English as she is speaked

[Charl]

Xtra does have its uses. Max Newman's newsletter is here to help the NZ flightsim community overcome its problems with the written word:

Affluent or effluent?
Which is it: there, they're or their? Of course, it depends on the context, but as the 'Confusing Words' site points out, people often get it wrong. They've listed over 3,000 troublesome words and, helpfully, grouped them according to the way they are most often used. Or, more precisely, misused

http://www.confusingwords.com/?GXHC_GX_ ... 7850ea6164

[Blackmagic]

Nice find Charl! Funny thing I usually dont bother to read the xtra newsletters usually they go in the spam bin

The other thing about spelling is becoming more common place now days thanks to the desktop PC and windows! That is how a word is spelt.

My friend was helping his Daughter do some homework and noticed her spelling of certain words to be differant to what they should be? His Daughters reply was thats how the teacher showed us on the computer at school

Armed with this informatin he went to the school and discovered that the Teacher in her late twenties insisting that the spellings were correct and proved this by using the spell checker on the PC What she had not done was change the default settings on the PC. Seems that is common place nowdays!

My own PC is set to English (New Zealand) as far as I can see there is no differance to the Queens English of the United Kingdom. However a marked differance can be seen with USA English. Lets hope New Zealand does not lose its English Heritage to become another state of the USA.

[ardypilot]

Haha, RGR that Blackmagic.

The M$ spell checker is annoying when it tries to correct the proper English spelling with the default American.

It's just like HTML programming, you have to write "centre" instead of "center" to get something in the middle of the page.

[steelsporran]

My own PC is set to English (New Zealand) as far as I can see there is no differance to the Queens English of the United Kingdom. However a marked differance can be seen with USA English.

Try "difference" on it and see if it's different.

[ZK-LGD]

Howdy,

Try writing a 100,000 word thesis that must adhere to strict academic standards. T'was a constant battle with the default MS spell (and grammer) check. Shudder.

[Blackmagic]

Try "difference" on it and see if it's different. 

ROFL

One snag is that this forum dun ave a spell cheque fasility

[steelsporran]

(and grammer)!

Subtle.

[steelsporran]

One snag is that this forum dun ave a spell cheque fasility

Maybe we should txt 4rum

[Zenith]

To true! The more we have computers the more lazy people get and take the easy route rather than understanding the technology. The modern computer is designed for idiots that so everyone can use one. Another reason that a Computer medic can charge $40 just to ook at your PC simple because you do not understand how to set it up properly.

[Jimmy]

On the subject of spellcheckers...for a bit of a joke goto someone elses pc ,open up their word procesor and for example if u go2 the toolz on the menu bar and goto spell check u shild b able to type a word then type a word that it automaticly replaces it with lol so u watch this person keep tryin to type a word and it just changes it to a incorrect spelling or something its a good laugh (untill they fingd out who muked up there spellcheaker)

P.S: i fink a spell cheka wuld b a gud idea in dis 4um lol

[Blackmagic]

ROFL

And then we wonder why the kids at school nowdays can not spell

[Jimmy]

whats ROFL mean blackmagic?

[bigdogshark62]

"Really Old Farts Language"

[ZK-LGD]

Howdy,

!!Splutter!!Snort!!Splutter!!

That's priceless.

Here ya go, Jimmy; more than you ever really needed to know: http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/net ... ations.htm

(Oh, and it means: "Rolling on the Floor Laughing").

From yet another really Old phart.

[Jimmy]

WIBAMU

thanks ..it anoys me when i don't know what all those letters people put together mean.

[ZK-MAT]

re: changing the spellchecker. Change your bosses name to 'idiot' or something similar inside autocorrect. On all office PC's including his/hers....

[Jimmy]

Yeah! or you could make one word cum up with some random sentince about your boss etc etc

[ardypilot]

Just thought I would add this funny 'Kiwi Vocabulary' article I found at http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/58a01/c51/ (while looking for a NZ Flag image) to this page:

Kiwi Vocabulary
HOW TO SPEAK NEW ZEALAND. FOR BIST EFICT, RID THESE OUT ALOUD!!!

Thanks to my friend Antony from Australia for these interesting array of words!


>> >> >>>Milbun - capital of Victoria ((Melbourne- capital of Victoria in Australia)
>> >> >>>Peck - to fill a suitcase (pack)
>> >> >>>Pist aside - chemical which kills insects (pestiside)
>> >> >>>Pigs - for hanging out washing with ( clothes pegs)
>> >> >>>Pump - to act as agent for prostitute (pimp)
>> >> >>>Pug - large animal with a curly tail (pig)
>> >> >>>Nin tin dough - computer game (Nintendo)
>> >> >>>Munner stroney - soup (Minestrone soup)
>> >> >>>Min - male of the species (Man)
>> >> >>>Mess Kara - eye makeup (Mascara)
>> >> >>>McKennock - person who fixes cars (mechanic)
>> >> >>>Mere - Mayor (mayor)
>> >> >>>Leather - foam produced from soap (lather)
>> >> >>>Lift - departed (left)
>> >> >>>Kiri Pecker - famous Australian businessman (Kerry Packer)
>> >> >>>Kittle crusps - potato chips (Kettle fries/Kettle chips/ we rarely say crisps in NZ!).
>> >> >>>Ken's - Cairns (city in North Queensland in Australia)
>> >> >>>Jumbo - pet name for someone called Jim (Jimbo- actually my father occassionally gets called this! ha ha!!)
>> >> >>>Jungle Bills - Christmas carol (jingle bells)
>> >> >>>Inner me - enemy
>> >> >>>Guess - vapour (gas)
>> >> >>>Fush - marine creatures (fish... I think we have heard to many stories of us Kiwis saying fush and chups!)
>> >> >>>Fitter cheney - type of pasta (Fettucine)
>> >> >>>Ever cardeau - avocado
>> >> >>>Fear hear - blonde (fair hair)
>> >> >>>Ear - mix of nitrogen and oxygen (air)
>> >> >>>Ear roebucks - exercise at the gym (aerobics)
>> >> >>>Duffy cult - not easy (difficult)
>> >> >>>Amejen - visualise (imagine)
>> >> >>>Day old chuck/chook - very young poultry
>> >> >>>Bug hut - popular recording (big hit)
>> >> >>>Bun button - been bitten by insect
>> >> >>>Beard - a place to sleep (bed)
>> >> >>>Chully Bun - Esky (chilly bin)
>> >> >>>Sucks Peck - Half a dozen beers (six pack)
>> >> >>>Ear New Zulland - an extinct airline (Air New Zealand)
>> >> >>>Beers - large savage animals found in U.S. forests (bears)
>> >> >>>Veerjun - mythical New Zealand maiden (virgin)
>> >> >>>One Doze - what you look out of to see the view or well known computer (window/windows)
>> >> >>>operating system
>> >> >>>Sex - one less than sivven (six- we say six the Aussies say sex!!!!!!!)
>> >> >>>Iggs Ecktly - Precisely ! (excatly)
>> >> >>>Beggage Chucken - place to leave your suitcase at the earport (Baggage check in)

[Zöltuger]

noice

[Charl]

Noice too, to have a double explanation:
>> >> >>>Mere - Mayor (mayor)
This for our Strileyun cuzzins?