a long,long time ago and I am not exactly a 'Spring chicken'. What raises my hackles is that I believe when my wife looks at menus etc, her focus is trying to pick out the mistakes, instead of concentrating on the contents relating to the food offered by the establishment.She also does this with 'Flyers' suggesting how it could be laid out better etc etc.Makes my blood boil. Mrs Willo would have hated a flyer we received from a fish and chip business. It said: "10% discount for Benson air base employees and everyone else"
Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes) |
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
ZIGnZAG Stoke 29 May 17 9.41am | |
---|---|
I also wish I'd tried harder at school.
|
|
Alert a moderator to this post |
Registration is now on our new message board
To login with your existing username you will need to convert your account over to the new message board.
All images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2024 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.