Spelling/Grammer

[Not so ancient mariner]

Try turning the predictive text off then ....

That only works if you are the sender.

[Not so ancient mariner]

pendants korna

You should feel quite at home then - you old swinger...

[Silver_Shiney]

pendants korna? Well, now that you brooch the subject...

[Mervyn and Trish]

I like a nice Korna. Not too hot.

[Stephen]

Try turning the predictive text off then ....

Because I'd really be stuffed then Moby

[Gill W]

I don't mind the odd spelling mistake or grammar error on forums. I'm sure I've made the odd mistake here and there.

There is something that really gets my goat though.

I do quite a lot of eBay selling and it is astonishing how many people don't put capital letters in the right places in their address or make spelling mistakes in their address.

Most of them can't get their post codes right

The correct format is AB1 2CD

I've lot count of the people who format it as ab12cd

No wonder parcels go missing

[Delboy]

I am the worlds worst, when it come to Spelling and Grammar, does it upset me, no not at my age, people referring to my mistakes annoy but I don't let them bother me.

I was taught if you want to make your post stand out and bring it to the readers attention, make at least one spelling mistake.

There were no grammar schools or exams when I went to school, any exams I took were after I had left school and were mathematical rather than English & Grammar.

All the words OL mentioned in his OP I have problems with, I find a spell checker extremely useful, but don't need a calculator when it comes to maths and adding up.

[Silver_Shiney]

You're not alone there, Gill.

Something local that irritates me is people saying the dialling code for Bristol is 01179. It isn't. It's 0117. The 9 is part of the telephone number, and not every Bristol telephone number starts with 9. The same goes for Reading, Nottingham, Sheffield and a few other major cities.

Then there are the people who don't spell your name correctly, even when you've just spelt it out for them, or it's staring them in the face.

[Meg 50]

My post code has a zero in it - not an 'Oh'

London phone nos are frequently printed wrongly - we are 020 8xxx xxxx, not 0208 xxx xxxx

Our surname is usually lengthened for some reason!

[Onelife]

I am the worlds worst, when it come to Spelling and Grammar, does it upset me, no not at my age, people referring to my mistakes annoy but I don't let them bother me.

I was taught if you want to make your post stand out and bring it to the readers attention, make at least one spelling mistake.

There were no grammar schools or exams when I went to school, any exams I took were after I had left school and were mathematical rather than English & Grammar.

All the words OL mentioned in his OP I have problems with, I find a spell checker extremely useful, but don't need a calculator when it comes to maths and adding up.

Hi Delboy...I try and make two or three grammer/spelling mistakes so they have to read my post twice

[GillD46]

My post code has a zero in it - not an 'Oh'

London phone nos are frequently printed wrongly - we are 020 8xxx xxxx, not 0208 xxx xxxx

Our surname is usually lengthened for some reason!

I can see how the London telephone numbers are set out that way though. My In-Laws used to be 01 3xx xxxx so we automatically substituted 0208 for the 01, and it does trip off the tongue more easily that way I think.

[Manoverboard]

Try turning the predictive text off then ....

Because I'd really be stuffed then Moby

[Not so ancient mariner]

Half a century ago, in the academic year that I did my Qualifying exam (11 plus to those south of the border) we had a weekly test in which we were given 10 words and had to learn both the meaning and correct spelling of these. On the spelling side, we were allowed to get one wrong. More than that and you got the belt! (Google 'Lochgelly Tawse')

This, of course, was not in the least helpful to those who had a real problem such as dyslexia - but it did concentrate the minds of those who otherwise just wouldn't have bothered.

I can still remember one girl by the name of Barbara Edwards, who when she looked up one of these words in the dictionary, found it said "see such & such" (I don't remember the exact details) - and put that down as the meaning.
The teacher went absolutely spare!

[Mervyn and Trish]

We had similar tests each week Notso in the run up to the 11 plus

[Raybosailor]

I personally think spellcheckers make for idle minds, particularly in my case as at school I was top of class at spelling and grammar but since the advent of the P.C. (and old grey matter) I now struggle with both when the spellcheck is not available.

Predictive text used to drive me nuts but the intelligent text on the new phone I have is a prayer answered, my two kids and my grand kids think I have been on a speed typing course now. It used to be a standing joke with them when I was texting or private messaging them, my son said he would text me and then go and make a brew while I replied. The problem is I have chubby battered old fingers and have to use one of those touch pen thingy's but now I start to type and a whole row of suggested words pop up that I just touch and they appear in the text, absolute heaven.

One thing that does make me cringe though is this Cortana app., it tells me I have a text message from ******** and offers to read it which is great for hands free but when she asks me if I want to reply that is where things go pear shaped. She hasn't got Nottingham slang programmed in and the results are sometimes hilarious as I sit there arguing with her about her interpretation of my commands. One day the whole family were at ours when I received a text and by the time I had got fed up to the teeth with it and switched the phone off they were all doing the dying fly.

I think the conversation finished with "don't ####### bother I'll get the train down and tell em missen duck". Our son said he hasn't seen a comedy act like that since the days of Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I personally think spellcheckers make for idle minds, particularly in my case as at school I was top of class at spelling and grammar but since the advent of the P.C. (and old grey matter) I now struggle with both when the spellcheck is not available.

Predictive text used to drive me nuts but the intelligent text on the new phone I have is a prayer answered, my two kids and my grand kids think I have been on a speed typing course now. It used to be a standing joke with them when I was texting or private messaging them, my son said he would text me and then go and make a brew while I replied. The problem is I have chubby battered old fingers and have to use one of those touch pen thingy's but now I start to type and a whole row of suggested words pop up that I just touch and they appear in the text, absolute heaven.

One thing that does make me cringe though is this Cortana app., it tells me I have a text message from ******** and offers to read it which is great for hands free but when she asks me if I want to reply that is where things go pear shaped. She hasn't got Nottingham slang programmed in and the results are sometimes hilarious as I sit there arguing with her about her interpretation of my commands. One day the whole family were at ours when I received a text and by the time I had got fed up to the teeth with it and switched the phone off they were all doing the dying fly.

I think the conversation finished with "don't ####### bother I'll get the train down and tell em missen duck". Our son said he hasn't seen a comedy act like that since the days of Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part.