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[DJ]

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got this in the junk mail this morning .. I can see every one rushing out to buy this english lesson

[hillz]

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[lneil]

Most of you will know that I have a pet hate.

Its the way our society has taught you to spell these days.

The following is a brief example of some of the spelling I've seen on here and other sites, in particular 'retardme'


A lot of folks seem to be "wreaking" cars instead of wrecking them.....................

wreak   

1.to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
2.to carry out the promptings of (one's rage, ill humor, will, desire, etc.), as on a victim or object: He wreaked his anger on the office staff.

Theres also a few people that have "disk breaks" on thier vehicle...........

disk

Computers. any of several types of media consisting of thin, round plates of plastic or metal, used for external storage: magnetic disk; floppy disk; optical disk.

break

1.to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
2.to infringe, ignore, or act contrary to (a law, rule, promise, etc.): She broke her promise.
3.to dissolve or annul (often fol. by off): to break off friendly relations with another country.
4.to fracture a bone of (some part of the body): He broke his leg.
5.to lacerate; wound: to break the skin.

these are 2 of the most common mistakes I see all the time and theres plenty more to go with that.
I'm fairly confident that sometimes nobody can understand what is being said in a post, especially if you use txt language or a derivative of that.

If you are young and txt language was acceptable at your school, the this is bloody well wrong and should attempt to re-educate yourself to assist with making the future generation brighter etc etc etc

righto rant over, I've wreaked enough havoc as it is

its or "it's" and
theres or there's or maybe there is

I could be a real pedant and point out that it is none of the foregoing suggestions. The use of 'there is' should be for the singular subject but as Skid is talking of a plural subject (a few people) the correct term is 'there are'.

Luckily I'm not a pedant, however, so I'll let it pass without comment.

[curly12]

Don't worry your pretty little balding head about it Skiiddy. I just recieved an email from one of the local school principles and he is writing in txt speak..................

[DJ]

olny 60$ a hour mate lol what a joke i wouldent be bragging about that.... lol...err thats MY charge out rate not the rate the customer pays... thats alot higher
any macanic charges that.. good on them

and ur stuck doing the same shitty job every day. umm
sounds like a shitty job to me.Do you do my job? Are you a mechanic? I dont think so, how can you make that statement when you dont have a clue what I do. replace rather than repair is there motto aint it ?...

If you spent abit more time instead of putting your foot in your mouth and checked your own spelling then you may? be taken seriously.Why have you taken your time to attack me (or others on here) what have I done to deserve this childist outburst?

[hillz]

spelling is ova rated and is not realy needed....

like money is det ?

if u cant under stand how money is det u need not go to school but to think in a diffrent manna. lol

school is to teach u how thay want u to be. not how we should be as an intervidgal we are all diffrent, but thay want to control your minds to make it ezyer to minipulait us.


terrousts lol wot a joke....
yanks blew them selfs up to get what thay want with out the public knowing wots going on.

its all a fight to rule the world, we are to greedy to live together so lets own it all for our selfs is the motto ?


lol gota love the random rant,s
planet x be with u soon lol.
or the new sun wot might light up our night skys. lol

[flyingbrick]

you live across the road from a mechanic workshop?

[Nivapulledout]

Hay I am a mechanic, However I moved on from the trucks and earthmoving to Yachts. I am now living it up in Monaco, not to bad for a mechanic!!!

[Moriarty]

For Skid:

The quote below should amuse and entertain, but i guess you all got a copy or nineteen? makes our ignorant and undereducated look quite clever, doesn't it?

Note the spelling is ok, its just the grammar that appears to be bad.

Hello not the man familiar to me! I only wished to write to you the letter and to tell as in general my letter got to you! First I would like to speak a little about myself my name is Oksana to me 31 years. I live in Russia. All the others my data and a photo in the appendix to the letter data. I was in agency of acquaintance and to me advised yours e-mail the address. I only wanted that you have spent about 10 minutes both looked my a photo and my data and received from you the answer you would like to have acquaintance to me or you only would not like this? Tell to me I so only the nobility it much would like. Also I shall wait much your answer. Can you send me you photo and story life on my personal e-mail: romanticoxe30@gmail.com P. S. In this letter I am sending you my photo so that you could see my appearance.

I am reminded forcibly of the old saying,

"you must not with a preposition end a sentence with"

[hillz]

you live across the road from a mechanic workshop?

i think so...

[skid]

classis example right here......................

