The Government spelt 'language' wrong when it announced its new language tests for immigrants
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[QUOTE]Government officials have spelt the word “language” wrong in an official press release announcing new language tests to be forced on immigrants.
The embarrassing mistake, described as “beyond parody” by tickled social media users, comes as migrants are threatened with deportation if they fail the new tests.
David Cameron announced earlier this week that spouses who came to the UK on a visa to live with their partner would have their English tested after two and a half years.
In a press release sent out on Thursday, however, Home Office officials spelt the word “language” wrongly, writing it “langauge”.
Source:[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-government-spelt-language-wrong-when-it-announced-its-new-language-tests-for-immigrants-a6826846.html[/url]
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No it was a test.
If you told them they spelled it wrong you and your entire extended family won the immigration lottery.
I blame Trump tbh
Lan-gauge - a gauge of language skill.
Apart from the unfortunately timed typo this seems fine to me. I always found it weird that people would move to a country and not even attempt to learn the local language. 2 and a half years living in the country is plenty of time to learn the language to an A2 level (Basic - ~200 hours - 15 minutes a day over 2.5 years).
Learning English must suck though, so many words look like they are spelt wrong and I grew up with the fucking language.
When learning a new language it's the mistakes native speakers make that fuck you up the most, because you assume they're right and you're trying to figure out why you've been wrong all this time.
Feel bad for the people who get thrown that curveball.
I wonder what happened when they realized they had one of the most ironic typos possible. Did they just all sit around in silence for a few minutes before somebody finally offered, "well it could have been worse..."
NO NIGEL, YOU FUCKED UP.
[QUOTE=helifreak;49588778]Learning English must suck though, so many words look like they are spelt wrong and I grew up with the fucking language.[/QUOTE]Yes, and sometimes those words are [I]spelled[/I] wrong. :v:
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;49588870]I wonder what happened when they realized they had one of the most ironic typos possible. Did they just all sit around in silence for a few minutes before somebody finally offered, "well it could have been worse..."
NO NIGEL, YOU FUCKED UP.
Yes, and sometimes those words are [I]spelled[/I] wrong. :v:[/QUOTE]
As far as I am aware spelt is as valid as spelled outside of the US. Though I prefer to use spelled for consistency.
[QUOTE=Riutet;49588885]As far as I am aware spelt is as valid as spelled outside of the US. Though I prefer to use spelled for consistency.[/QUOTE]That was the joke, yes. As a reward for your discovery I'll give you a bright, shiny star! :D
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I was going to give you a big sack of grain but, you know, that would just be [I]excessive.[/I]
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;49588870]Yes, and sometimes those words are [I]spelled[/I] wrong. :v:[/QUOTE]
American English is [URL="https://youtu.be/GiVs05yq9-o?t=482"]fucking stupid[/URL] and I'm stuck using it for the rest of my life and this is TERRIBLE
[QUOTE=J!NX;49588900]American English is [URL="https://youtu.be/GiVs05yq9-o?t=482"]fucking stupid[/URL] and I'm stuck using it for the rest of my life and this is TERRIBLE[/QUOTE]Yes, but at the same time who actually says "spelt" versus "spelled" anyway? I mean out of all the things we did that one makes sense because most American dialects actually say "spelled" with the "ed" sound rather than "spelt."
Then again dialects can be tricky fuckers sometimes in that "rough" and "roof" are the same goddamn thing when it comes out of my mouth.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;49588981]Yes, but at the same time [B]who actually says "spelt" versus "spelled" anyway[/B]? I mean out of all the things we did that one makes sense because most American dialects actually say "spelled" with the "ed" sound rather than "spelt."
Then again dialects can be tricky fuckers sometimes in that "rough" and "roof" are the same goddamn thing when it comes out of my mouth.[/QUOTE]
I do? I don't have an American dialect so I have no issue making all four of those words sound different.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;49588981]Yes, but at the same time who actually says "spelt" versus "spelled" anyway? I mean out of all the things we did that one makes sense because most American dialects actually say "spelled" with the "ed" sound rather than "spelt."
Then again dialects can be tricky fuckers sometimes in that "rough" and "roof" are the same goddamn thing when it comes out of my mouth.[/QUOTE]
I'd use "spelt" over "spelled" any day. Spelled just sounds wrong.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;49588981]Yes, but at the same time who actually says "spelt" versus "spelled" anyway? I mean out of all the things we did that one makes sense because most American dialects actually say "spelled" with the "ed" sound rather than "spelt."
Then again dialects can be tricky fuckers sometimes in that "rough" and "roof" are the same goddamn thing when it comes out of my mouth.[/QUOTE]
Spelt rolls off of the tongue better with English accents/pronunciation.
It's all about brevity.
Spelled takes a lot longer to say outloud than Spelt.
Then there's words like Learnt/Learned, where generally they're used in different contexts.
[QUOTE=J!NX;49588900]American English is [URL="https://youtu.be/GiVs05yq9-o?t=482"]fucking stupid[/URL] and I'm stuck using it for the rest of my life and this is TERRIBLE[/QUOTE]
To be fair, all forms of English are kind of terrible due to it's poor rules and wildly varying pronounciation of vowels and consonants based on context.
