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« Reply #15 on: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 18:56:26 » |
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I was recently introduced to this simple site http://d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/. At almost 35 I could be considered to be half way through my life, yet half my life I was spelling it "definately". Thank fuck that wasn't just me. Up until a couple of years ago I was convinced every spell checker I'd used was broken, no matter which way I tried spelling that word it always rejected it, until my bird told me how to spell it properly. |
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reeves4england
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« Reply #16 on: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 22:49:58 » |
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it's 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' unless 'i' am in 'their'
or 'science' and numerous derivatives thereof |
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« Reply #17 on: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 22:53:58 » |
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One collar, two socks.
Too obtuse Sussex. C before S in the alphabet and 1 before 2. |
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« Reply #18 on: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 22:59:06 » |
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or 'science' and numerous derivatives thereof
'I before E except after C' has always made me think of one word - ceiling. As in words that start with a C. I can't think of any others..? |
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« Reply #19 on: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 23:01:12 » |
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I would also just like to have another rant about the use of 'of'.
As in 'I could of'. ARRRRGHHHHH. It is 'I could have'.
That's better now, I can go to bed happy.
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Sussex
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« Reply #20 on: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 05:19:46 » |
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Too obtuse Sussex.
C before S in the alphabet and 1 before 2.
It's just something my old English teacher taught me, and it's stuck for over 20 years. Your's rolls off the tongue like a ball bag on barbed wire :-) |
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« Reply #21 on: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 06:29:38 » |
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Thank fuck that wasn't just me. Up until a couple of years ago I was convinced every spell checker I'd used was broken, no matter which way I tried spelling that word it always rejected it, until my bird told me how to spell it properly.
Bollocks, i've always spelt it DEFINATELY, it always looked right to me! |
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reeves4england
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« Reply #22 on: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:17:31 » |
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It's just something my old English teacher taught me, and it's stuck for over 20 years.
Same here, I learnt that at primary school and it's stuck |
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« Reply #23 on: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 14:00:39 » |
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I was recently introduced to this simple site http://d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/. At almost 35 I could be considered to be half way through my life, yet half my life I was spelling it "definately". I also still need to remind myself that "I before E, except after C". Am I the only one? I learnt how to spell it correctly off of a CD case.... |
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Ginginho
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 14:06:10 » |
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I learnt how to spell it correctly off of a CD case....
Was it this? [url width=530 height=460]http://vinylrecords.ch/J/JO/Joe_Cocker/Definite/joe-cocker-definite-42.jpg[/url]  |
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 14:12:46 » |
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Maybe.
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jayohaitchenn
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 14:37:49 » |
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Maybe.
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