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Why so many British can't spell ?

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Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Edited by: Grzegorz_ Jan 14, 08, 15:22 / #
They usually don't know any foreign languages, so couldn't they at least learn their own... ? Any comments ? Are they just stupid or that's something else ?

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Edited by: osiol Jan 14, 08, 15:36 / #
The English spelling system is amongst the silliest in the world. I make a few spelling mistakes occasionally. I usually spot them and put them right. That's usually a result of typing too fast. As for other people, some people have genuine problems with spelling - my brother, for example, has very bad spelling and always has. That is a form of dyslexia, which occurs more amongst English speakers than speakers of languages with a more phonetic orthography. I have met one or two 'dyslexics' whom I wouldn't categorise with my brother, who is, believe it or not, possibly more intelligent than me. Some just never bothered to learn to spell properly when they were at school and somehow still get away with it later in life. Some people are just plain stupid. It's not just spelling - punctuation seems to cause even more problems. noimagination wrote: i blame poal's I just added that for a bit of fun. By the way, Irish Gaelic seems to have quite a silly spelling system, and don't get me started on French!

telefonitika	Edited by: telefonitika Jan 14, 08, 15:37 / #
Grzegorz_ wrote: They usually don't know any foreign languages, Schools in the UK start teaching French (Modern Secondary language) at the age of 8/9 which is Years 4-6 dependant on the primary school attending .... this language continues being taught in secondary school until the child leaves at 16 At Year 9 which is when a child is 13 years old they have the option to take on a further language subject usually Spanish or German and study this for the next three years until leave school Other languages are taught in selected schools like Latin, Polish, Italian etc etc but primarily these are studied at evening classes at a local college that is running them due to demand .... ... In what way do the British not know how to spell ?? Each Region of the country has its own dialect and its own language if you like and thus spellings and written english differs based on the geographical location :) You will only find the QUEENS ENGLISH spoken or written near the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk or anyone associated to the Queen ... for anyone to believe the Queens english is what the rest of the country speaks is utter ridiculous :D

AvJoeUK	Jan 14, 08, 15:38 / #
I try lol bt its quit ard cus ppl fink dat tlking lyk dis iz cool l8ly, I duno y cuz I fink dat itz mch quiker.

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jan 14, 08, 15:39 / #
telefonitika wrote: this language continues being taught this language continues to be taught Sorry. They took me out of French lessons for being naughty, so I had to sit in the library with two of my mates instead.

telefonitika	Jan 14, 08, 15:39 / #
AvJoeUK wrote: AvJoeUK Yeah namely my 12 year old niece ... 15 year old brother and 16 year old sister lmao

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Jan 14, 08, 15:40 / #
This is BW on PF day 2 If somebody didn't know...

Shawn_H	Jan 14, 08, 15:44 / #
Grzegorz_ wrote: BW Bubbawoo? Brit Wars? Bloody Wankers? Big Willies? Being Wascally? Boisterous Wenches? Sorry I missed Day 1...

isthatuThreads: 4 Posts: 1,627 Joined: Jun 8, 07	Edited by: isthatu Jan 14, 08, 15:47 / #
Grzegorz_ wrote: This is BW on PF day 2 If somebody didn't know... We need a week? Is this to get over our infey..infairyo...enferitry...infrreeorirty...our complex's? Grzegorz_ wrote: They usually don't know any foreign languages, Rubbish. Parle francies G'? panjemajo russe? Habla Espanol? We just dont all bang on about how smart we are.

AvJoeUK	Jan 14, 08, 15:48 / #
isthatu wrote: We need a week? Is this to get over our infey..infairyo...enferitry...infrreeorirty...our complex's? Eh Eh Eh!

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jan 14, 08, 15:53 / #
Grzegorz, do you fancy a cup of milky tea?

isthatuThreads: 4 Posts: 1,627 Joined: Jun 8, 07	Jan 14, 08, 16:29 / #
Its a wonderous thing but no one has brought up that story from todays metro about Poles scoring 15.2 out of 25 on a Test of Britishness and Brits scoring 14.6 .........

scarbyirp	Jan 14, 08, 16:33 / #
isthatu wrote: Its a wonderous thing but no one has brought up that story from todays metro about Poles scoring 15.2 out of 25 on a Test of Britishness and Brits scoring 14.6 ......... Polish are the new British.