It's strangely unfortunate that two of the most convolutedly inefficient languages: English and Mandarin, are also the two most-spoken.
[QUOTE=The Duke;49589072]To be fair, all forms of English are kind of terrible due to it's poor rules and wildly varying pronounciation of vowels and consonants based on context.
It's strangely unfortunate that two of the most convolutedly inefficient languages: English and Mandarin, are also the two most-spoken.[/QUOTE]
the rest of the video I posted actually quite well explains why (he thinks) the English language is so good, it's a good watch, take what you want from it though, since he's biased by being an English speaker natively.
[QUOTE=The Duke;49589072]To be fair, all forms of English are kind of terrible due to it's poor rules and wildly varying pronounciation of vowels and consonants based on context.
It's strangely unfortunate that two of the most convolutedly inefficient languages: English and Mandarin, are also the two most-spoken.[/QUOTE]
Could be worse, Japanese has the Chinese characters (albeit less of them) but unlike Mandarin doesn't limit them to one pronunciation per character. Take 生 for example.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Ch7Qs2e.png[/t]
First group of 19 (セイ to -う) are pronunciations as or as part of regular words. Second group of 24 (あさ - りゅう) are pronunciations in names. That's an extreme case though, most of them are not that bad.
English really isn't that complicated as things go honestly. It has some weird spellings (which has nothing to do with speaking it, the most important skill in learning a language) and some words that sound like other words.
most kids in iceland aren't even fluent in their language until they're like 10
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;49588702]No it was a test.
If you told them they spelled it wrong you and your entire extended family won the immigration lottery.[/QUOTE]
lol
[QUOTE=helifreak;49589019]I do? I don't have an American dialect so I have no issue making all four of those words sound different.[/QUOTE]I said American dialect and it's American spelling so I wasn't talking about you, I was talking to another American.
[QUOTE=BazzBerry;49589030]I'd use "spelt" over "spelled" any day. Spelled just sounds wrong.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Coffee;49589033]Spelt rolls off of the tongue better with English accents/pronunciation.[/QUOTE]I don't know, I've gotten curious and I've been sitting here saying it both ways and I've come up with the same conclusion that you did with learnt/learned (except we don't say "learnt" here) in that it's all about context. I mean it's the same word but I think it's relationship to the other words in a sentence really determines how things work out. I've noticed a propensity to say "spelt" when asking a question, yet "spelled" in a present or past tense statement feels more appropriate.
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[QUOTE=J!NX;49589087]the rest of the video I posted actually quite well explains why (he thinks) the English language is so good, it's a good watch, take what you want from it though, since he's biased by being an English speaker natively.[/QUOTE]Plus he's pretty wrong about Chinese, the characters represent morphemes and not ideas.
[QUOTE=J!NX;49588900]American English is [URL="https://youtu.be/GiVs05yq9-o?t=482"]fucking stupid[/URL] and I'm stuck using it for the rest of my life and this is TERRIBLE[/QUOTE]
Come over to the maple syrup side.
[QUOTE=helifreak;49589113]Could be worse, Japanese has the Chinese characters (albeit less of them) but unlike Mandarin doesn't limit them to one pronunciation per character. Take 生 for example.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Ch7Qs2e.png[/t]
First group of 19 (セイ to -う) are pronunciations as or as part of regular words. Second group of 24 (あさ - りゅう) are pronunciations in names. That's an extreme case though, most of them are not that bad.[/QUOTE]
yeah but their pun game is out of this world
[QUOTE=The Duke;49589072]To be fair, all forms of English are kind of terrible due to it's poor rules and wildly varying pronounciation of vowels and consonants based on context.
It's strangely unfortunate that two of the most convolutedly inefficient languages: English and Mandarin, are also the two most-spoken.[/QUOTE]
I'm taking Mandarin. Chinese is a joy to read and write, but God is speaking it and listening to it practically impossible. It doesn't help that I have an auditory processing disorder :v:
[QUOTE=helifreak;49588778]Lan-gauge - a gauge of language skill.
Apart from the unfortunately timed typo this seems fine to me. I always found it weird that people would move to a country and not even attempt to learn the local language. 2 and a half years living in the country is plenty of time to learn the language to an A2 level (Basic - ~200 hours - 15 minutes a day over 2.5 years).
Learning English must suck though, so many words look like they are spelt wrong and I grew up with the fucking language.[/QUOTE]
Dunno man, English is my second language and I fucking think in it. Must be programming though.
[QUOTE=J!NX;49588900]American English is [URL="https://youtu.be/GiVs05yq9-o?t=482"]fucking stupid[/URL] and I'm stuck using it for the rest of my life and this is TERRIBLE[/QUOTE]
Okay let's try British English. This is my favorite British English spelled word.
Foetus.
What do you have on the ends of your feet? They aren't pronounced "tees" are they? No, they're "Toh-s". It's not "foh-tus" it's "fee-tus", and the British spelling is goddamn retarded with the extra O.
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