Genealogy Chat

Matthew - I used to go to school with two girls who would insist on actually writing 'somethink, everythink, anythink' instead of the proper way! Laura

i am a terrible writer ,i am always going from lower case to upper case,i also do it when i am writing,my gramma is not very good,i don't write letters very much ,but if i do i have to do severla drafts before it is right in my eyes,then my wife goes over it ,i then have to do it all again.by the way i do know that i should be a capital,but if i change caps lock i will normally write a paragraph before i realise caps are still on,i am just not a natural scribe.kev

Precisely Peter ;) Laura

For most people, text in capitals is actually hard to read, this is not an opinion but a proven scientific fact. This is why road signs are n Mixed Text, not capitals However, if certain people do have difficulties then their needs need to be recognised and accommodated. It is those who just can't be a..sed who need to change and get their act in gear. .

Dragonfly - Please don't stop posting, I am aware that for some people there is a very good reason for posting in capitals and I would hate for you to stop.... You have a genuine reason for this and I would hate for my post to have upset you in anyway. Jim - If I had posted this in General I would probably have been stoned. Most of the culprits are there! (!LOL!) Also, it was in response to a post on this board that prompted me. Lol - I'm afraid hands up I use this one. I hate text speak in general, but I frequent many internet forums and find this a way of lightening the tone when posting something that could be deemed as offensive. Or as a simple laugh as an alternative to a smiley. Unfortunately, not everyone gets irony like some of us do! Also - I have all these pet hates, but yes there are probably times when I do one or more of them! I like the way this thread has turned into a lighthearted moan and groan to be honest! It's interesting to see what winds us up. On the phone line at work the other day, I had to spell something and said 'aitch' he said pardon, I repeated 'aitch, you know, like at the start of house' 'Oh' he said. 'you mean haitch'. GRRRRR! No I don't, I mean 'aitch'! Although it's is a 'hhh' sound, the letter's name is AITCH. Or maybe I'm completely wrong? Oh dear. I completely agree with the comments on marking children's work. I am a primary school teacher and often get told to ignore certain spelling mistakes as that wasn't the main focus of the lesson (Yes, even in the English lessons). I can see that looking at a page full of red marks may give children a negative feeling, but it never did me any harm! Or my parents/grandparents etc! And we can all spell! Oh dear, I just used 'and' at the start of a sentence. Hmmm, going to stop typing now! Laura

Lorraine LOLOL! (Ooops! I meant - very very funny) Jim Unfortunately neither pedants nor pendants are welcome on the General Board. OC

hi all Years ago my husband recieved a hand written poison pen letter from a neighbour who was a little strange to say the least. My husband corrected his punctuation and spelling with a red pen and sent it back to him , we never heard from him again. lorraine

One of my pet hates is pendants hanging around our neck of the woods when they should be on general.

Matt, that gets to me when the wife has Eastenders on. No one wants people to be reluctant to post. My son can't speak or write at all. Some of it is pure laziness though, and bad education. One of the kids on my bus said ' I sawed her ..' I replied ' what you attacked her with a saw? ' Makes a change from ' I Seed her ' Bob

'Your wrong' was a reply I received on another message board last week. I was very good and resisted responding with 'you're wrong, actually!' Another pet hate: people saying 'everythinK' and 'nothinK' - it's not a K, it's a G!!!! Matt

HI MEERCAT MY FRIEND,I KEEP MISSING YOU XXXXX

Ge Meercat, Aren't you on the pension? Work?? Only joking! I must see if I can stay awake for thje second half of (ov?) the cricket between our countries. Dead boring. Keep up the good work, Regards, Bernie

Well meercat, the opposite of a pedant must be a very nice person - who (or whom) has helped me in the past - not passed!! Oh the joys of trying to figure out just what, 'the adjectival phrase' doing whatever it was supposed to do, to the subjective nouns, meant; that....... Blimey, if I'd ever got that sorted, I don't know. Keep smiling, Bernie

Well, this has been almost as much fun as the 'good old days' when there were a few laughs. Two moans that I have about language here, the extra use of 'ov' as in 'I got off ov the bus'. The other is 'bet' instead of 'beat'. We had a game of cricket and we bet them. Mind you, that is not something that you lot 'up over' can say about your team 'down under' at the moment, although you are in a good position to beat our Black C-aps tonight. (The R is silent!) Cheers, Bernie

Im afraid it's me who uses capitals I have a brain disease.and at times i loose co-ordination from brain,the evenings are worse,and i have what i call shutdown,between pills ,can last up to an hour,a lot of folk on generals know me well and sometimes i think what is written is what is in brain,but i can return after my tables have kicked in and its jibberish,so they either know to ignore me or join in on the jibber sometimes a better thread than i intended, The only alternative is not to do anything during these periods but that makes them last longer.i appologise,and if asked i will not post,,THIS HAS TAKEN 27 MINS to type using corret caps

My pedantic hackles rise at the use of baby language such as 'rellies' or that much overused linguistic tic 'LOL'; I suppose it is to indicate a joke but as we British delight in irony it is scarcely necessary.

My late mother in law received very little schooling and went into service, illegally, at the age of ten. She used to apologise at every opportunity for her ignorance. But her letters were properly laid out, grammatically correct, as was her spelling, and her handwriting was neat and careful. She presumably learned to do all that before the age of ten. OC

An BBC production I scream at the television every time. Lorraine

Fellow Pedants and Pedant(r)esses of the world unite - being married to a now retired English teacher every jot and tittle has to be scrutinised. The children would never show him their homework as he would red-pen it before it got anywhere near their teachers. A memorable exchange I had with one of their teachers happened when I complained that their homework was not corrected for spelling and pronunciation. I was told that it was Geography homework, not English, therefore did not have to be correct, or corrected. Pedantic or not, if a child cannot express a meaning in clear written English, how is that child going to pass examinations or even follow instructions.. ',,,This dude, rome somfing was like at this bird Jules who was well fit but her famly didn dig it cos they was under age, and like they all dide or somfing ' I think this precis of the Bard of Avon would not quite gain an a-level despite its approximate accuracy. Seriously - a return to the teaching of good standard English would be welcome. A return to the speaking of good English on television would help. If you look back to written work of children over a hundred years ago, and adults too, their calligraphy was beautiful, and their language was that of the Authorised version of the Bible. This was because there were not many able to afford books and the one book everyone had was the Bible. For those lucky enough to receive it, education was highly prized. Books were respected and were written well and not 'dumbed down' dreadful phrase, but accurate. Much more was expected of children than is expected now. Eileen

Eleanor - lol! Bob As a Lancastrian, I know all about the moveable 'H', lol, coming from a family called Holden, who got called Olden and having Haunties and Huncles called Harmstrong. Think I'd rather be a pedantress, than a pedantess - the latter sounds rather rude, don't you think? OC