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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Thu 27-Sept-12 08:42:20

This week's guest blog post is one to appeal to the pedants amongst us <raises hand enthusiastically>

Do add your comments here.

The authors of the post - Katherine Fry and Rowena Kirton - have two signed copies of their book to give away and will be picking their favourite comments left between now and midday on Thurs 4 October to win them. It goes without saying that comments are welcome at any time - not just up to the closing date.

annodomini Sun 30-Sept-12 19:42:59

All the best for tomorrow, nellie. ((((hugs))))

Littlenellie Sun 30-Sept-12 19:48:34

Thank you*ana and anno*xx

Ella46 Sun 30-Sept-12 19:59:16

Enjoy your new job nellie, best of luck sunshine

Greatnan Sun 30-Sept-12 20:05:40

Sock it to 'em, Nellie!

nightowl Sun 30-Sept-12 20:06:25

nellie I started in social care on 1st October 1976 and then again on 1st October 1979 as a qualified social worker - it's a good date. I hope you will enjoy your work as much as I have enjoyed the last 36 years and I know you will be fabulous flowers

Bags Sun 30-Sept-12 20:08:58

Good luck in your new job, nellie. Be thinking of you flowers

Littlenellie Sun 30-Sept-12 20:27:05

Oh wow thank you all,am nervous but excited,hope I come up to scratch,better get an early night xxxxxlove nellie

Marelli Sun 30-Sept-12 20:33:14

Oh Nellie - it's tomorrow you start! I was thinking it was last Monday (I've been away all week)! Like nightowl, I loved my job in social care - though my job was 'health and social care', like yours will be. I'd found my niche - and so will you! You'll be perfect for the job! Good luck - we'll all be thinking about you! flowers

whenim64 Sun 30-Sept-12 20:42:20

Good luck nellie you're going into a grand job. Hope your first day goes well flowers

hilary1 Sun 30-Sept-12 22:01:31

think I may suffer from OCD relating to spelling - the gym I used had a notice saying, "please leave the cubical as you would wish to find it" - had to amend it to cubicle, the cleaner then erased my amendment and, guess what, I felt compelled to amend it again - changed my gym to one without 'cubicles' - felt so much happier!

hilary1 Sun 30-Sept-12 22:03:21

should add, the spelling error was not the reason for the change!

gramps Sun 30-Sept-12 22:21:21

Netty, should "cant" be "can't". (just testing!) smile

gracesmum Sun 30-Sept-12 22:37:39

Nor sure why this is on this thread, but GOOD LUCK in your new job from me too!

NfkDumpling Sun 30-Sept-12 22:45:12

That must have been a dialect 'cant'! I think 't is slowly vanishing as the words cant and wont are becoming words in their own right. Like 'til is now mostly til.

Personally I find the inability to distinguish there, their and they're most annoying.

And Good Luck for tomorrow Nellie!

Ana Sun 30-Sept-12 22:51:31

Cant and wont are words in their own right, NfkDumplint!

Ana Sun 30-Sept-12 22:51:52

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gramps Sun 30-Sept-12 23:01:00

Hi Ana,
Can't is an abreviation of "can not". cant is to do with a form of speech!

I'm sure one of our Teachers will correct me if I'm wrong. I may have misread the post of course!!

JO4 Mon 01-Oct-12 10:26:54

Yes! *You're right Gramps.

And - "Constance, as was her wont, left early".

Grossi Mon 01-Oct-12 10:56:08

I can't help thinking that none of the discussion on this thread so far is likely to encourage Katherine Fry and Rowena Kirton to give away one of their books!

Ana Mon 01-Oct-12 10:59:59

gramps - thanks, but I did know that! wink

soop Mon 01-Oct-12 11:36:32

Nellie...go for it, you are a natural people person...huge grin and warm (hug)

gramps Mon 01-Oct-12 12:12:02

Hope I didn't embarras you Ana. Not intentional! flowers

Ana Mon 01-Oct-12 12:13:41

I don't see how, gramps, as I had already pointed out in my post that 'cant' and 'wont' are words in their own right and obviously I knew what they meant....confused

gramps Mon 01-Oct-12 12:21:03

I'm always getting myself into trouble, saying things or misunderstanding summat!

I hope you liked the flowers Ana. They looked ok but my sense of smell is not too good these days!

Probably due to "AD"!

Ana Mon 01-Oct-12 12:34:13

The flowers are lovely, thank you gramps! smile
(I didn't know you subscribed to the Architectural Digest - did you have a nose-related accident with it?)