https://storiesonline.net/s/72125/the-funeral-director
I thought I'd just bring this to highlight
https://storiesonline.net/s/72125/the-funeral-director
I thought I'd just bring this to highlight
This was an excellent story about a completely unexpected subject matter and I thank you for bringing it to my attention.
I've read one story of his - "It's Time to Let Go Now, Daddy" - and I hope his spelling improved. It was good until around ⅔ of the way through and then it fell off a cliff.
Edit: for a while, then reverted to its previous level.
I tend to listen via a t2s engine so I might not have been bothered by spelling.
I'm also reminded of a scathing response to my writing and the spelling mistakes I'd made. Turns out the complainant didn't realise there was a form of English called 'UK English,' told me to check out the red undelines in Microsoft Word and asked me if English was my first language
I didn't feel the desire to respond
I'm also reminded of a scathing response to my writing and the spelling mistakes I'd made. Turns out the complainant didn't realise there was a form of English called 'UK English,' told me to check out the red undelines in Microsoft Word and asked me if English was my first language
I didn't feel the desire to respond
Although I am an American citizen, born and raised, I grew up relatively close to the Canadian border, and our family has books printed in Canada, and the UK (that I inherited, and still use), so I grew up familiar with the British spelling of some words.
If I were you, I would have responded:
"Yes. Proper English is my primary language. Not some derivative."
Cheers!
"Yes. Proper English is my primary language. Not some derivative."
Reminds me of a Jimmy Carr quip: "I don't have an accent. This is what English sounds like when you pronounce it properly."
The added bonus to this joke is that he's Irish-born but was raised and educated in England, which, as he says, "just goes to show what you can accomplish when you apply yourself."
Being a brit, I did what we do. I smiled thinly and called him a cunt under my breath
Being a brit, I did what we do. I smiled thinly and called him a cunt under my breath
But did you show any emotion?
@awnlee jawking
His upper lip stiffened a little.
Just his upper lip ... ?
His resolve... not to appear discourteous.