Its Ayers Rock, NOT Ayres Rock

Actually mate,,,when i was a lad,,,(shoot, does this mean i'm getting old?), we simply called it the bloody big rock in the middle of Australia. Aboriginal heritage or Anglo heritage is completely irrelevant as far as that rock is concerned. It was here long before any of us, and will be long after we are all gone.
Its a rock, and a damn big one, but so is that one in W.A.,,,,,,hmmmmm,,,,,which one of them is older? Now that is worth debating...lol.
We as a peolpe of this land need to figure out that we are all the same, no matter what shade of tan we have,,,,coz we all end up in the same place after we take that last breath. So i reckon its simple for all to get along,,,,,treat each other as eaquals, and lets all get on with enjoying the time we have on this planet.....

meow.

rick.
p.s. not a dig at you Jim,,,,just stating what i think on the whole subject in general.

Similar to the commonmistake of calling the Kimberley, the Kimberleys.

Also annoys me when people dont know the difference in lose and loose.

But I digress...

I was spelling bee champion and i find many spelling mistakes everyday, i don't bother mentioning them any more.

Nearly all new publications call it Uluru now anyway so the name Ayers rock will eventually pass into history.

Hi Jimbo...and the list goes on mate!! I'm really frightened by the prospect of them "dueling" batteries..lead and acid flying all over the joint. Wouldn't it be better if they were "dual"..ie just linked up and became friends??
PS By the way I tried to send you an email but no success..how's about joining and being able to get a member message?? Cheers

My mother often berated me about my poor spelling. Looking at some of the spelling in forum posts makes me a spelling bee whizard. Another annoying trait is the habit of some people to not use capitals at the start of sentences. As far as the name of natural monuments why not be proud of the Aboriginal's names of them. I find it hard to get my tongue around some but that is my problem. Be proud of the Aboriginal's heritage now we are living in their country. We "white folks" certainly do not have one, that is if we discount our war efforts.

Axle ..... axel

Arrgghh!!!!!!!!

One of my biggest hates is the use of the word motor as in diesel motor, petrol motor or my cars motor, it's an ENGINE, unless your vehicle has an electric motor.
Chris

I'd love to visit Ayers Rock some day.

Now, who was the Einstein that decided to put the silent Zed into Kosciusko a few years back? And where does it go? :-)

Cooper Pedy (COOBER),,, is one even the travel people mess up....
And when people call their 4x4's (a truck).... And they are serious... "lol"....

One that really annoys me, as I live very close to it & even the local advertisers stuff it up is ....... PRINCESS HIGHWAY

And it's not just the written word that has been slowly degrading.....

My pet hate is the use of ME instead of MY....

As in "I can't find ME slippers....."

AAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate that!

Bugger me ............ I'd post nothing if I spelt everything correct .......... lol oh well i will be more careful or is that carefull ? :)

To be honest i'd had not noticed that many mis spellings of the same word ....... guess i was not taking any notice and knew what people meant.

:)

Brian

I thought this forum was for 4 wheel driving , not spelling .

Who cares ? Everyone can't spell , get over it

i sort of remember while learning english that the letters ph sounds like f as in phone elephant ect.
imagine my surprise when the local travel agent was offering cheap air fares to
phuket.i thought phuket im going.
cheers

I have never read such trash on this forum .

A lot of people just cannot spell . Maybe they were denied a decent education or maybe their financial situation did not allow it - whatever .

But you holier than thou spelling wizards are going to pour your scorn on them and embarrass them , when they make a post .

You are LOSERS LUSERS LOOZERS

Willie

"The purpose of language is communication. Regardless of errors in spelling, grammar etc, if a second party understands what is being communicated by a first party, communication is successful. All other thoughts, comments etc regarding the quality of the communication are pedantic and anal and should be relegated to the arts"

It isn't the poor spelling by the general population that annoys me, it's the spelling errors made by advertising agencies & journalists, who are, in fact professional wordsmiths.
Although, I can't understand how people can see a word, or words day after day, & still get it wrong.

I carnt bleive tha krap thet gows on in hear sumtimes.
Howz thet fur spelin.

Im with Bware on this one.

It's great to see this stirring up so much comment.
I had begun to accept that no one cared about spelling or grammar.

Seems there are two camps, one lot who care about it and one who don't.

What I'd like to know is what the non-carers intend to do when in a few years someone's communication has become so riddled with errors so as to be incomprehensible.

Sure, language evolves, but when it can no longer be readily understood it ceases to serve it's purpose.