OT: Spell properly

Brllinat! ... The porof is in teh pudidnig,

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Swingman
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You must be a _real_ newcomer to USENET!

There is an inviolate _rule_ -- of _many_ decades standing --that every spelling/grammar flame *MUST* contain at least one spelling/grammar error.

I was just "following the rules".

Reply to
Robert Bonomi

{{ the butchered, abbreviated, and *UNCREDITED* version }}

Here is the proper -original-, in all it's glory, with author attribution:

"Owed to a Spell Chequer"

I have a spelling checker It came with my pea sea It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot sea. Eye ran this poem threw it, Your sure reel glad two no. Its vary polished in it's weigh My checker tolled me sew. A checker is a bless sing, It freeze yew lodes of thyme. It helps me right awl stiles two reed, And aides me when aye rime. Each frays come posed up on my screen Eye trussed too bee a joule The checker pour o'er every word To cheque sum spelling rule. Be fore a veiling checkers Hour spelling mite decline, And if were lacks or have a laps, We wood be maid to wine. Butt now bee cause my spelling Is checked with such grate flare, Their are know faults with in my cite, Of non eye am a wear. Now spelling does knot phase me, It does knot bring a tier. My pay purrs awl due glad den With wrapped words fare as hear. To rite with care is quite a feet Of witch won should be proud. And wee mussed dew the best wee can, Sew flaws are knot aloud. Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays Such soft ware four pea seas. And why I brake in two averse By righting want too pleas. -- Jerry Zar, Dean of the Graduate School Northwestern Illinois University

Dr. Zar wrote that based on the "far too many" instances of 'blind faith in a spell-checker' that he saw on Graduate School _admission_ essays,

Reply to
Robert Bonomi

/sawn

ACK TUE ELLY.. It is very common for folks to misuse "you're".

There is "you are" which must be used. and then there is "you're" which can be used, in some instances of the same conveyed meaning as "you are". The example above is NOT one such situation. "You ARE" applies, only.

OW EEVA LURV I do not yet see _anyone_ here in who could throw the scpellun stone and survive the responses. So best let sleeping dogs lie.. eh, an that... like :->

george

Reply to
George Watson

Sure, I haven't been here more than 20 years. ;-)

;-)

Reply to
krw

Maybe you just didn't notice, but there were many people who could not write a coherent sentence, punctuate, spell or capitalize correctly long before text messaging became popular.

Reply to
Larry W

Bill, Bill, Bill. Here we are in a thread dedicated to cleaning up spelling, punctuation, capitalization and bad breath, and you open a whole new can of improper grammar worms.

First, it is spelled y'all.

Second, y'all is singular. So your sentence 'Some of ya'll have strange hobbies' has both a misspelling and improper grammar.

Third, the proper plural form is: All y'all. You should have written "Some of all y'all have strange hobbies.", which would still be incorrect because you should have written just:

"All y'all are strange.", which is true, and why we hang out here.

Regards, Roy

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Roy

Roy wrote: ...

Gosh, I lived in OK for a while and thought I had my basic grammer figured out. Nice to see you back, Roy!

Bill

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Bill

Ok, Y'all is plural.

All y'all is uneducated speak by people that would say, I seen it. Or I ain't got no money.

;~)

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Leon

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 two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My chequer tolled me sew.

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Where is "Kentuckit", anyway?

Reply to
Eric

But, but.......Y'all presupposes that y' is a contraction of you which is a foreign word in Texas. Ya, on the other hand, is the Texas version of "you". Ya get it? "C'mon in a get ya a beer". Therefore ya'll would be slightly more correct than y'all.

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Max

I'm here to tell ya'll that us Texans resent bein considered uneducated jus cuz we don speak like ya'll.

Max (BA degrees in Municipal Management and Planning, Psychology, associate's degree in Fire Technology)

Reply to
Max

Ditto for here [QLD.au].. only it is "get yer a beer". "yer" is singular and is spoken with a rolling u-r 'accent'.

And our (poor english) "youse" fits even better for "befuddlement speak" "youse" sounds like EWES, when spoken by a Queenslander.. mheh heh george

Reply to
George Watson

When you say "rolling" accent do you mean rolling as in the Spanish name Berroterran where both sets of rrs are rolled? And could you phonetically spell mheh so that I may be able to speak it correctly? ;-)

Max

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Max

Nope.. that is the Orish accent too, by the way, rolling the "rrs" :->

No, I meant the U *and* the R are rolled together so as to mostly sound like yrrrrr but not grrr.

try like, an acknowledging "grunt", from the belly. In "speech" it is barely audible, so "correct" is maybe subjective, in the ear of the listener???

But just to be sure, to be sure ?? :->

"mheh".. is never uttered in contempt, tho'. A message of contempt is usually conveyed with a silent look, a tightening of the eyes, if you like /:-] And from the more easily excitable..?.. delivered with a fast right hook! /chuckles

It (texan) is actually maybe the most mimed American accent here in Aussie, that and maybe the hillbilly "Clampert family" type 'speak'. Possibly because of those tuppence paperback "cowboy an' injun" readers so popular in the sixties here, and the drawl of the Duke in his movies.

OTOH... everyone loved G'ma in the Clamperts!

One would go a long way to hear anyone here [.au] mimicking a Boston or Yonkers accent. I guess you might be able to say "texan" _is_ the Voice of America? And George Dubbya went along way to reinforce that in recent times, more's the pity:-/ Many here just luuurve "taking the piss" outa Dubbya. More popular than any Orish or Kiwi jokes:->

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George Watson

"George Watson" wrote

George Bush is a "Bubba". Bubbas are good old boys, likable fellows, friendly, generally funny, but not particularly adept at anything. They usually get by with the help of friends who tend to feel a bit sorry for their friend's ineptitude. Bubbas are invariably attracted to competent people who will sooner or later prove to be a source in a time of need. ;-)

Max

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Max

crikey...!.. do not those "Bubbas" get in the way of things, at times?

.. an' just so you know ????

Reads of the use of "Bubba" in 'Net slang (USA)?

Bubba is the guy in the hood dangling the "soap on a rope" for newbies. Never having asked, I aint so sure what happens after bending down to bite at that dangling lump of carbolic.. but I am told.... ... told one could wake up with two bob (dime X 2) in yer hand and a rather sore arse..! :-D george

Reply to
George Watson

That's a Yankee definition of Bubba. Here in the south (and the southwest) we have our own language. ;-)

Max, El Paso, Texas

Reply to
Max

I don't remember the name of the movie, but Wayne once starred as a German ship captain. His fake German accent was the worst I've ever heard :-).

Reply to
Larry Blanchard

Movie was "The Sea Chase", 1955. Wayne played Captain Karl Ehrlich.

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Robert Bonomi

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