Oh dear...

[nigel_turner]

I didn't notice the 'Do Not's'

Fine.. then let the Webmaster delete my offending adds. Just thought that some of you might have been interested in some fine quality gear that I had surplus to requirements. Guess not. But its no skin of my nose. The items are listed in E-bay.

 

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Feel free to visit me at my website.

 

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http://www.nigelturnerphotography.com

 

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You never know.. you might find images worth looking at.

 

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Thanks.

[caz_matthews]

Learn to spell before using the net.

[nigel_turner]

As for the answer above, well I speak and spell English as it was

invented. By the English, as I am English. Do I complain when you

spell colour as 'color.'' For god sake Caz.. get a life and stop

looking for the nitty gritty things. My 5 your old son seems more

grown up than you!

[tim_atherton2]

>Learn to spell before using the net. <br>

 

Uncalled for childish rudeness - hope you're ashamed.

 

tim a

[tim_atherton2]

>Feel free to visit me at my website.

 

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>http://www.nigelturnerphotography.com

 

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>You never know.. you might find images worth looking

at.

 

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Very nice website BTW

[alpshiker]

A rather humble introduction to a great website and excellent work!

[alec1]

I'm with Caz on this one. Since when does ANYBODY use "adds" for ads

or advertisements, or "of" for off?

[nigel_turner]

Thankyou Tim for your kind comments with regards my web site. Glad

you enjoyed it.

 

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http://www.nigelturnerphotography.com

[dlabrosse]

"Since when does ANYBODY use "adds" for ads or advertisements,

or "of" for off?"

 

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I believe it's a cultural thing. I work as a production artist

building advertising for a company with offices world wide. My

European guys always seems to use "adds" instead of "ads."

 

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I guess the global dominance of the American Cultural Industry

(movies, TV, magazines) has really blinded North Americans to

cultural differences in the English language; let alone wiping out

much of the British influence in Canadian English over the last 10-20

years.

 

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Since "ads" and "adds" are contractions anyways how could one spell

them wrong?

[ellis_vener_photography]

dominque,

 

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I'm trying too find thee minuses inn your approval of confusing

"ads" with "adds".

[adam_friedberg]

please tell me why "adds" is an acceptable contraction of

advertisements and where this comes from. also i'd like to know why

contractions cannot be incorrectly spelled. at what point is it no

longer acceptable to add extra "d"'s to this particular contraction?

[dlabrosse]

"...please tell me why "adds" is an acceptable contraction of

advertisements..."

 

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It really comes down to several things. Language is cultural.

Cultural evolution is not necessarily logical. English is a fusion

language (low german base, infused with early Norman French and

picked-up alot of other influences along the way). English does not

have a single formal institution to define and enforce it's rules

(like l'Academie Française does for French). This is how it becomes

acceptable to spell "colo(u)r" one way in North America and another

way in the rest of the world, or contract "ad(d)" one way in some

places and another way in another place. Maybe it has something to do

with why Americans pronounce lieutenant and Canadians and Brits

pronounce the same word "leftenant."

 

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However, we all digress... language has little to do with large

format photography, let alone this thread. I guess we'll all have to

agree to disagree, keep an open mind, move on and appreciate the

differences that living in this free society allows us to celebrate!

 

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Regards,

[adam_friedberg]

yes, english is mutable. nevertheless i am interested in where this

spelling comes from and who uses it as i've not seen it before, here or

in england.

[david vickery]

Eye would like to se a new forum created that cud be called the

Spelling and Grammer Forum And I am shure that the mantainer of this

forum could sit thisone up so that when ever some one adds (I'd

better chek that word) a post that Qritisizes sum one's spelling or

grammer thier post would auto matically besent to that new forum and

they can debate an qritisize eachother allday and we can keep thisone

for Large Format Photography.

[ken_woodard]

I would say let dead dogs lie, but that's a stinking answer too.