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And, like, I would cheerfully, like, shoot the person who invented , like, the word "like".

Oh, yair? Certainly had a marked effect on the scammers, didn't it? I can hear their knees knocking together in fear of getting done from here. There seems to be just as many infesting my computer screen as there were before. I'll say it again -- why doesn't A Current Affair put a little...

Can't argue with the Montessori way of doing things -- it would have to be miles (I don't do metrucs) better than the way the modern education system struggles with trying to achieve the same result. My education was helped along by the Christian Brothers, a little while before they got their...

No worries. This old skin doesn't take too much offence at anything. But, keeping the theme going, why should we tolerate such poor use of the language? I'll tell you why -- because, in general, we've lost control of the way it should be taught in the schools and we've definitely lost control of...

Well-seasoned mutton. At least, I can tell the difference between good and poor use of the language.

Might it be a bit better if the answers were put across using proper phrasing and correct spelling? Why continue to exhibit the downward spiral of the language?

And, in my normal gentle, caring, feel-good nature, I'll say "Thanks". Old saying in the country -- leave gates as you found 'em.

Nothing to do with the original conversation, I'm simply stating the fact. Would you rather somebody gave you a mealy-mouthed observation or tell you exactly what the problem was?

I'd much rather my doctor said to me, "You've got XXX disease" rather than, "Jeez, you're pretty crook, mate."

Not rude, merely straightforward. I don't hide behind weasel words.

Sticks and stones ...

Soooo, with all the power that Channel 9 has and its connections in the big end of town, nothing can be done about it? Pull the other one, it plays Jingle Bells.

Obviously, the poor spelling shown in the replies on the SDC page can mean one of these things: we have a shocking standard of education these days; people don't read what they write; they don't re-read what they write; they don't use any kind of spell checking for their comments; they just...

And we mustn't forget the Channel 9 scam featuring Twiggy Forrest, Gina Rinehart and Dick Smith and championed by Ally Langdon of A Current Affair all over anti-social media, will we? The one that Channel 9 publicly refuses to acknowledge over its channel and one that is, apparently, reeling in...

Pedants rool, OK?

Who cares? Everybody should care ... why bastardise the English language more than it already is? Why accept the shocking linguistic standards offered by the "news" services, written by poorly educated copy writers and spouted by pretty heads who don't comprehend what they're saying? The latest...

Journalism 101: why include the dollar sign in the head ($12 billion dollars)?

I saw the intro head on the SDC page about turning $3 into $250 and, at first glance, I thought it might relate to the scam on A Current Affair about the three multi-millionaires and their supposed get-rich-quick scheme, compered by Ally Langdon. Why doesn't ACA invite the originators of the...

OO, no, no! I've been told in no uncertain terms that there are people out there in televisionland that there are individuals who absolutely live and die on the outpourings of the stars on the cretiniser. Keep it up!

Good thing they didn't ask people to put their thoughts forwarf to describe the flavour of the brown ones.