radfordred 6,284 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 I once came last in a spelling centost 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 #23 tomlinson. Sounds like a Ronnie Arkwright Barker, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Tissues .......................using three apostrophes turn this word into belonging to sue. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 'tis Sue's. Where does the other one go? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 I have no issue with people who can't spell. There maybe one or two different reasons such as dyslexia. I remember a supervisor I had on the railway who was of Jamaican origin. He was a great bloke but could not spell. One day someone stole his willies from the top of his locker and so he left a huge note for all to read. It was as follows:- TO THE PERSON WHO STOLE MY WALLENTONS. I HOPE HE GET FOOT ROT LIKE WOT I GOT. We all had hysterics and like the nice man he was, he saw the funny side. I have problems with the way people speak. Adults who talk about their bruvva, Those who say they were in hospickal. It just makes me cringe. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Sorry. For willies please read willies. My face has gone red. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Sorry. For willies please read willies. My face has gone red. The correction hasn't been corrected. You obviously have only one thing on your mind. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 'tis Sue's. Where does the other one go? 'Tis Sues' (hat) surely...your version says Sue is 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Surely though, don't all computer browsers now have a spell checker built in ? I'm by no means the perfect punctuation or spelling person, but even on here I get a red underline under a word if I spell it wrongly. It's like using capitals to start a sentence, and breaking them into easily readable paragraphs, and ending with a full stop. It's not really hard is it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,468 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 'Tis Sues' (hat) surely...your version says Sue is I'd say that is wrong for being Sue's hat. The apostrophe after Sue - as in Sues' - means it would be the hat of several people called Sue. I think Chulla's version is correct. The apostrophe can either indicate possessive - as in Sue's hat, the hat belonging to Sue - or it can be an abbreviation such as Sue's going home - Sue is going home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 # 35 Yes, Cliff and Chulla are correct. For those members who may be concerned about apostrophe usage, apparently this site gives a good explanation. http://www.dreaded-apostrophe.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 #34 You can't rely on a computer's spell check. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 What I can't abide is white british born scum, who have never ventured further than their local Dole Office, who try to talk like a Rastafarian Yardie.!........innit. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yes, I agree catfan. Especially if you go to Leicester, where you'll hear ' innit ' ends most sentences, innit. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 When I worked at Nottm Patent Brick in 1968, there was a young lad who was a bit dim. One day he fell out with the foreman. The following day on the toilet wall, this appeared. ' teh foreman is a cutn' This amused me as he spelt the hardest word correctly, but the first and last which were the easiest, he got wrong. Amazing !!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 I am OK my splock chucker works just grate. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 FLY2 (#40), I know someone on Nottstalgia who regularly puts 'teh' instead of 'the' but it doesn't bother me. I just enjoy reading their posts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thenks !!!!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 #40 FLY2 '' When I worked at Nottm Patent Brick in 1968, there was a young lad who was a bit dim. One day he fell out with the foreman.The following day on the toilet wall, this appeared. ' teh foreman is a cutn' " If the lad fell out with him, why did he call him a cutie? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 For those of you who cannot grasp where and when to put an apostrophe, read this book and learn, and have a laugh at the same time. The example on the cover shows how important they are. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Got it Chulla. Don't look at it very often though. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 You don't need to Lizzie, you're spelling and punctuation are impeccable. One error in three years is superb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 What a "Creep" ! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yesssssssss !!!!!!' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Don't you think all this talk about spelling and punctuation might put some people of posting. Life is to short. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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