which gt1 class are u betting to win next year?

[Fran]

applicants .... grammer ......kids ......critisism

Sorry Bob but under the circumstances I can't resist   :-

applicants' - grammar - kid's - criticism

See how easy it is to make mistakes when just typing casually on a forum - and yet I can understand exactly what you are saying?

Although you say it isn't personal about Viperboy, your opening sentence referred specifically to going through his earlier postings.

Fran

[Ferrari Spider]

applicants .... grammer ......kids ......critisism

Sorry Bob but under the circumstances I can't resist   :-

applicants' - grammar - kid's - criticism

See how easy it is to make mistakes when just typing casually on a forum - and yet I can understand exactly what you are saying?

Although you say it isn't personal about Viperboy, your opening sentence referred specifically to going through his earlier postings.

Fran

i find this worrying, close attention to detail here but can forget to pack the most essential items for a few days camping

[Fran]

LOL - don't panic - I am not going all Capt Sensible, but as we were on the subject of spelling and grammar, I had been paying particular attention.

Incidentally, I could point out that you should have used "I" rather than "i" if I wanted to,  but that would just be silly. 

I hope everyone has noticed the dramatic reduction in my use of the "!" as well.   

[smokie]

A big welcome to viper900dodge but please remember that this is a site for grown ups and it would be nice to keep it that way.  So I therefore uphold the criticism which says we don't want text language (i.e. u instead of you).  If you cannot be bothered to do it properly, don't do it at all.

from The Old Git

Fran is correct in her earlier post, this is a site for motor race fans, not pedants. Age isn't important, tolerance is. Posts should be sufficiently coherent to be understandable (unlike some contributors, on occassions!), but perfect use of Queen's English isn't essential. Having said that, anyone posting in txt spk will be requested (by the mods) to desist, or risk losing their posts.

Flaming someone for any reason, whether it be their age, their opinions, poor grammar or spelling isn't productive or smart.

I asked Viperboy to review his contribnutions before hitting enter, that advice applies to anyone. Not just to check readibility, but also to ensure that your comment isn't open to mis-interpretation, and possible offence. I can pick out at least four comments from the past two weeks (and none of them are Viper's) which I'm sure read differently to the way they were meant, and could be construed as implite, to say the least. (And don't forget to include smileys to put your comments into context, where appropriate).

There is no intention to stop healthy debate - I'm sure we've all had a good laugh at some of the threads here - I know I have! Just sometimes, a bit of respect and understanding would go a long way...

Steve and I have enough on our hands keeping the spammers at bay. That's given us intimate knowledge of how to Ban users. Enough said!

[Fran]

Are we allowed to say "u" instead of "you" and "tho" instead of "though"?  They date way back to Teeline speedwriting (30+ years ago) - before texting was even invented, as do many of the text abbreviations. 

I was a Pitmans New Era person myself, a far superior shorthand method. (That is comparable to "O" Level as opposed to CSE) 

[Bob U]

Smokie has spoken

We are not the only ones. This from another forum.


She then drew her moderating stick out from her backpack, and tapped it on the screen. On doing so, the screen revealed a mind boggling array of controls and widgets.


I would love to see Smokie's mind boggling array of controls and widgets 

[Fran]

She then drew her moderating stick out from her backpack, and tapped it on the screen. On doing so, the screen revealed a mind boggling array of controls and widgets.

Yikes Bob that sounds a bit "Miss Whiplash" - I wont ask that other forums you are hanging about on. 

F

[smokie]

Are we allowed to say "u" instead of "you" and "tho" instead of "though"? 

Yeah I'd say within reason abbreviation is OK. I'm not trying to impose anything, just want to keep the place alive!

[Abs]

Thought this might be of interest....


If you tuhohgt slpeling at shocol was imtaprnot... aoccdrnig to 
rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deos not mttaer wicht oredr 
the ltteers in a wrod are pclead, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht 
the frist and the lsat ltteer are in the ccreort poistoin. Tihs 
dteratmonses the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, and wroks 
bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a 
wlohe. Vwieing wrdos wtertin in tihs mnaner deos not seem to solw 
dwon riednag etiher, as senaetncs can siltl be sikm raed.


I wulod iaginme tihs wluod cusae all sotrs of truolbe wehn Gogloe 
teris to idnex pgae cnteont wtetrin in tihs way! and of cuorse 
spmeamrs hvae been utizlinig tihs mtheod in teihr "phraeutimaccal" 
and "pienis enaelemrgnt" eaimls for yaers.

[Fran]

yhea, on brompel!

[MIKE C (Liverpool Boys)]

Most of us can't talk English, let alone Write it, most nights when we are at Le Mans.

[termietermite]

Garbled has only one b, by the way, Bob.

[Volks Repair Man]

As a frequenter of many forums, can I just mention that bad spelling, grammar and txt spk are generally the norm in many chat rooms and "youth" sites, where people are communicating very quicky in lieu of speaking and abbreviate for speed. I also think there is a perceived element of "cool" factor to poor language by some poor impressionables.

Our small club forum regularly has youngsters arrive and post in exactly the same way, but only because it is what they are used to elsewhere online. Typically they turn out to be perfectly literate once the error of their ways is pointed out.

[Bob U]

Garbled has only one b, by the way, Bob.

Just when I thought I'd got away with that one

[Martini...LB]

Oh ffs (are we even allow to use those kind of abbreviations now?), this is a forum not an English exam.   

F
(increasingly grumpy old woman)


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Correction Fran (surprised you all missed this)

'(are we even allow'
1. are we even allowed
2. can we allow

>Martini...