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Morning all,
this Isn't a rant, more an observation although that doesn't matter on UKC!
I always thought that when I was at school, 1973-1986, we were educated to a decent level. I don't think it is the same these days or maybe I just expect people to be better educated than they are?
My reason for this post is that I was in the bank yesterday filling out a form for my daughter and her new bank account. The chap behind the counter was filling in the relevant details on the computer and it always seems to take an age as I have a long surname, de-Saint-Bissix-Croix, which I always have to phonetically spell which is fine.
I told him my surname and he asked me to spell it out. He then asked me whether "hyphen" was part of my surname, I said no, thinking he was joking so he then asked me what it was....
I find this pretty deplorable but I have actually come to expect this in this day and age but was quite surprised to be asked this by someone in a bank who as far as I'm concerned, should be educated to a certain standard.
What do you all reckon?
this Isn't a rant, more an observation although that doesn't matter on UKC!
I always thought that when I was at school, 1973-1986, we were educated to a decent level. I don't think it is the same these days or maybe I just expect people to be better educated than they are?
My reason for this post is that I was in the bank yesterday filling out a form for my daughter and her new bank account. The chap behind the counter was filling in the relevant details on the computer and it always seems to take an age as I have a long surname, de-Saint-Bissix-Croix, which I always have to phonetically spell which is fine.
I told him my surname and he asked me to spell it out. He then asked me whether "hyphen" was part of my surname, I said no, thinking he was joking so he then asked me what it was....
I find this pretty deplorable but I have actually come to expect this in this day and age but was quite surprised to be asked this by someone in a bank who as far as I'm concerned, should be educated to a certain standard.
What do you all reckon?
In reply to Denni:
I reckon the bank clerk is stewpid.
I reckon the bank clerk is stewpid.
In reply to Denni:
Seriously tho, learning is a lifelong experience and it’s easy to forget when you first learnt what you now know and take for granted.
It’s completely unrealistic to expect schools to bring disinterested youths up to speed with everything you and I know after several decades of life. I don’t think I’d necessarily have known what a hyphen was at school leaving age.
If you’d said “hyphen; that’s a poncy word for dash” I bet he’d have got it.
Seriously tho, learning is a lifelong experience and it’s easy to forget when you first learnt what you now know and take for granted.
It’s completely unrealistic to expect schools to bring disinterested youths up to speed with everything you and I know after several decades of life. I don’t think I’d necessarily have known what a hyphen was at school leaving age.
If you’d said “hyphen; that’s a poncy word for dash” I bet he’d have got it.
In reply to daWalt:
Well said.
(And as an illustration, you probably meant "uninterested"?)
> Seriously tho, learning is a lifelong experience and it’s easy to forget when you first learnt what you now know and take for granted.
> It’s completely unrealistic to expect schools to bring disinterested youths up to speed with everything you and I know after several decades of life. I don’t think I’d necessarily have known what a hyphen was at school leaving age.
> If you’d said “hyphen; that’s a poncy word for dash” I bet he’d have got it.
> It’s completely unrealistic to expect schools to bring disinterested youths up to speed with everything you and I know after several decades of life. I don’t think I’d necessarily have known what a hyphen was at school leaving age.
> If you’d said “hyphen; that’s a poncy word for dash” I bet he’d have got it.
Well said.
(And as an illustration, you probably meant "uninterested"?)
In reply to Denni:
When I had to take people's names for a job I had, I was constantly surprised at how people appeared to assume I was an idiot - 'Hughes, that's H-U-G-H-E-S', and so on.
Probably people just get used to spelling out their names and weren't making a personal judgement about me in particular, but I did often wish I could snap back 'yes, I know how to spell Smith, thanks'.
When I had to take people's names for a job I had, I was constantly surprised at how people appeared to assume I was an idiot - 'Hughes, that's H-U-G-H-E-S', and so on.
Probably people just get used to spelling out their names and weren't making a personal judgement about me in particular, but I did often wish I could snap back 'yes, I know how to spell Smith, thanks'.