Questions and answers
Ask the seller a question

have you got the eridganal motor shag15 (87 ) 11:33 am, Mon 2 Aug
nar sorry mate 2:26 pm, Mon 2 Aug

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 307849.htm


even I had trouble decoding that one

[Moriarty]

[s]classis[/s] classic example right here......................

([s]ghghghh[/s] is supposed to be code for strikethough, but not implemented on this forum)

[nuts]

well there is 3 letters that work for even an old fart like me (46)if you dont understand something (wtf ) then you can put that in front of allsorts like......
wtf are you on about ?
wtf was that ?
wtf does this mean .....rotf ?
being the unpoilitically correct type of person if ya dont understand learn too as i am i got my sons school report and have no fkn idea wt it means ,,, so i say ummmmmmmm well he left schooll so i didnt have to find out lmfaorotf oops can interprt and yes i cant speell but laf my fkn ass off roll on the floor if you think someone is stupid ,, act stupider to make them feel better

[STIC]

Does anyone know what the text speak is for: Sad, self indulgent children with an over inflated sense of self worth who can’t decide whether they are Goth, Emo or an androgynous mixture of whatever is in this afternoon?

It’s not a ‘language’; it’s just how dumb people communicate!

[rotordogg]

Does anyone know what the text speak is for: Sad, self indulgent children with an over inflated sense of self worth who can’t decide whether they are Goth, Emo or an androgynous mixture of whatever is in this afternoon?

It’s not a ‘language’; it’s just how dumb people communicate!

Translates to "Teenager"

[DKZ]

Something that will really confuse you:

“Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?”

[SP450andLE]

Does anyone know what the text speak is for: Sad, self indulgent children with an over inflated sense of self worth who can’t decide whether they are Goth, Emo or an androgynous mixture of whatever is in this afternoon?

It’s not a ‘language’; it’s just how dumb people communicate!

Translates to "Teenager"

Hey, not ALL teenagers!

[Moriarty]

Does anyone know what the text speak is for: Sad, self indulgent children with an over inflated sense of self worth who can’t decide whether they are Goth, Emo or an androgynous mixture of whatever is in this afternoon?

It’s not a ‘language’; it’s just how dumb people communicate!

Translates to "Teenager"

Hey, not ALL teenagers!

True, not all. It just seems that way, those teenagers that CAN read and write are fairly thin on the ground.

[SP450andLE]

True, not all. It just seems that way, those teenagers that CAN read and write are fairly thin on the ground.

True that.
I must be one of the lucky ones

[STIC]

Everyone in the world over the age of 12 knows all about being a teenager; the rebellion, the angst, the desire to be exactly as different as everybody else your age.

It’s so ironic that the only people on the planet who don’t understand this fact are the ones who happen to be teenagers right now…

[badnuz]

quite prudent that jase arrives as this thread is re-born lol

[Moriarty]

quite prudent that jase arrives as this thread is re-born lol

You know Prudence too?
Jeeze, Euan, she must be bloody old now, we used to take her around the back of the bicycle shed when we was kids!!


Damn, but its refeshing to have a TA arrive who can actually string a sentence together, like, and like, have it, like, make sense. Like.


UNLIKE some..... like..... eh, Euan?

[lin]

Grate fun reeding. Compleetle agre.

[pruggerdore]

Had a wrong no txting me once, couldnt work out a single word. after a few messages of frustration and a couple of speak English you f kwitt from me worked out he was genuinly talking a foreign lanquage. not much harder too work out than a teenagers txt

[wax]

Here was me thinking this was a forum not a writers convention.
Seriously the grammar police should really go read a novel if they are are for the perfect English. People like myself who wish to discuss 4x4 and tech will stay here.

The door is there on the left. Take it !!!!!!!!!!

[pruggerdore]

not spelling perfect or missing punctuation etc is fine but txt speak that you need too read 6 times and still not understand it needs too piss off back too the play ground

[yael]

This kind of sums it up.

Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse.." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.."

[TJ]

Okay how about someone illustrate the difference between bought and brought. This one gets me going on a bad day, when people come on a forum to show off their recent purchase.

[xj]

one's a purchase (bought from a shop), the other is an item, idea, ideal, etc etc that you bring to a situation or event/place.... Brought - past tense of Bring. Just remember the "Br".

[wopass]

one's a purchase, the other is an item, idea, ideal, etc etc that you bring to a situation or event/place....

Ohh Poppa XJ, you are so learned...