Your vs. You're vs Yore

[Cyberman]

That's precisely why I rarely correct others' errors; I have no wish to be condescending when the situation doesn't warrant it but attempts to help another person, who may actually be struggling to express themselves, can be seen that way. Not so long ago, a Facebook contact left a comment which included the term "patty der fwar grar". I replied with the correct spelling; shortly afterwards, another person popped up saying why don't I leave them alone and that we all know what they meant. Then the original person responded by thanking me, and that they'd never seen that phrase written down before so had no idea how to spell it but wanted to be able to employ it. Note that I merely offered the correct spelling; at no time did I make any judgement nor was that person forced at gunpoint to be educated by me.

Whoever coined the term "Grammar Nazi" probably had a rotten time at school (though strangely enough, knew how to spell "Nazi". Perhaps they had help?)

So if I tlk lyk diz wuld u styl fink om cleva?

Compared to Brummie, it's a vast improvement.

I couldn't agree more.

[Red Celt]

Compared to Brummie, it's a vast improvement.

I couldn't agree more.

It's fairly safe to say that Birmingham has the worst accent in the UK. I forget who I'm paraphrasing here, but a comedian mentioned that they don't sound stupid; they sound like a victim.

[Whateverist]

Both spellings of enrol/enroll are acceptable. Enroll is American English. Enrol is International English (what the rest of the world uses).

So you're saying "enrol" is some bastardized variant. Oh why can't the rest of the world learn to speak proper American?

[Cyberman]

It's fairly safe to say that Birmingham has the worst accent in the UK. I forget who I'm paraphrasing here, but a comedian mentioned that they don't sound stupid; they sound like a victim.

That sounds familiar; now I'm going to be stuck with that until I remember the name.

Actually, as far as Britain's Worst Accent title goes, I'd be hard-pressed to choose between Brummie and Scouse. Scousers sound like the ones that have been personally inconvenienced by whatever made victims of the Brummies.

Mind you, if I never another Eastender again I can die happy. ("Orwight, Tweacuwe? Shat it, you slaaaaag! Leave it aaaaht!") Come back, Dick Van Dyke - all is forgiven...

[jonb]

For me, it's like... I was paying attention during English lessons. Some people, however, were too busy passing a note to Emily Jenkins so that she could pass the note to Sarah Brown asking if she could meet them by the bike sheds for a kiss after school.

And now, I'm being judged harshly because I have the knowledge that others couldn't be arsed to gain (and retain). If we have to keep dumbing-down everything to the lowest common denominator, we (as a species) have basically stopped evolving and progressing. We're all stuck in the Stupid Class, working to the same levels of mediocrity.

You're right, I did waste my time in the english class, Sarah Brown never did put out, it was all talk.

5thHorseman Wrote:

Compared to Brummie, it's a vast improvement.

I can remember many moons ago it was announced on the today programme that the Birmingham accent had been voted the worlds sexiest accent in the Lebanon. I have never trusted the media since.

evidence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw7Mm1bF3...ure=fvwrel

[Violet]

Their's just no excuse for making a mistake in english, its such a simple language.

Simple language, is it? Ignores half its 'rules' half the time, multiple letters that by all means should not exist (x, q, k->c<-s, ph->f), letters that get pronounced differently for no reason at all, homonyms out the goddamn wazoo (including shit like bear and bear and bear (and not to forget bare and bare).

Oxford commas, messing up participles (will be, been, being, has been/will go, gone, going, has gone), fucking up word order and tone ("Where is McDonalds?" can come off as quite demanding), understanding the semicolon, when one should use parenthesis or a footnote or simply not elaborate, capitalization of pronouns and first letters of a sentence, misspelling words because it sounds right and goes through spellcheck but means something else, how nonphonetic half of our words sound (including phonetic)... apostrophes and word contraction, and a bunch of other unmentioned bullshit: English is 'so easy' that most of us don't even notice half the time we screw it up.

Native english speakers who've been in honors/advanced english since the start, read and reread classical novels in their spare time, and immediately grasped concepts put forth by teachers... even they have the potential to fuck up a sentence in English.

[Whateverist]

Are there differences in UK accents then?

[Violet]

For what it's worth, I find competency in spelling and grammar to bear no relation to intelligence or wit.

So if I tlk lyk diz wuld u styl fink om cleva?

I could be convinced... but considering it's you? Never.

[jonb]

Are there differences in UK accents then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu9q_vedO7w

[Cyberman]

Are there differences in UK accents then?

One or two.