And I thought the colonies revolted because they didn’t want to use the queen’s Englush?
Ah , a history professor .
I believe that some of the Colonies may have resented speaking English , mainly because they couldn’t spell “independence” , and thus knew not what to ask for .
Anyway , the British colonised a lot of the world with Englishmen , Irishmen , Scotsmen , and the Welsh . They got bored with not being able to watch the football matches , so like they still do , started picking fights with everyone that they could lay hands on .
The Colonial Powers’ Agents in the Territories were upper class Cricket playing chaps , and didn’t take too kindly to oiks getting drunk and fighting because they didn’t like cricket . So they tried to enforce The Law , which made them very unpopular , to the extent that the oiks said “why don’t you bugger off home?” . Thus were born the first revolutionaries . This latter word was too big for them , so they became Freedom Fighters , a description beloved of the liberals of today .
So it wasn’t the language that put them off , they just wanted to be left in peace to fight .
That’s my history lesson for tonight .
Mike
Mike me fine young lad…I see you caught one of my “Placed” mistakes, and Bob caught the other…I noticed my mistakes when I reread the sermon, but decided to leave them in, to prove what rushing to communicate can cause, if you aren’t careful.
You see; I’m just as guilty, but I do try hard to catch my mistakes. I also make “Mistakes” as Jerry relates, just for the fun of it…!!! My address to young Mike is an example. Yes Mike…I even use the word “Plough”, and do try to use “The Queen’s English”, as I am proud of my family’s English/Scotish/Irish heritage.
Anyone want to take a stab at what one of the most common misspelled words is?
Robert
I also very much appreciate it when someone, constructively, corrects my mistakes.
Robert Murphy said:
Anyone want to take a stab at what one of the most common misspelled words is?Robert
Probably “a”
Why would anyone spell tire, tyre. Or, theater, theatre. Even spell-check doesn’t like those spellings.
I got an A in creative speling, in colege.
Mike, I like your take on the Revolution (the one in 1776, not the Aristo one). I thought that we were just revoltin’ and needed a bath. Things got a bit carried away after that environmental disasster in Boston Harbor.
And that’s another one! It is spelled harbor, not harbour! Look it up!
Sheesh!
Robert Murphy said:
Anyone want to take a stab at what one of the most common misspelled words is?Robert
Robert, it is either … most common misspelled words are… or, most common misspelled word is. The verb must match the subject.
You can’t have it both ways.
While we are on this rant… I hang out on RV forums where most refer to their ice box as a frig. What the frig is up with that? Do you think they mean fridge or is it a proper short form of the popular Frigidaire ???
I once had an entire story someone wrote made up entirely of wrong use of words. It was pretty funny, but also sad.
I also dislike the use of texting shortcuts. Heck, I rarely even use them when texting :o
Jon - what the frig is a “shot form?”
Just askin’
Steve Featherkile said:
Jon - what the frig is a "shot form?"Just askin’
Ya see ! Spell check didn’t help with that one. Maybe it’s time for lower resolution or new glasses
The naval term “Senior Officer Present Afloat,” i.e. the Admiral, is abbreviated SOPA.
On dropping the hook in Hong Kong harbor, I wrote a memo for the Command Duty Officers regarding what to do if there was an injury or serious illness among the crew and I was unavailable, probably because I was pub-crawling in Kowloon.
I wrote the phrase, “be sure to inform SOAP of any use of shore side medical facilities.”
All my messages and such were proof-read by the Executive Officer, because he was my Department Head, as well as my Division Officer. He read that and then asked, “Doc, don’t you have spell check on your computer?” pointing to SOAP. “It should be spelled SOPA.”
It being very late at night, and feeling a bit “froggy” I said, “But, XO, SOAP is spelled right.”
The XO lost if, and either started crying, or laughing. I couldn’t tell for sure, while beating a hasty retreat.
As has been said elsewhere, that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
I saw a news headline recently which referred to somebody having “deep seeded” feelings. The correct term is “deep-seated”.
Another very common mistake is using “could of” when the writer means to say “could’ve” (contraction of “could have”.) Same with “should’ve” and “would’ve”.
Doug Arnold said:Not true in the case of what is now The United States: it was The Kings English at that time. As I wasn't around then I have no idea of how the English of that King sounded.
And I thought the colonies revolted because they didn't want to use the queen's Englush?
George III was born on 4 June 1738 in London, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. He became heir to the throne when his father died in 1751, succeeding his grandfather George II in 1760. He was the first Hanoverian monarch to use English as his first language. In 1761, George married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and they enjoyed a happy marriage, with 15 children.
Notice the part about English as his first language. A shame he didn’t understand American. lol
There was always a story in my family that we were actually related to Benedict Arnold. I thought it was a joke until I started doing some research. I have currently traced my heritage on the Arnold family to Providence, Rhode Island during the early 1700s, when Benedict’s line lived there! And there were only 200-300 residents in Providence!
So, Doug; I guess we could nickname you “Benny Junior”, and welcome you to Canada…!!!
Let’s see, Benny Junior of the Dirty and Dusty. A relative of Pig Pen? That’s not far off if you look at my workbench!
Wow that is deep.
Robert Murphy said:How about "teh"? (Since I usually run that one about six times a post or more, depending on the length. I'll apologize now for the grammer... Sorry.)
Anyone want to take a stab at what one of the most common misspelled words is? Robert
Okay, I’ll add “sorry” to teh list. It came out as “orry!” when I first added it before.
How about misspelled? I’ll bet that rates high on the list!