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nickthegun 7 Aug 2008 17:07:11 87,711 posts
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ecureuil wrote:

nickthegun wrote:
Loose rather than lose is the only one that really gets on my tits, mainly because its so common, I always read loose as lose.

It's understandable though, due to the way it's pronounced.

Its not. Its pronounced in a very different way unless you have had a severe head injury.

Or are foreign.

MetalDog 7 Aug 2008 17:08:02 24,076 posts
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Standardised spelling is a relatively recent thing. I can kind of see his point.

Retroid Moderator 7 Aug 2008 17:08:18 45,464 posts
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The_Salad_Guild wrote:
If you look up alot of Shakeys words now, he spelt alot wrong, not even in the latest dictionary.

I always knew he was dodgy

Deleted user 7 August 2008 17:10:46

pjmaybe wrote:
2morrow was one I just got from the missus. I bit my tongue.

I often put 2moro in a text. lol

shamblemonkee 7 Aug 2008 17:17:25 17,967 posts
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it'll end in tears or was that teers.

Deleted user 7 August 2008 17:23:55

MetalDog wrote:
Standardised spelling is a relatively recent thing. I can kind of see his point.

I can see his point in that we should have a certain leeway in educational purposes (as long as it's not an English essay or something), but not to accept them outright.

Though from the article I get the impression he's just sick of correcting typos, so it's for his benefit rather than the student.

shamblemonkee 7 Aug 2008 17:28:43 17,967 posts
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stpiud biarn!!

It starts a slippery slope though and is not a good example to set. How can you accept sloppiness in education and then demand accuracy from their work and so on?

"The light was almost green officer, so that's ok... right!?"

CaptainBinky 7 Aug 2008 17:28:48 2,243 posts
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I can understand not chastising people for when these errors turn up in day-to-day activities - say in an e-mail or something.

But isn't the whole point of going to school to be educated? Where next? Aaah bollocks to the aposs... upostroffy... apostrophe children, it duzzunt rely mattur duzzit?

Heck, give us 5 years and the kids will all be talking like Fuzzy Wuzzies.

heyyo 7 Aug 2008 17:36:31 14,356 posts
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You wouldn't be posting here if that were the case.

shamblemonkee 7 Aug 2008 17:37:57 17,967 posts
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looz

Loos

The key is in they s not the o.

Deleted user 7 August 2008 17:38:23

heyyo! wrote:
You wouldn't be posting here if that were the case.

* airhorn *

Pure-Ultra 7 Aug 2008 17:42:20 743 posts
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Retroid wrote:
No it shouldn't. Fuck off.

agreed, its another step towards total Chavdom

why does this country have to be so accepting of everything?

PinkSpider 7 Aug 2008 17:59:16 3,349 posts
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Pure-Ultra wrote:

Retroid wrote:
No it shouldn't. Fuck off.

agreed, its another step towards total Chavdom

why does this country have to be so accepting of everything?

+1

What's next. Oh they put "Gud @ tim keepin m8' on their CV but thats okay so they can have a decent job.

I'm not that educated at using the English language, but some of the people I meet everyday make me feel like a bloody genius.

Genji 7 Aug 2008 18:02:31 19,682 posts
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I disagree with the article, but you have to admit that English spelling rules make no sense in a lot of cases.

captaineurogamer 7 Aug 2008 18:04:29 4,309 posts
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I really dont dont know if it should be accepted. Interesting though.

malteaserhead 7 Aug 2008 18:10:00 13,443 posts
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Genji wrote:
but you have to admit that English spelling rules make no sense in a lot of cases.

I have no problems at all with some words having accepted variants for this reason alone - he's talking about 20 or so right?.

Why be a slave to nonsensical language conventions that serve no meaningful purpose?
I really don't understand the level of knicker-twisting that's going on.

and

Gremmi wrote:
Though from the article I get the impression he's just sick of correcting typos, so it's for his benefit rather than the student.

I agree

agparrot 7 Aug 2008 18:18:34 11,901 posts
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The_Salad_Guild wrote:
If you look up alot of Shakeys words now, he spelt alot wrong, not even in the latest dictionary. I think this all started with Shakespeare.

Do you mean he spelt the word 'allot' wrong?

Or do you mean he spelt 'a lot' wrong, in the sense he spelt many words incorrectly? Because 'alot' isn't a word.

This thread is useless without pedants.

Ares 7 Aug 2008 18:20:41 1,818 posts
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malteaserhead wrote:

Genji wrote:
but you have to admit that English spelling rules make no sense in a lot of cases.

I have no problems at all with some words having accepted variants for this reason alone - he's talking about 20 or so right?.

Why be a slave to nonsensical language conventions that serve no meaningful purpose?
I really don't understand the level of knicker-twisting that's going on.

What? No meaningful purpose? The very order of civilisation is at stake here! I say you serve no meaningful purpose.

But seriously, the professor's suggestion was bad. I don't need to argue why. I think you'll find that my accurate spelling indicates just how right I am.

neilka 7 Aug 2008 18:22:24 24,025 posts
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malteaserhead 7 Aug 2008 18:25:19 13,443 posts
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Ares wrote:
What? No meaningful purpose? The very order of civilisation is at stake here! I say you serve no meaningful purpose.

But seriously, the professor's suggestion was bad. I don't need to argue why. I think you'll find that my accurate spelling indicates just how right I am.

Well ok. Can't argue with that.
I've changed my mind

agparrot 7 Aug 2008 18:29:53 11,901 posts
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Whilst I don't think we should accept the incorrect spelling of things, language does and should change.

Otherwise we run the risk of being 'French' about it, and having a panel of people to decide what is right and wrong, rather than allowing a degree of linguistic autonomasy.

Deleted user 7 August 2008 18:31:50

agparrot wrote:
having a panel of people to decide what is right and wrong

Sounds good to me. As long as what they decide is also the same as what I decide.

So basically I should be in charge of everything.

agparrot 7 Aug 2008 18:42:08 11,901 posts
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Gremmi wrote:

agparrot wrote:
having a panel of people to decide what is right and wrong

Sounds good to me. As long as what they decide is also the same as what I decide.

So basically I should be in charge of everything.

Sounds reasonable.

/votes Gremmi.

Dougs 7 Aug 2008 19:18:10 100,414 posts
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/twitches

Deleted user 7 August 2008 19:27:13

Stupid idea, how are people meant to understand what people type?
It'll be like text speak.

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