I "fink" therefore i am.

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I remind my sprogs on a daily basis that the word "fink" is a type of truss design, amongst other things and is not anything to do with thought or words beginning with th.

I will keep on correcting/reminding them until i am blue in the face and will not give up.

Neither my wife or i use the 'f' letter in place of 'th' but a heck of a lot of kids at school do. I had a placement from the local school last week on work experience who sincerely believed that it was how you pronounced the letters th.

I know this is old ground but i feel i should not give up. My mom would pounce upon us for any mispronounced words and for that i am now grateful.
 
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Tells us a lot about the standard of education in this country.

I have difficulty understanding why so many people (including posters on this site) who have passed through years of education and still use i instead of I.

One of our regulars claims that ~ is a hyphen while others end sentences with... Inappropriately

Quote, 'et al' and 'Sic' without any understanding of what they mean or when to use them.
 
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And, hey, the education authorities don't even correct poor spelling in exams, or drop marks, because the intent was there. If they don't correct these errors now, then it just sets a precedent for the pupil's future writing skills.
And as for text speak, don't even get me started (Grumpy git shaking his fist in the air :LOL:)
 
Who's gonna have a word with PBD? ;)
PrenticeBoyofDerry said:
There is some nasty bugs going about, it's just took me three weeks to shake something off, an inner ear infection to boot!
larfargic, heavy legged and dizzy. Feel a bit of man flu coming on!
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Maybe he meant one of these and forgot ;)
 
Thing is, Red, it occurs frequently on this site. Children are fine to correct, adults should know better so I think it's condescending to tell them their spelling, punctuation, etc. is wrong, or to mock them. I just try to make sure that what I write is grammatically correct ! :D
 
The problem is though, no matter how many times i correct the sprogs they are influenced by their friends at school, so i am fighting a losing battle.

Now, if all parents taught their children to speak properly........ :idea:
 
Oh jesus christ..when did how you type on forums become important?

If people don't KNOW how to write/type or speak, that is bad, when they want to abbreviate though what is the problem?

I will write how I want to write, if it is marginally quicker for me to type i instead of I then I will do so, if i want to **** around with syntax I will too...
 
Got me thinking,,,,,,,, So what does the word "Innit" mean. I hear it all the time off young people, yet have got to find this word in the OED.

Something else I have noticed is young people's accents these days. Seems to be a mixture of West Indian, Pakistani, Cockney, Estuary English and Scouse. Innit. Yeah right. Safe, Geezer etc etc.
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

Ohh before I forget, another word they seem to use incorrectly is OF.

As in " I got some gear of him." ,,, " I would of got some beer but I didn't have enough money. " ,,,, "I would of kicked his head in if he'd been smaller and not wiv some mates, innit." etc etc ,,,Ad Infinitum. ;) ;) ;)
 
I often wonder what is actually being taught in English classes in the UK. Or should I say what is being learnt. We had a holiday in Sweden a couple of years ago. The kids there must have taken their English lessons very seriously. Talking to one of them was like having a conversation with an Oxford dictionary.
 
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