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Thanks But No Thanks wrote: Well over 100,000 views lol. What A View Captain - can you confirm this is a NOOL record?

Lost Sirens thread has got a poultry, miserly 29,000 odd views lol

ha!

oh dear. i hope we aren't being WATCHED by scarlett johansson and/or romola garai's "people", waiting for a clue as to my real identity, ready to hunt down and MURDER me. no-one mention scunthorpe.

Thanks But No Thanks wrote: Well over 100,000 views lol. What A View Captain - can you confirm this is a NOOL record?

Lost Sirens thread has got a poultry, miserly 29,000 odd views lol

RocKET MIck should know if it's a record, he is very anally retentive over such matters

i'm not saying this isn't a FASCINATING thread, but there's no way it had 2000 views overnight. there's a glitch.

yeah I noticed that a few days ago when it had in excess 50,000 views. And now more than double that. If only our posts were that interesting to all the visitors of this site...

Cranelane wrote:

bloodynora wrote:

Thanks But No Thanks wrote: Pah, i bet you've got a photo of Prof Brian Cox on your bedroom wall

hahaha! i love him for his MIND. (i've gone off him anyway. too mainstream. )

Speaking of such matters.. I wonder will "The Sky At Night" be back on TV this year, it was I think being presented by Chris Lintott anyway so maybe it will, I used to really enjoy that when I was going through my astronomy phase...

i went to a bbc stargazing live event tonight, and can categorically confirm scientists ARE sexy. as is space. as is profbriancox. (i'm back on him.)

we spent ages attaching post-its to the 'what song would you play to the universe?' display. (my top choice: monochrome by the sundays. lots of votes for bowie/the beatles/the carpenters. NO votes for fucking will.i.am. as if you send music to mars and it's not pump up the volume. )

Quick question - why do i keep seeing lose spelt as loose these days? Have i missed a memo or something? I mean, you expect it from thick bastards commenting on YouTube but i seem to have started seeing it from journalists now. WTF is going on?

bloodynora wrote:

i went to a bbc stargazing live event tonight, and can categorically confirm scientists ARE sexy. as is space. as is profbriancox. (i'm back on him.)

we spent ages attaching post-its to the 'what song would you play to the universe?' display. (my top choice: monochrome by the sundays. lots of votes for bowie/the beatles/the carpenters. NO votes for fucking will.i.am. as if you send music to mars and it's not pump up the volume. )

I saw a little of the Star Gazing event this week and as we were watching it I posed the question to my girlfriend, who do you prefer? Chris Lintott or Brian Cox, she went for the former... So there you go...

They were discussing meteorites and I was reminded of the fact that I actually have one at home.. I found it when I was in my early teens, maybe I should have it authenticated but the slim chance that the experts would say "that's no meteorite" has always put me off the idea...

Thanks But No Thanks wrote: Quick question - why do i keep seeing lose spelt as loose these days? Have i missed a memo or something? I mean, you expect it from thick bastards commenting on YouTube but i seem to have started seeing it from journalists now. WTF is going on?

I haven't noticed that one myself but something odd spelling wise happened to me today, I was given a CV to hand in at work on behalf of this guy who I actually don't know but who is currently out of work and as the envelope it was in was unsealed I had to have a look at it.. It was full of really stupid childish spelling mistakes.. Do people think spelling doesn't matter anymore?

Cranelane wrote:

bloodynora wrote:

i went to a bbc stargazing live event tonight, and can categorically confirm scientists ARE sexy. as is space. as is profbriancox. (i'm back on him.)

we spent ages attaching post-its to the 'what song would you play to the universe?' display. (my top choice: monochrome by the sundays. lots of votes for bowie/the beatles/the carpenters. NO votes for fucking will.i.am. as if you send music to mars and it's not pump up the volume. )

I saw a little of the Star Gazing event this week and as we were watching it I posed the question to my girlfriend, who do you prefer? Chris Lintott or Brian Cox, she went for the former... So there you go...

They were discussing meteorites and I was reminded of the fact that I actually have one at home.. I found it when I was in my early teens, maybe I should have it authenticated but the slim chance that the experts would say "that's no meteorite" has always put me off the idea...

i would like it best if the sky at night was presented by aragorn of arathorn. or mr moray. where/how did you find your meteorite?

i have seen loose used instead of lose by people who should know better. 'definately' is also a regular offender. these things do not bother me. what does bother me is invite (verb) being used instead of invitation (noun). i used to complain. but mine was a small plaintive voice in the darkness. the battle has been lost.

bloodynora wrote:

i went to a bbc stargazing live event tonight, and can categorically confirm scientists ARE sexy. as is space. as is profbriancox. (i'm back on him.)

i would like it best if the sky at night was presented by aragorn of arathorn. or mr moray. where/how did you find your meteorite?

i have seen loose used instead of lose by people who should know better. 'definately' is also a regular offender. these things do not bother me. what does bother me is invite (verb) being used instead of invitation (noun). i used to complain. but mine was a small plaintive voice in the darkness. the battle has been lost.

I found it in a field on a farm that had sort of shallow trenches dug in in it for drainage purposes which caused lots of small rocks to be unearthed, my job was to clear them up, this small odd burned looking rock caught my eye and so I brought it home with me, it's pretty small and would fit in the palm of your hand.

I find it annoying when people talk about "plating up" food... I blame those TV chefs...

Thanks But No Thanks wrote: Quick question - why do i keep seeing lose spelt as loose these days? Have i missed a memo or something? I mean, you expect it from thick bastards commenting on YouTube but i seem to have started seeing it from journalists now. WTF is going on?

