Kudos to you - one of the best forums

[njene]

I dont post here very often, but actively read and browse these forums.

And I must say that this forum is one of the best ( if not THE best) in terms of members being cordial, civil and even downright helpful in their discussions.

So many other agency forums or general ms forums often get rude, sarcastic and disrespectful very quickly when others post either looking for guidance, or just posting something in general.

 

Just a shout- out to all here. ????

[njene]

Get lost.  .

Well.... That escalated pretty quickly....

 

 

 

[njene]

Yes

Lol. I put in a smiley but it never showed in the post

Well done, well done

[Allan Bell]

You will find that some members who have been posting for some time and sort of "know" each other will jokingly make some comment, but it is all taken in fun. As it is meant to be.

 

But you know that already having read the threads on the forums yourself.

 

Allan

[Allan Bell]

That's alright Geoff.

 

I'll get you back later, when you are not expecting it.

 

Allan

 

PS I'm just about to go and get one over on Philippe now.

 

ITMA

[Michael Ventura]

I agree, it is a real nice, helpful and civil forum. It wasn't always that way, it used to get down right ugly often, but that has changed, thankfully!

[MDM]

I agree, it is a real nice, helpful and civil forum. It wasn't always that way, it used to get down right ugly often, but that has changed, thankfully!

 

Yes indeed.  Having one's forum username linked to one's entire Alamy image collection surely helps to prevent nasty stuff. People could hide more easily on the old forum.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

I dont post here very often, but actively read and browse these forums.

And I must say that this forum is one of the best ( if not THE best) in terms of members being cordial, civil and even downright helpful in their discussions.

So many other agency forums or general ms forums often get rude, sarcastic and disrespectful very quickly when others post either looking for guidance, or just posting something in general.

 

Just a shout- out to all here.

I can not resist to remain silent. I myself am more than a reader than a writer very positive impressions of the Forum and its inhabitants! Since I live only a photo, and then my life has become more lively, this forum is like a drug, from which it is difficult to get off. And well, that the relationship of the participants are added in this vein, and as the most important result is that I am not here as a broken hot water bottle, and quite favorably reacted to the beginner. A lot of useful things can get on a daily basis, even newspapers do not want to read, but I had never read.

[Allan Bell]

 

That's alright Geoff.

 

I'll get you back later, when you are not expecting it.

 

Allan

 

PS I'm just about to go and get one over on Philippe now.

 

ITMA

 

What did I do now? 

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... and why are you wearing a tin foil hat? 

 

Cheers,

Philippe   

 

 

 

       

 

 

Allan

[Betty LaRue]

As usual, Phillipe got the last word.

[wiskerke]

I dont post here very often, but actively read and browse these forums.

And I must say that this forum is one of the best ( if not THE best) in terms of members being cordial, civil and even downright helpful in their discussions.

So many other agency forums or general ms forums often get rude, sarcastic and disrespectful very quickly when others post either looking for guidance, or just posting something in general.

 

Just a shout- out to all here.

 

Some of the Belgian and Dutch members seem to take part only to practice their English.

All the content can simply been ignored.

Feel free to correct our mistakes though!

;-)

 

wim

[Inchiquin]

Some of the Belgian and Dutch members seem to take part only to practice their English.

All the content can simply been ignored.

Feel free to correct our mistakes though!

 

 

OK, will do...

 

"practise", not "practice". "Practice" is a noun.

 

But hey, most English people don't know the difference these days

 

Alan

[wiskerke]

 

Some of the Belgian and Dutch members seem to take part only to practice their English.

All the content can simply been ignored.

Feel free to correct our mistakes though!

 

 

OK, will do...

 

"practise", not "practice". "Practice" is a noun.

 

But hey, most English people don't know the difference these days

 

Alan

 

 

Thank you!

(see we're so very well behaved here ;-))

 

wim

 

Now I had to look it up.

Oh dear. It's

practise if your British;

but practice for all those who use the US spell checker.

[Wawa]

I'm a newbie but I have to agree, this forum is pretty cool to contribute to, reply to or just browse through.  Every thing runs a lot smoother when everyone involved helps the other guy/gal out.  And that's why you should vote for me for president this November...

[Ed Rooney]

Touché, Wim. 

[DDoug]

 

Some of the Belgian and Dutch members seem to take part only to practice their English.

All the content can simply been ignored.

Feel free to correct our mistakes though!

 

 

OK, will do...

 

"practise", not "practice". "Practice" is a noun.

 

But hey, most English people don't know the difference these days

 

Alan

 

In America, where English has been the predominant language since shortly after the death of Shakespeare, 'practice' is both the noun and verb.

[Davey Towers]

 

 

Some of the Belgian and Dutch members seem to take part only to practice their English.

All the content can simply been ignored.

Feel free to correct our mistakes though!

 

 

OK, will do...

 

"practise", not "practice". "Practice" is a noun.

 

But hey, most English people don't know the difference these days

 

Alan

 

 

Thank you!

(see we're so very well behaved here ;-))

 

wim

 

Now I had to look it up.

Oh dear. It's

practise if your British;

but practice for all those who use the US spell checker.

 

 

Well I must make sure to put BOTH spellings in my keywording!!!

 

Davey

[Kumar]

For sure, when the Agency is simply the best in business, no wonder that the forum too is so good !

[Inchiquin]

 Oh dear. It's

practise if your British;

but practice for all those who use the US spell checker.

 

 

Bloody typical.

 

Alan

[spacecadet]

 

 "How does this little Belgian knows all that?"

Cheers,

Philippe

 

Because he needs to. No-one outside Holland and Belgium is brave enough to learn Dutch.

[wiskerke]

Nobody picked up your in:

 

Oh dear. It's

practise if your British;

but practice for all those who use the US spell checker.

