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« Reply #24795 on: January 08, 2012, 12:30:32 PM »

If Timeform had a blonde Diary, it would say.....

WPT Dublin, Grade 2. Exploded out of the stalls, very strong early pace, up with the leaders throughout, took a breather three out, totally dominated the field. Entered the final furlong leading by a distance, & won hard held. Fully exposed, but may still have improvement in him. Can be tempremental, runs better when blinkered. P
 



Is Timeform known for its awful spelling?

Quite the opposite, in fact, they are very geeky as to such things. (You'd fit in well there....).

I have a terrible habit of spelling that word wrong every time I use it, which annoys me somewhat.

On Thurday, I wrote elsewhere about a young female player who has, in my opinion, a glittering future in poker, & in a Post which I took some time to consider & construct nicely, I added at the end of a list of positives, "has a wonderful table demeanour & temprement". I do like bigging up folks, in a world where dissing everyone seems the default setting.

A kid then came on TrollBook & dissed me for my spelling, so 5 others +1'd it. Not one person took the trouble to wish the girl well, marv. The girl came on later & thanked me, though, so that'll do me.

Still, I'll learn from my carelessness. Every time I spell that word wrong again in 2012 on my Diary, £10 goes to charity.

PS - Hope you are well, Mr Geek.
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« Reply #24796 on: January 08, 2012, 12:38:07 PM »

If Timeform had a blonde Diary, it would say.....

WPT Dublin, Grade 2. Exploded out of the stalls, very strong early pace, up with the leaders throughout, took a breather three out, totally dominated the field. Entered the final furlong leading by a distance, & won hard held. Fully exposed, but may still have improvement in him. Can be tempremental, runs better when blinkered. P
 



Is Timeform known for its awful spelling?

Quite the opposite, in fact, they are very geeky as to such things. (You'd fit in well there....).

I have a terrible habit of spelling that word wrong every time I use it, which annoys me somewhat.

On Thurday, I wrote elsewhere about a young female player who has, in my opinion, a glittering future in poker, & in a Post which I took some time to consider & construct nicely, I added at the end of a list of positives, "has a wonderful table demeanour & temprement". I do like bigging up folks, in a world where dissing everyone seems the default setting.

A kid then came on TrollBook & dissed me for my spelling, so 5 others +1'd it. Not one person took the trouble to wish the girl well, marv. The girl came on later & thanked me, though, so that'll do me.

Still, I'll learn from my carelessness. Every time I spell that word wrong again in 2012 on my Diary, £10 goes to charity.

PS - Hope you are well, Mr Geek.

I thought that you had decided that you were too old to go broke again?

P.S. As a handy hint the editor puts a red line underneath incorrectly spelled words.  Wink
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« Reply #24797 on: January 08, 2012, 12:43:04 PM »

If Timeform had a blonde Diary, it would say.....

WPT Dublin, Grade 2. Exploded out of the stalls, very strong early pace, up with the leaders throughout, took a breather three out, totally dominated the field. Entered the final furlong leading by a distance, & won hard held. Fully exposed, but may still have improvement in him. Can be tempremental, runs better when blinkered. P
 



Is Timeform known for its awful spelling?

Quite the opposite, in fact, they are very geeky as to such things. (You'd fit in well there....).

I have a terrible habit of spelling that word wrong every time I use it, which annoys me somewhat.

On Thurday, I wrote elsewhere about a young female player who has, in my opinion, a glittering future in poker, & in a Post which I took some time to consider & construct nicely, I added at the end of a list of positives, "has a wonderful table demeanour & temprement". I do like bigging up folks, in a world where dissing everyone seems the default setting.

A kid then came on TrollBook & dissed me for my spelling, so 5 others +1'd it. Not one person took the trouble to wish the girl well, marv. The girl came on later & thanked me, though, so that'll do me.

Still, I'll learn from my carelessness. Every time I spell that word wrong again in 2012 on my Diary, £10 goes to charity.

