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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 19:27:24 GMT
Ok. I'm a little sorry I started this up. I wasn't trying to stir the pot. It was simply my pet peeve, and something inside me compelled me to make it public. It was not directed at any particular poster. I did not and do not want to be a grammar police officer. I do not think less of any person who posts here based simply on grammar or spelling errors. (I may think less of them for content.) I am sure I make grammar mistakes and misspell words, especially if I am posting from a mobile device as my thumb dexterity is basically nil.
For me also, if I'm being viewed as overly-whatever, it's the notion of the 'Grammar Nazi' across social media that really gets to me, and that's what I started by broadly commenting on. None of which was directed personally at ncbears who has been lovely and polite and got far more than they bargained for! However some of the turns this post have taken have been fairly nasty and dregged up all manner of stuff. Personally I'm saying no hard feelings to anyone and drawing a line. Or fishing for a carp with my line. Either one. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 7, 2017 19:28:23 GMT
ncbears drops the G-Bomb, disappears, comes back a 15 hours later, observes the debris and still butter wouldn't melt! My kinda guy! 
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Post by ncbears on Mar 7, 2017 19:43:39 GMT
ncbears drops the G-Bomb, disappears, comes back a 15 hours later, observes the debris and still butter wouldn't melt! My kinda guy! In my defense, I am across the Pond in the middle of what used to be the United States of America, so time differential is what it is!  (So, I guess y'all should just think of me as just another yankee who muddles in European affairs, mucks it up, and then leaves.) |
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Post by infofreako on Mar 7, 2017 19:49:26 GMT
ncbears. I'd posted something longer but it came up with an error message about not being able to find the forum. I know what you were getting at and it's fine to air that. I took no offence at the original post at all. My biggest concern is the long term health of the community as a whole. I worry about lurkers being scared away from joining by threads that end up like this one has.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 7, 2017 20:06:01 GMT
ncbears . My biggest concern is the long term health of the community as a whole. I worry about lurkers being scared away from joining by threads that end up like this one has. Ahhhh Info. Let's try to stay positive eh. I don't think guests are as put off by robust or difficult discussions as you may fear. In fact we always get a flurry of new joiners when there's a hot topic. We haven't for this one though, which suggests that most people couldn't give a toss |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 20:09:13 GMT
And for our posters for whom English is their second language - I have nothing but respect. At work I have to talk to people all around the world and their English is almost always excellent. ncbears . I'd posted something longer but it came up with an error message about not being able to find the forum. I had that as well. It said the forum had been taken by an angry bear, which is particularly amusing considering who created it. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 7, 2017 20:11:48 GMT
ncbears . I'd posted something longer but it came up with an error message about not being able to find the forum. I had that as well. It said the forum had been taken by an angry bear, which is particularly amusing considering who created it. Don't mess with me....   |
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Post by infofreako on Mar 7, 2017 20:12:02 GMT
And for our posters for whom English is their second language - I have nothing but respect. At work I have to talk to people all around the world and their English is almost always excellent. ncbears . I'd posted something longer but it came up with an error message about not being able to find the forum. I had that as well. It said the forum had been taken by an angry bear, which is particularly amusing considering who created it. I've had it 3 times this evening now. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 7, 2017 20:39:46 GMT
Ok. I'm a little sorry I started this up. I wasn't trying to stir the pot. It was simply my pet peeve, and something inside me compelled me to make it public. It was not directed at any particular poster. I did not and do not want to be a grammar police officer. I do not think less of any person who posts here based simply on grammar or spelling errors. (I may think less of them for content.) I am sure I make grammar mistakes and misspell words, especially if I am posting from a mobile device as my thumb dexterity is basically nil. No great you had the courage and magnanimous to apologies. Actually I think you are one of the best posters on here. Obviously Should Have/Should Of has stirred the pot, but as another poster said on page 2, it is simply the way we speak in South East London, would you be offended if someone from Newcasle called a little boy a 'baine', so we tend to type as we speak. In the past I have re-read my posts and cringed and should have/of remembered to check my post before posting, sometimes it is my grammar letting me down, other times it is Apple letting me down!!! This thread has brought other issues to a head, where Emily got offended by someone making really a light hearted joke about dyslexia, but then again if you suffer from this condition it is understandable also to get offended, I watched by brother suffer from this debilitating illness over many years, so isn't lost on me that you have gone on to get a PHD. Before today we were a convivial community, Spring is a lovely time of year, with the crocuses and daffodils coming out, so let's take pause and draw a line in the sand and tommorrow is 8th March. |
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Post by schuttep on Mar 8, 2017 10:14:42 GMT
Why can't we simply discuss calmly things that might p**s us off without getting defensive or turning the conversation personal. We should rise above the Trump syndrome. It's possible, although I do understand feelings sometimes get in the way.
I, for one, am pleased this thread started.
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(So, I guess y'all should just think of me as just another yankee who muddles in European affairs, mucks it up, and then leaves.)
