QuadraphonicQuad Spelling and Pronunciation Guide

[fizzywiggs41]

@Clement is a recovering retired English teacher. Maybe he could tutor us on dangling participles n too/to/two? Ain't the American language grand?
And by the way, it's sonik, with a

Whoops, sorry I grabbed u in error.


Fizzy or El Fizzo or FuzzyFizzy

 

[fizzywiggs41]

For some reeson was thinking about this very thing this morning, but on a much more basic level.

I see lots of there/their, were/we're, where/were type mistakes on the forum, etc.

Ya and reeson/reason/raisin....



Oh I make my share too.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Hey I wonder/wunder if that/thet big BUG affecting Roger's clients is doing something here/hear .

 

[Sonik Wiz]

And did Willie Shakespeare REALLY write all those brilliant immortal Plays and sonnets with ZERO formal education?

I got a bridge to sell you but London Bridge has already been SOLD!

London Bridge in Lake Havasu, ARIZONA! And it ain't fallin' down!

No but the H2O sure is. gonna turn it into a skateboard park soon...

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

Ain't the American language grand?

There ain't no "American language". If you mean (North) American English (which includes Canada), then it's a dialect of English, not a language.

 

[JediJoker]

I learned this when I was in high school:

"Always poofread your work to see if you anything out."

 

[ar surround]

There ain't no "American language". If you mean (North) American English (which includes Canada), then it's a dialect of English, not a language.

New Joisey English is its own language. Capese?

 

[DuncanS]

Now y'all went and done it ! Im moving into the world of missing and or adding consonants.

I'm going to miss out

from now on.

 

[Sonik Wiz]

There ain't no "American language". If you mean (North) American English (which includes Canada), then it's a dialect of English, not a language.

Yes, well, I was taking liberties...

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

New Joisey English is its own language. Capese?

No, I can understand that, so it's not its own language. Klingon would've been a better choice for language, but I accept that those from New Joisey might be a different species.

 

[ssully]

Not exactly a spelling issue but....
I always get annoyed when people don't care about something and say "I could care less". That means you actually do care. The correct sentiment is "I could NOT care less".

It's an idiom (which don't have to be logical) and it's sarcasm. Are you also annoyed by "I should be so lucky!"? (meaning: I'll never be that lucky)

 

[JediJoker]

It's an idiom (which don't have to be logical) and it's sarcasm. Are you also annoyed by "I should be so lucky!"? (meaning: I'll never be that lucky)

But the idiom is, "I couldn't care less." People simply get it wrong.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

There ain't no "American language". If you mean (North) American English (which includes Canada), then it's a dialect of English, not a language.

Oh but what about Newfoundland , as per Newfi.

That's a unique language, with some of the best pontificating in between responses I've ever heard.

It'll tickle your ineards ,guaranteed.

 

[4-earredwonder]

New Joisey English is its own language. Capese?

Spoken like a true SOPRANO, AR! Bada BING!

R.I.P. PAULIE WALNUTS [Tony Sirico]

 

[ar surround]

New Joisey English is its own language. Capese?

No, I can understand that, so it's not its own language. Klingon would've been a better choice for language, but I accept that those from New Joisey might be a different species.

Spoken like a true SOPRANO, AR! Bada BING!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_English#New_York_metropolitan_dialect

 

[4-earredwonder]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_English#New_York_metropolitan_dialect

I'd LOVE to know where the Brooklyn and Bronx NEW YORK CITY accents evolved from. 'DESE, DOZE and YOUSE PEOPLE!"" and ever hear someone from the Bronx 'butchering' 33rd Street?





And a funny bit from the Jimmy Kimmel Show: New York vs. Los Angeles:

 

[M-D-Z]

"Always poofread your work to see if you anything out."

… right.

 

[ar surround]

I'd LOVE to know where the Brooklyn and Bronx NEW YORK CITY accents evolved from. 'DESE, DOZE and YOUSE PEOPLE!"" and ever hear someone from the Bronx 'butchering' 33rd Street?





And a funny bit from the Jimmy Kimmel Show: New York vs. Los Angeles:

That last video from the Jimmy Kimmel Show is hilarious!

 

[ssully]

But the idiom is, "I couldn't care less." People simply get it wrong.

LOL. No.

 

[barfle]

Lots of nonstandard words are included in various dictionaries. Usage trumps everything.

I was an English major and teacher in a previous life, but I try not to be bothered by textual transgressions. I sometimes commit them myself.

I knew an English teacher who blamed her poor spelling on having to read student papers.