Loose and lose are not the same!

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03/30/2007 11:32:13 PM · #126

Originally posted by thomaspeople:

Ignore my last post. I fell asleep with my hand on the update button and completely missed the point.
By the way - what is a "spelt"

I could be mistaken, but I believe that a 'spelt' is an hermaphrodite 'smelt', a type of salt water fish. Nah, couldn't be!

03/30/2007 11:32:41 PM · #127

Whilst we just sat here drinking tea in our thatched cottages watching the world pass us by :P

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

03/30/2007 11:40:11 PM · #128

Originally posted by Artyste:

...I *know* that 'whinge' is a real term that is used in Australia(especially, and elsewhere I guess), but every time I read it it makes me cringe, because I cannot seem to read it as anything but an improper spelling of 'whine'...

no, no, no, glen.;-P whinge is a real word (and yes, it is related to whine) and has been English English for at least 60 years.

really.
so, stop yer whingeing.

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

03/30/2007 11:44:30 PM · #129

try being canadian! we spell things with british spelling, usually. unless we use american spelling. or sometimes just a completely canadian version.

it's like imperial and metric here. we measure long distances in kilometres, personal height in feet and inches, carpenters use inches, but everyone else uses metric (who wants to do fractions if you don't have to?) food is sold in kilos, but everyone calls it pounds. thank god we don't have stones here as well (14 pounds - english wieght measurement)

confused? us? never. um, what?

03/30/2007 11:50:21 PM · #130

I could never understand that in a metric system in Australia that we still use inches when talking about photo sizes.

03/30/2007 11:51:25 PM · #131

PS are you guys serious about the "spelt" thing or have I just lost the plot with what you are talking about.

03/30/2007 11:53:33 PM · #132

I think it is supposed to be "spelled"

Past tense of a verb, add 'ed'

Walked
Played

not

Walkt
Playt

Something like that :P

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

03/30/2007 11:54:12 PM · #133

Originally posted by Monique64:

PS are you guys serious about the "spelt" thing or have I just lost the plot with what you are talking about.

it's the whole spelt/spelled, smelt/smelled debacle. just try to ignore it and it'll go away... ;p

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03/30/2007 11:59:39 PM · #134

My Australian Oxford Dictionary says I am correct in saying 'spelt'. You had me worried for a moment that my English was slipping. I have spelt "spelt" this way since I started spelling.

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

03/31/2007 12:36:06 AM · #135

Originally posted by Konador:

I think it is supposed to be "spelled"

Past tense of a verb, add 'ed'

Walked
Played

not

Walkt
Playt

Something like that :P

So I "shooted" my picture? *grin*

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03/31/2007 12:38:51 AM · #136

I runned out of my English lesson before I got to the bit about exceptions :P

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

03/31/2007 12:40:21 AM · #137

Heh. Don't get me started about heighth. My friend from Seattle says thath.

TCGuru

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03/31/2007 12:41:00 AM · #138

Originally posted by PhantomEWO:

YGTBSM!

Yeah, me too :)

Rebecca

Nikon D80

03/31/2007 12:48:27 AM · #139

What is "spelt"?

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

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03/31/2007 01:02:25 AM · #140

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

I'm happy we are all concerned about such things. It makes me very gruntled.

Sorry, I stole that from the upcoming Office episode. It's a great line though.

Doc, ya ever been sheveled? That's a line from an old MASH episode, when BJ is getting dressed for a date and Hawkeye says he's looking mighty sheveled.

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

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03/31/2007 03:42:42 AM · #141

Originally posted by thomaspeople:

By the way - what is a "spelt"

Speltâ��noun a wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used chiefly for livestock feed.

Something I learnt from being on international mailing lists.....

England, Australia, and the United States are three countries separated by a common language.

Personally, I like colour and favourite because they are so much more alliterative.

I also hear/see usage of the language that while correct, is generally considered passÃ©.

That doesn't make it wrong, just quaint.

My two cents on the whole grammar, spelling, punctuation thing????

I use and abuse the language for effect, I know what I'm doing, and I have long since given up trying to change others' usage of it.

In some cases, it's like trying to teach a pig to sing......it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

One of the things that makes me more tolerant about it is that I know people who genuinely cannot spell and just don't "get it" grammatically.

That makes me feel grateful, and less likely to be pedantic about the whole mess, though it still makes me twitch when people are just lazy.

My obsessiveness about it assures that I will take care of my own "English" behavior, utilize my skills correctly most of the time, wrongly for FX here and there, and obtusely whenever I can just for giggles.

What really bothers me, and it's a characteristic typical of the rural area that I live, is when I get abused and denigrated for having a large functioning vocabulary.

I will never get used to that!!!!

03/31/2007 03:48:43 AM · #142

This whole word thing reminds me of my when my parent first came to Australia. They were invited to tea so arrived, had a cup of tea and were going to leave. Their hosts had to explain that 'tea' was dinner, the night meal. My parent had learnt text book English, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Here many people say, breakfast, dinner and tea. They also got into trouble when they were invited to a BBQ and were asked to bring a plate. Mum brought heaps of plates thinking the host must not have had enough to go round. No food on them though!!

03/31/2007 06:46:28 AM · #143

Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:

Originally posted by Gordon:
Your all just in a spelling click! Anyway its a mute point. Loose has one over lose.

Don't you mean moot? ;-)

Nope, it's a mute point. It goes without saying.

~Terry

03/31/2007 06:49:02 AM · #144

Originally posted by Louis:

Also, nouns used as verbs, especially with tech jargon:

Wrong: "I need to login to my computer."
Right: "My login name is 2picky."
Right: "I need to log in to my computer."

Wrong: "I want to signup."
Right: "I want to sign up."
Right: "Where's my signup info?"

:P

Spend enough time in government or in the IT department of a large corporation, and you'll discover that most any noun can be verbed.

~Terry

03/31/2007 06:54:59 AM · #145

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Use firefox if you want a spell checker. There's an add-on and it works great.

Add-on, nothing. It's built into the browser.

~Terry

03/31/2007 06:56:31 AM · #146

Originally posted by salmiakki:

Oh yes, that's my biggest pet peeve.

What's the opposite of a pet peeve? An untamed or wild peeve?

Feral peeve?

~Terry

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/31/2007 08:12:41 AM · #147

Terry's on a roll!

And that's a ROLL, not a "biscuit"

jonnienye

Canon EOS-40D

03/31/2007 08:18:40 AM · #148

geezous yall...