Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Originally Posted by Lisanne
Originally Posted by QBeth
You should hear people who try to pronounce Worcester as "Wore chester"! We forgive visitors but local newscasters should really know how to pronounce surrounding town names. It is "Wooster." Don't ask me why, it just is.
Yes, it is - in MA. But in PA, Worcester is wor-ses-ter. (I think. Anyway, they pronounce all of the syllables, but I got used to Wooster up in MA.)
While I do agree with the grammar people out there, some grammar is area and culture related and there is nothing wrong with that, we are not all alike. :-D
I'm pretty tolerant of stuff like that around here, it does bother me that some people can't spell and write really basic things, I mean, school is mandatory, and you're supposed to be able to speak and write correctly before moving up each grade in school, however, I'm not going to call anyone out on it becaues half the people who come here don't write very well. Some people I know who are my age and who had the same education as I had can't write a simple message to save their lives, they just couldn't be bothered to learn. I'm not sure how they managed to pass high school english and I feel bad for any employer who has to read their resumé.
Like I said, on the message board, I do notice the mistakes, and I'm not going to say that making typos means the person can't spell -I proof read my messages, and I'm sure I've let some typos, grammatical errors and punctuation errors slip, but hey, we're only human, and honestly, who cares?