LITERACY IN THE FORUM

Angelo wrote: B.t.w. I think I will stop participating in this thread, the pressure of not making a spelling error is getting to big for me.

T.Rox wrote: Just another thought on this... The titles and lyrics of today's pop and rap  songs don't help...   Things like Doncha for Don't You and Witchu for With You just give me the Tom-Tits ... and our kids accept it and learn from it ... unfortunately

Too bad, indeed. This problem is not even restricted to English, it's the same in Dutch and I expect in every other language as well. Luckily my 4 year old daughter loves fairies and keeps asking for Blackmore'
s Night instead of MTV

Angelo

B.t.w. I think I will stop participating in this thread, the pressure of not making a spelling error is getting to big for me.

Flyingsod wrote: Angelo wrote: And yes, the two spelling errors is a bit black and white, I was just trying to make a point here. B.T.W.: what annoys me more is the use of words like 'nazi' in discussions like this. Let's stay nice here. Angelo  Yep, nazi was a bit too strong, as were the jabs against ones inteligence and deciphering capabilities. Sorry. I like the 'nice' vibe here and don't want to be the one to disturb it. Replace nazi with a word with strength somewhere between  strict and nazi.  I would think official Prog Archives reviews to be the correct place to make things grammatically correct.

We're on the same track I guess.

Just another thought on this...

The titles and lyrics of today's pop and rap  songs don't help...

Syzygy wrote: horza wrote:    Rumour not rumor,labour not labor,harbour not harbor,grey not gray ...... the list goes on and on ...      While we're on the topic - there are two i's in 'aluminium', and words like 'organise' and 'realise' are spelt with 's' rather than 'z' - the latter being merely a not so cunning ploy by the transatlantic  ex-colonials to boost their scrabble scores.

ha ha ha!
I am finding this thread really funny!

I do a lot of typing in my work..........I spend a lot of time correcting it and making sure it is up to standard..........
when I come here I am participating in a past-time, a hobby, a conversation, hell just being here (and not working) is being lazy.
If my laziness is a problem, you need to get a napkin ready to wipe that bagel!


P-C

R o V e R wrote: great funny thread, this one will have long life defenetly ( did i spell it properly?)

 I won't go into spelling since we can see what you were saying but I will tell you that 'i' should be 'I' since it refers to yourself and is used in place of your name and is therefor a proper noun and should be capitalized (or if your not part of the vast transatlantic colonial conspiracy maybe 'capitalised'). Otherwise I might think i actually means something other than I, although I see where i can mean nothing other than I.

horza wrote:    Rumour not rumor,labour not labor,harbour not harbor,grey not gray ...... the list goes on and on ...

   Rumour not rumor,labour not labor,harbour not harbor,grey not gray ...... the list goes on and on ...




    

Edited by horza - May 27 2006 at 16:03

Your P.S. says it all - I can't stand that type of thing in reviews - which I thought the discussion was about. I do agree that a forum is a bit different than a review in a database that calls itself 'the ultimate prog rock resource' - there's something like an informal quality standard that I expect there.

And yes, the two spelling errors is a bit black and white, I was just trying to make a point here.

B.T.W.: what annoys me more is the use of words like 'nazi' in discussions like this. Let's stay nice here.

Angelo


Edited by Angelo - May 27 2006 at 15:52