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Summer Wine
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Summer Wine
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 Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher. I am sorry, but I don't know if this is a difference in national spelling or my spelling. I will try and check it out or Kiwi's who read this, is it their or thier? I have been here so long and interchanged NZ english and US english so many times, I am getting confused. |
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plattwaz
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:55 am Post subject: |
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OMG I hate being rude as I always ignore the spelling and grammar on the board -- we all make typos, type quickly, etc etc.
But an English teacher who actually ADMITS that they think THIER is correct?
All 3 of the homophones start with THE: THEy're, THEre, THEir - an easy way to remember it.
And I'm perfectly willing to accept all of the bashing I get for writing that. |
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Summer Wine
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:57 am Post subject: |
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Ok, I must be wrong. What country are you from originally? Color or Colour? Man, I am more than willing to accept I don't know North American English. I just want absolute coherence on this matter.
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plattwaz
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| Summer Wine wrote: |
| Ok, I must be wrong. What country are you from originally? |
Canada. But trust me on this one. It's not a NZ vs Canada thing. If someone can prove to me that NZ actually spells the word "thier" I will stand naked on a corner in Itaewon with a sign to profess my apology. |
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Summer Wine
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Gopher
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| Summer Wine: the reason I sent the suggestion to you via pm was to help you avoid the above...this was never an issue of regional variations on English. I truly regret that my credibility with you is that bad. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| plattwaz wrote: |
| Summer Wine wrote: |
| Ok, I must be wrong. What country are you from originally? |
Canada. But trust me on this one. It's not a NZ vs Canada thing. If someone can prove to me that NZ actually spells the word "thier" I will stand naked on a corner in Itaewon with a sign to profess my apology. |
If you're male, disregard this. But if you are female, I can prove anything...in fact, I'm looking for historical dictionaries right now!
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:20 am Post subject: ... |
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Trivia question:
Who is to blame for American spelling differences? |
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Summer Wine
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:27 am Post subject: |
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Gopher, wasn't personal. I just had a brain spasm, 4 different ways of writing english I deal with on a daily basis.
To the rest of you who wish to bitch, this is my answer:
WHATEVER  |
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