 

The correct way: if you're British.

 

Or everybody is too bloody polite. Now there's something one can learn from the bloody Dutch: they will tell you when you're doing something wrong.

The rest of the world probably prefers politeness though. And rightfully so. Especially on line, like here.

 

(Google online rudeness if you want to read more about that phenomenon. Notice that with a Google image search for that, Michelle Obama comes up on line 5 and Donald Trump only shows up on line 17, next to a tile: rudeness is the weak person's imitation of strength. If you want to learn more about why the Dutch are so rude, Google will bring up enough for a day's read. And the British version of Google offers next to look up Dutch swear words. Our Google only offers to look up why are Dutch so rude. Basically it's a North/South thing The Dutch think the Belgians are very polite. Like I learned in the US there must be an equilibrium somewhere: when we told our hostess in Georgia we lived in DC, she immediately quoted JFK: Northern hospitality with Southern efficiency. The average may not turn out positive. The Google image search for rude dutchness brings up a lot of subjects I have failed to even consider so far. Time to check All of Alamy!)

 

wim

[MDM]

Wim - I have never found Dutch people particularly rude. Perhaps the word blunt better descibes what you mean than rude. Or to be blunt, the word blunt better describes what you mean. Or to be rude about it, I might say something like "why don't you use a dictionary and think more clearly about what you mean before posting on this forum?  (I definitely would not say that to such a congenial person as yourself or to anybody else - it's just an example ). Now if I was being boorish (derived from the Dutch boer I presume), well I won't say what I might say but it could be nasty - maybe I haven't met enough Dutch farmers.

 

Basically, rude carries a connotation of purposely or perhaps carelessly upsetting the other person, blunt is just saying it as you see it. Bluntness is ok to my mind if somebody asks for a folio review, for example, but not rudeness.

[wiskerke]

Wim - I have never found Dutch people particularly rude. Perhaps the word blunt better descibes what you mean than rude. Or to be blunt, the word blunt better describes what you mean. Or to be rude about it, I might say something like "why don't you use a dictionary and think more clearly about what you mean before posting on this forum?  (I definitely would not say that to such a congenial person as yourself or to anybody else - it's just an example ). Now if I was being boorish (derived from the Dutch boer I presume), well I won't say what I might say but it could be nasty - maybe I haven't met enough Dutch farmers.

 

Basically, rude carries a connotation of purposely or perhaps carelessly upsetting the other person, blunt is just saying it as you see it. Bluntness is ok to my mind if somebody asks for a folio review, for example, but not rudeness.

 

Thank you! I totally agree. However Google thinks the world sees it like this:

Dutch blunt - 664.000; Dutch rude - 23.400.000 results. 

And:

British rude - 32.200.000 results.

Online rude - 48.100.000 results

But:

Belgians rude - a mere 102.000.

 

The Belgians win.

 

wim

[Allan Bell]

Outside the U.S., the "s" becomes a "c" in the derivative adjective practicable, where practicable means capable of being put into practice. C is likewise used in the much rarer adjective practiceable (ignore spell check on this one, Wim), which means capable of being practiced (i.e., such as a piano song or a football maneuver). Practisable used to appear for this latter sense, but we find almost no examples of its use from after the early 20th century.

 

In the main varieties of English from outside North America, practice is the noun, and practise is the verb, as Alan already mentioned. For instance, we would say that a doctor with a private practice practises privately. There is no such distinction in American English, where practice is both a noun and a verb, and practise is not used at all. Canadian English also favors practise as the verb, but practice appears with relative frequency as a verb (about a third as often as practise).

 

Yes, Allan B. I hear you thinking (you're not wearing your tin foil hat) "How does this little Belgian knows all that?" ............... because Grammarist is my friend   

 

Cheers,

Philippe

 

 

 

I hated English lessons at school. All those verbs, nouns, conjunctivitis   , etc, etc.

 

So as soon as someone asks me to read a mini thesis on it my mind blanks out. You should have known that Philippe as I did not have my tin foil hat on.

 

Allan B

[Allan Bell]

 

 

Outside the U.S., the "s" becomes a "c" in the derivative adjective practicable, where practicable means capable of being put into practice. C is likewise used in the much rarer adjective practiceable (ignore spell check on this one, Wim), which means capable of being practiced (i.e., such as a piano song or a football maneuver). Practisable used to appear for this latter sense, but we find almost no examples of its use from after the early 20th century.

 

In the main varieties of English from outside North America, practice is the noun, and practise is the verb, as Alan already mentioned. For instance, we would say that a doctor with a private practice practises privately. There is no such distinction in American English, where practice is both a noun and a verb, and practise is not used at all. Canadian English also favors practise as the verb, but practice appears with relative frequency as a verb (about a third as often as practise).

 

Yes, Allan B. I hear you thinking (you're not wearing your tin foil hat) "How does this little Belgian knows all that?" ............... because Grammarist is my friend   

 

Cheers,

Philippe

 

 

 

I hated English lessons at school. All those verbs, nouns, conjunctivitis   , etc, etc.

 

So as soon as someone asks me to read a mini thesis on it my mind blanks out. You should have known that Philippe as I did not have my tin foil hat on.

 

Allan B

 

 

Wim, Olivier, where are you? Allan thinks English conjugations are difficult 

My friend, have you ever tried Dutch verbs? Or even worse ...... French?  Those are nightmares 

 

Cheers,

Philippe

 

 

 

I'm a lazy sod   and never learned any other language, except an attempt at German for business. But that was a long time ago and have forgotten most of it now.

 

Allan B

 

 

Now! Where is Geoff and what is he doing? Got to find him to get my own back for his crack the other day.

 

ITMA