General Chat

Just to remind everyone that this is an old thread posted 08/05/2005 . Thats almost a month ago...... methinks everything has been said already without the heated debate going on causing more upset. I'm sure Tea bag has got the message now ! Elaine x

You do a lovely Irish accent there Dawn! lol

dunno dawn lucks ok two mee!

I use 'rellies' - I say rellies, I type rellies, and I will continue to do so. So there Bev

It's OK Deanna - this is just another in a long line of whinges.

I use those 'annoying' words as a joke sometimes. And I am sure others do too. I do get fed up with people checking our punctuation and grammar on these boards. We are here to enjoy ourselves, it's 49 years since I was at school. Deanna

It always annoys me when people say or write 'draw' as in 'I put it in the draw', rather than drawer. Lisa

You want to try chatting on MSN with a dyslexic Brother!! It's like he's talking in code lol!! K x

Get a life!

Very good Bob. I once had one very similar, what happened to it? I have a number of pet hates, using all capitals, using all lower case letters, Using 'your' instead of 'you're' using im instead of I'm. Dave

'Thanks' is a shortening of 'I give thanks' rather than 'thank you' and comparing 'relatives' and 'rellies' is not really comparing like with like. Like others, I don't really understand the need for 'thanx' instead of 'thanks' and suspect its more to do with the ease of spelling than anything else. I have to confess though that I have used 'yup' or 'yep' instead of 'yes' on occasion and it's all to do with context and trying to add intonnation to the written word. It's a difficult topic - the notion of the 'correct' way to spell words is a relatively new one. 'Eats Shoots and Leaves' is on my reading list and while I acknowledge the place of 'chat' and the needs of those whose skills are not so honed, parents and teachers are still left with the thorny problem of how to give children the many different language skills in today's complicated society. They have to learn several different 'Englishes' - spoken, written, business, chat, formal, informal, text (or is that txt?) etc etc.

Yes Len, it's a brilliant book. Vivienne

I don't like being misunderstood therefore try to be accurate with spelling, grammar and syntax. I like to be sure of understanding others so wish they would return the compliment. Has anyone read 'Eats shoots and leaves' ? Len

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wonder why teabag aint posted more than once could it be something to do with the date they joined genes could it even be an alias lol mmmmmmmmmm makes you think Paul

well i'll be off darn the rub a dub, its only up the frog and toad dont need me whistle and flute,if any one wants me u can get me on the dog and bone, when i gets home its up the apple and pears into uncle ned. thats good old london english!!!!! Helen

Dont mind what anyone writes as long as I can understand it and not have to go back and start the sentence again though when I see 'I no (know)' 'I now (know)' and differing ways that No, Now, Know, New, Knew are used this does irritate and usually means a re-read. Another annoyance is CemetAry instead of Cemetery. Otherwise, for the most part I am O K with gonna wanna etc., and incidentally when you leave somebody you may say 'Bye Bye' - fewer keystrokes to write 'Bibi' and the latter is a term that has been in use on keyboards, telex for example, long before computers came along.

Surely its horses for courses? I don't type messages here in the same way as I would address a letter to an official. I talk differently to the children I work with at school, from the way I talk to adults. I also talk differently to the children I work with depending on whether we are working in class, or playing at breaktime. I might also talk to them differently again if I saw them out of school. The only point of grammar, spelling, etc is to enable people to understand your meaning better. It sometimes matters and you need to be clear, at other times people can get the hang of what you are saying without worrying too much. Some slang I find amusing and colourful, other slang I hate. But tolerance is a great virtue. nell

I like your new name Al! XX BC

Thanks Gwynne. I'm using my anagram name now :o) AL