Spelling by TTS,

TTS, i know you are no mug & i like to read your post but one thing gets up my nose, why do you spell YOU as YOO + other words, please speak English.

Bentlegs

That is a good question, and I think it comes down to the fact that languages, have different dialects, and these tend to be area specific, and not just dialects, in different parts of the country, words will have different meanings too, and then there is the question of accents, so if you want to put across in writing, how the word is pronounced in your local dialect, and how it sounds in your own accent, you can do that by altering the spelling, and for example, if you go towards Chorley, and from say Adlington onwards there is a pronounced 'R' in the sound of the local accent, and especially in Northeast Lancashire, the R's literally roll off the tongues of local people, so if someone from Chorley, is telling people that they come from Chorley, they will pronounce it has ChoRRRley, they will emphasise the R in Chorley.

In Wigan, each area has its own accent, so all I can say is that when I am saying the word you, I put more of an who in it, and the only way I can put that across in writing, is using oo rather than repeating a letter, it is just the way I speak, and when I was younger and at college I was much better spoken that I am now, I would have not dreamed of emphasising an who, think of the ad for Typhoo Tea, in which they say they put the whoo in Typhoo

I think it adds a bit of comedy and gives tommy Tee a signature, I also yooose it as Well along with Tonkers signature, Liaaaaake,

There yoo go. A nice strait forwart anser.

I like TTS’s style as well, it’s quirky!

Yes, TTS is fun. Poor bentlegs, no-one on his side.

I like him,there's never any malice in his posts.

Well TTS so be it,i will have to get used tooo it.

Bentlegs...

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TTS has made his mark, there yoosed to be To, Too Two and 2 , Now there is a added toooo, Which is yooniversal, It fitsALL,

not to mention tutu.

it,s because he,s the worsley menses wally bentlegs

I spot six errors in the above!!!!

It is over 50 years since I was at school so at times my grammar is bad. Most people on this site can understand what I print and with long words if spelt wrong I can auto correct. Tonker tried to pull me for using AS or HAS in the wrong context. I admit I use the wrong one at times. The English language is very complex and local dialects or American spelling creeping into our language does not help. Examples Centre becomes Center and Cider becomes Cidre.
How do you write Either which can be said ee-th-er or High-th-er but to us yokels it is nay-th-er it is Hay-th-er

canadian clown . any mistake,s in that , wideboy .

Lots Dumbo. Countries always have a capital letter. New sentence starts with a capital letter. Comma rather than inverted comma and no question mark when you have asked a question. Apart from that 10 out of 10.

apart nothing , you know wot it says right enough .

I'll be the first to admit that I'm terribly pedantic about spelling, and grammar in general but, unless you have to use it as part of your job (which it is in mine), it's more important to make yourself understood. If people can read your words and understand them, then the spelling isn't as important, especially on a Message Board which has the title COMMUNICATE! Writing is about communication, and that's what matters.

As for Tommy T's use of spelling - well, it's unique, and part of his character, which I find quite fun, and have done since Wigan World began all those years ago!

Broady: I think you meant apostrophe, rather than inverted comma!

Correct Mollie M. Thank you.