OT: Another reversing idiot

[James Wilkinson Sword]

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Can't you type for yourself?

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Anybody who claims that marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition doesn't kn= ow a damned thing about women or fractions.

[F Murtz]

You said it is not a law.

[charles]

'cos he's foreign?

[Tim Streater]

How come you can't spell licence?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its an allowable way to spell it.,

Some people use licence as the verb and license as the noun, but there's no strict rules.

[Tim Streater]

That's how Yanks do it

And that's how we do it.

[pamela]

He's probably been swamped by too much Americana.

[pamela]

As you know there are perfectly clear rules about this despite what Turnip wisdom says.

"Here are the rules for British English writers. Licence is used as a noun. License is used a verb."

License is never used as a noun in British English.

It really couldn't be much simpler.

[Bod]

Would you like to check that again.

[pamela]

Post me a link. I posted one for you.

[Bod]

What I mean, is that those two words are so commonly misused, that does it *really* matter that much. I mean when reading either spelling, one can easily deduce what the writer means by the context of the whole sentence.

[pamela]

My trusty "Guide to Good English" has the subtitle "Misuse Does Not Detract From Proper Use".

So, if some people say "dance a flamingo" that doesn't mean we can now abandon the word flamenco!

If that was the case then you could just as well switch over to entirely phonetic or illiterate spelling or, heaven forbid, SMS text spelling but that still wouldn't make it correct usage.

[Bod]

I didn't mean that and no I wouldn't like that to be done. I am a good speller and never use spell checkers. I am human though and not infallable. I would never use SMS text spelling either. I tend to use Licence and license correctly (mostly). Also I feel the same about Practice and Practise. eg: saying ..... "I'm going to football practice/practise tonight". Using either word will be fully understood by anyone.

[pamela]

f ur rite, shud we aL wrte n abbrev form? after aL, u can surely undRstNd this. As I sed, f dat wz d case thN U cd jst az weL switch Ovr 2 entirely phonetic o illiterate spelling or, heavN forbid, sms txt spelling bt dat stil wouldn't mAk it coRec usage.

:-)

To be honest, I don't think we should parade our illiteracy any more than necessary.

[Bod]

:-)

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Same type of thinking.

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

-1

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

Pillock.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

One manoeuvre is preferable to two.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Rule following and law following is similar. You and Simon do it because you're unintelligent.