I heart Canreef

[Snappy]

I also frequent some other sites and have never heard of such a thing and I also spell it colour. The only time I was threatened with being banned from another site was when I didn't want to give my whole life history in my profile and then repeat all aquarium details twice over in my signature.
I do however have a tough time with posts that are very hard to read due to their poor spelling and/or grammer. I sometimes spell things wrong too but some posts are just so bad I don't know what they're talking about. What ever happened to proof reading?
It also seems that some think that just because some particular words sound the same it doesn't matter how you spell it. I'm here to tell you, it does matter!
Here is a very small example:
to, too, two. there, their, they're. by, bye, buy.

I could go on but I know it's no use. I will stop my little rant now.

Bottom line......I heart canreef too. There is nothing else in Canada that even comes close!!

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Add a degree in English and an anal-retentive nature to a perfectly good sensibility regarding spelling and grammar, and you have me.

I see errors everywhere I look. Even the difference between the use of "wrong" and the use of "wrongly". Did you know that American grammarians generally place end stop punctuation inside quotation marks, when it comes at the end of a quotation? Canadians do and don't, depending on the situation!

Ahhh, the confusion.

Has anyone read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"? Brilliant. A brief explanation of the book:

A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.

“Why?” asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

“Well, I’m a panda,” he says at the door. “Look it up.”

The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. “Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Snappy

I also frequent some other sites and have never heard of such a thing and I also spell it colour. The only time I was threatened with being banned from another site was when I didn't want to give my whole life history in my profile and then repeat all aquarium details twice over in my signature.

Bwahaha, Tony and I know what you're talking about there.

Hehe I think if we started banning people for incorrect grammar and spelling the board would implode

I heart canreef too, sometimes I think a bit too much

[Doug]

Uh people, she never said it was any certain site in some certain country.

I,m on many American reefing boards and on the staff of a couple. Most of them are very good aquarium boards and pretty similar to Canreef. Although I now consider Canreef my home, it was several other US boards that we all started on many years ago, when thats all there was.

They were a good source of info then and still are now. I have been on some for almost 10yrs. now. Likely would be more if I had joined the computer generation earlier and that would have made my reefing experience at that time easier.

I find most have their little difference,s and/or rules but thats fine by me.

[michika]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Bwahaha, Tony and I know what you're talking about there.

Yup...that would be it...

Just to clarify for everyone else, said board in question was not RC.

[fishoholic]

I have to say I love canreef too! I think the reason I find I'm on it more often then not, is because of all great hilarious posts people on here make. Just reading this thread has made me laugh quite a few times. Although I will say that being "banned" for spelling and grammar would be bad! I can't spell worth beans half of the time and if it wasn't for spell check bailing me out, I would be in bad shape.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

I have to say I love canreef too! I think the reason I find I'm on it more often then not, is because of all great and hilarious posts people on here make. Just reading this thread has made me laugh quite a few times. Also there are certain people on here who post often enough, that after awhile you feel a connection with them and you want to see what new or exciting or funny thing they will be posting about next

Although I will say that being "banned" for spelling and grammar would be bad! I can't spell worth beans half of the time and if it wasn't for spell check bailing me out, I would be in bad shape.

Oops! I seemed to have quoted myself when I originally wanted to edit my last post. Me thinks it's time for bed!

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Sorry Tony, you gotta go too. I only have 4 bikes...not enough you figure??

Nope, ... because you can still do "one more." Get on it!

I must say I had the itch this week. You living in Victoria probably don't get this as bad as say over here.. but +11 yesterday .. I almost pulled the bike off the wall to ride into work. However the 4" of snow this morning cured me of the itch. Oh happy days. Oh well, it is supposed to warm up again .. Maybe next week

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I have to admit I'm a bit OC about proper spelling and grammar too. Occupational hazard. I usually even edit my emails.

I also love Canreef. It is my sw home site and I try to get on here at least a few times a day.

Anthony

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by michika

Yup...that would be it...

Just to clarify for everyone else, said board in question was not RC.

If it's who I think it is then their objection to the "colourful" spelling is rather ironic since they are Canadian.
I was notified sometime last year that I had been awarded two infractions for not updating my signature in a timely manner. It was rather funny because I hadn't been on that site in months and when I logged in one day I had the infractions. Apparently they had made some rule changes in my absense. Anyway that particular site takes itself a little too seriously(stop signs all over the place, I mean really!) Most of the people are great but the site could be simplified, IMO it's not user friendly. Needless to say I spend way more time here.