Canadian spelling....
really?
Oct 30th 2009 | 12:41 pm
#184
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Sawdust making harpy
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From: Alberta
Oct 30th 2009 | 12:43 pm
#185
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 11,272
Re: Canadian spelling....
He was on here months ago and decided it would be amusing to copy my sig
and he's my husband, I cannot tell a lie
who occasionally pops in to raise hell
Last edited by dollface; Oct 30th 2009 at 1:08 pm.
bugger thought they were good to go from the pouncy gormet shop!
Oct 31st 2009 | 10:36 am
#190
Nova Scotia
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 100
Re: Canadian spelling....
Hello all, well I got to thinking this morning and I just wanted to apologize if I offended anyone with my rants and bad grammar.
I remember back to when I travelled to England and I know what its like being in a different country, its not always what its cracked up to be. Like that panic I had when I arrived in Heathrow and I honestly thought I'd taken the wrong flight and ended up in Pakistan. I guess the impressions that I develop in mind about how things should be can be somewhat easily distorted. I really didn't intend to offend anyone and i am truly sorry
I remember back to when I travelled to England and I know what its like being in a different country, its not always what its cracked up to be. Like that panic I had when I arrived in Heathrow and I honestly thought I'd taken the wrong flight and ended up in Pakistan. I guess the impressions that I develop in mind about how things should be can be somewhat easily distorted. I really didn't intend to offend anyone and i am truly sorry
Oct 31st 2009 | 10:41 am
#191
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 14,227
Re: Canadian spelling....
Hello all, well I got to thinking this morning and I just wanted to apologize if I offended anyone with my rants and bad grammar.
I remember back to when I travelled to England and I know what its like being in a different country, its not always what its cracked up to be. Like that panic I had when I arrived in Heathrow and I honestly thought I'd taken the wrong flight and ended up in Pakistan. I guess the impressions that I develop in mind about how things should be can be somewhat easily distorted. I really didn't intend to offend anyone and i am truly sorry
I remember back to when I travelled to England and I know what its like being in a different country, its not always what its cracked up to be. Like that panic I had when I arrived in Heathrow and I honestly thought I'd taken the wrong flight and ended up in Pakistan. I guess the impressions that I develop in mind about how things should be can be somewhat easily distorted. I really didn't intend to offend anyone and i am truly sorry
And the burgers were indeed delicious.
Oct 31st 2009 | 10:44 am
#192
Nova Scotia
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 100
Re: Canadian spelling....
well I dont mean its a bad thing really..just not what I had expected... I had a somewhat nieve view I suppose.
Oct 31st 2009 | 10:52 am
#193
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 14,227
Re: Canadian spelling....
Most jobs at heathrow are low paid - you just get a lot of immigrants and ethnic minorities in those positions. If you saw any police or senior managery types I bet they were white.
Nov 2nd 2009 | 1:23 am
#194
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,054
Re: Canadian spelling....
Just watching the news and there was an item about Canadian spelling.
The issue is that words like colour, neighbour, favourite etc are being changed in some text books to the American way - color, neighbor, favorite.
Now from a personal point of view it doesn't bother me either way - each to his own and all that. The issue arises when they then interview the Alberta education minster and ask him "does he think that keeping Canadian spelling is important"
His reply?
"Why, it doesn't bother me either way"
What the hell sort of example is that to set?????? Whether you decide to spell it one way or another - of course it should f****g well bother you that there is some unity across the province and country ffs.
I don't know why this angered me so much but if you can't agree on the basics of education what else can't you make your mind up on
The issue is that words like colour, neighbour, favourite etc are being changed in some text books to the American way - color, neighbor, favorite.
Now from a personal point of view it doesn't bother me either way - each to his own and all that. The issue arises when they then interview the Alberta education minster and ask him "does he think that keeping Canadian spelling is important"
His reply?
"Why, it doesn't bother me either way"
What the hell sort of example is that to set?????? Whether you decide to spell it one way or another - of course it should f****g well bother you that there is some unity across the province and country ffs.
I don't know why this angered me so much but if you can't agree on the basics of education what else can't you make your mind up on
President Jackson
Nov 2nd 2009 | 10:48 am
#195
Nova Scotia
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 100
Re: Canadian spelling....
**chuckles quietly to himself**
