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23/05/2008, 13:07 TWINKLE Joined on 11/03/2006 Tarn 81 Posts 3,766 Re: Balanced Forum Very bad spelling Dick - I am mortifyd    Report

23/05/2008, 13:08 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 6,860 Re: Balanced Forum  dickdastardly wrote: Funny.. only today I posted a serious question only to have a moderator reply completely ignoring the question and correcting my French! I thought I was being helpful... my apologies if I offended you. Clair, a Real Virtual French Person Ma Plus Belle Histoire d'Amour    Report

23/05/2008, 13:14 dickdastardly Joined on 21/05/2008 Posts 17 Re: Balanced Forum  Clair wrote:  dickdastardly wrote: Funny.. only today I posted a serious question only to have a moderator reply completely ignoring the question and correcting my French! I thought I was being helpful... my apologies if I offended you.   I am not offended, was concerned about your inapropriate response that's all.  No harm done.  Have a good day. Crispy Dandruff    Report

23/05/2008, 14:47 Quillan Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 3,644 Re: Balanced Forum  dickdastardly wrote: Re: Quillan's posting No ofence but you are talking (writing) sentimental nonsence.  You mention that before being a Moderator you were just an "ordinary person"!!!  Really? and what pray tell are you now?  Jeepers has it gone to your head or what? Who exactly apointed you to say that grammar and spelling do not matter?  I have not got great spelling or grammar but I aspire to improve always.  You seem to suggest these things do not matter.  Funny.. only today I posted a serious question only to have a moderator reply completely ignoring the question and correcting my French!  I have a nephew who eats with the falk in his right hand and when I correct him he says "it's a silly rule", maybe it is but it is a convention and MOST people respect it.  Rules and conventions are the things which distinguish us from the animals.  (And sky TV of course). In a civilised society it is not individuals (even mods) who decide which conventions and rules we will or will not follow.  Conventions such as spelling and writing correctly are important and for a Mod to suggest they are not is... in my bumble hop-in-neon , wrong. No offence meant, just expressing an opinion.  Forgive the spelling. Crispy Dandruff Welcome to the forum although I have the feeling I know you from somewhere? To answer some of your questions 1) A few people here seem to think different, not with just me saying it but when others have said the same sort of things. Must be the 'what' because it has definitely not gone to my head. To have done so and for you to presume otherwise you would have to know me on a personal level. 2) Nobody appointed me but this is a forum and the questions and answers given are more important than spelling mistakes and poor grammar. 3) Your nephew was right in that it is a silly rule going back to the times when one kept the knife in the right hand when eating in case you are attacked and you can defend yourself. If a person is left handed it is acceptable to use the fork in the right hand as it is when eating pasta. In fact you will see the fork laid on the right for eating pasta if the person laying the table knows what they are doing. If you get a copy of Debrett's Guide to Entertaining, a real must for those that hold formal dinners, you can read all this for yourself. Don't forget that Americans tend to cut their food with their right hand then change the fork to the right to eat. Which hand you use is neither a rule or convention and has not been since the early 1900's. 4) In that case, just for you and going by your own statement I have pointed out your errors in the above post and highlighted them for you. Many a good thread has been taken off topic by those who prefer to chastise people for incorrect spelling or grammar to the point where the original question and its answer gets totally lost. Quite frankly it gets really boring at times. http://www.chambresdhote.com    Report

23/05/2008, 16:10 Gluestick Joined on 22/03/2006 UK and Nord Pas de Calais Posts 2,342 Re: Balanced Forum Your nephew was right in that it is a silly rule going back to the times when one kept the knife in the right hand when eating in case you are attacked and you can defend yourself. If a person is left handed it is acceptable to use the fork in the right hand as it is when eating pasta. In fact you will see the fork laid on the right for eating pasta if the person laying the table knows what they are doing. If you get a copy of Debrett's Guide to Entertaining, a real must for those that hold formal dinners, you can read all this for yourself. Don't forget that Americans tend to cut their food with their right hand then change the fork to the right to eat. Which hand you use is neither a rule or convention and has not been since the early 1900's. Having had to attend any number of formal dinners and organise many, I am always astounded at how few people know which knife and fork is intended to be used for which course: why there are so many different wine glasses: and prior to the smoking ban, why one didn't light up before a certain toast and so on. I am also horrified, when out, at the increasing number of people who hold their forks like a dagger about to be stabbed into something! Sadly, the prevalence of TV dinners on the knee has led to an absence of a dining table in many younger people's houses: which means their kids have no chance to learn good table manners. Most rules relating to conventions are "Silly" unfortunately, however lack of social mores has led to an increasingly uncouth population. As an example, wearing a tie is perhaps an unecessary convention, since it serves no useful practice. It is only a sartorial fashion. Dropping Mrs Gluey at the railway station, I have increasingly noticed, lately, how scruffy  most commuters have become: particularly young women. Trainers don't look the part with a suit! Neither do bare midriffs. Otherwise, even guys in suits and ties seem to wear "Policeman's" shoes: which are rarely if ever cleaned. Perhaps it is high time to introduce Unisex Utility Suits, a la Eric Arthur Blair's forecast!     "Yes, but that apart, Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?" Gluestick    Report

23/05/2008, 17:32 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 2,407 Re: Balanced Forum But,Gluey, you haven't mentioned white socks!  Some omission!    Report

23/05/2008, 17:44 Gluestick Joined on 22/03/2006 UK and Nord Pas de Calais Posts 2,342 Re: Balanced Forum There are many bette noirs I could mention, Sweets! Particularly sartorial hatreds! Such as young spotty "Managers" in stores wearing those dreadful polyester suits, white socks, spiky gelled hair, dandruff and three dozen cheap pens in the top pocket instead of a hanky to demonstrate they are "Management", who also call me "Mate"! "Yes, but that apart, Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?" Gluestick    Report

23/05/2008, 17:48 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 2,407 Re: Balanced Forum Poor Gluey, how do you cope with all that?    Report

23/05/2008, 18:02 Gluestick Joined on 22/03/2006 UK and Nord Pas de Calais Posts 2,342 Re: Balanced Forum Simple, Sweets. I don't patronise such places! So, that lets out Asda, Tesco, B&Q,............................................... "Yes, but that apart, Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?" Gluestick    Report

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