On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:44, Nick Rout wrote: > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 21:23 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:05, Nick Rout wrote: > > > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 19:20 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > > the're > > > > > > ? > > > > Yes, indeed! > > > > "They're" is the trans-atlantic patois form. > > Anyway that's what I was taught at school all those years ago. > > Interesting, here is me thinking you had made a pselling mistake. pselling? nice one! much better than speeling.
> Must confess to never seeing the're before. Will consult wife with > engrish degree. (lit not lang) It is also quite a possibility that said teacher got it wrong. He also told us that "aweful" was the correct spelling for the word which is a synonym of "ghastly". I am now quite convinced that he was utterly wrong on that one. Similarly "arn't". Interesting how language changes. -- CS
