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[Mr. T]

Most of have little thing that annoy us but are not really important.

One of mine is that Microsoft, partly through its spell checks, is leading many people into believing that the correct spelling of the word 'colour' should be 'color', 'favour' as 'favor' and more changes besides.

The English language has most of its roots in various Europen languages such as German, Latin, French, Norse and Greek so it would be nice to see European English fight back against American English.

WHAT NIGGLES YOU BUT IS RELATIVELY NOT THAT IMPORTANT?

[bill cobbett]

It may be of interest that the forum's spell-checker seems to accept both English-English and American-English spellings.

[fatgeeza]

Hi all, I will try not to be the "complainer" but yes I have something which annoys me but falls into insignificance when you consider, the world we live in today.

The thing which annoys me at the moment is easyjet.......... not the dismissive approach to customer service, nor the gallop for seating nor is it the bright orange uniforms that glow in the dark when you are trying to sleep, its the trolley dolly with the huge thighs ........

I traveled back from Paphos to Manchester a few weeks ago and spent the whole flight getting bounced from one side of my aisle seat to the other every time the huge thighed trolley dolly passed, not once did she apologies not once did she acknowledge she has hit me, I watched her walk down the aisle and bounce off of every other person in the isle seats, on arrival at the UK I called my wife, (who is much smaller than me) and was traveling back a week later to warn her about the trolley dolly with the huge thighs, unfortunately during the scramble for seats she ended up with an aisle seat and had the same trolley dolly smashing into her........

Not a big deal but annoying, I guess the moral of the story is "you only get what you pay for"

Cheers and here is to warm days and cold beers
Fat geeza

[fatgeeza]

Oh and one another thing has anyone been in Lamba Bazaar in Pahos lately, that the cheap home ware shop on the way to Kissonerga just past Papantonious supermarket and been closely followed by the staff, its like having a parrot on your shoulder, watching your every move......

I think you have got me started now..........

[GorillaGal]

what does it matter how you spell it, as long as you understand the meaning? there maybe english/ english, and american english. there is also spanish from spain that is different from mexican or south american spanish.
what bother me is there are people who spell Cyprus like the tree: cypress, or the country Colombia, like the university--Columbia.

[bill cobbett]

what does it matter how you spell it, as long as you understand the meaning? there maybe english/ english, and american english. there is also spanish from spain that is different from mexican or south american spanish.
what bother me is there are people who spell Cyprus like the tree: cypress, or the country Colombia, like the university--Columbia.

Hi GGal

(Have been looking at my semi hairy legs today and I am def. going to spare you a sight of them unless you can convince a lot of other male forum members to do post)

Yes, you're right, even within English speaking countries there are local dialects which make the overall language richer but there is one tiny aspect of US English I must take you to task about.

It's the abreviation for mathematics. We say "maths" and you say "math" ( sounds like an old song ). When said in a sentence your version doesn't sound right.

[bill cobbett]

Hi all, I will try not to be the "complainer" but yes I have something which annoys me but falls into insignificance when you consider, the world we live in today.

The thing which annoys me at the moment is easyjet.......... not the dismissive approach to customer service, nor the gallop for seating nor is it the bright orange uniforms that glow in the dark when you are trying to sleep, its the trolley dolly with the huge thighs ........

I traveled back from Paphos to Manchester a few weeks ago and spent the whole flight getting bounced from one side of my aisle seat to the other every time the huge thighed trolley dolly passed, not once did she apologies not once did she acknowledge she has hit me, I watched her walk down the aisle and bounce off of every other person in the isle seats, on arrival at the UK I called my wife, (who is much smaller than me) and was traveling back a week later to warn her about the trolley dolly with the huge thighs, unfortunately during the scramble for seats she ended up with an aisle seat and had the same trolley dolly smashing into her........

Not a big deal but annoying, I guess the moral of the story is "you only get what you pay for"

Cheers and here is to warm days and cold beers
Fat geeza

Fatgeeza - Can we have a little more detail and a better description of the thighs you encountered please and the manner in which they were brushed against you ? Was there an extra charge for this treatment ? Were the thighs in question stockinged or tighted, any sign of suspenders ?

[GorillaGal]

what does it matter how you spell it, as long as you understand the meaning? there maybe english/ english, and american english. there is also spanish from spain that is different from mexican or south american spanish.
what bother me is there are people who spell Cyprus like the tree: cypress, or the country Colombia, like the university--Columbia.

Hi GGal

(Have been looking at my semi hairy legs today and I am def. going to spare you a sight of them unless you can convince a lot of other male forum members to do post)

Yes, you're right, even within English speaking countries there are local dialects which make the overall language richer but there is one tiny aspect of US English I must take you to task about.

It's the abreviation for mathematics. We say "maths" and you say "math" ( sounds like an old song ). When said in a sentence your version doesn't sound right.

nope, sorry, it's YOUR version that doesn't sound right.


and i still wanna see your semi-hairy legs!

[bill cobbett]

what does it matter how you spell it, as long as you understand the meaning? there maybe english/ english, and american english. there is also spanish from spain that is different from mexican or south american spanish.
what bother me is there are people who spell Cyprus like the tree: cypress, or the country Colombia, like the university--Columbia.

Hi GGal

(Have been looking at my semi hairy legs today and I am def. going to spare you a sight of them unless you can convince a lot of other male forum members to do post)

Yes, you're right, even within English speaking countries there are local dialects which make the overall language richer but there is one tiny aspect of US English I must take you to task about.

It's the abreviation for mathematics. We say "maths" and you say "math" ( sounds like an old song ). When said in a sentence your version doesn't sound right.

nope, sorry, it's YOUR version that doesn't sound right.


and i still wanna see your semi-hairy legs!

Look GGal - I'm practically an Englishman, don't you think I have right to keep my legs to myself and to contribute a definitive version of the English Language ?

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... bill . ..embargoed from his language by the Columbians

[Get Real!]

It's the abreviation for mathematics. We say "maths" and you say "math" ( sounds like an old song ). When said in a sentence your version doesn't sound right.

nope, sorry, it's YOUR version that doesn't sound right.

“Maths” is an abbreviation of the plural word “Mathematics” so it cannot possibly be abbreviated to just “Math”.