Astroblack Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 minute ago, madras said: I do it all the time. Its how I was taught at school when writing so it's easy to carry it over. You were taught to put the question mark a space after the word? That’s simply not correct, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Astroblack said: You were taught to put the question mark a space after the word? That’s simply not correct, though. That's the 70s for ya. I was also forced to write with my right hand even though left handed, hence now my writing is like a drunk GPs. My wife went to a school where they taught phonetics and read books with lines like "hee kikt it". Edited January 21 by madras Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 13 minutes ago, Hudson said: A 1$ surely, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 15 minutes ago, Astroblack said: You were taught to put the question mark a space after the word? That’s simply not correct, though. Take a look at what we had to put up with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_Teaching_Alphabet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 People still doing two spaces after a period (or full stop or whatever). We’ve been able to easily print proportional fonts for decades and decades now. There’s absolutely no need for more than one space. This is admittedly a fucking stupid pet peeve to have, but I own it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 27 minutes ago, Astroblack said: You were taught to put the question mark a space after the word? That’s simply not correct, though. It was back then, only learned to change it with predictive grammar in MS Word Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Also, I swear to god, I have to teach my iPhone keyboard to accept that fuck is not duck, and fucking is not ducking/duckling, every fucking day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, Hudson said: It was back then, only learned to change it with predictive grammar in MS Word Really? That’s interesting. Thought it was no space based on old books. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miercoles Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2 hours ago, madras said: Take a look at what we had to put up with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_Teaching_Alphabet That is bonkers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Hate the expression 'baller' used to refer to a footballer. Picture of a favoured footballer, caption - baller! Reeks of NFL/NBA and as we all know, Americans shouldn't be let anywhere near 'our' football!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 38 minutes ago, Django said: Hate the expression 'baller' used to refer to a footballer. Picture of a favoured footballer, caption - baller! Reeks of NFL/NBA and as we all know, Americans shouldn't be let anywhere near 'our' football!!! Sounds like You wish you were a little bit taller Wish you were a baller Wish you had a girl who looked good You would call her Wish you had a rabbit in a hat with a bat And a six-four Impala Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Cheshire-Toon Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 On 21/01/2023 at 23:13, Astroblack said: Really? That’s interesting. Thought it was no space based on old books. I was frustrated by how you should use a ? at the end of a sentence. But then I read that a ? is basically a . with the squiggly bit on the top, so therefore you don't end a sentence with a space then a . so why should you do the same with a ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 26 minutes ago, South-Cheshire-Toon said: I was frustrated by how you should use a ? at the end of a sentence. But then I read that a ? is basically a . with the squiggly bit on the top, so therefore you don't end a sentence with a space then a . so why should you do the same with a ? Do you not need a ? after your last ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 hours ago, South-Cheshire-Toon said: I was frustrated by how you should use a ? at the end of a sentence. But then I read that a ? is basically a . with the squiggly bit on the top, so therefore you don't end a sentence with a space then a . so why should you do the same with a ? I've had an internal debate with myself and I've decided to keep the space. If anyone whinges I'm gonna make it two spaces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted Saturday at 20:37 Share Posted Saturday at 20:37 Anyone else's Google maps not working? Phone has a vague idea of where it is but it's constantly searching for gps and lagging for like 10 mins etc. I've done the obvious thing like uninstall, refresh, update the app etc but this is now becoming a massive pain. Any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted Saturday at 20:45 Share Posted Saturday at 20:45 7 minutes ago, midds said: Anyone else's Google maps not working? Phone has a vague idea of where it is but it's constantly searching for gps and lagging for like 10 mins etc. I've done the obvious thing like uninstall, refresh, update the app etc but this is now becoming a massive pain. Any ideas? Working fine here. They might have just decided not to bother with the Durham coast, tbf they'd have a point 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted Saturday at 20:53 Share Posted Saturday at 20:53 6 minutes ago, madras said: Working fine here. They might have just decided not to bother with the Durham coast, tbf they'd have a point 😉 Thank you for your useful contribution... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted Saturday at 21:09 Share Posted Saturday at 21:09 29 minutes ago, midds said: Anyone else's Google maps not working? Phone has a vague idea of where it is but it's constantly searching for gps and lagging for like 10 mins etc. I've done the obvious thing like uninstall, refresh, update the app etc but this is now becoming a massive pain. Any ideas? Look at porn instead of being a map nonce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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