coming out of the Triumph tr6 forums I understand him completely...aka it is the bonnet not the hood, boot not trunk, bespoke = custom made, rev meter is the tach etc....
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I get it from watching a ton of BBC shows and Top Gear / The Grand Tour as well.
So yeah, I totally get it, I just like to poke fun at it once in a while when I see people calling them "tyres".
I wonder why the spellings changed from British English to U.S. English?
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I remember my Dad telling me that once when he was at sea on the Nimitz, my mother wrote him a letter...four pages long...that was nothing but one big, long, run-on sentence. He said he had never seen so many comma's before, as well as the exaggerated use of the word "and". She did it as a joke, of course.
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I'm just wondering why your 'Perving' at the baristas hehehe...just pulling your leg mate
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There's also the difference where 'mericans use the z in say, 'capitalization' whereas we use an s eg: capitalisation.
Personally, I don't care. If people get their message across that's all that matters. I see the grammar Nazi's on Bookface a lot and frankly most of the time I feel they are using the grammar thing to make themselves feel more important than others. I mean would you have a face to face conversation with someone and then reply suggesting that they haven't phrased something correctly? of course, you wouldn't (unless you are an arse).
Personally, I don't care. If people get their message across that's all that matters. I see the grammar Nazi's on Bookface a lot and frankly most of the time I feel they are using the grammar thing to make themselves feel more important than others. I mean would you have a face to face conversation with someone and then reply suggesting that they haven't phrased something correctly? of course, you wouldn't (unless you are an arse).
My Grandson was in Navy Boot Camp in April. I wrote him a letter written in cursive (as I am old) and he couldn't read it. WTF? A guy in his Ship read it to him.
My stepson is 20 years old, and cannot read cursive, either. And my stepdaughter couldn't read a clock (unless it was digital) until she was in her late teens. While my initial reaction was geared toward questioning their level of intelligence, time has proven that in their case, at least, it was a lack of exposure to it. Learning cursive was never a requirement in school, so my son never bothered. And my daughter grew up with very little exposure to the "big hand/little hand" clock, so why learn it (her point of view, not mine)? They say that with texting and spellcheck, we will see more problems with folks even bothering to learn to spell words properly. There's a huge difference between that, and someone making a conscious decision to use slang in their writing. I will say "gonna", wanna", "ain't", " 'bout", etc., in some of my writing, depending on who I anticipate will be reading it. However, I also know the correct way to say and spell it. And that's the difference. What's happening these days is sad, in my opinion. Just saying...
This is hilarious I didn’t even know that situation could be a thing. Is it not part of the school curriculum out there anymore?
They were phasing it out when I was in High school in the late 80's, Neither of my kids have any concept of it and they are sophomores in HS and college. I hate to admit but I would have a problem reading it as I have not seen it 20 years. Kids now a days do not even know how to address, stamp and mail a letter, they just don't do it anymore.
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Jim, I have had my bank question my signature on a check written to myself, signed by me and I am the only signature on the account!.....should have been a Dr.
What will kids do when the EMP hits and knocks out all the electronics? Hope they still teach them long division, lol!
There's a lot of things they don't teach kids in school these days (nor was I taught either), such as how to write a check, how to do your taxes, etc. They also don't teach you about the importance of having good credit and things you can do to improve your credit.
Those are all very important things that people probably ought to be learning in school I'd think.
Those are all very important things that people probably ought to be learning in school I'd think.
Financial awareness should be taught in every High school, although I am sure it would be twisted in some way that it is discriminatory!
I graduated in '81, and all those things were still being taught at my high school at the time ("World Problems" class, which was required that you pass to be able to graduate).