No one cares about spelling anymore - they have Spellcheck on their emails and Word documents, or they deliberately misspell in texts. I'm guilty of this myself. In fact i was told off recently for typing loose in a text message. Silly of me, as the idea is to shorten words in text messages rather than elongate them. Nonetheless my defence was something like this: Pronounce these words: Bose Hose Nose Pose Rose Now pronounce Lose.

Pronounce these words: Choose Snooze Zoos Boos Igloos Poos (probably appropriate for this post)

So going by the above examples lose should really be spelt loose. People may argue that loose is of course a completely different word, with another meaning. But sometimes a word can be spelt the same way and have two different meanings. Eg: Wind (moving air) or wind (to wind your watch). So why not have the 'loose' spelling covering lose and loose? (Rhetorical question; please don't answer with: "because that's not what's in the dictionary").

There's sort of a flaw in my 'wind' example but I'm not going to point it out...

Anyway that's my defence for misspelling lose. I'm not sure if this post counts as anally retentive but um, I feel a bit weird now...

Thank God we're spelling VIEW the same way - Thanks

Cranelane wrote:

Do people think spelling doesn't matter anymore?

A friend recently gained a qualification in English teaching as he would like to get work teaching English abroad when he's travelling. However his English spelling, grammar and punctuation ( my punctuation and grammar aren't always the greatest but i'd say they're better than his) whenever he emails me and others is awful. I don't know if he just can't be bothered when it comes to writing English or what.

Debaser wrote:

Pronounce these words: Bose Hose Nose Pose Rose Now pronounce Lose.

Pronounce these words: Choose Snooze Zoos Boos Igloos Poos (probably appropriate for this post)

So going by the above examples lose should really be spelt loose.

I see your point.

Thanks But No Thanks wrote:

Debaser wrote:

Pronounce these words: Bose Hose Nose Pose Rose Now pronounce Lose.

Pronounce these words: Choose Snooze Zoos Boos Igloos Poos (probably appropriate for this post)

So going by the above examples lose should really be spelt loose.

I see your point.

but it's NOT. *chucks board rubber at your head*

english is a notoriously confusing, difficult, anarchic language. good, that's what i say.

bloodynora wrote:

but it's NOT. *chucks board rubber at your head*

Ha ha! That actually reminds me of when we were at middle school and my brother who was in the year above me had a board rubber chucked at his head by a teacher and which actually connected. Not only that the teacher Mr Parry then proceeded to drag my brother to the front of the class, wrestle him to the floor and then, unbelievably, kicked him in the head! And the teacher wasn't even sacked. Shocking. You'd hope in this day and age any teacher would be sacked on the spot for kicking a pupil in the head

Thanks But No Thanks wrote:

Cranelane wrote:

Do people think spelling doesn't matter anymore?

A friend recently gained a qualification in English teaching as he would like to get work teaching English abroad when he's travelling. However his English spelling, grammar and punctuation ( my punctuation and grammar aren't always the greatest but i'd say they're better than his) whenever he emails me and others is awful. I don't know if he just can't be bothered when it comes to writing English or what.

someone i trained with teaches english at a secondary school in town. not a week goes by that she doesn't post a facebook status riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes. not typos. now that DOES make me cross. recently she referred to her hamster as a new "edition" to the family. let's burn her.

(incidentally, far, FAR worse than making spelling/grammar/punctuation errors is publicly correcting them on a social network. that really is outrageously rude/smug/pedantic/idiotic/fucking annoying.)

Just read through this thread

thats 5 minutes of my life i wont be getting back...

THANKS

shut it. this is the best thread on the board. 136,000 views can't be wrong.

bloodynora wrote: shut it. this is the best thread on the board. 136,000 views can't be wrong.

Millions of flies eat poo cant all be wrong...

Cracking documentary about Rasputin . I remember watching this on Channel 4 about 10 years ago and it's possibly the most well made documentary I've ever seen. Really eerie. I'd previously only been aware of him through the Boney M song and the album cover for Electronic's Twisted Tenderness

A strange afternoon in the pub, very odd and unsettling. Anyway , moving on - Outro by M83 is just used on bloody everything these days isn't it? Getting very cliched using that track to "climax " tv programmes . Latest guilty party is Africa on BBC1

Thanks But No Thanks wrote: A strange afternoon in the pub, very odd and unsettling. Anyway , moving on - Outro by M83 is just used on bloody everything these days isn't it? Getting very cliched using that track to "climax " tv programmes . Latest guilty party is Africa on BBC1

It's like how Hoppipola was used relentlessly a few years back . Outro is the new Hoppipola

Christ I quoted myself. Thought i'd clicked on edit, not quote

hee hee hee hee hee. talking to yourself, johnny? have you been CLONED? is that what happened in the pub?

i love hoppiloppyloo. it's making my decision for this rather tricky. i've got it down to three or four, i think, now.

bloodynora wrote: hee hee hee hee hee. talking to yourself, johnny? have you been CLONED? is that what happened in the pub?

i love hoppiloppyloo. it's making my decision for this rather tricky. i've got it down to three or four, i think, now.

I voted for Doves 'There Goes The Fear'.

Thanks But No Thanks wrote:

bloodynora wrote: hee hee hee hee hee. talking to yourself, johnny? have you been CLONED? is that what happened in the pub?

i love hoppiloppyloo. it's making my decision for this rather tricky. i've got it down to three or four, i think, now.

I voted for Doves 'There Goes The Fear'.

I want to vote for all of these: Animal Collective: My Girls Doves: There goes the fear Franz Ferdinand: Take Me out Gossip: Standing In the way Of Control LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends The National: Bloodbuzz ohio QOTSA: No One knows White Stripes: Seven Nation Army Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Maps.

Hmm. Choices...

Outro

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