Beauty

[DoneTryin]

I've enjoyed following this thread & hope it endures! Not only have I learned a few things, I've also laughed quite a lot!

Sadly enough, I frequently see our language tortured & I work in academia. I wonder how some people ever got their degrees when they can't read, write or spell. Never mind that spellchecker software, written documents still must be proofread. I also see lots of apostrophes where they don't belong. Apparently some people haven't learned the differences between plurals, contractions, & possession.

I was once reading our local newspaper & was looking at a large Christmas holiday ad for one of the major department stores here. The ad had a drawing of a lovely decorated Christmas tree, & the theme of the decorations was the 12 Days of Christmas. I really had to laugh at the "4 Colley Birds" on the tree.

Cheers!

[KateChopin]

HAHAHA! Reminds me of a friend who always invites me to play ""gulf""!

[AudiR8]

On 5/18/2014 flickerbulb said:

I might reply, "No, but I can be more Atlantic."

Hahaha!

[Clover29]

On 5/19/2014 VCamp2748 said:

I've enjoyed following this thread & hope it endures! Not only have I learned a few things, I've also laughed quite a lot!

Sadly enough, I frequently see our language tortured & I work in academia. I wonder how some people ever got their degrees when they can't read, write or spell. Never mind that spellchecker software, written documents still must be proofread. I also see lots of apostrophes where they don't belong. Apparently some people haven't learned the differences between plurals, contractions, & possession.

I was once reading our local newspaper & was looking at a large Christmas holiday ad for one of the major department stores here. The ad had a drawing of a lovely decorated Christmas tree, & the theme of the decorations was the 12 Days of Christmas. I really had to laugh at the "4 Colley Birds" on the tree.

Cheers!

Google it - the song had "four colly birds" in the original version from 1780. Colly is an English dialect word for "black" (maybe like colliery, from coal?) I have heard the song sung as colly/colley birds. It was changed to "calling birds" in 1909 (because people didn't know what a colly bird was) and that version is more popular today.

[azterry!]

On 5/19/2014 Clover29 said:

On 5/19/2014 VCamp2748 said:

I've enjoyed following this thread & hope it endures! Not only have I learned a few things, I've also laughed quite a lot!

Sadly enough, I frequently see our language tortured & I work in academia. I wonder how some people ever got their degrees when they can't read, write or spell. Never mind that spellchecker software, written documents still must be proofread. I also see lots of apostrophes where they don't belong. Apparently some people haven't learned the differences between plurals, contractions, & possession.

I was once reading our local newspaper & was looking at a large Christmas holiday ad for one of the major department stores here. The ad had a drawing of a lovely decorated Christmas tree, & the theme of the decorations was the 12 Days of Christmas. I really had to laugh at the "4 Colley Birds" on the tree.

Cheers!

Google it - the song had "four colly birds" in the original version from 1780. Colly is an English dialect word for "black" (maybe like colliery, from coal?) I have heard the song sung as colly/colley birds. It was changed to "calling birds" in 1909 (because people didn't know what a colly bird was) and that version is more popular today.

Agree, Clover.

I've seen several sets of lyrics that still say "colley" birds.

[frenchie]

these ones...I hear this a lot.

[Annabellethecat66]

I know spell check drives me crazy. Sometimes (OK, more than I care to admit) I'll post some of my bla blas here (they even bore me) and that red line comes up (like it just did with the bla blas (whoops! There it is again). However, I'm too lazy to google the word to see how it's spelled.

Missssssssssssssspelled words ddddddddddddddrive me crazy! But I've given in to my inner laziness.

Do you ever wonder how it is that you know a spelling rule? Like how do I know that the word for bore (meaning tired of something) is spelled bore, yet the word boar (as in a wild animal is Boar)?

A word that's very often used incorrectly would be words like its (shows possession) or it's (which means it is).

I think we should all thank our elementary school teachers. I really believe that the education we receive in elementary school, middle school and yes, some high school is what we need to carry us throughout our lives.

The education we get in college prepares us for WHAT WE WILL DO as a profession in our lives. I have quite a few friends who have now retired, but were teachers (some my daughter's teachers). They are all amazing women.

I'll stop now before I continue to say some things that will cause me to get attacked here. I think we know some of the reasons why our education system has taken a major hit. There isn't one simple answer.

However, our Country continues to fall behind other countries as far as education. It is very scary for me and it should be for others.

[gretacooper]

I'm a nurse and a doctor attempted to chart drainage from a wound. He was attempting to describe pus... never, ever end the word in s-e-y. I hunted him down and suggested in the future he describe it as pus-like .

[Azcowgirl]

On 5/19/2014 gretacooper said:

I'm a nurse and a doctor attempted to chart drainage from a wound. He was attempting to describe pus... never, ever end the word in s-e-y. I hunted him down and suggested in the future he describe it as pus-like .

That word always makes me cringe ]:

[susan_ca]

On 5/18/2014 lolakimono said:

Let's hope it was "auto correct" that did him in.

Your response is funny. )

With FB posts and texting, I am guilty with NOT double-checking my spelling/auto-correcting. Perhaps it is due to carelessness or laziness.... or both. I am thinking (hoping) that this friend is guilty of carelessness about his spelling and laziness in going back to double-check what he wrote.