Should MHF get with the times?

[Just smiffy]

OK, no worries. I look forward to you referring to Scotland as 'Alba'. That's gaelic for Scotland.

When all the Scottish I know start calling it that then I will….

 

[meanders]

Perhaps I should insist of being referred to as 'RightAngle' as I live in East Anglia and am generally right!

 

[raysalaugh]

Perhaps I should insist of being referred to as 'RightAngle' as I live in East Anglia and am generally right!

You'll need a degree for that .

 

[Landy Andy]

This is a post about a forum naming convention. It is not a political post. I come here for respite from all that stuff that fills my news feeds.

However:
I've just looked through all the forum titles whilst looking on my desktop, which btw, is much easier than on a phone.
I noticed, in the Wild camping forum, that reference is made to a country, right on our doorstep, with the name "Éire". I'm not really a stickler for detail or the sharpest tool in the box but, there hasn't been a country of that name since the 1930s. Even from 1949, the law in England referred to it as the "Republic of Ireland" and from 1998, it's just "Ireland".

Are we past our sell by date here? Are we showing our ignorance, reticence, belligerence, or perhaps something else by continuing to call it Éire?
Some may say, " What's in a name?"
Nothing, I say, so long as it's correct.

Following both their legislation and that of the UK, I think our friends here, in/from Ireland, would be content simply with "Ireland".

Can’t help but think you’ve been here 5 mins, and now want to change the site to what you want.

 

[jollyrodger]

Happy St Patrick's day

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[Gaston aires]

I don’t care if it’s Eire, Ireland, or the Emerald Isle, it’s a great place to go travelling. Last year’s September wild Atlantic way trip was one of the best we’ve ever done.
Phil daflutersball

 

[Two on Tour]

Can’t help but think you’ve been here 5 mins, and now want to change the site to what you want.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Rob Hammond]

The world of forever being offended.

 

[Jo-jo]

That's 10 minutes of my life I'll never get back

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

Ahem, recently issued passport, just saying like…

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[meanders]

You'll need a degree for that .

Only 88 to go then as I have two!

 

[Gaston aires]

OK, no worries. I look forward to you referring to Scotland as 'Alba'. That's gaelic for Scotland.

But that would make the Scots “Albanians”
Phil mesporran.

 

[Shrimp]

Our forum is just fine as it is, stop being pedantic!

 

[Chris]

Ahem, recently issued passport, just saying like…

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Are you going to change your forum name to Paddy?

 

[olley]

Perhaps I should insist of being referred to as 'RightAngle' as I live in East Anglia and am generally right!

You sound a bit square.

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[Abacist]

Empty vessels make the most noise!

 

[Geistguy]

One of the joys of MHF is that it's an escape from the "correctness" of our modern world, no one gets criticised for punctuation, spelling and the odd error. Can we please try to keep it that way ie, just as it is.

 

[B+W vanman]

One of the joys of MHF is that it's an escape from the "correctness" of our modern world, no one gets criticised for punctuation, spelling and the odd error. Can we please try to keep it that way ie, just as it is.

Crap punctuation, spelling, grammar and errors are our modern world…….

 

[Barryh]

Reminds me of the argument shop in Monty Python.....

No it doesn't

Yes it does

That’s just contradiction.

 

[meanders]

Crap punctuation, spelling, grammar and errors are our modern world…….

That is as may be, but provided the reader understands the meaning of what is written, does it matter an iota? I think not. The sole purpose of language is to communicate with another.

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[David and Sally]

That is as may be, but provided the reader understands the meaning of what is written, does it matter an iota? I think not. The sole purpose of language is to communicate with another.

Except when what you write or say is misinterpreted but the receiver thinks they have it right and the sender does not realise. Legal documents and medical notes for example need to be very accurate.

 

[B+W vanman]

That is as may be, but provided the reader understands the meaning of what is written, does it matter an iota? I think not. The sole purpose of language is to communicate with another.

Punctuation, grammar and spelling are aids to meaning and understanding!
No it isn’t

 

[meanders]

Exce

pt when what you write os say is misinterpreted but the receiver thinks they have it right and the sender does not realise. Legal documents and medical notes for example need to be very accurate.

I don't disagree that it depends on the subject matter and therefore the criticality of the understanding. However this is a on-line leisure forum not the instructions for brain surgery so the general level of precision need not be high and I totally support Jim in his no corrections rule (apart from any that could lead to accident, injury or worse). Most Funsters giving technical or safety advice do so with great care and some even caveat the advice with a safety warning. However, the basic rule that if you are considering undertaking anything risky and are not confident then you should seek professional advice. A technical forum I frequent often gets posts from school students asking hwo they should do something potentially very dangerous, to which the advice is 'Don't' and seek adult help. Also it's no defence when facing a coroner to say that 'someone told me on the internet'.

 

[meanders]

No it isn’t

Come on then, what else it it really for then?

 

[Capri Keith]

Reminds me of the argument shop in Monty Python.....

No it doesn't

Yes it does

That’s just contradiction.


Is this a 5 minute argument or the full half hour

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[Minxy]

One of the joys of MHF is that it's an escape from the "correctness" of our modern world, no one gets criticised for punctuation, spelling and the odd error. Can we please try to keep it that way ie, just as it is.

Awe c'mon ... Some of the funniest posts have been due to wrong spelling and others taking the pee because this wrong word totally changes the meaning. There was a classic on another forum when a chap meant to say he had a beer left in the garage, but said bear ... He was often asked how his bear was doing!

 

[Verteuil Man]

 

[meanders]

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That may be amusing but is completely untrue here. No-one is picked up for errors anymore than what you call the intelligent ones are not being ridiculed for using 'correct language' or King's English if you prefer that phrase..

Furthermore, the most intelligent person, (Mensa: Cattell 156 IIRC) I have ever met could not spell or understand the 'illogical rules' about grammar as he put it, any more than he could cope in social situations. He vocally argued that the pedants are generally lower intelligence people who could only nit pick other errors to further inflate their own egos, but that they, in his experience, were incapable of understanding the concepts behind what was being referred to.

 

[B+W vanman]

Come on then, what else it it really for then?

If I am understanding your incoherent question correctly:
Art
Poetry
Organisation of ideas
Memory
Humour

 

[meanders]

If I am understanding your incoherent question correctly:
Art
Poetry
Organisation of ideas
Memory
Humour

Sorry it was incoherent. Thank you for that list but in my book every one of those is using lauguage to 'communicate' possibly with the exception of Art that rarely uses the written or verbal word.

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