Cricket Bats

[wizer]

Cisco what web browser do you use? Most have inbuilt spelling checkers these days. I use the firefox one. It underlines the mis spelled words. Just an observation, but it seems that some of the problem is not spelling but typing. Perhaps slow down and think about what you are typing and re-read what you have produced. I know you can't help with the dyslexia, but a well written reply makes it easier to get your point across and therefore get a better reply. No one is trying to insult you, but it can be frustrating trying to decode a post that doesn't make sense.

Something to think about. Have a look herefor assurance that your not alone.

 

[Benchwayze]

Have fun this week folks, enjoy the food and the sweeties...

and remember...

Wine and woodworking don't mix!

Happy Christmas and a Good New Year .
:ho2 .

 

[Doug B]

Ciscouk, sorry to have caused offence. It wasn`t in any way meant to take the P**s out of your dyslexia, as until now i was unaware you suffered from it.
The gg farther sounded to me, at first reading to be relating to a horse, & so lead to the use of the word stud, in my now obviously crass reply.
Humour is a personal thing & not something that always comes across as it was meant to sound, in the written word.
Sorry.
James B.

 

[cricketfan]

*** wipe


i am dyslexic? not funny :twisted: :x :x

That vulgar remark followed my post.
Was it directed at me?

If it was here's a link. http://translation2.paralink.com/
:?

Cut and paste my German phrase and find out what I said. Nothing whatever to do with dyslexia. I was trying to illustrate that the German for Father is Varter not Farter!

Sorry to nit pick but your both wrong... Father in German is Vater

 

[Benchwayze]

Nisse-Auswahl alles wünschen Sie. Wir alle machen Fehler.

It seems the German Vater has no direct translation to English, so vater is vater. But the translation program could be wrong of course.

Now, have a good Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

[Mr Ed]

This problem happens from time to time on the forum and is something I have ended up on the wrong side of myself.

The problem is that 9 times out of 10 the humour of a typo or spelling mistake is enjoyed by all when it becomes part of the thread, but when the poster has dyslexia the error is understandably not that funny to them. The thing is, no-one else contributing knows that the individual is dyslexic so its a little unfair to beat them over the head with it after the event.

It would be a shame if we never made any jokes in our posts for fear of offending other peoples conditions that we don't yet know about. Clearly there are many things that are obviously offensive to others and it is very rare for this forum to descend to that level, but I think jokes that are plays on words, spelling errors or typos are fairly innocent personally.

At least everyone seems to have kissed and made up in this thread.

Cheers, Ed

 

[Benchwayze]

There's the rub. Almost every joke in the 'English Joke Book' makes fun of someone's status or unfortunate condition. Of course it's out of date and what was okay 40 years ago is 'under-the-arm' today.

My problem is the little old grey cells aren't what they were and I make typos.. 'Thays' my excuse and I am sticking to it.
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Happy Holidays. :ho2

 

[cricketfan]

Nisse-Auswahl alles wünschen Sie. Wir alle machen Fehler.

It seems the German Vater has no direct translation to English, so vater is vater. But the translation program could be wrong of course.

Now, have a good Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The program is wrong i speak german

 

[Tom K]

Nisse-Auswahl alles wünschen Sie. Wir alle machen Fehler.

It seems the German Vater has no direct translation to English, so vater is vater. But the translation program could be wrong of course.

Now, have a good Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The program is wrong i speak german

So out of interest how would it be spelt phonetically? Hate to think Benny Hill had it wrong all those years :?

Regards Tom

 

[cricketfan]

Ermm well it depends on what part of germany your from... bit like in the Uk northerners sound different to londoners...

In german the word for "I" is Ich this can be said "Ick" or "Ish"

Vater I normally pronounce as "Vaata"

 

[Benchwayze]

Alan Sherman gets it about right in the parody he did of 'Dance of The Hours'

Phonetically:

Hello 'Muddah', Hello 'farddah'!

At least that's what the Germans sounded like in 'Joyeaux Noelle', a film I just watched. There is very little difference it seems in the way Germans pronounce the V and the F. I suppose it depends on where in Germany they come from.

E.g. Some celebrity chefs say Po-tatoes others say Bo-tatoes! Some just say Spuds!

:lol:


See you in the New Year folks
ccasion5:

 

[Tom K]

Well I have only ever heard it pronounced as Fahter but maybe I have hearing difficultys

http://german.about.com/library/media/sound/vater.wav

I didn't learn German but my older brothers did and I do remember
being shown the English-German dictionary as proof that my leg wasn't being pulled.


Regards Tom