In reply to nufkin: On the flip side of that there's always those folk who spell Smith with two x's and a q that you have to deal with!
In reply to Denni:
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It could be worse:
"I never could make out what those damned dots [decimal points] meant."
Lord Randolph Churchill as Chancellor in the 19th century.
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> I always thought that when I was at school, 1973-1986, we were educated to a decent level. I don't think it is the same these days or maybe I just expect people to be better educated than they are?
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It could be worse:
"I never could make out what those damned dots [decimal points] meant."
Lord Randolph Churchill as Chancellor in the 19th century.
In reply to MG:
Ha, yes. That'd be someone to mentally file as a troublemaker.
I must admit I did begin to find myself getting peeved at how some people seemed to have unnecessarily extravagant surnames. On an off-day, the OP would probably have been renamed 'French' on my spreadsheet.
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> S-M-Y-T-H isn't it?
Ha, yes. That'd be someone to mentally file as a troublemaker.
I must admit I did begin to find myself getting peeved at how some people seemed to have unnecessarily extravagant surnames. On an off-day, the OP would probably have been renamed 'French' on my spreadsheet.
In reply to nufkin:
Yep, I've had to spell my name to nufkins like you all my life.
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Yep, I've had to spell my name to nufkins like you all my life.
In reply to MG:
No No, that would be
ShyphenMhyphenYhyphenThyphenH
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No No, that would be
ShyphenMhyphenYhyphenThyphenH
In reply to nufkin:
My Mrs insists on having the acute accent on the e in her surname - causes much grief.
(She is descended from a bunch of illegals who turned up in 1066 and should have been deported on the spot. UK Border Agency was rubbish then too.)
My Mrs insists on having the acute accent on the e in her surname - causes much grief.
(She is descended from a bunch of illegals who turned up in 1066 and should have been deported on the spot. UK Border Agency was rubbish then too.)
In reply to daWalt:
Actually, it isn't, quite, but that's post-graduate level pedantry!
> If you’d said “hyphen; that’s a poncy word for dash” I bet he’d have got it.
Actually, it isn't, quite, but that's post-graduate level pedantry!
A skills focus in education and instantly accessible endless 'knowledge' means that education is increasingly the ability to find things out.
However, the 'ability to find things out' is no help if said individual isn't interested/doesn't care/can't be bothered.
This guy sounds borderline simple though. Was he tagged?
However, the 'ability to find things out' is no help if said individual isn't interested/doesn't care/can't be bothered.
> I told him my surname and he asked me to spell it out. He then asked me whether "hyphen" was part of my surname, I said no, thinking he was joking so he then asked me what it was....
This guy sounds borderline simple though. Was he tagged?
In reply to AlunP:
There's a weird accent over the e in my surname - a hacek. It means my surname is supposed to be pronounced 'Dan-yek' rather than as it looks, i.e. 'Danek'. It's generally easier not to correct people, as they usually can't find the right symbol anyway.
It's been misspelled as Dalek before now. And Dank, which I found less amusing.
There's a weird accent over the e in my surname - a hacek. It means my surname is supposed to be pronounced 'Dan-yek' rather than as it looks, i.e. 'Danek'. It's generally easier not to correct people, as they usually can't find the right symbol anyway.
It's been misspelled as Dalek before now. And Dank, which I found less amusing.
In reply to Denni:
I once dictated (it was in the 80s) "Our MP...." to a new secretary and it came back as "Our Empee..." When I queried it she said she'd never heard of an MP
I once dictated (it was in the 80s) "Our MP...." to a new secretary and it came back as "Our Empee..." When I queried it she said she'd never heard of an MP
In reply to Denni:
OMG, UKC (should sometimes be named the climbing wing of the Daily Mail) has now reached new lows.
Was the young lad pleasant? Did he provide a friendly, professional service? Has he now lost your life savings? Was the day made substantially worse by the experience?
