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This got out of hand. No more.

How rude of them. Now that the cat's out of the bag, expect a lot of creepy PMs and Beach Boys fans trying to ask you out on a date.

It's like TheOther Anonymous posted in your picture thread "It is very brave to put that picture on and to be honest in this electronic age its out there for good."

Hopefully the mods on the other site will take care of it....

Hmm, I don't really see a problem. 
You're news. And you posted a real picture of yourself here. People are going to talk and share the news and drop in and look and talk about it elsewhere.
 That's the real world. 
and as to "rude"; your pic shows a pretty young woman. If I was your age( I'm not), lived somewhere close in CA( I don't) I might try and take you out. What's the big deal there? 
All in all, if you keep your wits about you, everything will be just fine. But don't come here crying when people say something about you somewhere, or talk about having seen your picture, or even , repeat/quote the things you've said here. This isn't a secret society where everything is kept "in house". Pretty much anyone can surf in and see what's going on, and head back where they came to talk about it. 

is dennyschild somebody famous or something?

Jeebus, warn somebody before they stumble onto your avatar.  :lol

Just thought I would post for the first time in ages. Keep up the good work guys!

Oh I get it.
BB fans, looking for love in all the wrong places.

 :lol

She isn't so much "news" as she is a real person with real feelings.  This is a public forum but it seems obvious that this should be treated with a bit of sensitivity.

hubba hubba,
I'm ready for my close up boys.

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NO.

Good. I don't like to share the spotlight.

I'm shocked that anyone can maneuver through that board - that has to be the worst forum set-up I have come across.

Who the f*** are you?

somebody that's out of your league fella.

Not mine

Yeah, I went looking to see what this was referencing, and was reminded how screwy it is. 
But it's a lot closer to the BBs, it's no wonder it's screwy.

Alright, let's get to the subject at hand. One of our own here is getting bad mouthed on another board, one which she has no part of. Yes, a person in her situation might cause a few people to react with some doubt, or scepticism. If you have something to say, be decent enough to contact Denni on here, privately. Going to another board to talk about somebody behind their back is not cool in anyway shape or form. 

Did you go there and read the "badmouthing"? this one Subject line is the absolute "worst" I could find: 
>>denni dont want to meet the wilsons

(posted by sherry hutsell on February 9, 2011 at 10:39 am)

Message:

She said she only wanted information on dennis. She looks like his twin from the 60's. Go read her thread, she seems to be for real. << 

Nothng there I'd call badmouthing/talking behind her back. Just pointing it out.
There's much worse things that have been said here about ML, than that. 

I'm shunning the BW board because he won't play Ireland this year

I would what you call a lurker these days but I keep going back to this one because its so amusing :D

I think the blueboard in its olden days was the best...

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This is a fun thread.

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/69786242_426f7a54c8.jpg)

Be nice, guys.

Don't even try to tell me you wouldn't be kind of weirded out if you found out people were posting things about you on another board. Who am I kidding, none of us are that special.  :(

well oh my oh gosh oh gee

Didn't Morrisey say that somewhere?

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You seem normal, though I'd say you've got some extraordinary genes. Probably even some superpowers you haven't learned to harness yet.

Ok, that's about enough of this...

Look, we all understand that it's big news that one of Dennis' children is posting on here. And it's bigger news for some than it is for others. It certainly hasn't stopped my world in its tracks, as it's Denni's private life and not my own (and therefore it's HER business), but it's not THAT big of a deal. Take it from someone who was, and still is to an extent, incredibly skeptical about the whole situation. But it's neither here nor there. We certainly can't demand a test to prove she's Dennis' daughter because IT'S NO ONE'S GODFUCKINGDAMN BUSINESS except for Denni and Denni alone. She has said she wants to live her life as she wishes outside of the whole "camp".

This whole thing with Beach Boys fandom has gone beyond the point where it's merely wanting to know the juicier aspects of the lives of everyone even remotely associated with them. People are now taking it to this kind of extreme, where people who are actively taking in what we're saying about them are getting personally upset over it. It's one thing when we're all on her bullshitting with each other, because we couldn't give sh*t from f*** about each other when we're away from this board, with a few exceptions. Denni, if you believe her or not, is a different story. She's closer to it than I think many people truly grasp. Maybe not close like living with Brian, Melinda, and their 37 dogs, but there's still a link.

