Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[lizann]

Im finding billy annoying too and his spark with todd seems gone to me

[RogerOver]

Surprised he got his parish back so quickly. I think he means no harm but highly imature

Surprised? Incredible is more like it!

If my memory serves me correctly, didn't we see Billy meeting the new incumbent only a week or so back?
So how would the bishop sack/move the new guy after such a short time, just to pander to the whim of someone who doesn't know his **** from his elbow? Not that a bishop has much power to force anyone out.

In the past I spent all my time working in churches (in a secular position), so have a reasonable understanding of what goes on, and hardly any of it is true to life, especially earlier when a new priest took over the parish only a couple of weeks after Billy resigned. That alone, in real life would be an interregnum of many months.

As has been said here before about UK law not applying in Weatherfield, it seems that most conventions don't either. Sad that Corro doesn't follow a true-to-life scenario that much. There again, I watch it for the humour, not so much the story.

P.S. Any chance the mods can invoke a UK English spell-checker, not this US English one? It shows "humour" as a spelling mistake - although I was surprised it didn't query "interregnum"!

[Dazzle]

P.S. Any chance the mods can invoke a UK English spell-checker, not this US English one? It shows "humour" as a spelling mistake - although I was surprised it didn't query "interregnum"!

I think it's your browser's spell-checker rather than the site's. You should be able to change the dictionary being used to English (UK) in the settings. What device and browser are you using?

[RogerOver]

I think it's your browser's spell-checker rather than the site's. You should be able to change the dictionary being used to English (UK) in the settings. What device and browser are you using?

Oh, OK. I'm using Firefox on Linux Mint.
The languages I have installed are EN and EN-GB, with EN-GB being the first. I don't know what just EN is? I had a look and saw there's an option to add EN-US - if I wanted.
Does my spell-chequer(!) come from there then?

[Dazzle]

Oh, OK. I'm using Firefox on Linux Mint.
The languages I have installed are EN and EN-GB, with EN-GB being the first. I don't know what just EN is? I had a look and saw there's an option to add EN-US - if I wanted.
Does my spell-chequer(!) come from there then?

Ha ha...that's a coincidence! I also use Firefox on Linux Mint on my laptop.

A far as I know your spellchecker is the one built into Firefox. I'm on my phone in bed at the moment so I'll have to compare Firefox dictionary settings tomorrow. EN-GB stands for English (Great Britain) though so your spellchecker should use UK English spelling in theory (are you sure it's the one selected?). EN usually defaults to the US spelling in my experience. I'll check tomorrow and get back to you.

Here's an explanation of dictionary use in Firefox that might help in the meantime:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...-spell-checker

[RogerOver]

Ha ha...that's a coincidence! I also use Firefox on Linux Mint on my laptop.

A far as I know your spellchecker is the one built into Firefox. I'm on my phone in bed at the moment so I'll have to compare Firefox dictionary settings tomorrow. EN-GB stands for English (Great Britain) though so your spellchecker should use UK English spelling in theory (are you sure it's the one selected?). EN usually defaults to the US spelling in my experience. I'll check tomorrow and get back to you.

Here's an explanation of dictionary use in Firefox that might help in the meantime:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-spell-checker

I've realised where I was going wrong. I originally looked in Preferences>Content>Language, but that's only the display language for the page.

When I read the Firefox article you linked to, I could see the smell-chequer is accessed by right-clicking in any text while writing on a page - such as this one, and the dictionaries can be added or changed from there. Mine was indeed EN-US. I added an EN-UK dictionary and set that as the active one to use. So no excuse for misprits any more.

Thanks Dazzle for helping this hard-of-learning Mint user!

[Perdita]

I've realised where I was going wrong. I originally looked in Preferences>Content>Language, but that's only the display language for the page.

When I read the Firefox article you linked to, I could see the smell-chequer is accessed by right-clicking in any text while writing on a page - such as this one, and the dictionaries can be added or changed from there. Mine was indeed EN-US. I added an EN-UK dictionary and set that as the active one to use. So no excuse for misprits any more.

Thanks Dazzle for helping this hard-of-learning Mint user!

That is a new one for me

[RogerOver]

That is a new one for me

Alas, I cannot claim it as my own, I saw it somewhere esle as a ditty about a pee see smell chequer.
Sorry if it's OT, hope it's OK, but here's another one in the same vein/vane that I just came across (including the credit)

Candidate for a Pullet Surprise
by Mark Eckman and Jerrold H. Zar

I have a spelling checker,
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh.
My checker tolled me sew.

A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when eye rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.

Bee fore a veiling checker's
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know fault's with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.

Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped word's fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should bee proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw's are knot aloud.

Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too pleas.

edit: I've just found the original one: https://blog.afterthedeadline.com/th...poem-shootout/

[Dazzle]

Thanks Dazzle for helping this hard-of-learning Mint user!

Glad I could help! I've had the issue myself which is why I know something about it. (I love the poem you posted above by the way. )

[tammyy2j]

I don't like this devious side to Eva and she herself dated Leanne's ex in Nick

Daniel smitten with drunk Sinead, I can't see why

How can Adam and Peter have any sort of legal case to claim back the factory?