Knowing your s**t or knowing you're s**t
- Thread starter Jlo
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Maybe my post #16 was a bit too subtle!!!.
Exactly....
or at least I should do very soon as VW have told me I can pick my van up early!
The Axe Ask thing is something that goes on in loads of languages and has a name - see here Why do some people say 'aks' or “ax” instead of 'ask'? - Quora
Even knowing its a thing still makes me think is wrong though.
The thing that drives me up the wall is people filling forms "out" - its filling"in" - the form has spaces and you put something "in" the gaps to complete the form. Whenever I am correcting people I'll ask them if they dig a hole then put the soil they have dug back again are they filling the hole OUT or IN.
Even knowing its a thing still makes me think is wrong though.
The thing that drives me up the wall is people filling forms "out" - its filling"in" - the form has spaces and you put something "in" the gaps to complete the form. Whenever I am correcting people I'll ask them if they dig a hole then put the soil they have dug back again are they filling the hole OUT or IN.
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What about (and I work with people who say this) "somthink" or "everythink".. I've been told it's got somthing to do with the evolution of language such as the word "ring" and "rink" (such as "ice rink") but I'm not sure on those facts and haven't looked it up as yet.
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As a youth in the 1970's we got marked down at school for incorrect spelling, not just in English, but in every subject. I just always thought that it was important to get it right. As a parent in the late 1990's I found out at "parents evening" at school that the teachers really didn't seem to attach much importance to spelling, grammar or punctuation and my children reminded me frequently that as long as the teachers could understand what they had written it was fine. I strongly disagreed and made my view clear to my daughters and their teachers.
My offspring are now in their 20's and they always ask me to proof-read important documents like job applications, because, as they say, they want to make a good impression.
I always reply (before proof reading it!), "Nah, it'll be fine, innit, vey can understand it, spelling an all that stuff don't matter".
My offspring are now in their 20's and they always ask me to proof-read important documents like job applications, because, as they say, they want to make a good impression.
I always reply (before proof reading it!), "Nah, it'll be fine, innit, vey can understand it, spelling an all that stuff don't matter".
winds me up when people call them Rotors.
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