It's gone beyond the point where this is mere "discussion". The type of discourse going on here and no doubt eventually on the blueboard is far beyond that. This has reached the point where it's sickening. This has put every kind of negative comment I've made about Brian (especially the sociopath comment) into sharp relief and proven to me that this all has gone too far. This should be a slap in the face to everyone here.

Do I think Denni should leave? That's up to her. She's by no means unwelcome here. However, Denni should know that the blueboard is not exactly anything to get riled up about as the collective IQ of the population there is about as high as the temperature in Greenland. Still...I think this needs to stop. Life is too short. Live your lives and let Denni live hers. Period. End of story.

Why don't you come up and see me some time big boy.  ;)

 :lol

Well played.

The first rule of SmileySmile.net is you don't talk about SmileySmile.net

I remember the old days there.
I used to post under my real name: JustinPlank
I printed out every response Brian typed to me; I think it was about 3 times.

I remember the days BEFORE the BlueBoard, I remember when it was PetSounds.com   8)

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Maybe it's all just a Jake and Amber thing.

I, for one, wish you would stay here and not feel afraid of saying anything. Some people by nature are just uncaring and generally stupid. Pay them no mind.  :)

100% agreed.

Most of them are in the government!

And in the White House.  >:D

 :)

 ;D

Maybe you should stop fuelling the fire... You keep saying that you're going to delete threads and profiles and pictures and stuff, so just do it if you really want to stop any attention.

If you just want to learn about the BBs and Dennis, then post under a pseudonym, rather than 'Dennyschild'.

Don't take it too seriously. It's not your fault that certain people are so sick that concentrate their sense of life on other people they don't have nothing to do with. This is fandom getting into serious sickness. You have a link to the story, as somebody already mentioned, and it is part of who you are. But none of us has any right to go into personal things. I haven't read the blueboard (Brian Wilson's message board) but you have to understand that people there are terribly blinded and drawn to the Beach Boys, acting as if it was their life. It's almost like a religion to them. I stopped posting there a long time ago and don't miss it in any way.
Stay around. If you want to learn about Dennis and the Beach Boys, this is the place where you can get lots of informations. Become just another member of this board and if there's something very personal that you'd like to know you can always contact someone of the mods via pm and ask if it would be a good idea to post it.

Denni, what did you expect? You come onto a public forum and announce that you're the illegitimate child of Dennis Wilson and then expect no one to comment on it, I find that very naive.

Just to make the point, what has the traffic been like on this board this week as a result of this news. Has it increased ten fold, a hundred fold or more?

To be honest, we did see a sudden burst of activity on the board last week, but that was mostly due to the rumours on SMilE being released this year and the Reagan celebration concert with Jardine joining the Beach Boys.

Don't stop posting here, Denni, but keep in mind the internet does tend to bring out the jackass in people.

Yeah, don't stop posting, we'd hate to lose another female.  


we don't have that many to spare.   :lol
BTW, how many are on the board?

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Well put. :)

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Other societies have less acerbic terminology for the description of a child born "outside of a marriage" The French use the term "fille naturelle» for a girl.  It does not make her any less a person, who merits respect. 

 This board which can be awesome for discussion but the debate can be acerbic and without need.  It disrespects the reason that we have the interest in the discussion, the music, not gossip.   

This lovely girl, should be accorded some gentleness, understanding and kindness as "she finds her way."  But she should not have to "go away" and be subject to "schoolyard bullies."   

I suspect that a large percentage of this board are well educated and versed with "technical tools and information" that blow me away.   Education and information should be a "tool" and not a "weapon."

But, we are living in an age where everything is "twitted or facebook logged," etc., and since this is sort of a "small world" in terms of music interest in the Boys, "word travels" fast in this electronic forum.   And this board tends not to be censored, as is the "American Way," so words need to be "chosen carefully" as they can be forwarded and republished in another forum, which is not always nice, especially if entire posts are "lifted without proper attribution."   

It is wonderful to see a young person delve into this music, but "baby steps" might be the pace at which it  might be approached.  ;)

And, to Denni, please rent Dr. Zhivago...the story of an artist (poet) whose legendary personage was as creative and intense as Dennis.  It reminds me so much of this scenario as it has been presented.  It is old (but timeless) and still very cool.   

***And I suspect the number of "hits" to the site might reasonably also reflect the Reagan event, which AGD and others helped provide us better quality video. 

