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   On 7/9/2024 9:52 AM, Mark wrote:   
   > Yazoo  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 13:39:48 -0000 (UTC), Mark    
   >> wrote:   
   >>> pP85PrR  wrote:   
   >>>> On 2024-07-08 4:13 AM, Mark wrote:   
   >>>>> pP85PrR  wrote:   
   >>>>>> Exciting at the front!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Interesting how strategy decisions have potentially strong influence on   
   >>>>>> the drivers' results. As Martin Brundle reiterated: "The right tire at   
   >>>>>> the right time."   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> No - I heard him very clearly say "...the right *tyre* at the right   
   >>>>> time...". ;-)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not "...the right tyre at the ryte time..."?   
   >>>   
   >>> Never attempt to apply phonetic rules to a non-phonetic language. And   
   >>> all variants of English are inconsistent in that...   
   >>   
   >> Well, this is international group, so here we are from all over the   
   >> world. For some of us English is not native language, so such errors   
   >> occurs are normal.   
   >>   
   >> The only importan thing is that we understand each other, right? :)   
   >   
   > Yes - my initial joke was a (friendly) english-english jibe (UK to US)   
   > because of the way they changed the language* and then tell us we're   
   > "wrong".   
   >   
   > I'm not generally a nitpicker when it comes to spelling or grammar   
   > (though I try to be correct myself). For me, you sum it up: language is   
   > for conveying ideas, so understanding is key.   
   >   
   > So, the one time I do question it is when the spelling or grammatical   
   > error introduces ambiguity. English (in particular) has a huge number of   
   > word pairs that either look the same but are pronounced differently   
   > (lead as a metal vs lead to be at the front of), or that look different   
   > but are pronounced the same way. (lead as the metal vs led to have been   
   > leading in the past). Even words like "Polish" at the start of a   
   > sentence need the following words to know if that's related to a   
   > nationality (from Poland pronounced poe-lish) or shining something   
   > (poh-lish). And sometimes that matters...and sometimes it's used to   
   > create puns and other wordplay. I have no idea how non-native speakers   
   > cope with English.   
   >   
   > * And it's inconsistent in any case. Sometimes the divergence simplifies   
   > the language, but not all of it. Webster is often put forward as someone   
   > who was refining the language, but he was quite explicit that his   
   > original intent was to create a point of diversion. He felt that a true   
   > country also needed its own language. He wanted American English to   
   > break with British English. Hence, some of the changes really don't make   
   > a great deal of sense other than to be "different" to English.   
   >   
      
      
   'Ryte' choice of mandated, remnant, shyte tyres   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)