I can only assume that schools stopped marking pupils down for bad spelling. A horrendous political decision, born of the desire that every child must have 25 grade A passes and a degree in something useless from a "university" somewhere dreadful. Couple that with the pervasive keyboard and you can guess the rest.
3 pts 2moro wud be wicked. 4 real. Nigel. On 14 January 2011 14:11, McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group (bmcwill) < brendan.mcwilli...@vodafone.com> wrote: > It is but it does do your head when words are not just abbreviated > (vowels removed) but are spelt phonetically... > > When did they stop teaching english grammar in the british school > system? > > At least in Norn Irn in my time (secondary school from '84), we were not > at any point taught english grammar (although my school was a hybrid > comprehensive/grammar school so may not be typical), and I've no idea if > it was taught in the Republic. > > I only started to learn english grammar when I started learning to speak > Spanish - and not knowing my own grammar was the single biggest obstacle > I had in the learning process. > > Bring it back I say... and 3pts tomorrow at 5pm UK time too would be > nice. > > BMW > > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] > En nombre de Nigel Barber > Enviado el: viernes, 14 de enero de 2011 15:04 > Para: Simon Hart > CC: leedslist@gn.apc.org; David Brennan > Asunto: Re: [LU] twitter whites > > It's just urban slang, no different from saying 'ey up! I'm > half-Southerner > now, so I can see it from both sides. > > You get me? > > > Nigel. > > > > On 14 January 2011 13:48, Simon Hart <s...@york.ac.uk> wrote: > > > Odd question coming from 'Da' Rev. :-) > > > > You can blame the likes of N-Dubz who have succeeded in making it > trendy to > > sound as thick as **** init. > > > > Si. > > > > > > > > John Lee wrote: > > > >> But what about Shearer's 'the boys DONE great'. What is it with > >> footballers, and more and more people in the UK, unable to speak the > f***ing > >> language. GRAMMAR you thick *****!! > >> PS I know it's bad form to start a sentence with But :-) > >> > >> > >> --- On Thu, 13/1/11, David Brennan <d.r.bren...@leeds.ac.uk> wrote: > >> What Leeds fan didn't hate Shearer for his copying of Clarke's goal > >> celebration, his gloating baby face, and the number of goals he > scored > >> against us? Yet I find myself agreeing with a lot of what he says on > the > >> telly, and how we talks straighter than a lot of the other pundits. > And I > >> absolutely detested Peter Schmeichel when he was in goal for Man U, > but he > >> seems a really entertaining and fair minded bloke when he's > punditing. > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leedslist mailing list > >> Info and options: > >> http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > >> To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > >> > >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Simon Hart. > > Physics Computing & Electronics Service > > Department of Physics > > University of York > > Heslington Email: s...@york.ac.uk > > > > York, YO10 5DD, U.K. Tel: +44 1904 432273 > > > > DISCLAIMER http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > > > > -- > vectoria.co.uk > concentrichron.com > -- > > Mindbrix -- Dream it, draw it, build it, love it > > 69 Derby Street > Beeston > Nottingham > NG9 2LG > > +44 7905 311 352 > ni...@mindbrix.co.uk > www.mindbrix.co.uk > Skype: ntbarber > twitter.com/mindbrix > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > -- vectoria.co.uk concentrichron.com -- Mindbrix -- Dream it, draw it, build it, love it 69 Derby Street Beeston Nottingham NG9 2LG +44 7905 311 352 ni...@mindbrix.co.uk www.mindbrix.co.uk Skype: ntbarber twitter.com/mindbrix _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
