"Richard Robinson" wrote in message
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Jim Lesurf said:
In article , Johnny B Good
wrote:

Sorry to butt in like this, just to point out a simple spelling
mistake, but I felt impelled to congratulate you on "Bucking the trend"
or "Going against the flow".

I'm so heartily sick of seeing that "common as muck" "Their - There"
spelling error[1] that catching sight of this one made such a nice
refreshing change that I thought it more than worthy of a congratulatory
note. :-)

Itss a bit of a shok for sumone to priase mu spellung! Particularly as I
managed to get a typo into the Subject line. 8-]

However compliments are always welcome, even when a result of luck!

"complements", Shirley ? ;-)



:-)))

Every time I visit the UK I am surprised by the way the English
language is changing. "You did good" sets my teeth on edge,
but seems to be common parlance. If you mistakenly say
"with whom" instead of "who with" people look at you as if
you have justed landed from Mars!

Anyone living overseas who watches BBC World and
Sky News cannot fail to have noticed the large proportion of
Scottish news readers and interviewers. Are they the last people
left who can speak proper English ? :-))

A Swedish friend asked me, "Why do the English seem so
intent on abusing their own language?"

Iain






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