Banner advert Question

[stegorjus]

I was reading a newpaper article about a taxi driver who could not get a licence renewal after answering a grammar question incorrectly relating to apostrophies. On the councils website the newspaper pointed out their use of it's was incorrect in the context it was being used and the word its should have been used. The word its is in the dictionary and can be used seperate to the word it's when not describing something which belongs.

I'm not anal really I just didn't know that. I'm terrible for missing them out and always type wont and dont instead of won't or don't but its more lazy than anything!

I think you mean the council's website and it's more lazy.
Oh! and apostrophes and separate and newspaper.

I'm sorry. I can't help myself. It's like a disease. I know it's not at all endearing and makes one look like a smug git. It's just a form of OCD.

[SmellySocks]

Point taken!

I was at work so no thyme to run a spell cheque.

[adamxx]

I just arrived home from an English A Level exam, funnily enough.

'I succeded the 147 breake'! Makes me laugh every time I see it.

[Black_cat]

I just arrived home from an English A Level exam, funnily enough.

'I succeded the 147 breake'! Makes me laugh every time I see it.

Lucky you, it annoys me immensely every time I see it! And every day I hope it changes...and nothing...

[April madness]

Lucky you, it annoys me immensely every time I see it! And every day I hope it changes...and nothing...

Firefox browser, Adblock plus addon and a click - and finally a happy Black cat on TSF!

[nath205gti]

Point taken!

I was at work so no thyme to run a spell cheque.

Ha ha, very funny!

But what was wrong with newspaper?

[stegorjus]

Ha ha, very funny!

But what was wrong with newspaper?

Nothing if you include the S like you did

Anyway SmellySocks, didn't you mean,

Eye was at work sew know thyme two run eh spell cheque?

[The Statman]

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a quay and type a whirred
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its really ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

[nath205gti]

I was reading a newpaper article about a taxi driver who could not get a licence renewal after answering a grammar question incorrectly relating to apostrophies. On the councils website the newspaper pointed out their use of it's was incorrect in the context it was being used and the word its should have been used. The word its is in the dictionary and can be used seperate to the word it's when not describing something which belongs.

I'm not anal really I just didn't know that. I'm terrible for missing them out and always type wont and dont instead of won't or don't but its more lazy than anything!

Hi stegorjus, I didn't spot that they had written it twice...
Anyway could the person who made the banner be dyslectic?

[Valderie]

Brilliant poem Statman - all you own work?

[The Statman]

Brilliant poem Statman - all you own work?

Of course not – nicked from the internet (isn't everything?).

[stegorjus]

On a similar line to Statman's poem, I've often thought about the possibilities of the most ridiculous phonetic (or not) alphabet. Here are some suggestions. I'd love to try using them when spelling a name out for someone.

A for AITCH
B
C for CUE
D for DOUBLE-U
E for EYE
F for FULL STOP
G for GNOME
H for HEIR
I
J for JALAPEÑO
K for KNIGHT
L for LLANGOLLEN
M
N for NOUGHT
O for ONCE
P for PSYCHOLOGY
Q for QUAY
R
S for SEA
T for TSAR
U
V
W for WHY
X for XYLOPHONE
Y for YOU
Z

Can anyone improve on these or fill in the gaps?

[The Statman]

B for Bdellium, the name of a chemical with a silent B!

[Kathrin]

reminds me of a former classmate at my english course at school, he wrote everything as he thought it would be written, didn´t care about the right spelling. was always a lot of fun to read his essays

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a quay and type a whirred
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its really ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

[steedee]

gotta say its loads of fun poking jimmy in the ear with the cue