[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

[David Restall - System Administrator]

Hi,

> Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> > On 21/10/09 23:26, Tony Pursell wrote:
> >> On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote:
> >>> That page got right up my nose....
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>> Firstly, "computer program" isn't spelt "programme", that would be a
> >>> "television programme".
> > 
> > Not to be picky but "spelt" is a type of wheat grain used to make flour 
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelt).
> > 
> > A word is 'spelled' incorrectly.

Speaking as an old fuddy-duddy who bemoans the practice of not pulling
up poor spelling at skool :-)

People should be wary of quoting an encyclopedia when they should
be consulting a dictionary... :-

<http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/spell_1?view=uk>

which is almost verbatim what my paper Concise OED says.

Spelt is spelt correctly and used correctly.

I'll agree with the dodgy apostrophes though :-)

TTFN



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> > And in this sentence:
> > 
> > "Given Dells position in the market place and it's support of Ubuntu, 
> > the contents of this page appear to be somewhat skewed in Microsofts 
> > direction."
> > 
> > Dells should be Dell's, it's should be its[1] and Microsofts should be 
> > Microsoft's.
> > 
> > If you are going to criticise spelling I would suggest getting your own 
> > in order would lend more weight to your argument.
> > 
> > Al
> > 
> > [1] http://www.future-perfect.co.uk/grammartips/grammar-tip-its.asp
> > 
> > 
> 
> Now everyone replying to this thread will be ultra-self-conscious about 
> their spelling (and grammar) -- lol.
> 
> Tom
> 
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