There casted lose morris tapir

[AlanZ]

For years, I've watched as folk type messages across the web using what might be called 'creative spelling'.

There are clearly people who either don't know the difference between "there, they're and their" or don't care to differentiate.

Simlarly there are folk who use "lose and loose" interchangeably.

But those and other misusages are all spelling issues for common words.

So in a lighthearted effort to refine language use, I thought I'd mention two things that I see coming up from time to time that are more applicable to penturning.

The taper used on a lathe or accessory is not a "Morris" taper, it's a "Morse" taper, invented by Stephen A. Morse (who also invented the twist drill).


Also, to the best of my knowledge, there's no such word as "casted". These are all correct:

• I will cast my blank.
• I cast my blank.
• I have cast my blank.

Will this little dissertation have any effect on the word usage? Probably not. But it did give me the opportunity to use the word "tapir" in the title, and they're really cool creatures.

 

[ldb2000]

How about "Prolly" for probably ? There is a good spell checker that can be used with the forum software , the sad thing is , it's very seldom used . Where's Cav when we need him !!!! :biggrin:

 

[AlanZ]

The problem with spelling checkers is that (with the exception of 'casted') all the words I mentioned are correct spellings, but often the wrong word.

Add to the list of confused usage "advice vs. advise".

This would be a correct:

I advise that you do not accept my advice.

 

[ldb2000]

Yes and sometimes it even suggests the wrong spelling or worse the wrong word completely like "Endoscopies" for "Ed4copies" name .

 

[guyrlock]

Garbled English

Following on from your observations, how about this for a spelling eye opener?

 

[ldb2000]

I've always loved that one , I have no problem reading it . The mind is an amazing thing .

 

[guyrlock]

Confusing English for language students

How do you explain "I'm going to cut this tree down and then I'm going to cut it up" to an English language class?

 

[MatthewZS]

I'd love to hear your take on the Texas word "widjadija"........ As in "you didn't bring your shotgun widjadija?"

 

[ctubbs]

I'd love to hear your take on the Texas word "widjadija"........ As in "you didn't bring your shotgun widjadija?"

I really, truly hate to break this to you, but that is not only a Texas word. It is fluent Southern Redneck. It is sometimes used close to "Hey yall, look at this. Haew, hold my beer." Our part of the country, contrary to popular belief, does not speak English.
Charles

 

[ldb2000]

Guy , My oldest son has Dyslexia and when he was younger I was supplementing the wonderful NJ school system , trying to help him around the sometimes ridiculous English language . It is a language with so many contradictions to the rules and is at times very frustrating . I don't envy anyone trying to teach it to a non English speaking person .

 

[gallianp]

I cringe when I see "then & than" used interchangeably.

 

[phillywood]

Alan, ironically I just commented to a guy who doesn't know the grammar and he just types away, without any period or commas or anything else. so, I have to read his post three to 4 times to see what the heck he is talking about.
Now sometimes ago I downloaded the google spellchecker and I always use it to check, however from time to time you can see the mistake on my post about from to form which both of them correct and will not be detected but different meaning.

 

[Grizz]

When they write "MT." I always think, 'Mount" Makes sense for me... oh well.

Hey, I'm dyslexic! So, yes I'm going to have misspelled words and some bad grammar from time to time. I don't have all day to check and recheck forum notes.

 

[mredburn]

There are times that I have a hard time getting through other peoples posts. Stumbling over poor spelling, missing words, etc. But I am reminded I have just as many mistakes in my posts. I some times have to retype a lot of my responses like this one because my fingers are not responding as well as I would like. Some nights are worse than others, tonight is one of them. My fingers arent typing and I have had to retype almost everything twice. It would also help if I could devolope the habit of using the spell checker every time I post. Worse yet, I havent even had an adult beverage to cast the blame upon.

Mike

 

[mwenman]

I think the one non-word that makes me cringe the more than the incorrect usage of there, their, and they're is the rampant usage of irregardless. It is not a word, does not exist, never has.

 

[AlanZ]

Sadly, irregardless has been showing up in dictionaries over the past several years.

 

[Billman]

Donut cerrect me spellin', if'n it be rong, it be rong.

LOL

 

[PenMan1]

I'd love to hear your take on the Texas word "widjadija"........ As in "you didn't bring your shotgun widjadija?"

No Texas roots for this word at all! It originated in Dunwoody, Georgia with Jeff Foxworthy. Unfortunately, one night on a bus between two places that have never been a blip on a map, a Scotch drinking, cigar smoking, overweight texan won widudidju. DAMHIKT

 

[PenMan1]

However .... Jewwanto.... remains soley in Georgia domain.

I.E.: "Deloris, jewwanto get me a beer and change the TV channel over to rasslin' before you git up the supper dishes?"

 

[PenMan1]

As a friend of mine from Deep Stick, Ga ( I SWEAR, it's a real place) told me when I corrected his grammar "they's too much oberpaid Goberment nerdowells as titis...we ain't lookin to add on no word police to the Goberment tit"

It may not have been gramatically correct, BUT I knew what he meant AND to keep my mouth shut.

Respectfully submitted.....sorta

 

[ctubbs]

Andy, I didn't know that Georgia and Kentuk was thatin klose tegether? When didn yall move nort?
Charles

 

[PenMan1]

Andy, I didn't know that Georgia and Kentuk was thatin klose tegether? When didn yall move nort?
Charles

Charles;
Georgia and Kentucky have always been "branch kin", unfortunately, for us, KY is on the North end of the "branch"

 

[ctubbs]

Yes, I know but we are still south of Louisville. If you check your history, this part of KY was about to ceceed and even had generated its own capital along with the western most twenty counties of Tennessee before Tennessee finally decided to go South. The remaining 7 counties in the Jackson Purchase then stayed with Kentucky throughout the War. We still were mostly Southern, however.
Charles

 

[PenMan1]

OMG....South of Louisville means South of Cincinatti, too! We ARE closer to KY than I imagined! I definitely Won't drink the water LOL!

