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kirk1690

04-04-2009 18:05

Re: speeling ??????

Quote:

Originally Posted by xocemp (Post 34768737)

You seem to have mistaken that I have quoted you when adding a reply to rogermevans :)

oh that was a mistake mate meant to press reply , no offence intended.

Graham M

04-04-2009 18:08

Re: speeling ??????

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Originally Posted by Sir John Luke (Post 34768556)

'Until' or 'till'

it's 'til - 1 l, a till is something used in a shop ;)

Maggy

04-04-2009 18:23

Re: speeling?

From Chambers..

Quote:

until prep 1 up to the time of • worked until 8. 2 up to the time of reaching (a place); as far as • slept until Paris. 3 with negatives before • not until Wednesday. conj 1 up to the time that • He waited until she emerged with the money. 2 with negatives before • not until I say so.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c as untille; see till1.

till1 prep up to the time of • wait till tomorrow. conj up to the time when • go on till you reach the station. See also until.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon til.

That 13 c spelling shows how much the language has changed..

Sir John Luke

04-04-2009 19:23

Re: speeling ??????

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham M (Post 34768745)

it's 'til - 1 l, a till is something used in a shop ;)

Wrong!

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/till

...but why, when it's 'until'?

soup dragon

04-04-2009 20:23

Re: speeling?

surely the question should be 'speeling' or 'spelling' ;)

Graham M

04-04-2009 20:36

Re: speeling ??????

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir John Luke (Post 34768804)

Wrong!

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/till

...but why, when it's 'until'?

Yeah I've just looked it up, apparently either is correct, I was only taught 'til at school, it's a shortened form of "until" but till is a completely separate and correct word apparently

Maggy

04-04-2009 22:02

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Yet again I'm the Invisible Woman..:confused:

Graham M

04-04-2009 22:28

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Sorry Maggy I missed your post :D

joglynne

05-04-2009 10:03

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< cough >. I'm even more invisible. #10

:D

Maggy

05-04-2009 10:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 34768996)

< cough >. I'm even more invisible. #10

:D

Mrs and Mrs Invisible.We should start a club.:D

Anonymouse

05-04-2009 12:40

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My General Rule of English Spelling:

For words whose pronunciation is different from the spelling, if it looks wrong it's right, and vice versa. :D

FYI, I got an A for my AEB English ('O' Level equivalent, but harder), and consider myself an excellent speller (if there is such a word!). This is in spite of 5 years of pretty much continual warnings that if my handwriting didn't improve before the exam, my paper would be thrown in the bin. The general opinion of it was that it looked like the trail of a spider with too many legs that'd fallen into an inkwell and wandered over the page after drinking far too much of whatever spiders drink on a night out.

It didn't improve. It couldn't (and hasn't in the 30+ years since). I tried everything, I really did. I still got an A. Go figure. :rolleyes:

Paul	05-04-2009 13:20

Re: speeling?

One we have fun with at work ;

enrol or enroll

Sir John Luke

05-04-2009 13:25

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dispatch or despatch?

rogerdraig

05-04-2009 15:07

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any ideas on insitue ( as in still in place )

Hom3r

05-04-2009 15:11

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir John Luke (Post 34769159)

dispatch or despatch?

Both are correct

The other one that I like

Material / Materiel

The later being ued for millitary hardware.

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