tillergirl
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My dig was at the current batch of comedians, who are mostly incomprehensibleto me.
I have corrected your typo! ?
My dig was at the current batch of comedians, who are mostly incomprehensibleto me.
Speech impediments are many and various. I once collaborated with a guy who had a REALLY bad stammer; it was just as frustrating for him as for everyone else. The worst bit was seeing where a sentence was going and anticipating the stammer. But he was one of the most intelligent people I've ever worked with - and I've been in academic research most of my life! At the other end of the scale, my brother was born with a tied tongue, and although the doctor cut the membrane under his tongue while he was a baby (that's not usual these days, but it's over 60 years ago!), he struggled with his "R"'s for most of his childhood.There was a boy in my 6th form with a terrible stammer. Unfortunately, he was called Whitmarsh, which didn't help at all when asked to say his name.
I haven't heard complaints about Ronnie Barker's adopted stammer in 'Open all hours', but I have to admit that I haven't looked for them. I think that his portrayal was done in a reasonably affectionate manner, but maybe a sufferer might think otherwise. Almost all disabilities have been objects of ridicule, but the dividing line seems to be that we find partial disability potentially funny but not the whole thing. Thus, blindness and deafness are not funny, but Mr Magoo's short-sightedness and actors playing the slightly hard of hearing can be.Speech impediments are many and various. I once collaborated with a guy who had a REALLY bad stammer; it was just as frustrating for him as for everyone else. The worst bit was seeing where a sentence was going and anticipating the stammer. But he was one of the most intelligent people I've ever worked with - and I've been in academic research most of my life! At the other end of the scale, my brother was born with a tied tongue, and although the doctor cut the membrane under his tongue while he was a baby (that's not usual these days, but it's over 60 years ago!), he struggled with his "R"'s for most of his childhood.
I personally find making fun of people who are different offensive - I didn't even like "Some Mother's do Have Them" with Michael Crawford, even though it was often sympathetic to the character of Frank Spencer. And making fun of speech impediments is either cruel or offensive or both - it's certainly not funny! Speech mannerisms and even local accents are another matter - they're fair game, as people can easily learn different habits of speech. But there's a difference between making fun of something people have the ability to change and something that they can't change.
Sorry Peter,Hi nehpets,
I don't see Slowboat's contribution as pernickety but rather as an indication that maybe he shares my endless fascination with the tortuous and flexible structure of our language.
Peter.
I thought 'Comedial' was quite funny.I have corrected your typo! ?
I didn't correct the spelling! I just did the strike-through. Machines!I thought 'Comedial' was quite funny.
It was a motor cruiser, not a jet ski, that hit the dinghy injuring an occupant. Peel Ports used the term "water craft" which is unhelpful.On 10 December 2020 in Medway Magistrates Court a jet ski rider was convicted of failing to navigate his vessel with the requisite level of care and that he had been in charge of his vessel whilst unfit by reason of drink on 26 April 2020 when he collided with another vessel which sunk and causing serious injury.
Peel Ports gets tough on dangerous boaters
Tony, your post on MBSA did not make this clear and I could find no report of the incident online. Water craft should have been changed to motor cruiser.It was a motor cruiser, not a jet ski, that hit the dinghy injuring an occupant. Peel Ports used the term "water craft" which is unhelpful.
Oh, there are loads of people laughing at me! ?
It was a motor cruiser, not a jet ski, that hit the dinghy injuring an occupant. Peel Ports used the term "water craft" which is unhelpful.
Yotties moaning about mobos, mobos moaning about yotties, both groups moaning about Jet Skis. Isn't there room for everyone (if they abide by the rules etc) ?
I don't have an issue with those groups - until they deliberately ignore swim areas, and ignore speed limits particularly amongst moorings/anchorages. respect for other water users is needed on both sides, not just one.
There's nothing tortuous or flexible in the difference between reckless and wreckless! There is no connection between the two whatsoever bar being homophones.Hi nehpets,
I don't see Slowboat's contribution as pernickety but rather as an indication that maybe he shares my endless fascination with the tortuous and flexible structure of our language.
Peter.
Around the wreckless rocks the reckless rascal ran. Tillergirl may practice at his leisure.There's nothing tortuous or flexible in the difference between reckless and wreckless! There is no connection between the two whatsoever bar being homophones.