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09/05/2008, 18:49 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,489 Re: English as she is spoke ? Perhaps she thought she was being 'cute' ? www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

09/05/2008, 19:09 tigerfeet Joined on 01/10/2007 Posts 91 Re: English as she is spoke ?  tegwini wrote:  I am reminded of the BBC's  'The Apprentice'  when the apprentices spent hours trying to work out where to put the apostrophe and phoned all over London, and to seriously senior people. Sad, one wonders how they were supposed to the 'cream of the crop'  ! tegwini did you mean "supposed to be the 'cream of the crop'  ! english as spoke ?    Report

09/05/2008, 20:01 tegwini Joined on 19/09/2007 Wiltshire & Vienne Posts 154 Re: English as she is spoke ? Thank you Tigerfeet Typo - obviously! Regards tegwini I think, therefore perhaps I am...    Report

09/05/2008, 20:45 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,731 Re: English as she is spoke ?  tigerfeet wrote:  tegwini wrote:  I am reminded of the BBC's  'The Apprentice'  when the apprentices spent hours trying to work out where to put the apostrophe and phoned all over London, and to seriously senior people. Sad, one wonders how they were supposed to the 'cream of the crop'  ! tegwini did you mean "supposed to be the 'cream of the crop'  ! english as spoke ? Capital letters omitted for purposes of irony? Whenever this topic is raised there is always someone who: a) posts messages with obvious errors, and; b) corrects a typo by the OP, usually including egregious errors themselves. Why do people prefer that other people see them as being less cultured, educated, intelligent than others? Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

09/05/2008, 20:48 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,731 Re: English as she is spoke ?  ErnieY wrote: People who start a sentence or a message with right or OK get my teeth grinding. Invariably a teenage failing and an indictment of an inadequate education system. also those who write rambling messages without any capitals or punctuation except perhaps for the odd full stop or comma frequently where not neccessary and also write without line breaks the cumulative effect being that the message becomes incomprehensible and almost impossible to make sense of to the point where I just give up ! Eats leaves and shoots I disagree. Both here and on another forum there are posters who frequently start with OK - and in both cases these are people of proven good sense and advice for whom I have a good deal of respect. I see that as a stylistic choice, probably because the poster sees the medium as being fairly informal. Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

09/05/2008, 21:02 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 2,043 Re: English as she is spoke ?  tigerfeet wrote:  tegwini wrote:  I am reminded of the BBC's  'The Apprentice'  when the apprentices spent hours trying to work out where to put the apostrophe and phoned all over London, and to seriously senior people. Sad, one wonders how they were supposed to the 'cream of the crop'  ! tegwini did you mean "supposed to be the 'cream of the crop'  ! english as spoke ? But why "cream of the crop"?  What type of crops produce cream?    Report

09/05/2008, 21:08 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,731 Re: English as she is spoke ? That's a very interesting question! I suspect that 'the cream' has been an expression meaning the best for a long time. So the cream of anything is the best. The crop part - could it have something to do with advertising? This is the best of whatever you are thinking about at the moment? Apparently it dates back to at least the 1890s, in reference to the best part of fruit crops. Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

09/05/2008, 21:13 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 2,043 Re: English as she is spoke ? I do like the explanation, Dick.  I just would not have associated "cream" with crops though I could see perfectly well that the cream has got to be the best part.    Report

09/05/2008, 21:17 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,731 Re: English as she is spoke ? My favourite is the reference to the toffs as being the 'cream of the regiment'. White, thick and clotted. Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

09/05/2008, 21:21 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 2,043 Re: English as she is spoke ? You'll get into trouble for that remark which could be construed as being racist.  I thought it was rich, thick and clotted.  At least that's more PC, non?    Report

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