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  • Correct use of grammar and punctuation etc.

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    Sally,

    I, for one, am appalled at how you were treated! I have never found the "other spellings" to be unacceptable, merely different and indicative of where a person was. (I had thought it was British, but is it European? Now my ignorance is showing.)

    It is British which the schools teach here in Belgium

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    As to un-American - :headbonk:!! What idiots! If your profile didn't show your location, I would never have even known. If you've used the "u" and "s" around here, I guess I've never noticed. :wink:

    What I understood is that they want their boardmembers to use the American style and if you don't you are considered un- American... all I can say is... blèh!

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    Though this board was originated by a US citizen and is largely populated by US citizens, we have many, many members from all around the world. When I bring up the JWMB in conversation, I generally refer to it as "an international forum."

    Like Stumpy, I am VERY impressed (and humbled) by the many members, for whom English is a second language, and their outstanding ability to communicate here. The occasional 'stumbles' that result I personally find charming and endearing. I consider it an honor that you take the time and effort to post here.

    I also mention the JWMB quite a lot to friends and colleagues as to being a very international forum. They are amazed to hear from where the people all come and are impressed. And I always say that you cannot learn without making mistakes. And what better way to learn a language than to make mistakes :wink_smile:

    I might have told this before but my very first time I went abroad was when I was 16 and visited my English penpal who used to live up north (Stockton- on Tees) I only wrote very limited English so it was a huge adventure to travel on my own for a whole week. My parents did not have a phone back then so I was not able to contact them during the time I was away. :ohmy: My friend and her family where the nicest people and I had the best of times. One evening we went to the cinema, so we sat there and the film starts and I was like... where are the subtitles? I momentarily forgot that I was in England LOL Then another day we went to meet my friend's colleagues and I sat there and said nothing. I was just listening and trying to understand what was being said. At one point my friend and a few of the other girls went to the toilet and I stayed behind with an "older" lady (she can't have been older then 30 but she was the oldest of the group and me being the youngest with my 16... well she was old to me back then :wink_smile: ) I was quiet at first but she asked me something and ofcourse I did answer and she told me that I should not be afraid to say more. I must have said something like that my English is not good but then she said the wise words... always remember that your English is much better than our knowledge of your language! :thumbs_up: Do I need to say again that this is the holiday that I will never forget??!

  • Correct use of grammar and punctuation etc.

    Quote from Stumpy

    Good for you, Sally. The people on that board sound like a bunch of closed-minded idiots who dwell on unimportant things in life. I personally think your use of the English language is better than a lot of people whose native language it is.



    Thanks Stumpy, my English is far from perfect but I had the good fortune that we have on our tv subtitles (compared to France or Germany, to just name 2 country's) instead of the dubbed voices. Altough they cannot translate everything it has been a very good learning school when I was younger.

    Also I usually put up page 888 when watching the BBC. So that I hear and read what is being said. You learn a great deal out of this!!

    I must say I hate it when English speaking people tend to use text language making words smaller than they actually are. But to be honest I also hate it when they do it in our language :uhuh:

  • Correct use of grammar and punctuation etc.

    I am on another "American" board (not John Wayne related) and I was told that my grammar and the use of "u" is unacceptable (favourite, colour, etc,...). Also my use of "s" where it should be "z" (specialise) I was told that I am very un- American. But how can I be very un- American when I am not an American at all??? I have just cancelled my membership there, as I don't want to be a part of a board that is so "simple" in not understanding that not the whole world speaks English or writes the American style of English.

  • Last Non Western You Watched

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    Last night I watched a film titled "The Scarlet and the Black", which was a TV movie starring Gregory Peck as a Vatican priest on the Pope's staff who was hiding and protecting escaped POWs and Jews from the Nazis in occupied Rome during WW2. Christopher Plummer played an SS colonel in charge of securing the city and capturing escaped POWs and any Italian guerillas who threatened Nazi control. Both were excellent in their respective roles.

    Also, Sir John Gielgud turned in a great performance as the Pope, who was trying to walk a very thin line between Vatican sovereignty and a German takeover. Suppposedly based on true events. Excellent movie and highly recommended.




    My dad has that film and yes it is an excellent movie!

  • Eastender Ending

    Well Robbie, EE is still showing. I was browsing through old topics and came across this thread. I used to watch EE but it must've been around that time that I stopped watching. It's pretty much always the same, anyway it was nice to read about Dirty Den.And whatever happend to Johnny Allen??