Speak English

Sun, 16 July 2006, 09:19 pm

Logos24 posts in thread

I know people are going to give me a hard time for this BUT what the hell has happened to the english language. The Brent Street thread is almost totally unintelligible (now I'm not sure that's right) a lot of the time and they are supposed to be being taught academic subjects as well as dance. In fact a great many posts on this site are grammatically awful and the spelling is atrocious. I know I'm not perfect but for God's sake. And don't tell me it's not as important as your skills, it is one of your skills. If you have no command of the language you speak how can you understand what you are saying or singing. You can't be a musician if you can't read music, how can you be an actor (in an english speaking country) if you can't use english. The words are used incorrectly and mispelled. I give up. I am considering moderating any posts I find with more than three or four spellling errors out of existence. (Just joking of course) and yes I am the grammer police.

Qualifications

Mon, 17 July 2006, 08:57 pm

Logos

I have a BA in English Lit from the UK open University and a BA in Educational Theatre from the Adelaide University along with a variety of other qualifications that I have picked up along the way. That however is not why I am literate, I am literate because I went to school at a time when reading was treated seriously and grew up in a family were I was expected to read rather than anything else for entertainment. Even when TV (which I love by the way) came along it was secondary. I am fully aware of the differences bewteen US and Australian spelling and to an extent decry them. I am also aware odf some stupid rules we inherited from Latin ignore them if you like. What does it matter if we split an infinitive and say "to boldly go" rather than "to go boldly" I have just realised Na that this could sound like an attack on you and it isn't meant to be. I agree with you largely. My beef is that people use words incorrectly and yes I know meanings shift but that's not what I'm talking about. and certainly texting is creating a shorthand in life which I hate but I can usually understand it. You know what I've got so angry I've forgotten my original point. Rae: I agree with you this V business has been driving me mad for ages. the correct word is versus and the correct abreviation would probably be vs still pronounced versus. Life's too short to stuff a mushroom www.tonymoore.id.au

Thread (24 posts)

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Speak English— Logos16 July 2006

Spelling— Logos16 July 2006
- mult-lingual— Walter Plinge19 July 2006
  - The tip of the point— Labrug19 July 2006
    - everything in its right place— Walter Plinge19 July 2006
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        My fourth attempt— Logos19 July 2006
      - ···
        Miissing the target— Labrug20 July 2006
  - I'm not sure who this— Na19 July 2006
    - the per centage of— Daniel Kershaw19 July 2006
Speaking American— Na17 July 2006
Language is the Art— Labrug17 July 2006
- And possibly the— Na17 July 2006
- Why blame the Internet?— Walter Plinge17 July 2006
  - Walter, our posts only— Na17 July 2006
  - Not the internet specifically— Labrug18 July 2006
    - Basically it's like the law— Na18 July 2006
      - ···
        Rapid Decline— Labrug18 July 2006
I Agree!— Rae Johnston17 July 2006
- I think if you were going— Na17 July 2006
Qualifications— Logos17 July 2006
- I totally agree Logos - no— Na18 July 2006
I don't really mind the US— Walter Plinge17 July 2006
Grammar— Logos18 July 2006
- A Pint and a Half— Labrug18 July 2006

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