PS - Hope you are well, Mr Geek.

I thought that you had decided that you were too old to go broke again?

P.S. As a handy hint the editor puts a red line underneath incorrectly spelled words
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Ooh, very droll.

It does that red squiggly line thing on my Microsoft Outlook, but not on blonde, or not for me, anyway.

Talking of which, I struggle with this sentence, too....

As a handy hint the editor puts a red line underneath incorrectly spelled words

....as I get confused by the difference in usage between "spelled" & "spelt".

Think my faculties are starting to fail.

Now, go away, I have lodes of stuff to Post.
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« Reply #24798 on: January 08, 2012, 12:47:48 PM »

If Timeform had a blonde Diary, it would say.....

WPT Dublin, Grade 2. Exploded out of the stalls, very strong early pace, up with the leaders throughout, took a breather three out, totally dominated the field. Entered the final furlong leading by a distance, & won hard held. Fully exposed, but may still have improvement in him. Can be tempremental, runs better when blinkered. P
 



Is Timeform known for its awful spelling?

Quite the opposite, in fact, they are very geeky as to such things. (You'd fit in well there....).

I have a terrible habit of spelling that word wrong every time I use it, which annoys me somewhat.

On Thurday, I wrote elsewhere about a young female player who has, in my opinion, a glittering future in poker, & in a Post which I took some time to consider & construct nicely, I added at the end of a list of positives, "has a wonderful table demeanour & temprement". I do like bigging up folks, in a world where dissing everyone seems the default setting.

A kid then came on TrollBook & dissed me for my spelling, so 5 others +1'd it. Not one person took the trouble to wish the girl well, marv. The girl came on later & thanked me, though, so that'll do me.

Still, I'll learn from my carelessness. Every time I spell that word wrong again in 2012 on my Diary, £10 goes to charity.

PS - Hope you are well, Mr Geek.

I thought that you had decided that you were too old to go broke again?

P.S. As a handy hint the editor puts a red line underneath incorrectly spelled words
Wink

Ooh, very droll.

It does that red squiggly line thing on my Microsoft Outlook, but not on blonde, or not for me, anyway.

Talking of which, I struggle with this sentence, too....

As a handy hint the editor puts a red line underneath incorrectly spelled words

....as I get confused by the difference in usage between "spelled" & "spelt".

Think my faculties are starting to fail.

Now, go away, I have lodes of stuff to Post.

They are totally interchangeable. I prefer "spelt" personally but used "spelled" on this occasion because the Blonde editor put a red line under "spelt". Smiley
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« Reply #24799 on: January 08, 2012, 12:50:48 PM »


Why do I not get that red squiggly line that means "you are a donkey & have not spelt that word correctly" when I use blonde?

I don't believe there is such a thing, can you imagine what Alex Martin or China Mug's text box must look like when they Post something, must be a sea of red.
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« Reply #24800 on: January 08, 2012, 12:52:33 PM »

They're interchangeable in English,  in American English it's spelled - hence the spellchecker squiggle
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« Reply #24801 on: January 08, 2012, 12:53:01 PM »


Why do I not get that red squiggly line that means "you are a donkey & have not spelt that word correctly" when I use blonde?

I don't believe there is such a thing, can you imagine what Alex Martin or China Mug's text box must look like when they Post something, must be a sea of red.

Is it one of the concessions that pensioners get?
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« Reply #24802 on: January 08, 2012, 12:54:05 PM »


DTD increase the monthly £300 to £500, & the field size shoots up, despite WPT Dublin, & the Monthly Fox Club £3000. Incredible. Such a complete idiot, that Trumper, eh?

Expect to see a new monthly "mini £300" (at lesser cost, maybe £100 or whatever), & the £500 to become permanent.

Meanwhile, goodbye old friend, the DTD Monthly £300, which did so much to change UK Tourney Poker. There is no way it can survive now.