Flip side, and I assume he was a young lad, lets assume that he does have a lower standard of education than your high expectations. He has gotten himself off his backside, probably presented himself well to an interviewer, satisfied numerous other criteria and now has work experience under his belt with the prospect of a decent career, despite his poor spelling ability (and most of us rely on spell check nowadays - thanks MS).
So rather than criticise him for his lack of ability to spell your rediculous, over complicated name why not think to yourself 'well done you for being upwardly mobile, dedicated, determined and prepared to forge forward, despite your lower educational foundation'.
This isnt a rant, just an observation. Ciao
OMG, UKC (should sometimes be named the climbing wing of the Daily Mail) has now reached new lows.
Was the young lad pleasant? Did he provide a friendly, professional service? Has he now lost your life savings? Was the day made substantially worse by the experience?
Flip side, and I assume he was a young lad, lets assume that he does have a lower standard of education than your high expectations. He has gotten himself off his backside, probably presented himself well to an interviewer, satisfied numerous other criteria and now has work experience under his belt with the prospect of a decent career, despite his poor spelling ability (and most of us rely on spell check nowadays - thanks MS).
So rather than criticise him for his lack of ability to spell your rediculous, over complicated name why not think to yourself 'well done you for being upwardly mobile, dedicated, determined and prepared to forge forward, despite your lower educational foundation'.
This isnt a rant, just an observation. Ciao
In reply to jon:
He used the phonetic, (or 'frenetic', as my highly educated manager keeps typung in his memos..), alphabet, so that should be
Deltaecho hyphen Sierraalphaindianovembertango hypen Bravoindiasierrasierraindiaxray hyphen Charlieromeooscarindiaxray..
Denni, ever considered deed poll?
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> Denni dehyphenSainthyphenBissixhyphenCroix... excellent!
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> Denni dehyphenSainthyphenBissixhyphenCroix... excellent!
He used the phonetic, (or 'frenetic', as my highly educated manager keeps typung in his memos..), alphabet, so that should be
Deltaecho hyphen Sierraalphaindianovembertango hypen Bravoindiasierrasierraindiaxray hyphen Charlieromeooscarindiaxray..
Denni, ever considered deed poll?
In reply to Ridge: Denni Deed Poll? Or Denni Deed-Poll? I'm not sure that would solve the problem...
In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:
That wasn't the criticism. It was that someone had managed to go right through the school system and become sufficiently qualified to land a job n a bank without ever registering the existence of a basic piece of English punctuation, ie the hyphen
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> So rather than criticise him for his lack of ability to spell your rediculous, over complicated name...
That wasn't the criticism. It was that someone had managed to go right through the school system and become sufficiently qualified to land a job n a bank without ever registering the existence of a basic piece of English punctuation, ie the hyphen
In reply to Tall Clare:
heh - I have an accent in my first name. Before word processors, I just got used to not having it. Now, I often end up with a little kiss over the e as people try and get it wrong and try again.
I've had a variety of surnames. McIntyre was the one that most people got stuck with!
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> There's a weird accent over the e in my surname - a hacek. It means my surname is supposed to be pronounced 'Dan-yek' rather than as it looks, i.e. 'Danek'. It's generally easier not to correct people, as they usually can't find the right symbol anyway.
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> It's been misspelled as Dalek before now. And Dank, which I found less amusing.
heh - I have an accent in my first name. Before word processors, I just got used to not having it. Now, I often end up with a little kiss over the e as people try and get it wrong and try again.
I've had a variety of surnames. McIntyre was the one that most people got stuck with!
In reply to Wiley Coyote:
OK pedant, different criticism, same principle.
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OK pedant, different criticism, same principle.
In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:
Hardly. One's a triple barrelled name in a foreign language and the other's a basic English punctuation mark. If you see those as the same you should have gone to Specsavers
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Hardly. One's a triple barrelled name in a foreign language and the other's a basic English punctuation mark. If you see those as the same you should have gone to Specsavers
In reply to Denni: learning is so much broader now at the expense of traditional numeracy and literacy skills. New generations have a grasp of technology and using it in a way that oldies like us couldn't imagine. Good or bad is a debate but as technology moves at such a rate society needs to move too as the job market is ever expanding requiring new skills and understanding every five years or so.
