Gauge versus Guage ??

[Guest jaapverduijn]

A spell checker can't do anything about the eternal confusion between "their", there" and "they're", because all three are correct spellings. Nor would it keep the great unwashed from writing "I should of done that". Many native English speakers have little knowledge of the spelling and the grammatical structure of their own language, which is a shame because it's usually the only one they speak. A spell checker can only mask SOME of this ignorance, but not all. It also tends to encourage people to learn even less, because the spell checker takes care of some of their mistakes anyway.The situation is quite embarrassing: non-native speakers, who learned English as a second or third language, often have a better command of it than its native speakers. Jaap Verduijn.(Edited in order to correct a spelling error - wide and wicked grin!)

[henry 19]

I once asked where the washroom was in a Holiday Inn in the US and found myself in the laundry room...... :-hmmm HENRY CYXT CANADA :-)

[Gavin 99]

HenryWhat's wrong with the word 'toilet'?Just kidding mate ;-)Gavin - an English teacher - who makes many mistakes when trying to type quickly!

[barryward12345 0]

>The situation is quite embarrassing: non-native speakers, who>learned English as a second or third language, often have a>better command of it than its native speakers. I think you meant to say - "The situation is quite embarrassing: non-native speakers, who learned English as a second or third language, often have a better command of it than its' native speakers. "You left out the possessive case apostophe in the third last word !!! :( Barry

[tjrush 54]

Barry:I don't speak Australian, but in the American version of English there is no trailing apostrophe on the word "its" to indicate possesive. Tomhttp://jdtllc.com/images/RCsupporter.jpg

[badderjet 181]

LOL LOL LOL. Can't say it often enough! :-lolGood one here. :-rotor Great thread. :-hah About the initial thing with 'guage', :-erks I am also seeing this VERY often. :-jumpy x( But regarding FS, 'guage' won't make it in the panel.cfg so better stick with 'gauge', people. :-smoochThanks for posting! It was time. :(Etienne :-wave

[Reset XPDR 1,271]

Same deal for Aussie english. Bazza, relent!

[Reset XPDR 1,271]

I too vote "loose" as one of the most loosely (or is that losely :-hah) used words in this forum. Remember folks, loose rhymes with goose, and lose rhymes with booze hehe!

[arno 1]

Nice one indeed, but there are more problems like this. We often get questions from people that complain the scenery has no textures and then it seems they have called their texture folder textures, which FS can't find of course :).

[Misha_K 0]

Not to mention the prolific use of "hanging boogies". :-lol My favorite is also people using genitive 's instead of plural s. Misha