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Re: The British Psyche:As Interested in the USA Elections 2008 as Americans

archangel — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:23:48 -0000

dear Ghostdreams. Everything is alright. It is sometimes hard to tell tone of voice on the internet. It's ok.

I'm with you... I tell my co-editors here at TMV constantly, spot me please on spelling, I cant spell very well (I come to it honestly from a life long dyslexia) and neither can my spellchecker. I got what you said, completly.... er complitlee, um, completilly. Yes, like he said, completely.

dr.e

Re: The British Psyche:As Interested in the USA Elections 2008 as Americans

Ghostdreams — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:06:12 -0000

You're right Doc. Runasim did say at the end of the post that it was meant in jest. I was just a little taken off guard and ...
1) As I said I was raised that it's rude to correct someone's English (actually, it was incorrect to correct anything if it was going to embarrass the person or make them feel bad)
2) As important (if not more so), in cases such as this it's usually *ME* who is the one that is being corrected!! (grin) thus I'm a bit sensitive on the subject. :P
If people only knew how many times I run "spell check" and "grammar check" before I post ANYTHING. It's embarrassing to me but the truth is out and has been for some time. College education did nothing to improve the Ghost's English.
Runasim, my apologies for my rather testy post.
Doc . .What a nice welcome! Thank you so much!
Ghosty

PS My grammar check is broken at the moment! (in case that's not obvious by my post. heeh)

Re: The British Psyche:As Interested in the USA Elections 2008 as Americans

archangel — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:02:25 -0000

Dear Ghostdreams, welcome. And nice screen name you have there. I'd like to introduce you to runasim, who is a regular commenter here at TMV too. I hope you will be also!. I think she/he was teasing me. You know, just saying sometihing that happens to be true about grammar, and...... and I was trying to be funny in return. I think I better not be a stand up comic, tho. Better just stick to we'uns and us'n.

Thank you Ghostdreams, and I understand your point about manners too. Nice to hear when someone still holds to gallantry.

dr.e

Re: The British Psyche:As Interested in the USA Elections 2008 as Americans

Ghostdreams — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:42:48 -0000

Someone actually corrected the Doc's English?
Wow.
Where I'm from that's considered rude and the height of bad manners. :(
Frankly, I didn't notice it when I read the article. I was too busy enjoying myself with the read. :)
Just my .02 cents worth
Ghost

Re: The British Psyche:As Interested in the USA Elections 2008 as Americans

archangel — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:43:19 -0000

my dear runasim; you've made the only grotesque error I've ever seen you make in thinking I know what an objective case is in a pronoun, or a proton, or a nano or a clown noun.

I think you are saying I misused de Enk-lesh in some way? Not suprising since English is not my first language. Also, for some reason, I was born not knowing how to speak at all.

Seriously, if I did say/write something grammatically incorrect, (even what I just wrote there doesnt somehow sound quite grammmatical) please tell me where and what ought go there, and I will correct it. I don't think I can see/find it by myself.

Where I grew up, our teachers were constantly correcting us about saying us'n, when we meant us. THey said, say "we" instead, don't use 'us.'

You have to remember, i grew up in the boon docks where grammar is very important, and I had several wonderful grammers when I was growing up too.

Ok, ok, I know. To my room

failure as a stand-up comic

dr.e

Re: The British Psyche:As Interested in the USA Elections 2008 as Americans

runasim — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:05:50 -0000

"An odd surge toward ‘making news happen,’ as opposed to reporting news"
is a great encapsaulation of what i've noticed and fretted about.
The hourly poll numbers are also part of my radar scanning for suspicious influence.

As an aside, I'm also keeping watch over the case of the vanishing objective case in pronoun usage.
The word 'me' has almost entirely disappeared., and other pronouns when required by usage in a sentence to be in the objective case , are following suit.

"many of we parents " makes me wonder how many of we agree..
I see I should get used to saying :" Give we our liberty." :)

We (nominative case) curmudgeons take every opportunity to be irritable about things that irritate us (objective case). .

In case it's not clear, I'm trying to be funny, about my vanishing objective friends, the pronouns.