Luke* Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 lol @ Ant, I spotted that too. Hey at least you spelt "too" correctly Did you konw taht Msot wrods can be undresootd if the frist and lsat lteter rmeain the smae? You don't know why, but your brain joins the dots. People spelling incorrectly doesn't bother me that much, although when they spell spell wrong that's always funny. Good to know by the way that I'm not the only spelling and grammar OCD freak out there too hehe Oh yeah lesson 2, an apostrophe follows "s" usually to replace "i", e.g "that's amazing" (= a conjunction for that is amazing). It also indicates possession, e.g "Luke's discus". However, "its" does not have one when it is not a conjunction (for it is), e.g "its wings were long and beautiful" And a more technical one is, if you're writing a number one to ten, you should write it out in the long form, not just write the numbers "1" to "10". The exception is if you have already used numbers elsewhere in the text, then you should be consistent and continue to use them, even if it is within 1 to 10. In this case I would write 1 to 10 as I wrote lesson 2 above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Langwidge is bowt cumunication. There are also many people on this site for which english is not a first language but who also have the skill of other languages and hoose opinions on the subject of this site I value so I hope this thread has not discouraged them. We do usually understand strains and they talk funny and poms can't even talk english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 poms can't even talk english. ahh so tempting ........ :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Wo bout dat ten eh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 "Fish are our friends, NOT food"!!!!!! :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I myself love the English accent, could listen to it for hours... (over any other) especially cockney slang, like music to my ears :lol: My dad was english and he used to spout off the dodgy lymerics, hilarious and so entertaining :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 and as to the written language as long as it can be understood, or explained in the qwuickest fashion possible, I have no probs with that art all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I wouldn't go as far to call it 'art' :lol: , its more of a fad (if it was art everyone's txt speak would be different). But yeah doesn't bother me if it's easy to read, and even if it's hard to read I'll make the effort for good info. To be honest the real killer is the folks who don't paragraph or punctuate. Haven't seen any problems on here with that, but on a few other forums I use it gets bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I wouldn't go as far to call it 'art' :lol: , its more of a fad (if it was art everyone's txt speak would be different). Do you mean Fart ? no no no...my bad.. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I was not complaining about poor grammar or spelling. I am aware that for many typing is difficult, English is not their first language, and a number have reading and writing difficulties. I was just wanting the correct terminology used when referring to young fishes THEY ARE NOT BUBBAS THEY ARE FRY (the plural is not FRIES either ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 lol Fries :lol: :lol: :lol: Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 but at the end of the day it is still a bubba fish, just as a cub is a bubba lion or tiger. So it is still correct, just people expressing themselves in different ways. i know what you mean caryl, but it is all that expression stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Sweet as But I'm going to call them 'fries' from now on lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 BUGGER! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 English lessons $30/hour over here. I need more fancy plecs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 :lol: Thanks for the good giggle.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joze Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 while at a festival last week I was talking to a German girl who was backpacking. apparently the first kiwi phrase she learnt off the plane was "sweet as bro" fishies fishes ITS FISH. With fish you can have fries, chips are ok too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 but at the end of the day it is still a bubba fish, just as a cub is a bubba lion or tiger. So it is still correct, just people expressing themselves in different ways. i know what you mean caryl, but it is all that expression stuff. English is not my first language and i was taught bubba means first male sibling? from the word brother.:-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Traditionally I believe it's a Maori term for a baby (either sex). Just while here on the topic of words etc., gender refers to what orientation someone's sexuality is, sex refers to the purely physical characteristics that make up either a male or female. Bubba also featured on Forrest Gump but he was a grown man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Traditionally I believe it's a Maori term for a baby (either sex). Just while here on the topic of words etc., gender refers to what orientation someone's sexuality is, sex refers to the purely physical characteristics that make up either a male or female. Bubba also featured on Forrest Gump but he was a grown man. no that cant be right as there is no letter B or b sounds in the Maori language. found this after googling the word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Bubba is the name of the large black man in US prisons who will make you his boyfriend if you commit a felony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplecatfish Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I'm not sure that fry and whitebait should go together. Perhaps bubba should be the prefered term for native fish. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I don't mean that it is actually a Maori word but that they predominantly use it to describe a baby. Some actually name their kid Bubba. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Hi All, ( I hope the Capital "A" is correct) ROFLMAO I think it is about time that all this "POLITICALLY CORRECT CRAP" was dispensed with and the perpetrators of it's inclusion into NZ society taken out in public and shot. :evil: If you have trouble with the way some of us (NZ'ers) spell then it's about time you got your brains together and took a long hard look at the WOK / AMAZONIAN DIKSHINRY. If you can understand what is written then stop whinging and leave the populace alone to enjoy their lives. THIS IS ALL WRITTEN "TUNG IN CHEAK" TO GET SUM DISKUSHIN GOING. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 I have no problem with the way people post as long as they are trying to use correct English. I don't even bother reading posts from people who write in 'Text' notation. Texts have completely butchered the English language. If people can't be bothered to try to write words correctly and use punctuation (like full-stops) then I can't be bothered reading their dribble... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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