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News readers and poor pronunciation
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 4 Jun 2014 15:17 |
My spelling is woeful - so please excuse any spelling mistakes I may make. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 4 Jun 2014 14:51 |
Outside a cemetary sat a harassed cobbler and an embarassed oculist, picknicking on a desiccated apple and gazing at the symmetry of a lady's ankle with unparalleled ecstasy!!! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 4 Jun 2014 14:48 |
here's one to test your spelling and grammar |
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Island | Report | 4 Jun 2014 12:54 |
Wish I woz perfick like u lot. |
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Dermot | Report | 4 Jun 2014 12:09 |
'He eluded his captors after alluding to their blemished characters'. |
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Andysmum | Report | 4 Jun 2014 11:34 |
I tried explaining to someone about trying the sentence without the other person and was informed that you should say "He gave it to me" and "He gave it to John and I". I gritted my teeth and gave up. |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 3 Jun 2014 17:36 |
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Sharron | Report | 3 Jun 2014 16:29 |
I or me is pretty easy when you know how but people don't seem to know how any more. |
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Sharron | Report | 3 Jun 2014 16:29 |
I or me is pretty easy when you know how but people don't seem to know how any more. |
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supercrutch | Report | 3 Jun 2014 14:58 |
Thanks Brenda x |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 3 Jun 2014 14:17 |
Ahoghill in N. Ireland. There was hysterical laughter when I pronounced it as it looks in order to ask where it was! |
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Dermot | Report | 3 Jun 2014 13:58 |
Just to widen the discussion a little - my regular gripe concerns some radio interviews or, more precisely, interviewees. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 3 Jun 2014 12:28 |
grrrrrrrrrrrrr :-D |
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Dermot | Report | 3 Jun 2014 12:27 |
Absolutely Ann! (Sorry!) |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 3 Jun 2014 12:25 |
and what about "could of" instead of "could have" - grrrrrrr!!! Jeremy Kyle says it all the time - basically :-D :-D :-D :-D |
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Kense | Report | 3 Jun 2014 11:55 |
Don't watch Pointless then Andysmum, Alexander Armstrong make the can error every day. |
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Andysmum | Report | 3 Jun 2014 11:41 |
I agree, Brenda. Lie and Lay is another example - "I was laying on my bed". |
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Sharron | Report | 3 Jun 2014 11:35 |
I think there is a bit of an excuse for the breaking news banners and sub- titles. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 3 Jun 2014 08:09 |
You are not the only one Sue who gets annoyed at pronunciation.I also think grammar is lacking these days. |
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supercrutch | Report | 2 Jun 2014 21:34 |
Errr let me think Bro........................................................ |
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