Spelling these days...

**mister.koz** · 23rd February 2010, 17:27

Originally Posted by Edbear

Ouch! The state my mind's in I'm 103!

hahaha I'm about 25, been there a while its a good age!

**Ratti** · 23rd February 2010, 20:18

25 really? I can't recall anything particularly wonderful about being 25. 45 is a satisfying age

**mister.koz** · 23rd February 2010, 20:47

Originally Posted by Ratti

25 really? I can't recall anything particularly wonderful about being 25. 45 is a satisfying age

25 was a good year

**Edbear** · 23rd February 2010, 21:04

Originally Posted by Ratti

25 really? I can't recall anything particularly wonderful about being 25. 45 is a satisfying age

Originally Posted by mister.koz

25 was a good year

Hmmmm... 25.... I was in Wairakei working at the Steamfield. Had a '52 Wolseley 6/80 and a '70 Holden Premier V8. Oh, and a Tas 60 trail bike! We were both skinny and fit and about to have our third child.

(I could spell then, too...)

**mister.koz** · 23rd February 2010, 22:04

Originally Posted by Edbear

Hmmmm... 25.... I was in Wairakei working at the Steamfield. Had a '52 Wolseley 6/80 and a '70 Holden Premier V8. Oh, and a Tas 60 trail bike! We were both skinny and fit and about to have our third child.

(I could spell then, too...)

25 i was where i am now, except i was being paid bollocks, in a crap relationship and bored with life as a whole.

(My spelling was at the height of the "word fixes everything for me so i really suck" phaze)

**crazyhorse** · 24th February 2010, 08:30

Did you know:

A. That the words "race car" spelled backwards still spells "race car"?

B. That "eat" is the only word that if you take the 1st letter and move it to the last, it spells its past tense "ate"?

C. And have you noticed that if you rearrange the letters in "illegal immigrants" and add just a few more letters, it says:

"Go home you free-loading, violent idiots and take those other hairy-faced, sandal-wearing, bomb-making, goat-loving bastards with you"..

How weird is that ???

**Edbear** · 24th February 2010, 09:05

There's no language more flexible than the English language, and nothing on Earth tangles more easily than flex.

**golfmade** · 25th February 2010, 14:02

Originally Posted by Edbear

There's no language more flexible than the English language, and nothing on Earth tangles more easily than flex.

Could be why it's so hard to effectively teach.

**pritch** · 11th March 2010, 10:19

Originally Posted by Edbear

and nothing on Earth tangles more easily than flex.

I disagree, and generations of piscators will support my assertion that nothing tangles like fishing line.

It's hard believe I'm actually reading this thread, the only excuse I can offer is that I'm on holiday.

Among my pet peeves are the constant confusing of the words infer and imply, although it's pleasing to note that "infer" was used correctly in this thread.

The people with whom I work are mostly required to be qualified either with a degree, or more recently, a diploma. Yet very few seem to know the difference between incidents and incidence. The latter almost always being used when the former would be correct.

On KB though I'm not fussed, as long as the message is clear. If a post is confused or confusing I just move on to the next one.

Must be time for a ride...

**Edbear** · 11th March 2010, 10:24

Originally Posted by pritch

I disagree, and generations of piscators will support my assertion that nothing tangles like fishing line.

It's hard believe I'm actually reading this thread, the only excuse I can offer is that I'm on holiday.

Among my pet peeves are the constant confusing of the words infer and imply, although it's pleasing to note that "infer" was used correctly in this thread.

The people with whom I work are mostly required to be qualified either with a degree, or more recently, a diploma. Yet very few seem to know the difference between incidents and incidence. The latter almost always being used when the former would be correct.

On KB though I'm not fussed, as long as the message is clear. If a post is confused or confusing I just move on to the next one.

Must be time for a ride...

I stand corrected! Of course you are correct, it's just that it has been a long time since I last went fishing, I had forgotten.

**Marmoot** · 11th March 2010, 11:07

Nowadays when I read a post with over 90% correct spelling, I always have the conclusion that the poster is an immigrant.

Incorrect grammers would support the conclusion to a higher degree.

**Edbear** · 11th March 2010, 11:31

Originally Posted by Marmoot

Nowadays when I read a post with over 90% correct spelling, I always have the conclusion that the poster is an immigrant.

Incorrect grammers would support the conclusion to a higher degree.

Now that one nearly had me stumped!