 

[MatthewZS]

I'd love to hear your take on the Texas word "widjadija"........ As in "you didn't bring your shotgun widjadija?"

No Texas roots for this word at all! It originated in Dunwoody, Georgia with Jeff Foxworthy. Unfortunately, one night on a bus between two places that have never been a blip on a map, a Scotch drinking, cigar smoking, overweight texan won widudidju. DAMHIKT

yep, your right, I'd forgotten who said it.... I just remembered hearing it

 

[TellicoTurning]

Guy , My oldest son has Dyslexia and when he was younger I was supplementing the wonderful NJ school system , trying to help him around the sometimes ridiculous English language . It is a language with so many contradictions to the rules and is at times very frustrating . I don't envy anyone trying to teach it to a non English speaking person .

What is really interesting about the English language, it's a German based language which as I remember from my two semesters in college in foreign language is a very structured language....verbs and subjects and modifiers have a very specific place in a sentence, as well as gender..... English has no structure and no gender other than modifiers/pronouns to indicate said gender..... and can be used in almost any format the speaker/writer wishes and still be relatively correct.

The three most misused words are actually pronounced differently, but are interchanged as if they sound the same and mean the same...

They're.... should sound almost as if we are saying They Are
Their ... should sound close to Th Err
There.... should sound close to Th air

I have a pretty deep southern/Texas accent so I know I mispronounce a number of the words of the English language, but I still try to write them correctly... sometimes I even succeed. :biggrin:

 

[TellicoTurning]

It would also help if I could devolope the habit of using the spell checker every time I post. Worse yet, I havent even had an adult beverage to cast the blame upon.

Mike

Mike,
I'm not sure if it's just my machine or the IAP software, but my posts are spell checked as I type... if I've misspelled a word I get a squiggly line in red running under the running under the word...

 

[TellicoTurning]

I'd love to hear your take on the Texas word "widjadija"........ As in "you didn't bring your shotgun widjadija?"

No Texas roots for this word at all! It originated in Dunwoody, Georgia with Jeff Foxworthy. Unfortunately, one night on a bus between two places that have never been a blip on a map, a Scotch drinking, cigar smoking, overweight texan won widudidju. DAMHIKT

yep, your right, I'd forgotten who said it.... I just remembered hearing it

That's a Jeff Foxworth joke... He's from Atlanta.

 

[penmanship]

I laughed when I read about a "ball ping" hammer...........heard of it, just haven't seen one! :biggrin:

 

[TellicoTurning]

I laughed when I read about a "ball ping" hammer...........heard of it, just haven't seen one! :biggrin:

At the risk of getting pinged by the admin's, the vision of a "ball ping" gave me a real chuckle... that's a good one.

 

[Jgrden]

Phew, I feel so much better. Are you the same one who gave a tutelage on the use of plural hyphenation?

 

[mredburn]

Phew, I feel so much better. Are you the same one who gave a tutelage on the use of plural hyphenation?

Say What?

 

[randywa]

After eye red the post eye debaited on gaving my too sense worth. but eye have no comet.

 

[AlanZ]

No, plural hyphenation wasn't me.

Though I have been seeing an increase plural apostrophe usage.

For example: I have three hammer's for sale.

Why folk actually add an apostrophe is beyond me <s>

 

[lwalden]

Yes and sometimes it even suggests the wrong spelling or worse the wrong word completely like "Endoscopies" for "Ed4copies" name .

Was that the spellcheck or the synonym check that made that replacement..............:biggrin:

 

[Smitty37]

Easy

How do you explain "I'm going to cut this tree down and then I'm going to cut it up" to an English language class?

Try "saw it into logs"

 

[bitshird]

Yes and sometimes it even suggests the wrong spelling or worse the wrong word completely like "Endoscopies" for "Ed4copies" name .

Was that the spellcheck or the synonym check that made that replacement..............:biggrin:

Aren't they kind of similar?? ;^)

Y'all ain't never had to change a tar on a car in the rain and got awl on yer good suit of bibs?? We done that last weak, sure wuz ugly

 

[Smitty37]

yup

I'd love to hear your take on the Texas word "widjadija"........ As in "you didn't bring your shotgun widjadija?"

I really, truly hate to break this to you, but that is not only a Texas word. It is fluent Southern Redneck. It is sometimes used close to "Hey yall, look at this. Haew, hold my beer." Our part of the country, contrary to popular belief, does not speak English.
Charles

Who ever said you did???????I believe everywhere Delaware and south offer "English as a second language" in school. Few students take the course

 

[jthompson1995]

How do you explain "I'm going to cut this tree down and then I'm going to cut it up" to an English language class?

Unfortunately, more people will understand that than

"I'm going to fell that three, then mill it."

 

[navycop]

It would also help if I could devolope the habit of using the spell checker every time I post. Worse yet, I havent even had an adult beverage to cast the blame upon.

Mike

Mike,
I'm not sure if it's just my machine or the IAP software, but my posts are spell checked as I type... if I've misspelled a word I get a squiggly line in red running under the running under the word...

What happens when you type the same words twice?? Just pick'n at ya....