Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Tom@Crewe on January 17, 2010, 05:01:45 pm
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Believe it or not, you can read this...
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amazing huh?
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Amazing, you're right. O0
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Is the spell check bust again? ok2
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Me spelll chicker is alrite
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I,m Speechless!..Amazing,
Wullie
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I,m Speechless!..Amazing,
Wullie
There's a first {-)
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{-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)..I do have my moments
Wullie
btw
you,re becoming predictable {-)
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Ins't tihs nmaorl txet saepk uesd by all taneegres O0
Danny %% %%
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These are examples what folk who have dyslexia "see" and can read with care: note the first and last letters are largely correct but the letters in between are jumbled.
A true scan-reader/speed-reader would read these and not notice anything wrong and yet be able to understand exactly what they said.
Curiously, I type like this yet hand-write without difficulty.
The human brain is a marvel!
bobdoc
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That's pretty cool. :}
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spellin', punktooashun, an' gramer stil kount!! <*<
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{-) {-) {-) CGAux26 ..... O0 O0 O0 if you thought that punktooashun still counted....why did you place a comma after the word ??? %% :police: - Derek
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thats right derek and you dont spell gramer like with one M because i no this because I got a univercity deegree innit
On the other hand, perhaps he was using the comma as per in the contiguous-abridged sense?
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O0 {-) %% PMK......I have previously offered gramatical assistance ..... {-) but a number of your member folk took question :kiss:
Please remember it was your long lost cousins....that sentencied my long lost convict cousins to OZ...........
So I reference my family text when in a Court of Law ................Derek :-) :} {-) %% :police:
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Anyone going to Nuremberg Toy Fair this year , 4th-9th Feb. (Trade only )
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Well theres a funny thing. It make sense to me but then I know i have a dyslexia problem. Anyway the point is if that was the last message you was going to read to stop you getting into danger then you would understand it and move out of the way fast. It is not how it is spelt but how the important message gets across.
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PMK......I have previously offered gramatical assistance..... but a number of your member folk took question
Yep, Limeys' are prone to that particular foible, bless 'em.
As an aside, is it just me to notice the irony?......
The next time you find yourself in that Court of Law, maybe you could have a friendly word in the ears of Mssrs. Meehan & Tulloch, perhaps remind them about the apostrophe, and how Somerset Grammaticals differ with theirs in as far as Som. Grmmtcs would have you include said apostrophe between the 'h' and the 's', as per "Butterworths Guides"
........if taht maeks snese.
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Yep, Limeys' are prone to that particular foible, bless 'em.
As an aside, is it just me to notice the irony?......
The next time you find yourself in that Court of Law, maybe you could have a friendly word in the ears of Mssrs. Meehan & Tulloch, perhaps remind them about the apostrophe, and how Somerset Grammaticals differ with theirs in as far as Som. Grmmtcs would have you include said apostrophe between the 'h' and the 's', as per "Butterworths Guides"
........if taht maeks snese.
Ah, but can we be SURE that the Guides were not written by more than one Butterworth in which case the apostrophe would be AFTER the 's'.
In fact, as Derek is now the owner of said tome, are the Butterworths entitled to ANY apostrophe as it no longer is "belonging to them". ;)
Cheers
Danny %%
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1944........South Australian architect....John Tulloch joined the RAAF as a response to the war effort request from UK
1945........Lieutenant Tulloch transfered to the RAF
1946........Lieutenant Tulloch as the bombardier in a Lancaster bomber was shot down over Germany
1948........Lieutenant Tulloch repatriated to Australia
1949........Graham Tulloch....was born
Graham Tulloch....earned his PhD ....yes in UK ............& yes years later............. back in OZ co authored "Grammar for Lawyers " :police:
He [Graham] is not interested in model ships....but when reviewing our WEB postings laughed at the grammar content as posted.... ........... {-) O0 .....Derek
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Just think you are great Derek, you Aussies don't even speak English. {-)
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Ah, but can we be SURE that the Guides were not written by more than one Butterworth in which case the apostrophe would be AFTER the 's'.
Absolutely. You are, of course, bang on.
As for my part, whether by accident or design, I still couldn't help a nifty chuckle when I seen the apostrophe-less "Butterworths" and "Grammar" at the same time........... (you know what I mean).
