Just letting off steam!

[celia]

Well i think Suttontrust must be the poshest lady  in hull
I think we are lucky to be able to read what we see. Imagine what would happen if everyone decided to type out a post in their local dialect ,spell as we speak. You'd no be able ta understand it. I bet hardly any of us speak the Queens English,
and  a dialect does crops up the mails many a time. Have you not noticed

Celia

[suttontrust]

No one who knows me would ever call me posh.  I am bilingual in standard English and East Hull.  Don't let's degenerate into insults.  What's clear from this thread, which I regret starting, is that there are plenty of us who feel the same way.  We have to live with the language as it is, but we don't have to like it.

[tallted]

Jillj,
You are correct, you had the last word. LOL.

[acorngen]

How does one use appostrophe's etc in grammar when one doesn't have the foggiest about Grammar?  Comma's are there to take a breath, anyone who has heard me speak knows I don't take breaths until the sentence is completed

As a present undergrad at uni I take offence at the assumption that we don't know how to string a sentence together or that it matters.  The first thing after the understanding of the question when writing an essay, is and I quote " The correct use of Grammar and Spelling is pre-requisite for a good grade."  We are taught though to write in a way that anyone with no command of the subject would understand it but without dumbing down.

Luckily for me, (who through having no interest in English in the written form ) I have a very patient set of people who read all my works prior to submission day and without whom I would be failing miserably although with their checks I am starting to get a grip of this new language and its appostrophes etc.

Who do I blame?  Secondary education and more importantly myself

Rob

[Darcy]

I too have read this thread with interest and at times amazement. It would be very sad if RootsChatters, such as myself, who do not hold a degree in English are put off posting by imagining their effort is being marked out of a possible 10.

People communicate to the best of their ability and some need encourgement and compassion. That I have in spades

Darcy

[indiapaleale]

Darcy,
I, too, thought that this was a message board and chat room about Genealogy.

I hope it's not a test of my language skills and the veracity of my questions.

On an internet message board I use internet language.

Like it or lump it.

Cheers,
Indi

[Boongie Pam]

C'mon c'mon guys,

The beauty of this place is that we are all different otherwise we would all know the same stuff and be pretty d**n useless to each other.

Sutton just wanted to vent and there is room for that here but at the end of the day we all just want to chatter.

My last word on this is you can't blame a kid for not learning if he/she isn't taught.  As an adult if you want to improve your english you can there are classes everywhere but it isn't a priority in most peoples lives. 

My motto
Above all tolerance

Anywho, let's enjoy are many and varied quirks!

All the best,
Pam
 

PS Life's too short to spell check - my real motto...

[Paul E]

PS Life's too short to spell check - my real motto...

Pam - that's very similar to my own motto:

Life's too short to spell czechoslovakia

 

[matty]

Sutton I have taken your advice and looked up "Fettle doffer" in several good dictionaries and not found any answer.  Dare I ask you to help me?

I hope that people on this friendly site have not been put off asking for help by some of the replies. 

Matty