It is Definitely not Definately

[Scott Gilmore]

Evryone, I luv youse all like brudders `ń́́΄ sistahs, but puh-farkhin-LEEZE note that the word is "definitely", NOT "definately." DefinItely, not def-ee-NAT-ley. Geddit?

OK, thenks fur listenin', I feil mech beter naouw.



Mrs. Gilmore, oh Mrs. Gilmore, I'm ready for my Prozac now!

Regerds,
Scot Gilmer

[Southern Breeze]

I'll Definately try to spell it correctly from now on.

[O'Neille]

Scott, I definately agree.

Mr. Gilmore--"Class, your homework for the weekend is to proof all of your posts for the last month and edit them for grammar and spelling."

Class---"Yes, Mr. Gilmore"

O'Neille--"All those in favor of electing Mr. Gilmore as editor raise your hands."

I quite often find errors in my own posts and it is easy to edit them after the fact. I suppose, I should be in bed and not be posting in the wee hours of the morning. I would use a smiley for my comments but they annoy me more than spelling and grammatical deviations. It does help to set the tone when others don't know you are just joking. But if you have to use a smiley, should the comment be written at all? Disclaimer: This was all in jest except for Mr. Gilmore being elected editor. Might I suggest, that we all keep a copy of Strunk and White by our computers for reference.

I once had a professor who we called Dr. Spit because if you sat in the front row you would get a shower as he lectured. He was from a continent that has kangaroos and would refer to Strunk and White about ten times a day. One day I took a towel to school and by then everyone had moved back a row. I came late and sat up front. Every time he would walk in front of me I would take my towel and do a quick face wipe. One girl started laughing and the rest of these grad students got into a tremendous uproar. He never got the message either. O'Neille

[Scott Gilmore]

Scott, I definately agree.

ARGH!

Mr. Gilmore--"Class, your homework for the weekend is to proof all of your posts for the last month and edit them for grammar and spelling."

Class---"Yes, Mr. Gilmore"

O'Neille--"All those in favor of electing Mr. Gilmore as editor raise your hands."

Noooooo! What have I wrought?

...l keep a copy of Strunk and White by our computers for reference.

For this I have a better solution. How many of you use Microsoft Word as your text editor/word processor of choice? Some of you, certainly, right? For those that do, please follow this link to salvation.

Note: Over the years I've noticed that many savvy computeristi have an unnatural fear of Visual Basic scripts. Don't. The script linked is as safe mother's milk. (Works best with Win2K and Word/Office 2000.)

Regards,
Scott Gilmore

[Southern Breeze]

MS Word would definately have problems with Pour1Malts posts.

[bunchdescendant]

OK......

I beter bie a dikshunary coz the spel cheker didint fined enythinge ronge wit 'definately'.

Seereusly.

Ray

[Southern Breeze]

Okay, we've had our laugh. I'll keep watch on my spelling from here out, don't look for perfection though. All of us have little things that bother us, thanks for sharing one of your's.

[turpin]

Evryone, I luv youse all like brudders `ń́́΄ sistahs, but puh-farkhin-LEEZE note that the word is "definitely", NOT "definately." DefinItely, not def-ee-NAT-ley. Geddit?

OK, thenks fur listenin', I feil mech beter naouw.



Mrs. Gilmore, oh Mrs. Gilmore, I'm ready for my Prozac now!

Regerds,
Scot Gilmer

OK as long as we're on this, don't get caught in a trap by "a rat" It's "separate", not "seperate"

[Hamish]

Evryone, I luv youse all like brudders `ń́́΄ sistahs, but puh-farkhin-LEEZE note that the word is "definitely", NOT "definately." DefinItely, not def-ee-NAT-ley. Geddit?

OK, thenks fur listenin', I feil mech beter naouw.



Mrs. Gilmore, oh Mrs. Gilmore, I'm ready for my Prozac now!

Regerds,
Scot Gilmer

Oh, THANK YOU, thank you, Scott for drawing attention to that one. It has been driving me crazy for months, if not years! I'd have commented myself but was afraid of becoming known as a racist!

Another that really gets my goat is the common reference to the "Carmel" Workman's Utilikilt. For Heaven's sake, 'Carmel' is, or was, a brand name for food/drink products from Israel. The Utilikilts are "Caramel" - it is a colour!

OK that's it. Rant over!

[switchblade5984]

aye its an internet forum not an english class

and iw the welsh can use cilt then i can definatley use caramel