Weird wrong stuff in everyday life
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Inspector Sands
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Doing letters phonetically is fine because that's for we form letters into words and I'm sure we all learnt something similar at school - Ker-aaa-ter = Cat etc.Alexia wrote:I don't get phonics. We get kids come in the library asking to book computers, with all sorts of exotic names. When I ask them to spell them, I get "Kah Ruh Yuh Suh Tuh Ah Luh Luh" - instead of Kay Are Why Ess Tee Ay Ell Ell. I won't take What guff are they teaching them in school nowadays that they can't spell using letters?
However when spelling out something like in your example they need to know the names of the letters and know which is the appropriate time to use which
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Nick Harvey
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Oh, I hate people who dribble!marksi wrote:It took me a moment to catch that.
We had Letterland in my day (anyone else 22-27ish remember that?), and see-ay-tee.Inspector Sands wrote:Doing letters phonetically is fine because that's for we form letters into words and I'm sure we all learnt something similar at school - Ker-aaa-ter = Cat etc.Alexia wrote:I don't get phonics. We get kids come in the library asking to book computers, with all sorts of exotic names. When I ask them to spell them, I get "Kah Ruh Yuh Suh Tuh Ah Luh Luh" - instead of Kay Are Why Ess Tee Ay Ell Ell. I won't take What guff are they teaching them in school nowadays that they can't spell using letters?
However when spelling out something like in your example they need to know the names of the letters and know which is the appropriate time to use which
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Gavin Scott
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Those of us ten years your senior will remember getting the strap for not knowing how to say: SEE AY TEE for cat.
And it didn't do me any harm.
*twitch*
And it didn't do me any harm.
*twitch*
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Inspector Sands
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But surely 'SEE AY TEE' is 'Seat'?
They should be learning both 'SEE AY TEE' and 'KER AAA TER' - two different things for two different purposes for the same word
They should be learning both 'SEE AY TEE' and 'KER AAA TER' - two different things for two different purposes for the same word
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Wuh? Maybe it is. The hell with it.Inspector Sands wrote:But surely 'SEE AY TEE' is 'Seat'?
Its C A T. I know how that sounds in my head.
I've actually studied phonetics - not that its showing from this post.
I had Letterland in school, and I'm much younger than you (15 to be precise).Alexia wrote:We had Letterland in my day (anyone else 22-27ish remember that?), and see-ay-tee.Inspector Sands wrote:Doing letters phonetically is fine because that's for we form letters into words and I'm sure we all learnt something similar at school - Ker-aaa-ter = Cat etc.Alexia wrote:I don't get phonics. We get kids come in the library asking to book computers, with all sorts of exotic names. When I ask them to spell them, I get "Kah Ruh Yuh Suh Tuh Ah Luh Luh" - instead of Kay Are Why Ess Tee Ay Ell Ell. I won't take What guff are they teaching them in school nowadays that they can't spell using letters?
However when spelling out something like in your example they need to know the names of the letters and know which is the appropriate time to use which
New weird wrong thing, well hardly new but just been reminded of it after a trek down the A38...
You're driving along a dual carriageway. In front of you are two HGVs driving behind each other at pretty much exactly the same speed. Suddenly without warning the rear lorry driver will pull out into the overtaking lane, despite only being able to move about 1MPH faster than the other vehicle. After two minutes of 'overtaking', the vehicle in the inside lane will flash his lights and slow down slightly to let the overtaking vehicle back in.
Nothing has been gained by this procedure, and a (sometimes dangerous) traffic bottleneck will have formed for a mile behind, as a free flowing dual carriageway suddenly hits a 50MPH rolling roadblock
The spectacle of watching three trucks engage in this process on a motorway would be funny were it not for them holding everyone else up.
Being that all HGV drivers would have started off as (relatively) experienced car drivers, surely they should remember that overtaking should only be attempted where it can be done quickly and easily, struggling to crawl past in this way would cause many examiners to fail a driving test.
So, I do ask the question (and I'd love it if there are some truckers here to answer it) - WHY DO LORRIES FEEL THE NEED TO OVERTAKE EACH OTHER WHEN THERE'S NO FUCKING POINT!!!
You're driving along a dual carriageway. In front of you are two HGVs driving behind each other at pretty much exactly the same speed. Suddenly without warning the rear lorry driver will pull out into the overtaking lane, despite only being able to move about 1MPH faster than the other vehicle. After two minutes of 'overtaking', the vehicle in the inside lane will flash his lights and slow down slightly to let the overtaking vehicle back in.
Nothing has been gained by this procedure, and a (sometimes dangerous) traffic bottleneck will have formed for a mile behind, as a free flowing dual carriageway suddenly hits a 50MPH rolling roadblock
The spectacle of watching three trucks engage in this process on a motorway would be funny were it not for them holding everyone else up.
Being that all HGV drivers would have started off as (relatively) experienced car drivers, surely they should remember that overtaking should only be attempted where it can be done quickly and easily, struggling to crawl past in this way would cause many examiners to fail a driving test.
So, I do ask the question (and I'd love it if there are some truckers here to answer it) - WHY DO LORRIES FEEL THE NEED TO OVERTAKE EACH OTHER WHEN THERE'S NO FUCKING POINT!!!