AvJoeUK	Jan 14, 08, 16:34 / #
isthatu wrote: Its a wonderous thing but no one has brought up that story from todays metro about Poles scoring 15.2 out of 25 on a Test of Britishness and Brits scoring 14.6 Do you know what the test consists of or where to find it?

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jan 14, 08, 16:36 / #
Grzegorz_ wrote: They usually don't know any foreign languages What's a foreign language? Is it something like Yank? scarbyirp wrote: Polish are the new British. osiol wrote: milky tea? I prefer coffee. Sometimes black. Never instant. But my flatmate seems to have been converted to drinking the dreaded milky tea. But he is one of the few amongst the many. I also feel like one of the few. Almost unique.

miranda	Jan 14, 08, 16:41 / #
G - do you have any statistics avaliable? Ho, ho, ho..........

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jan 14, 08, 16:48 / #
Grzegorz_ wrote: BW on PF I'm giving my poncho a shake-down ready for Mexican fortnight. Can't wait!

KrzysztofThreads: 2 Posts: 1,146 Joined: Jul 26, 07	Edited by: Krzysztof Jan 14, 08, 16:48 / #
miranda wrote: G - do you have any statistics avaliable?Ho, ho, ho.......... Exactly, miranda. Grzegorz_, can you prove it? Or is it just another piece of garbage you read in the Anglophobic press? that gives me an idea for a game, everyone changes his forum persona for a day and tries to post in the way someone else does (prove it, Puzzler :)

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Jan 14, 08, 16:49 / #
i suppose it is a bit tricky because the words "look" different than they sound. but then im not a native English speaker and my English spelling is pretty darn good. better than many English people's i know. so im not sure how you Brits can explain yourselves? :P

scarbyirp	Edited by: scarbyirp Jan 14, 08, 16:53 / #
AvJoeUK wrote: Do you know what the test consists of or where to find it? URL Where's no immagination, when you need him?

telefonitika	Jan 14, 08, 16:54 / #
osiol wrote: I prefer coffee. Sometimes black. Never instant. and do you add vodka to it?

Shawn_H

Edited by: Shawn_H Jan 14, 08, 16:56 / #

See, the Poles are the smart ones... The answers were written on the bottom of the page! They Saw the answers!

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osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jan 14, 08, 16:57 / #
JustysiaS wrote: my English spelling is pretty darn good. better than many English people's True. scarbyirp wrote: Where's no immagination, when you need him? There are too many Glasgow gutters to list here. I want to get a dog and call him (or her) Ough.

scarbyirp	Jan 14, 08, 17:01 / #
osiol wrote: There are too many Glasgow gutters to list here I didn't think Rangers were playing tonight. Maybe he is recovering in hospital after getting stabbed by someone wearing camouflage trousers who was sleeping in a toilet?

PolskaDollThreads: 44 Posts: 4,134 Joined: Jun 15, 07	Jan 14, 08, 17:01 / #
Here you go, try this bbc.co.uk/testthenation/english - English Language Test

FrankThreads: 27 Posts: 1,342 Joined: Aug 14, 06	Jan 14, 08, 17:04 / #
Why so many British can't spell ? trolling again Greg..aaawwwwwwwwww

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06	Jan 14, 08, 17:05 / #
JustysiaS wrote: so im not sure how you Brits can explain yourselves? :P you probably spent a lot longer studying english than the average brit

miranda	Jan 14, 08, 17:08 / #
Krzysztof wrote: that gives me an idea for a game, everyone changes his forum persona for a day and tries to post in the way someone else does I am in.

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jan 14, 08, 17:09 / #
BubbaWoo wrote: you probably spent a lot longer studying english than the average brit good observation, e e cummings

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Jan 14, 08, 17:11 / #
BubbaWoo wrote: you probably spent a lot longer studying english than the average brit suppose we studied more grammar and stuff, but spelling - not so much tbh. i was always the brightest cookie in my class anyway :P

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