Today's English Lesson

[Petzel]

Of course it matters. If the self-appointed instructor is so irritating that it compels people to misspell things on purpose, is we really learning?

Well excuse me for living. Banish me to uninhabited island or burn me at the stake.

 

[HG Hunter]

I'm not misspelling. The name is PETZEL not PRETZEL. PETZEL is a yiddush word for cock.

ROTFLMAO

Yiddush? WTF? Maybe yiddish?

This is way funnier in this thread than it would be anywhere else.

 

[Petzel]

ROTFLMAO

Yiddush? WTF? Maybe yiddish?

This is way funnier in this thread than it would be anywhere else.

That was a typo. There is a difference between a typo and incorrect spelling. The u and i key are right beside each other on the keyboard but thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Mervyn]

I'm not misspelling. The name is PETZEL not PRETZEL. PETZEL is a yiddush word for cock.

A friendly jibe,nothing more

Well excuse me for living. Banish me to uninhabited island or burn me at the stake.

Better check the grammar on this statement

 

[Petzel]

A friendly jibe,nothing more




Better check the grammar on this statement

What do you mean? Are you refering to the word stake? It is stake, not steak.

 

[FatOne]

That was a typo. There is a difference between a typo and incorrect spelling. The u and i key are right beside each other on the keyboard but thanks for pointing that out.

Are you so sure you can tell the difference. I know the difference in word usage mentioned in the first post and many others but I am also sure that over the years I have violated those rules via a typo. I think a word and my fingers end up typing something that sounds similar but isn't.

 

[HG Hunter]

Speaking of typos, there's one I make often. It's a fat finger typo.
I often type daty when attempting to type day.
Depending on the environment I'm in, that can either be funny or extremely and embarrassingly out of place.

 

[Mervyn]

What do you mean? Are you refering to the word stake? It is stake, not steak.

It wasn't a spelling mistake I was referring too, but a missing article.

"Well excuse me for living. Banish me to an uninhabited island or burn me at the stake.

 

[bobistheowl]

Whom: For whom the bell tolls.

Use whom if it refers to me, him, her, or them.

Use who if it refers to I, he, she, or they.

 

[wpgguy]

It wasn't a spelling mistake I was referring too, but a missing article.

"Well excuse me for living. Banish me to an uninhabited island or burn me at the stake.

LOL That was great, thanks Mervyn

 

[Petzel]

It wasn't a spelling mistake I was referring too, but a missing article.

"Well excuse me for living. Banish me to an uninhabited island or burn me at the stake.

Yes i did miss the 'an'. You are right about that. I was typing so fast i missed it. My apologies.

 

[Hangman]

Well excuse me for living. Banish me to uninhabited island or burn me at the stake.

LOL. Fussy, pedantic, defensive AND sarcastically melodramatic.

You asked for it, man.

 

[Hangman]

That was a typo. There is a difference between a typo and incorrect spelling. The u and i key are right beside each other on the keyboard but thanks for pointing that out.

If you wish to hold people to your personal high standard of spelling and grammar, you must be prepared for them to return the favour.

I believe an appropriate aphorism is "Don unto others as you would have done unto you"

 

[Petzel]

If you wish to hold people to your personal high standard of spelling and grammar, you must be prepared for them to return the favour.

I believe an appropriate aphorism is "Don unto others as you would have done unto you"

That's fine. Go ahead.

 

[shack]

Whether: pronoun, as in I can't decide whether it's a good time or not.
Weather: I heard the weather forecast is supposed to be hot.

Whether:verb

Whether the weather is cold. Whether the weather is hot. We'll whether the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.

 

[Petzel]

Whether:verb

Whether the weather is cold. Whether the weather is hot. We'll whether the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.

LOL! I like that one.

 

[moviefan]

That was a typo. There is a difference between a typo and incorrect spelling. The u and i key are right beside each other on the keyboard but thanks for pointing that out.

Just be careful if you start posting anything about Ducks Unlimited. The "D" and the "u" from the first word are both in dangerous spots on the keyboard.

 

[Petzel]

Just be careful if you start posting anything about Ducks Unlimited. The "D" and the "u" from the first word are both in dangerous spots on the keyboard.

LOL, yea I'll have to watch out for that.

 

[Hangman]

Whether:verb

Whether the weather is cold. Whether the weather is hot. We'll whether the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.

Nope. "Whether" is not a verb. "Weather" is.

vb
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) to expose or be exposed to the action of the weather
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) to undergo or cause to undergo changes, such as discoloration, due to the action of the weather
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (intr) to withstand the action of the weather
4. (when intr, foll by through) to endure (a crisis, danger, etc.)

 

[rolias1]

Whether:verb

Whether the weather is cold. Whether the weather is hot. We'll whether the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.

Second sentence should be: We'll weather the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.