I think by now we've all seen and experienced the joys and pains of the internet again in this very topic. Before things start getting too awkward here on this subject may I advise to take a bit of distance on the personal level, even if it's meant to be good advise? Dennychild has found herself in a unique position, with lot's of things to discover. The messages might have been a bit contradictionary (taking some distance of the board, yet returning; removing the topic, or not), but let's conclude that this subject is a bit awkward for more members than just Danni, and that some remarks were either misread or could be interpreted in different ways. I wouldn't want to see this topic go towards negativity.

Yeah I know, it's the internet, and on top of that, it's the SmileySmile-board, but I thought I'd give it a try to keep some good vibrations here....   ;D


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I think filledeplage just beat me to it... and with much better words for that matter (to think it took me almost half an hour to write down what filledeplage probably only took 5 minutes... I should practice my English more often... )

I have no intention of offending you, but this week you've come to my attention and at the very least for now you are newsworthy and notable. I wish you nothing but the best.

Yeah, like our Dutch is as good as your English.  ;D  Want to know my second language ? American English, with Greek a very distant third.

As a bit of b'stard myself, I have no problem with the word illegitimate.

You may not have a problem with that term, for whatever reason, but I do; as it is a pejorative/negative connotation.

One of my education professors told us, as "much horrified" education students, that she spent hours erasing and "whiting out" children's school records where "illegitimate" was written across the child's permanent records, as it was allowed, "as I understand" decades back. 

And, I have a problem with it.  It is discriminatory as against children who had no control over their destiny, as infants.  And, now the world is different. Single parents are more the norm, rather than the exception.  The law (according to Black's Law Dictionary - 6th edition) regarded it (illegitimacy) is a "social status." It is antiquated.   

Thanks to Smile-Holland for your very kind words.  I do like to write, but, am a complete failure at math!  :lol

You do write well in English.  Very well, indeed!  ;)     

Please indulge me.  In America at this time, illegitimate children are known as 'fille naturelle'? This is what is written in place of illegitimate on their school records?

In America, children are accorded "equal protection status" for certain purposes under a US Constitutional standard, known as mid-level scrutiny, as a way the Court looks upon matters, which also covers gender discrimination, which is evolving as we speak, with same gender marriage.  [It can be a slippery slope for discussion, that is not appropriate for this forum.] 

They can be called "natural daughter/son" which is the equivalent of the French.  Or, they can be called "biological" children or "issue" or "progeny" or any other number of legal terms, for purposes of legal rights.  It is a semantic.  For your own curiosity, you can go online and find the genealogical dynasties of France or other countries, where the heirs are listed and some nobility members, for example,  including famous novelist George Sand (Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant) as her father was the "illegitimate" son of Augustus II, King of Poland, and they might be found listed as "petite fille naturelle" (grand-daugher) for purposes of being in line for a throne/ in a monarchy, as well as for the "family tree."  That is your homework, should you choose to investigate further.   

But, "illegitimate" also means "unlawful" and that is the problem. "Illegitimate," from Black's Legal Dictionary - 6th edition, "The condition which is contrary to law; term is applied to children born out of lawful wedlock.  Without becoming more legally technical or adversarial, the term is considered negative because it it construes that you "broke the law." It is offensive.  It is offensive to someone who is "innocent," (The absence of guilt) also from Black's (6th edition) as is an infant who has no control of his or her parental lineage.

First, it is not breaking the law to have a child without being married any longer in the US.  We, in the US, are not living in the shocking days of the "Scarlet Letter."  Second, this is a "global forum" where many members follow the laws of the country in which they live.       

And, I did not say that in America, that it was the terminology.  I said that in France, there were "kinder" terms.  This is a global forum.  It is not just about "us" (US fans.) Even in the US, we say "biological" child. 

I can manage pretty well with English, German, African, and a bit of French (and due to a few holidays a tiny tiny bit of Polish)
I did have to glance through my Dutch>English dictionary a few times for that last epistle ...

American English.... is that a language or do the British consider it a dialect? (or am I really taking chances now?  ;D )

There is one English language and a whole host of dialects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialects_of_the_English_language

Well... you used to be able to get a Linguaphone course in American English... plus, if you look at the language setting of yourWP program (assuming it's Word) there are options for...

English (UK)
English (US)
English (Australia)... and about five others.  ;D

i love it when no one responds to my posts, must mean i didn't offend anyone.

