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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 29 May 17 11.32am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Cucking Funt


He'll be starting a blog next.

Being totally honest, I have heard the word "Blog" but don't know what it is.
I am 65 in November and I guess I haven't kept up with all these modern things.

 

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 29 May 17 11.57am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

I am 65 in November and I guess I haven't kept up with all these modern things.

I'm older than you and have been blogging for years

 

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 29 May 17 12.00pm Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Michaelawt85

It's easily done when posting here using a phone which has auto correct.

My phone seems to have auto incorrect on it where it keeps changing words that I typed correctly into other words that I didn't mean or want to type.

unfortunately I often don't notice until after I've pressed "send"

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 29 May 17 12.01pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle


I'm older than you and have been blogging for years

I haven't been keeping up with all this technology.
And perhaps in reality I don't have the 'Bandwidth' mentally to embrace or understand such things.Keep hearing certain things but to be honest I don't know what on earth they are eg "The cloud".Perhaps I need to go to "Silver surfer" classes.

 

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View Cucking Funt's Profile Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 29 May 17 12.04pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I'm older than you and have been blogging for years

Link, please.

 


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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 29 May 17 12.07pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

Link, please.

You're a beginning to sound like 'Comrade Gusset' who appears to spend a lot of time searching the Internet for left-wing propaganda.

Edited by Willo (29 May 2017 12.14pm)

 

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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 29 May 17 12.11pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by coulsdoneagle

I am constantly reading posts on this board where someone will open a topic and perhaps the OP has spelt something wrong or used 'Where' instead of 'were' or something. Rather than answering the topic or posting anything remotely useful, some pricks on this board decide to post something sarcastic about the mistake because it makes them feel important.

Sincerely from everyone else who doesn't give a sh*t about spelling but actually wants to talk about Palace,

F*ck off and get a life.


(Bet there is a mistake in this ^ that some smart Alec will pick up on)

No, you fcuk off and improve your English. You should take criticism on English constructively.

 


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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards View Hrolf The Ganger's Profile Hrolf The Ganger Flag 29 May 17 12.26pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

I'm not keen on people using poor grammar to avoid a debate but posting is actually a good way to improve your grammar, punctuation, vocabulary etc.

I'm more than happy to be corrected if it improves me.

 

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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 29 May 17 12.33pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

I'm not keen on people using poor grammar to avoid a debate but posting is actually a good way to improve your grammar, punctuation, vocabulary etc.

I'm more than happy to be corrected if it improves me.

I agree completely.

 


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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 29 May 17 12.40pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Spelling is one thing people will get wrong for several reasons.

Using 'would of' and 'could of' and 'ares' when it should be 'our's' should be highlighted or how do people ever know? I blame a lot of tv for this spreading. Soaps, most ITV and muppets on reality tv. Possibly teachers or the teaching arena for not correcting the little darlings because they can't be wrong. Maybe some parents as well.

Or do we gradually demolish the English language and have people coming into the country having a better command of our language than we do, because that's how it'll be.

 


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View sa_eagle's Profile sa_eagle Flag Just outside Cape Town 29 May 17 12.56pm Send a Private Message to sa_eagle Add sa_eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

My phone seems to have auto incorrect on it where it keeps changing words that I typed correctly into other words that I didn't mean or want to type.

unfortunately I often don't notice until after I've pressed "send"

That is seriously f#*king irritating!
My youngest plays for a team here called De Beers but everytime I Instagram or Facebook from my phone it comes up with "Dr Beers", it annoys the f#*k out of me!

 


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View YT's Profile YT Flag Oxford 29 May 17 12.57pm Send a Private Message to YT Add YT as a friend

Originally posted by chateauferret

Tried harder to do what?

I'm perfectly happy to have bluders such as my one about the Ship of Theseus pointed out, it teaches me a valuable lesson about posting when pi**ed.

Actually am reminded of an absolute cretin I once had for a boss who spent a morning going through a pile of documents I had written and "correcting" every instance of etc. to read 'ect'. He then threatened to discipline me for dissent when I told him his spelling was bollocks. I pointed out that 'et' was latin for 'and' and he said he knew nothing of Latin and I should be thinking about my English. T**t.

And don't get me started on the idiot civil servant who in spite of my express written advice insisted on printing a million forms in which "dependent" and "dependant" were used interchangeably (the former is an adjective and the latter a noun). Sadly for him, the users of these forms were well educated for the most part, and his arse was kicked all round England.


Edited by chateauferret (29 May 2017 10.27am)

Edited by chateauferret (29 May 2017 10.28am)

Love it!

Sorry; I meant, "I love it"

Edited by YT (29 May 2017 12.58pm)

 


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