Yes, I had assumed that. I think Gerni has now become the common name for high pressure cleaners - like "Hoover" for a vacuum cleaner in the UK.
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Yes, I had assumed that. I think Gerni has now become the common name for high pressure cleaners - like "Hoover" for a vacuum cleaner in the UK.
Hello P38a Rover,
I suppose the same part of the brain that can make sense of the string of words below. was used when reading the word "gurney" and substituted in "gerni". I had not even picked this up until I saw your picture posted up.
The sentence below is part of research conducted by Cambridge University about how our brain works things out... Accessed 24th June 2014 from Brain Oddities: Spelling is Irrelevant to Comprehension | The Big Picture
Kind Regards
Lionel
I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae.
My wife gets annoyed at me because I'm constantly picking up on spelling errors in TV programme titles or sub-titles even though they are on screen for only a second or so. You'd be surprised just how many spelling errors there are - even in TV advertising. I even saw one last night on a David Attenborough programme.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionelgee
Don't get me started on Australian programmes that use US spelling.....
(....nor the fact that this forum software doesn't allow one to have British spelling so it flags our spelling as incorrect.)
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Originally Posted by p38arover
G'day P38A Rover
I am not sure what web browser you use?
I have found that when I access the AULRO forum using Mozilla FireFox, while I am writing a message on the forum, if there are any spelling mistakes it generates the red squiggly line under the word - just like Microsoft Word does. Then right click on the spelling mistake; a drop-down menu box appears. One of the menu items includes "Languages". There is a right arrow and to the right of "languages" there is an option for English [Australian]. :)
Kind Regards
Lionel
Ahh. I use Chrome. I've just tried that and I've been able to add English (Australian) so that it uses that for spell checking. Thanks, Lionel.
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Originally Posted by p38arover
Hello Ron,
No worries - I feel your frustration with not being able to use English (Australian) in some programs :).
Kind Regards
Lionel