[Viellarde]

Mine too. It really bugs me the way every town or place is abbreviated by the younger generation. Then they get shirty with you if you ask where they are talking about. Is it really that hard to say a whole word? And if you’re a tourist in the area of course you don’t know where Lanza or Manny are!

I can work out Manny, but not Lanza. Please help!

 

[BRIAN KK]

A serious post alerting to a scam, and many of these comments are only concerned with the poster's spelling?? Wow, too much time on your hands.

 

[cblayney]

I’ve had a lot of emails from Telstra lately because they changed my plan for some unknown reason, so I really wasn’t surprised to get emails from them except some were saying I was in arrears and to pay immediately! Tried phoning but it was going to take ages so I used their chat, where I was told after some investigation that I was in credit. That started alarm bells ringing and when I checked, all but 2 of Telstra’s emails were scams! So stupid of me to not to have checked just because I was half expecting them ! So mad with myself !

Very easy to get caught. Hopefully you didn't give them any valuable information

 

[Single]

Could of!!! Surely you mean Could HAVE

I am constantly correcting people on their terrible spelling! Good on you..

 

[deni67]

Yes, we are barking up the wrong tree trying to correct the way the English language is used, written and spoken these days. In my opinion, correction can only occur if a number of the teachers our children are educated by are taught correct grammar & how to speak correctly BEFORE exposing our children to them right from Kindergarten age. Parents too need to speak correctly, otherwise the English language will become a muddle of words and phrases and words will be lost forever.

My neighbour’s daughter was, and may still be, Second in Charge below the Principal of a state primary school. She always uses ‘bought’ instead of ‘brought’. Never ever heard her saying ‘brought’. It is always ‘bought’. Politicians also pronounce the word incorrectly. Some other words - ‘Secetry’ instead of ‘sec-re-tary’ and ‘noo-cu-ler ’ instead of ‘new-clear’ are other incorrectly used words as is ‘this premise’ instead of ‘these premises’. The latter might be about a single building but the correct way to refer to it is ‘these premises’. I do know my spellings but have used examples above somewhat phonetically.

Too late to change the education system - all we can do is consciously teach our infants the correct way to pronounce words, to use phrases and correct them when they slip up. It bugs me no end to hear our so-called educated people and politicians speaking incorrectly, and doing so on TV for a world audience to hear and probably criticise. Too many corrections to talk about so I’ll stop here.

They are both correct in different terms.
ie: "Brought" is the past tense form of "bring," which means "carry" or "transport." "Bought" is the past tense form of "buy," which means "purchase" or "obtain."

 

[Greentrees]

Was it really necessary to be picky ? We are not at school !

Why not speak the language with correct grammar? But please tell me - what time is 12.00pm?

 

[June E]

Lunch time don’t you own a clock ?

 

[deni67]

I hate it when the younger generation and even some older folks abbreviate words.
For example:
U instead of You.
N instead of And.
Y instead of Why.
Ur instead of you're or your.
Which is another pet hate when people don't use you're or your correctly.
And this one in the image below, it's like finger nails down a blackboard for me.