I'm perhaps just stabbing in the dark here, but do you get the impression - albeit a teeny-weeny one - that our man Down Under (Derek) is really a pen-name/pseudonym for Mssr. Tulloch?
Derek:
If you are earwigging, and if there is indeed any weight behind my suspicions , then may I be so bold as to ask you for: 1) your autograph, and 2) a free copy of your book?
(I'll even put you in contact with a very learned modeller for in return that you dare be so brave as to suggest to some folk that they might start inserting a comma just prior to writing, say, any name. They tend to get really, REALLY irked if you mention that particular one.)
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Bluudy Mayhemmers, pendantic to the point of lunacy. '!",:.< ~ %)
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Bluudy Mayhemmers, pendantic to the point of lunacy. '!",:.< ~ %)
Pedantic, please
Ned
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That's my point Ned....... %%
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If pendantic existed, and meant what it 'ought' to mean, I know which I'd rather be!
Danny %) %%
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Spelling Chequers
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased to no
Its letter perfect all the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
Bob.
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WAY-YELL I AINT NEVER MADE BUT WUN MISTEAK IN SPELIN EN MI LAF, AND WEN I HAD DUN IT I HAD TACKEN IN AFTRE IT, BUT IT HADD ALREDDY WENT!! O0
Now that we have chased that rabbit/fox all over creation, can we get back to BOATZ???
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A couple of general comments
At the end of the day, an internet forum is not an English essay. %)
Spelling and grammar are generally regarded as not important when posting in such forums. :-))
The grammar used when speaking is rarely 100% correct, and that is the style of most posts. ok2
It sadens me sometimes to see somebody put a releveant point of view (especially in a discussion), and the only rebuttal made concentrates on spelling and grammar.
As if to say, 'you are obviously an ignoramus who cannot possible contribute intelligently to this discussion because you made a spelling mistake'. This to me shows that there is perhaps no real rebuttal, and things have resorted to the equivalent of name calling.
A bit like telling Einstein that his theory of relativity would not stand up, if his work had containted spelling errors and/or poor use of grammar.
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mmmmmm DickyD says.... "Just think you are great Derek, you Aussies don't even speak English"
{-) {-) {-) {-) how may times do I need restate
Our proud Irish convict forebears were sent to OZ in the first fleet with copies of the transcripts from Ye Olde Bailey :-))
a) when you view these transcripts...it is clear that the text is 1/16 Germanic....certainly not English as is currently offered
b) at school in OZ we were provided with a copy of "The Oxford Concise Dictionary" - Australian version
c) at school in OZ we were also provided with a copy of "Websters American World Dictionary" - Australian version
d) the brilliance of the Australian education system in 1964 adopted the British model in metrication……….[which essentially was a good idea]
e) in 1969 I attempted applied heat II in Si during day lessons & Imperial during night lessons ---- talk about the British DINGBATS controlling the education %%
Later in life after Bill Gates enters the scene we find our PC defaults as
f) PC principal language = English
g) keyboard = English/American
h) principal defaults = US/UK
So all of these were small conquests…… as we from OZ are tough…we eat garlic + red ned …….Derek O0 {-) {-) {-) {-)
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Later in life after Bill Gates enters the scene we find our PC defaults as
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f) PC principal language = English
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f) PC principal language = American English :D
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OK...& thanks TT.......for the correction..... %) I am here in Adelaide this week & relied on my memory of the principal language in Wollongong in Windows XP system as f) PC principal language = English
Clearly you are correct with this new fangled VISTA PC....the default is .......principal language = American English .....
When I was @ GID we saw naval vessels...gray naval vessels .....grey steel blue vessels ....yes Russian....American....NZ.......French....& all of differing "'greayie"" tones ..............+ all of the rest....I would like to think we could all laugh at the latest postings & reflect of the .........dis.....similar paint jobs .........as are our postings ......Derek :-))
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Paintjobs like this???
Its all a grey area to me..... ;)
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Hi Derek
I wasn't trying to correct you. God forbid.
Just pointing out the irony that there is not just one English, there are many. %%
I don't know if he was the first to say it, but Churchill (I think) said, 'America and Britain, two nations divided by one language'.
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I got turned down for a job many years ago because my english was not good enough O0
Being rather miffed by this, I corrected the fifteen or so spelling mistakes in the letter and sent it back to them.