Yes, precious few ladies wade the turbulent waters of this (and most of the other boards!)   :lol :lol :lol
You cannot spare a one!
You are correct!  ;)

Two other offshoots of the English language linked to the world of the Beach Boys is the "CharlesMansonism" and the "VanDykeParksism" form of dialect. It would take an interpreter the caliber of C-3PO to fully dissect and comprehend  a full sentence structure from above mentioned users.  :-D

Spent a very pleasant evening chez Parks many years ago - he really does talk like that all the time, but after a while, you don't notice.

One thing that's always bugged me when I'm hanging out on these boards is that we tend to forget that there are real, sensitive and sometimes fragile people at the center of all this discussion.  There's a tendency for a lot of us to believe that just because someone is a public figure, or even if they draw attention to themselves (purposefully or not), they're somehow less human and/or fair game.  

This has always struck me as really unfair.  Anybody that's ever taken on any kind of public attention gets exposed to a range of human behavior -- ranging from sycophantic to vicious -- that most of us experience only rarely.  It's easy enough to say someone is naive or should just grow a thick skin when you haven't been in that position yourself.  I have tasted just enough of it to know it is a yucky feeling.

I'm not saying people shouldn't criticize or say what they're thinking -- God knows I do it myself -- but let's keep in mind these are not pieces of meat or words on a printed page.  These are people with their own motivations and feelings, which are as complex and as resistant to simple explanation as yours or mine.

Adam,

I think most people who post snippy and or vicious comments do so because they can hide behind the internet. If dealing with folks face to face, they would be much more tactful in what they say, or at least in how they say it. For those who act like that when posting, there is little or no consequences involved. It is almost a bully tactic.

Don't forget to include in the world of Smile the "Williams-Anderle Dialect", a late 60's dialect which is kept alive by an intrepid few Smile fans. Choose who plays Williams and who plays Anderle, and the dialect might look something like this:

W: Let's talk about Brian.
A: Yeah, he was, um, very into it
W: But really seemed into the music
A: Right
W: The Disney trip and all of that.
A: Yeah, he was getting into a Fantasia thing then, getting us, uh, to play along
W: Mmm Hmm. True creativity.
A: Right.
W: Yeah. How did he get into this?
A: The creativity?
W: Right.
A: It was his play on the, um, Mickey Mouse trip.
W: Brian discovered the word animation.
A: Yeah.
W: Right.

I think you're right...but I also think most of us would be amazed at the downright boorish behavior public figures have to contend with, not just in the virtual world, but in the real world.  There's a separate issue where people think that because someone is a public figure, all courtesies go out the window..."they asked for it."  That's true up to a point, but few people realize, or care about, the extent of the crap celebrities have to deal with on a daily basis.

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You're Dennis's kid?

That's so fucking cool!

Yer purdy.

Thank you.

"Holy" "Hell" "that "  "is "  "a "  "lot "  "of "  "quotes " :lol

Anyone here seen the Chris Farley SNL "Bennett Brauer" bit?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7msdo_saturday-night-live-bennett-brauer_fun (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7msdo_saturday-night-live-bennett-brauer_fun)

Totally reminded me of it  :lol

How to use quotation marks correctly (http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Quotation-Marks-Correctly)

"Do not use quotations to add emphasis to a word or words in a written work. Only use them when they are words being borrowed from someone else."

Reading fdp's posts is not unlike listening to a poorly delivered sermon with excessive emphasis: the intent may be well-intentioned, but the delivery is very distracting. Just as I do actually hear someone in my head shouting when someone posts here in caps, so I hear someone laying stress on certain words by speaking slowly when they're contained within " ", just like Maggie Thatcher used to speak in parliament or in public generally.

True, I always thought you used italics for that little extra something.

That's probably more correct; but there's no italics key on most keyboards, while you can hit the quotations while you're typing, without breaking stride.

If people can drink their Starbucks while typing, they can press that little I button.  :)

  

We have had this discussion at other times about quotations.  When a term of art, especially a legal one, is told in context - then quotes are appropriate.  There is such poor grammar and spelling on this message board that is is appalling but I am not here to correct context or grammar or orthography (spelling.)   And, I don't.  It is the message from the person and not the style.  Otherwise it would have a "chilling effect" on posting and posters in general.

There are many good college websites which allow for a complete description of the appropriateness of quotations.  It is an instance where it is better to be safe than sorry (which should be quoted because it is an expression) and I find your critique a value judgment.  An expression is one that is" borrowed from" another, if you did not invent it requires quotes. That is American English.

It is no less important than attribution of "lifting a post from BBB" and "not giving it credit" (attribution) to where it was posting.  (That happened just a few days ago.)