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« Reply #24803 on: January 08, 2012, 12:56:52 PM »

If you're doing a tenner for every spelling/grammar error, there's one word that's gonna cost you a fortune. Tighty also gets it wrong, as do a lot of other folk.

At the risk of being labelled a grandma bully, any guesses?
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« Reply #24804 on: January 08, 2012, 12:58:55 PM »

If you're doing a tenner for every spelling/grammar error, there's one word that's gonna cost you a fortune. Tighty also gets it wrong, as do a lot of other folk.

At the risk of being labelled a grandma bully, any guesses?

I never said a tenner for EVERY word I spell wrong!

Nah, no guesses, but a nice Racing story being prepped as we speak, so go away & leave me alone.
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« Reply #24805 on: January 08, 2012, 01:00:00 PM »


I'll reply to the outstanding Posts & questions from others shortly, when these geeks leave me alone.
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« Reply #24806 on: January 08, 2012, 01:05:59 PM »

If you're doing a tenner for every spelling/grammar error, there's one word that's gonna cost you a fortune. Tighty also gets it wrong, as do a lot of other folk.

At the risk of being labelled a grandma bully, any guesses?

I never said a tenner for EVERY word I spell wrong!

Nah, no guesses, but a nice Racing story being prepped as we speak, so go away & leave me alone.

I'll guess "separate"?   

The most common and most tilting in gambling circles appears to be "loose" instead of "lose".

 
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« Reply #24807 on: January 08, 2012, 01:07:59 PM »


On the Live Update, someone asked if Ronnie De Beaulox's surname was pronounced as spoken.....

It was not his original name, which was something rather bland as I recall, but he changed it by Deed Poll many years ago.

Quite a character, is Ronnie, never done a days work in his life. Last I heard, he had a cottage right by the finishing Post on Lingfield Racecourse. Never done a days work in his life, fully qualified degen. Quite likeable, too. We shared a rather dramatic experience @ Moscow Airport 7 or 8 years ago, my eyes still wince at the mere thought of it. Ronnie was the chief troublemaker on that occasion. He'd been caught "smuggling" currency through Customs, so the moody Immigration Officials "fined" him. (Fined = took a bribe). All standard stuff in Russia, except Ronnie kicked up a right fuss because he demanded a receipt & they refused to issue one, quite obviously......

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« Reply #24808 on: January 08, 2012, 01:15:05 PM »

If you're doing a tenner for every spelling/grammar error, there's one word that's gonna cost you a fortune. Tighty also gets it wrong, as do a lot of other folk.

At the risk of being labelled a grandma bully, any guesses?

I never said a tenner for EVERY word I spell wrong!

Nah, no guesses, but a nice Racing story being prepped as we speak, so go away & leave me alone.

I'll guess "separate"?   

The most common and most tilting in gambling circles appears to be "loose" instead of "lose".

 

Guilty as charged to repeatedly spelling "seperate" incorrectly. Jeez, the shame, I'm such a thicko at times.

The confusion between "loose" & "lose" will NEVER catch me out though, & if I ever make that pre-primary school error, have me put in a Care Home please. If I see a bloke with his baseball cap on backwards, I tend to presume they cannot differentiate between "lose" & "loose".

"must of" (as in, say, "must of gone to work") is another.....the word is HAVE

Now, go away, all of you, I'm trying to pen some stuff here.
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« Reply #24809 on: January 08, 2012, 01:16:36 PM »


Why do I not get that red squiggly line that means "you are a donkey & have not spelt that word correctly" when I use blonde?

I don't believe there is such a thing, can you imagine what Alex Martin or China Mug's text box must look like when they Post something, must be a sea of red.

Click 'reply' and when the posting box appears, right click in the box.  Down the list you'll see 'add dictionary' at the bottom if it's not already been done.  Click on it, select British English from the list and install.  Then re-start Firefox and Bob's yer uncle.  
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