Elida  +  311122 Sat, 06 Jan 07 12:25 PM can you guys explain yourself better?? Elida Elida Joined on Fri, Dec 15 2006 Tirana, Albania Full Member 236 Why "abbreviation" is such a long word?? American English, Lazy English

	Mike in Japan  +  311128 Sat, 06 Jan 07 12:37 PM Hi Elida, welcome to the forums. Well, we were talking about irregular English usage, and Anonymous had made a post with a couple of irregularities in spelling; hough for though, and peole for people, which I used as an example. Marvin then joked about the way I should spell English. You see, most people in Japan (where I am) have trouble pronouncing 'l' so he joked by spelling it as Engrish. Cheers :-) Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 Senior Member 4,588 I do like to be beside the seaside American English, Lazy English, Spelling

	Elida  +  311136 Sat, 06 Jan 07 01:03 PM  Mike In Japan wrote: Hi Elida, welcome to the forums. Well, we were talking about irregular English usage, and Anonymous had made a post with a couple of irregularities in spelling; hough for though, and peole for people, which I used as an example. Marvin then joked about the way I should spell English. You see, most people in Japan (where I am) have trouble pronouncing 'l' so he joked by spelling it as Engrish. Cheers :-) First of all...let me tell you that the "ANonymous" was me.(before signing in cuz i was having problems with my registration...look at the names carefully.). As u can see i'm still writing irregular english...cuz that's the way i write when i chat. Regarding "ough" instead of "though" wasn't my mistake (if you look at the previous page you'll understand it. it was Marvin's mistake when quoting me). Regarding "peole" instead of "people" it was a typo(my mistake). Well..yeah...i know you were joking around...just wanted to know why.   Elida American English, Lazy English, Spelling, Quoting

	Mike in Japan  +  311142 Sat, 06 Jan 07 01:21 PM  Elida wrote: Well..yeah...i know you were joking around...just wanted to know why. In my case it's the Irish blood, with a dash of Japanese 'sake' Mike in Japan American English, Lazy English

	Elida  +  311144 Sat, 06 Jan 07 01:32 PM lol...well...i'll start using regular english, from now on. Because we're at the English Forums..to teach english. So ...we have to teach the Regular English. Elida American English, Lazy English

	Mike in Japan  +  311146 Sat, 06 Jan 07 01:37 PM Yay! A convert! I'm not joking when I say it makes me happy to hear you say that. Mike in Japan American English, Lazy English

	Elida  +  311150 Sat, 06 Jan 07 01:42 PM  Mike In Japan wrote: Yay! A convert! I'm not joking when I say it makes me happy to hear you say that. well...i'm happy that it made you happy. Isn't "YaY" part of the irregular english? Elida American English, Lazy English

	Mike in Japan  +  311171 Sat, 06 Jan 07 02:20 PM Yes, YaY may be, but I think I can wriggle out of yay by claiming it is an onamatopea (like gling-glo).   To me, yay is the sound of a happy two-stroke motorcycle engine (other people may have better explanations) Mike in Japan American English, Lazy English

	YoHf  +  311182 Sat, 06 Jan 07 02:38 PM  Mike In Japan wrote: To me, yay is the sound of a happy two-stroke motorcycle engine That was awesome Mike. LOL YoHf Joined on Wed, Oct 26 2005 Senior Member 3,347 Shinichi Okazaki. American English, Lazy English