And then there's spell-check, with Amercian spelling. Grrrrrrrr........! It's a dead give away when I receive a real letter by snail mail and the spelling is WRONG, according to this Australian. Our teachers must be turning over in their graves.
elliemike said
04:49 PM Jun 7, 2011
Cruising Granny wrote:
And then there's spell-check, with Amercian spelling. Grrrrrrrr........! It's a dead give away when I receive a real letter by snail mail and the spelling is WRONG, according to this Australian. Our teachers must be turning over in their graves.
Had teacher friends here from NZ last week. Just retired, he was a Principal.
He was telling me of something suggested that he read in NZ education bumf, about allowing text type spellings in exams.
Who knows ? Suppose " LOL" and " IMHO" might be allowed on the end of every line as well.
We've got off the thread a bit here I think. Sorry.
Mike
-- Edited by elliemike on Tuesday 7th of June 2011 04:52:26 PM
jimricho said
07:09 PM Jun 7, 2011
elliemike wrote:
Who knows ? Suppose " LOL" and " IMHO" might be allowed on the end of every line as well.
ummh guilty as charged! got me wondering! who are we to criticise others!
getting pack on topic, yes I find the excessive use of "darling" gr8ing too!
goinsoon said
07:26 PM Jun 7, 2011
WIBB
billy the kid said
10:34 PM Jun 7, 2011
The one that annoys me is "are you done" instead of finished.
Cruising Granny said
02:07 PM Jun 8, 2011
We owe it all to America - the good old U S of A, by virtue of television and other technology.
jimricho said
05:40 PM Jun 8, 2011
Cruising Granny wrote:
And then there's spell-check, with Amercian spelling. Grrrrrrrr........!
Even worse when one spells a word correctly and the spell checker nags us to change to the American spelling
Webster (as in dictionary) is to blame.
_wombat_ said
06:20 PM Jun 8, 2011
Why not reset you language prefs from within your browser:
in IE9 select tools/options/content click the languages tab (bottom left) click add and choose English (Australia)
in Firefox select tools/options/content click Choose tab (bottom right) click add and choose English/
Smokeydk said
06:43 PM Jun 8, 2011
"in IE9 select tools/options/content click the languages tab (bottom left) click add and choose English (Australia)"
should it be select... tools/Internet options/General/Langages-------etc.....well thats what my IE9 version does.........but theres so many versions available.
billy the kid said
06:48 PM Jun 8, 2011
I was going to install IE9, then i found out it is not compatible with centrelink online.(it will be soon)
Smokeydk said
06:52 PM Jun 8, 2011
IE9...you will need Windows7 or Vista.......wont run on XP
Gerty Dancer said
08:53 PM Jun 9, 2011
Back on topic (sorry) In a Nursing Home, I once called a dear 97 year old man who was very ill "Darling" in front of his daughter who complained to my boss. I apologised to his elderly wife and explained "Its because he really is a Darling" and she thought that was great and thanked us all for our loving care of him. I guess some people get offended more easily than others.
Cruising Granny said
08:57 PM Jun 9, 2011
It's all in the mind of the beholder. Polite, respectful kindness is one thing. Unwelcome familiarity is something else.
It's a dead give away when I receive a real letter by snail mail and the spelling is WRONG, according to this Australian.
Our teachers must be turning over in their graves.
Had teacher friends here from NZ last week. Just retired, he was a Principal.
He was telling me of something suggested that he read in NZ education bumf, about allowing text type spellings in exams.
Who knows ? Suppose " LOL" and " IMHO" might be allowed on the end of every line as well.
We've got off the thread a bit here I think. Sorry.
Mike
-- Edited by elliemike on Tuesday 7th of June 2011 04:52:26 PM
ummh
guilty as charged! got me wondering! who are we to criticise others!
getting pack on topic, yes I find the excessive use of "darling" gr8ing too!
WIBB
Even worse when one spells a word correctly and the spell checker nags us to change to the American spelling
Webster (as in dictionary) is to blame.
Why not reset you language prefs from within your browser:
in IE9 select tools/options/content click the languages tab (bottom left) click add and choose English (Australia)
in Firefox select tools/options/content click Choose tab (bottom right) click add and choose English/
"in IE9 select tools/options/content click the languages tab (bottom left) click add and choose English (Australia)"
should it be select... tools/Internet options/General/Langages-------etc.....well thats what my IE9 version does.........but theres so many versions available.
I apologised to his elderly wife and explained "Its because he really is a Darling" and she thought that was great and thanked us all for our loving care of him.
I guess some people get offended more easily than others.