We can argue a fundemental grasp of the basics is important but there has to be a balance. I don't have the answers but do know the 'old school tie' can still have more influence than qualifications.
We can argue a fundemental grasp of the basics is important but there has to be a balance. I don't have the answers but do know the 'old school tie' can still have more influence than qualifications.
In reply to Denni: Dylan's 'Times They Are a Changin' is as important today if not more than the Sixties when things were simpler.
In reply to Wiley Coyote:
I find this bizarre too.
On a similar note. I once watched an edition of Dragon's Den and Duncan Banatyne had never heard of a truffle.
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I find this bizarre too.
On a similar note. I once watched an edition of Dragon's Den and Duncan Banatyne had never heard of a truffle.
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In reply to Denni:
I take it your education was in America...?
If you'd been educated in Britain you would have spent the morning filling in a form...
> I was in the bank yesterday filling out a form
I take it your education was in America...?
If you'd been educated in Britain you would have spent the morning filling in a form...
In reply to captain paranoia:
Germany for my younger years so I would, ein Formular ausfüllen, fill out a form :0)
Germany for my younger years so I would, ein Formular ausfüllen, fill out a form :0)
In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:
It is ridiculous not, rediculous. Ciao ;0)
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> Flip side, and I assume he was a young lad, lets assume that he does have a lower standard of education than your high expectations. He has gotten himself off his backside, probably presented himself well to an interviewer, satisfied numerous other criteria and now has work experience under his belt with the prospect of a decent career, despite his poor spelling ability (and most of us rely on spell check nowadays - thanks MS).
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It is ridiculous not, rediculous. Ciao ;0)
In reply to Denni:
Ah; you are forgiven. You're not in Germany now, though...
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Ah; you are forgiven. You're not in Germany now, though...
In reply to Denni:
you cant really say the entire country's education is rubbish just from one meeting with a stupid person, can you?
you cant really say the entire country's education is rubbish just from one meeting with a stupid person, can you?
In reply to Denni:
How well educated are you?
I imagine the young man in the was probably educated to A' level.
I would consider myself well educated and an expert in my field. I also recognise that there are many things I know shamefully little about, particularly poetry and literature, I am trying to correct this but in the meantime I blame a state education for my woeful knowledge of such things.
I dare say they dont teach punctuation either.
How well educated are you?
I imagine the young man in the was probably educated to A' level.
I would consider myself well educated and an expert in my field. I also recognise that there are many things I know shamefully little about, particularly poetry and literature, I am trying to correct this but in the meantime I blame a state education for my woeful knowledge of such things.
I dare say they dont teach punctuation either.
In reply to The Norris:
No you can't say that, so I didn't. And I didn't say he was stupid.
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> you cant really say the entire country's education is rubbish just from one meeting with a stupid person, can you?
No you can't say that, so I didn't. And I didn't say he was stupid.
In reply to Steve John B:
What do you think to Desmond Wolf?
> (In reply to Ridge) Denni Deed Poll? Or Denni Deed-Poll? I'm not sure that would solve the problem...
What do you think to Desmond Wolf?
In reply to Dave Garnett:
It certainly isn't the same and, post-graudate level of pedantry or not, the deplorable level of punctuation knowledge on this thread really is depressing - you people need to get better educated. A hyphen is very far from a dash (be it an en dash, an em dash, or any other form of dash). Please, have a read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen
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It certainly isn't the same and, post-graudate level of pedantry or not, the deplorable level of punctuation knowledge on this thread really is depressing - you people need to get better educated. A hyphen is very far from a dash (be it an en dash, an em dash, or any other form of dash). Please, have a read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen
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In reply to sg:
Why, oh why, did Dave say it's not 'quite' the same as a hyphen, when its usage is completely different? Incredibly, the basic grasp of the English language among 'educated' English people appears to have slipped in the first and second decades of the 21st century.
