Not cross-threading the new immersion heater

[newshound]

FFS I know that. Read the bloody post.

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

I was being funny, hence the :-)

I have got many things here right in the past. GB was one of the few to acknowledge. Many posters here just abandon the thread when they have fixed the problem.

Ha ha bloody ha.

[Chris Green]

Yes, and why not? Ultimately it ends up being difficult to understand and/or ambiguous. I don't really get annoyed, but sometimes the error niggles enough for me to make a comment. I don't want to criticise, just clarify, so don't take me too seriously. OK?

[James Wilkinson Sword]

So in speech you can't understand people when words sound the same?

[Chris Green]

In speech the equivalent would be words that are spelled the same but are pronounced differently wouldn't it?

[James Wilkinson Sword]

No, the point which flew over your pathetic brain is that licence and license are pronounced the same, yet are understandable. So why bother spelling them differently?

[Chris Green]

Why not just spell everything phonetically then?

[James Wilkinson Sword]

It's still perfectly readable like that, so yes you could.

[The Natural Philosopher]

You can drive on the left had side of the road. You can drive on the right. Driving on any side you want, is not a good idea.

Neither is allowing people to make up their own grammar and spelling rules.

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[James Wilkinson Sword]

Stupid analogy. One causes a crash and possibly death, the other has a very slight chance of less understanding.

I understood that easily.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Imatfortithousandfeet Imatfortytu

What does the second phonetic sentence mean please?

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Oh very good, now explain why that's any different to hearing it in speech over the radio.