It shows possession, and intellectual property in another entity.  I would prefer to over-quote or over-attribute to a source, which I was taught in graduate and post graduate school than let the reader assume that it was my own original thought.  It combats plagiarism which is rampant in the colleges and universities.  I take a class nearly every semester to remain "current in the literature."  Each term paper in certain universities, must be signed by the author that all work that is not "your own" is appropriately "cited" by either quotes or source material.      

And my post earlier included quotes from "legal source material," which must always be quoted.  I had a legal dictionary on my lap to be sure that what I wrote was "legally accurate" even though it was "not legal advice."      

If my defense of that young person  being called "illegitimate" on this forum, is offensive to you, it is surprising.  

It shows intolerance in a place where it is tolerance is one of the "rules of the road."    

The "rules of the road" on this board are to "build each other up, and not tear them down."  Rule # 2.  I think you just violated it.

We are here to discuss Beach Boys music.  Period.  We can disagree without being disagreeable.  One can only hope.

Thanks for the "Maggie Thatcher" comment which I will accept as a compliment.  ;)  

And, Starbucks, no...everything here, "Runs on Dunkin' " (That is an expression from an American coffee TV commercial.)

  

"chilling effect"
"borrowed from"
"lifting a post from BBB"
"not giving it credit"
"current in the literature."  
"your own"
"cited"
"legal source material,"
"legally accurate"
"not legal advice."
"illegitimate"
"rules of the road."
"Maggie Thatcher"

"When a term of art, especially a legal one, is told in context - then quotes are appropriate. "

None of the above are terms of art - they are common, everyday phrases (or a personal name) which require no further context or emphasis than the sentence or paragraph that contains them: there is no source to attribute for, say "your own" or "borrowed from." I don't consider it plagiarism to use the term "rules of the road" or "legally accurate" without quote marks.

I'm sure what you are saying on this board has merit: unfortunately, I find it increasingly difficult to read your posts as the copious use of quotation marks is hugely distracting. If this is how you were taught to write at college, then your tutors were doing a very poor job, as your style actively impedes the transmission of information.

Here is a link to a legal document some of us are familiar with - brother-records-inc-v-jardine (http://openjurist.org/432/f3d/939/brother-records inc v jardine). Note that there are quotes (and citations) where appropriate - not used haphazardly and on random words and phrases.

Andrew, if you don't want to read what I post, I am not insulted.  

That is your choice...

What I find amazing is your choice of "salt-in-the-wound" legal documents... (Quotes - as I did not coin that phrase.)  

Just at a time when this wonderfully gifted sphere of sorts is in a "healing mode."

Good Grief, Charlie Brown!


p.s. Open Jurist had a message on that page..."This page cannot be found." 




 

  

Who in the hell cares? If one is looking for proper grammar and/or spelling on a message board of all things, you have WAY too much time on your hands :lol

No biggie, though.

Anyway, back to the music!

Well, if someone is going to post a 2 or 3 sentences, then fine, I agree, who cares. Now, if someone is going to post 2 or more paragraphs, then yes, using proper grammar and spelling can be an immense help.

As Murry said, Simplify

I thought he said syncopate?

"loosen up, be happy."

Someone needs to get their glass eye out!

lol  :lol :lol

We need correct grammer in the culture at large---it frustrates me no end.

(http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/song-chart-memes-misspelling-internet1.jpg)

What amazes me is how many people use "alot" in a sentence.  There's no such word as "alot"!   It's "a lot"!

I agree that the quotation marks are excessive, which is kind of interesting because otherwise your writing flows well. You seem to use it with every idiomatic expression, reasoning that you didn't make up the expression, but Andrews is quite right. But then, I don't care! "Write how thou wilt"--Aleister Crowley

We should all start writing in hieroglyphics again.

Ah, yes - "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."  ;D

Not don't want to - am dissuaded due to writing style.


It was the closest legal document I had to hand.  ;D


That should be "Good Grief, Charlie Brown" (or possibly, "Good Grief", "Charlie Brown") as you didn't "coin the phrase" (either of them - see how this rapidly becomes a) unwieldy & unreadable: and b) illustrates the lunacy of said 'rule').


Mea culpa - http://openjurist.org/432/f3d/939/brother-records-inc-v-jardine (http://openjurist.org/432/f3d/939/brother-records-inc-v-jardine)

Concisely, this is a forum for discussion and dissemination, to which end clarity (even at the expense of a degree of grammatical accuracy and impeccable spelling) is paramount. You seem to have sacrificed that clarity for a self-imposed adherence to a set of spurious rules. That's all. This is in no way comparable to, say, the most recent target of my ire. You have a reasoned point to make, but evidently I am not alone in finding the message obscured by the medium.

