OK, here we go. I have been trawling the internet among my usual haunts and finally, possibly at my wits end, I have to list some of the very worst examples of bad spelling I have seen in my trawl. Some people, indeed some of my readers, may say, ‘Oh it’s OK to spell a word wrong. All that matters is that you are understood’. Sorry folks, no it’s not alright ! I feel that in an educated and modern society there should be no reason why people who hold down important jobs should have abysmal grammar or not be able to spell the very basic of everyday words. Nor should there be any excuse for anyone not to be able to tell the difference between a full stop, comma, apostrophe or semi-colon!! Genuine typos apart this is not a good thing to see in this day and age and yet I see great works of great “erudite art” poured out into a Blog or Forum without a single correct use of any of these punctuation marks, except by accident perhaps. So with a little tongue in cheek, here are some of my favourite spelling mishaps lifted from various places on the internet and they are all from adults.
| Wrong | Right | Wrong | Right | |
| Allways | Always | Can,t | Can't | |
| All-ways | Always |
| Becouse | Because |
| Accomidation | Accommodation |
| Parants | Parents |
| Differant | Different |
| Thier | Their |
| Conversasion | Conversation |
| Musium | Museum |
| Currant | Current |
| Traval | travel |
| Surviver | Survivor |
| Corrination | Coronation |
| Cinima | Cinema |
| Challange | Challenge |
| Wich | Which |
| Crimanal | Criminal |
| Replyed | Replied |
| Warmist | Warmest |
| situatition | Situation |
| ofended | Offended |
| Favorites | Favourites |
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Of course if I have made any spelling or punctuation errors myself, I duly apologise. Feel free to disagree with me if you wish but you have to be prepared to reveal who you are as I don’t debate with anonymous commentators.
Re: The Election! I notice a high degree of complacency regarding my little “not to be taken seriously” poll with only 7 visitors voting so far in what looks like a landslide for the “minority parties” right now. Come on you lot it’s just for fun so cast your vote.
I don’t care who wins (I do really) but I really don’t want a Hung Parliament OR Proportional Representation OR a Coalition Government and to be honest where in the world do these systems of government / election actually work? I can hear the screams now!
3 comments:
"and to be honest where in the world do these systems of government / election actually work?"
erm scotland and wales for a start ?
Well AdeIbiza I concede that PR does indeed exist in both places but I think it only "works" because the "favoured" parties are winning. Where the NATIONAL government is concerned the UK (not an English Parliament) would be a dogs dinner with no agreement on anything. Above all I thank you for taking the time to comment and indeed challenge me! Now, how does it work in Ibiza? One family one party? Hope you keep reading and that Ibiza is still as it should be.
One of my largest complaints particularly on the internet is that people do not and will not, it seems, use the Spooling Chucker, for goodness sake that is why it is there.
Yours MAD
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