Why, oh why, did Dave say it's not 'quite' the same as a hyphen, when its usage is completely different? Incredibly, the basic grasp of the English language among 'educated' English people appears to have slipped in the first and second decades of the 21st century.
In reply to yer maw:
Actually no they don't . Our recent Graduates who have joined our IT Division has a shockingly poor grasp of technology as well. Yes they can use a smartphone, but they are a very long way from technology Shakespeare's.
Seems the fundamentals of IT aren't taught anymore. Knowing how to use Microsoft Word ain't going to make anyone the next technology genius.
> (In reply to Denni) learning is so much broader now at the expense of traditional numeracy and literacy skills. New generations have a grasp of technology and using it in a way that oldies like us couldn't .
Actually no they don't . Our recent Graduates who have joined our IT Division has a shockingly poor grasp of technology as well. Yes they can use a smartphone, but they are a very long way from technology Shakespeare's.
Seems the fundamentals of IT aren't taught anymore. Knowing how to use Microsoft Word ain't going to make anyone the next technology genius.
In reply to Denni:
Oh lordy.
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Oh lordy.
In reply to Denni:
In my online dating days, I came across a profile for a guy who shared similar interests and professed himself to be "intelligent and articulate". The first email was peppered with "lol" and full of misspellings and fractured sentences. If you're going to SAY you're intelligent, make sure you ARE.
In my online dating days, I came across a profile for a guy who shared similar interests and professed himself to be "intelligent and articulate". The first email was peppered with "lol" and full of misspellings and fractured sentences. If you're going to SAY you're intelligent, make sure you ARE.
In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
It's not incredible. The subject is barely taught any more.
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It's not incredible. The subject is barely taught any more.
In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
At a guess because unless you are into typography the difference between them is minute, even if their usage is substantially different.
Incredibly, the basic grasp of the English language among 'educated' English people appears to have slipped in the first and second decades of the 21st century.
Do you really think so? I would say the level of communication (which is what matters) has improved. Compare for example newspaper copy from the 1930s to that of today. Today's language is generally much clearer and more succinct. Also read books such English Usage and Abusage or Plain Words to see that your complaint is nothing new, and most likely a rose-tinted spectacles effect.
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> Why, oh why, did Dave say it's not 'quite' the same as a hyphen, when its usage is completely different?
At a guess because unless you are into typography the difference between them is minute, even if their usage is substantially different.
Incredibly, the basic grasp of the English language among 'educated' English people appears to have slipped in the first and second decades of the 21st century.
Do you really think so? I would say the level of communication (which is what matters) has improved. Compare for example newspaper copy from the 1930s to that of today. Today's language is generally much clearer and more succinct. Also read books such English Usage and Abusage or Plain Words to see that your complaint is nothing new, and most likely a rose-tinted spectacles effect.
In reply to the youth bashers, education isn't what it was yada yada...
I'm the opposite. I am constantly surprised at how willfully ignorant and proud of it many older people are. Especially regarding science or politics.
I'm the opposite. I am constantly surprised at how willfully ignorant and proud of it many older people are. Especially regarding science or politics.
In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
It was ingratiating understatement in an (unsuccessful) attempt not to appear too much of a nerd.
Anyway, you're right of course, although some of the stuff about en-dashes and em-dashes is mere typographical convention. Unless you've been a professional writer or editor of some sort you are unlikely to have thought about the length of dashes too much.
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> Why, oh why, did Dave say it's not 'quite' the same as a hyphen, when its usage is completely different?
It was ingratiating understatement in an (unsuccessful) attempt not to appear too much of a nerd.
Anyway, you're right of course, although some of the stuff about en-dashes and em-dashes is mere typographical convention. Unless you've been a professional writer or editor of some sort you are unlikely to have thought about the length of dashes too much.
