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geneven

2010-05-27 00:42

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by silvermountain (Post 681148)

Is it "Happy owner of a N900" or "Happy owner of an N900"
I honestly don't know.

Since you say "en nine hundred" you use "an" as in "an anachronism". If there was some special way of pronouncing it such as "nanninehundred", starting with a consonant, you would say a nanninehundred.

So "an N900" is correct.

gerbick

2010-05-27 00:43

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

I've been wondering, but by your clue, I'd guess Russian first.

Your English isn't really a problem to me, to be 100% honest. And if anything, I feel as if you are rather efficient and effective with English as your secondary language. If anything, it took more communication with you for me to even notice that it might not be your primary language.

And yes... that is a compliment.

If not Russian, I'd second guess Estonian. But your clue leads me away from German, which I honestly thought you might have said at first.

Regardless, don't take this thread (it was not pointed at you) nor my question personal. Just being curious now.

geneven

2010-05-27 00:45

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by dynomot (Post 681174)

I'm loving this thread :) It is more correct to say " A happy owner of a N900, because 'N' is not a vowel. However in 'ordinary' spoken English it does sound more natural to say 'an' in this circumstance. Neither way is wrong, it all depends if your writing or speaking.

Absolutely wrong. It doesn't matter what letter N900 starts with; what matters is how N900 is pronounced. Since the pronunciation starts with a vowel sound, "an N900" is correct, I think even in England!

geneven

2010-05-27 00:47

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by mullf (Post 681194)

As far as I know, "its" is the only world in the English language where you don't use an apostrophe for the possessive. I always spell it with an apostrophe to protest.

Oh yeah? What about "his" and "her"? No apostrophe, but possessive.

devu	2010-05-27 00:51

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

Quote:

Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 681231)

If not Russian, I'd second guess Estonian. But your clue leads me away from German, which I honestly thought you might have said at first.

So point on the map between those 2 counties and you are done :)
Polish.

devu	2010-05-27 00:54

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by geneven (Post 681233)

Thanks for saving my signature :P

But seriously, It's hard to say this for me... an en nine I fell like I'm stuttering.

gerbick

2010-05-27 01:05

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by devu (Post 681240)

So point on the map between those 2 counties and you are done :)
Polish.

I knew from your sentence structure in the few instances where it may have betrayed you that it was eastern European. Cool to know.

Regardless, glad your footer is correct now.

devu	2010-05-27 01:14

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 681255)

I knew from your sentence structure in the few instances where it may have betrayed you that it was eastern European. Cool to know.

Regardless, glad your footer is correct now.

English guys here are very nice and use to say "Your English is better than my Polish" But I prefer if somebody will correct me. That's the faster way to learn for me. Is nothing worst like somebody will learn the way how you saying things. You getting use to the bad constructions and baking into your mind thinking if he get me its okay... no is not. Imagine 2 years old English baby. I bet you will keep correct him every time.

So... feel free even if will hurt :)

tzsm98

2010-05-27 01:21

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

Part of the spelling is coming from using the N900 physical keypad to enter this stuff. I have to triple check my postings before I add them and still stuff gets by me. I was an editor of a magazine for several years and it makes me crazy to see my stuff with typos. I know they still get through but the combination of using the physical keypad and the small font on the screen makes it tough.

Another point is not everyone who uses this forum is a native English user. I can not even conceive of how laughable my posts would be in this regard if I had to post in Spanish. :oIf I had to post in Serbo-Croatian I couldn't post at all.:eek:

mullf

2010-05-27 01:58

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by geneven (Post 681235)

Oh yeah? What about "his" and "her"? No apostrophe, but possessive.

I'm still going to spell "it's" win an apostrophe!

dynomot

2010-05-27 02:11

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by devu (Post 681264)

Devu I have a two year old baby, your quite right we do correct him. I'll correct your paragraph as much as my ignorance allows me to :

Quote:

But I prefer if somebody will correct me.

Is understandable but correctly should read "But I'd prefer it if somebody would correct me."

Quote:

Is nothing worst like somebody will learn the way how you saying things.You getting use to the bad constructions and baking into your mind thinking if he get me its okay... no is not.

Unfortunately doesn't make a lot of sense. I'm guessing here but what I think your saying is : "There is nothing worse than somebody learning how you say things, by getting used to the bad sentence construction and thinking, "if he understands me, and I understand him it's OK".... No it is not.

I hope it didn't hurt, I hope rather it helps. Take heart, your English is good.

devu	2010-05-27 15:53

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by dynomot (Post 681362)

"But I'd prefer it if somebody would correct me."

Cool :) Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by dynomot (Post 681362)

"if he understands me, and I understand him it's OK".... No it is not.

I'm afraid this part is not what I wanted to say... the logic here is a bit blurry for me regards to my original intention.
The clue is that your respond its an perfect example of the issue I was trying to explain. But I have to trust here you and try to change my mind :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by dynomot (Post 681362)

I hope it didn't hurt, I hope rather it helps. Take heart, your English is good.

For sure, thanks a lot!

I've got some funny example for you guys, how big companies are doing spelling mistakes as well. This is what I founded in my email box today. Who will catch it first?

Quote:

CS5 IS COMING TO LONDON.

The creative event of the year is coming to you. Don't miss the chance to see some of the exciting new features of Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 in the flesh, in your own backyard.

But hurry, places are limited. Register for your free tickets now.

Shame on you Adobe! :p

gerbick

2010-05-28 03:03

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

Where is the misspell?

Bourdain

2010-05-28 05:35

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 680787)

I'm noticing a recent trend of some subtle (in some cases) or not so subtle (I've had to re-read the title twice to figure out what they meant) misspellings in different titles around here.

For instance:

PR 1.2 and, battery life..(Mines phenominal)
MeeGo 1.0 for N900 is relased!
Increase file size it's limits?

And of course, that one about the playing with the N900 and the girlfiend instead of girlfriend. Seen any others?

Come on... you all can spell better than that!

So long as the grammar is okay there really isn't a problem to be *****ing about here.

gerbick

2010-05-28 05:42

Re: What's going on with the misspellings as of late?

Yep. Way too ****ing serious.

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