"sing sexy Rhonda".

Thanks, Billy  :love

Now that would have been an interesting lyric (instead of "help me Rhonda") for a #1 hit in 1965.  ;D

Rhonda is now sexy...Thank you John Cowsill!

Even Al's Postcard from California, has a chickwhistle of sorts on this newest version of Rhonda...(Ghiradelli coffee today!)

whose original role may have been borne of brokenhearted desperation "get her outta my heart!"

and, which now has a comehither chick call (mating call) whistle at the intro...

Censorship was heavy in 1965 and TV husbands and wives slept in twin beds...

many records had versions which would pass the censorship police.  :police:

:-X

"Write how thou wilt" - Thank you Mr. Crowley...and to  you for pointing it out... :kiss

My goal is "flow and message" and there are enormous differences between British and American English.

For example, in American English, "I love you." (the quotes enclose the punctuation in American English and is correct.)

And, in British English, "I love you".  (the punctuation is correct outside the quotes)

We are nations at war, and I am not willing to be distracted from the discussion of the music, which is purportedly the reason for the existence of an informal message board.   

For those who are interested, there is a ton of information about correct usage in the respective languages.  This can be a "teachable moment" for all. 

And, ee cummings is a favorite of mine...a fellow "non-conformist"  ;)

As an American myself and an English teacher to foreigners using mostly British textbooks, I don't think that the rules of Standard American and Standard British English are that enormously different. A few punctuation differences, as you pointed out, about  a few hundred words of vocabulary(out of maybe 500 000-1 000 000), mostly common concrete nouns, some omitted u's and a few very minor differences in grammar. Biggest difference is accent. Compared to other big languages like Spanish or even German, I think most of the differences in English dialects are small, unless you are talking about very small, specialized dialects, like, I don't know, Jamaican or Ebonics or whatever.

I think Brian Wilson would agree with me.(to keep it on topic--I apologize.)

"Two countries separated by a common language." - George Bernard Shaw (and not Wilde, as I'd assumed for many years)

Glad to see a fellow teacher on this forum...I too, taught ESL (English as a Second Language) for a time, in a vocational school, in the 1970's and later on, used the West Indian Reader to teach phonics to First Graders, during a time when I was not teaching 4 and  5 year olds...I had no textbooks for the kids; so I "improvised."  

There were illustrations which needed a "cross-cultural" explanation to the American kids in the classroom. But, as I had kids from Jamaica and Trinidad, it was a time for them to explain to the new American classmates, what those illustrations meant. What comes to mind, "a bat" which did not resemble an American Baseball bat.   And, it was superior to the American phonic books, I found. (That should make Andrew happy.)

Some technical writers who do a lot of international work have been using the British versions of punctuation, which still look odd to me, because an American student's paper would be marked incorrect, and would thusly lose credit on an exam for putting a period outside the quotes. That would be from a year long stint with 5th grade (11-12 year olds, in the US.  We have used a text called Warriner's). It is a challenge.  

This has all "taken on a life of its' own" -  Back to «la musique!»  ;)

 



 

I'm American, and when I was in college I spent a semester in England. I remember taking pains to change all the spellings in my papers to British after my computer made sure they were all American. I'm sure my punctuation was iffy in some spots, because I didn't grasp the differences. I remember reading newspapers over there and thinking, "They don't know how to write." I was used to the New York Times. But I guess it was partly the punctuation that threw me off. I mean, if you use "that," you don't use a comma; if you use "which," you use a comma! Not in Britain. Wow, this is way off-topic.

I've yet to find an American textbook that matches the best British books. A sad fact, but true. I think having an Empire first gave them a head start.  ;D

I have to agree with just about everyone on this board...Denni, you're gorgeous. Hope you stick around...just ignore the fodaheads!

Ok, I'm going to move this to the Sandbox...nothing on topic here.

hence the title....  ;D

:lol

Yes, sorry. I was just coming back to delete my post, actually.

Not necessary at all. I think the discussion was already drifting off a few pages back, and wasn't it me who started that language side-discussion? Feel free to continue. Whatever is posted, it fits here in the sandbox.

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I'm one of the guilty party on this. We talked and got it straighten out. I never saw this thread until now :'(
I hate to think i caused her trouble here.