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Ah, OK. (BTW, I was in quite a bad mood last night Yes, the distinction between en and em dashes is a matter of house style. UK and US publishers generally preferring former and latter respectively.
Ah, OK. (BTW, I was in quite a bad mood last night Yes, the distinction between en and em dashes is a matter of house style. UK and US publishers generally preferring former and latter respectively.
In reply to Denni:
Well, the dash has seemingly entered the language as a spoken component of a name; I do hope that whoever filled out, filled in or completed the birth certificate knew the difference between dashes and hyphens.
The poor child in question is called Na-a.
This is pronounced 'Nadasha'. The mother of the child seemed stunned that her child's new teacher had struggled to arrive at the correct pronunciation from the written form.
Perhaps a typographic pedant should call her 'Naendasha', Naemdasha' or 'Nahyphena'. The latter does have a certain Renaissance feel to it.
Well, the dash has seemingly entered the language as a spoken component of a name; I do hope that whoever filled out, filled in or completed the birth certificate knew the difference between dashes and hyphens.
The poor child in question is called Na-a.
This is pronounced 'Nadasha'. The mother of the child seemed stunned that her child's new teacher had struggled to arrive at the correct pronunciation from the written form.
Perhaps a typographic pedant should call her 'Naendasha', Naemdasha' or 'Nahyphena'. The latter does have a certain Renaissance feel to it.
Be careful with your hyphens and dashes, you might be surprised what mis-using them might lead to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen_War
In reply to nniff:
Mad!
I also knew anecdotally of a name De-a being pronounced "Dedasha". Friend of mine who's a doctor had patient bring in a young girl with the name (this was in the US).
Similarly , she was indignant that he struggled so much to find the right way to pronounce the name.
Mad!
I also knew anecdotally of a name De-a being pronounced "Dedasha". Friend of mine who's a doctor had patient bring in a young girl with the name (this was in the US).
Similarly , she was indignant that he struggled so much to find the right way to pronounce the name.
In reply to nniff:
Brilliant! This gives me the ammunition I need for next round of texting wars with my children. I've been retaliating to their text abbreviations with challenging phonetic constructions of my own...
Anyway L8R M8 mst -
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Brilliant! This gives me the ammunition I need for next round of texting wars with my children. I've been retaliating to their text abbreviations with challenging phonetic constructions of my own...
Anyway L8R M8 mst -
In reply to Denni:
My dad " My name? Yeah it's Frank love."
Phone operator "Could you spell that please sir?"
My dad "Yeah, it's F for Freddie-"
Phone operator "Oh so you're called Freddie?"
My dad " No it's Frank!"
Phone operator "Sorry sir I'm going to have to put you through to customer services...."
My dad "Bo***ks!"
My little contribution.
My dad " My name? Yeah it's Frank love."
Phone operator "Could you spell that please sir?"
My dad "Yeah, it's F for Freddie-"
Phone operator "Oh so you're called Freddie?"
My dad " No it's Frank!"
Phone operator "Sorry sir I'm going to have to put you through to customer services...."
My dad "Bo***ks!"
My little contribution.
In reply to Denni:
I had the the same thing with a yoof in a call centre as my email. Bizzare.
> > I told him my surname and he asked me to spell it out. He then asked me whether "hyphen" was part of my surname, I said no, thinking he was joking so he then asked me what it was....
I had the the same thing with a yoof in a call centre as my email. Bizzare.
In reply to Denni:
On the few occasions that our directors(multi national company ) send e-mails that are not sent out via their Secretaries, many have demonstrated that they have a very poor grasp of grammar, often shocking spelling, and are obviously unable to use a spell checker.
I would say give the lad in the bank a break, he still has time to learn, but there is little chance of teaching old dogs new tricks.
On the few occasions that our directors(multi national company ) send e-mails that are not sent out via their Secretaries, many have demonstrated that they have a very poor grasp of grammar, often shocking spelling, and are obviously unable to use a spell checker.
I would say give the lad in the bank a break, he still has time to learn, but there is little chance of teaching old dogs new tricks.
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