happy christmas

to all of you of dutch and german heritage, happy st nicholas day
and happy hannakuh too (i never could spell without assistance) maybe we should ask dave to add spell checker to these posts LOL

What an idea that is Lynn. It's one thing that is missing on the forums, and boy, could I ever use it!

Well the little bit of German in me would like to say "thank you" Lynn! :)

A little bit of holiday color. :)

That's beautiful. What is it? Some type of lily?

Is it amarylis? Very beautiful

It's an Amaryllis.....Papillio Butterfly. I rarely grow them but found this so unusual I had to try it. Found it's bulb at Superstore.

Very nice. I have never grown them. May have to try next year. :)

Thanks Lynn but St. Nicholas didn't want to see me but "Knecht Ruprecht" is always interested in me (dunno if anyone here knows that one).

Edited for being a German that cannot spell in his own language

This message was edited Dec 8, 2004 1:20 PM

If we did have a spell checker, how ever would we separate "color" from "colour" ? ;-)

A Jewish friend of mine says that the "Chanuka" transliteration is closer to the somewhat guttural sound of the first letter in the orig. Hebrew. It started last night at sundown....I had posted a Happy Chanuka message in General Discussion, but got only one response.

Whichever way you spell it,
Happy Chanuka to our friends of the Jewish faith!

And happy holidays to everyone, whatever occasion you celebrate, and when!

~Shannon

Happy tree, one up, one to go! E

Favourite...favorite...too..to... LOL Spell Checker would still be a Godsend for me!

I find it only catches about half the stuff, and that's not even counting all the Canadianisms! And sometimes it even suggests incorrect things, to replace things that were correct. It seems to be particularly vulnerable in the areas of grammar & punctuation. But I have a honourary lifetime membership in the grammar police, so I may not be a good example...;-) lol
It's better than nothing, anyway.

Try working at the library......where books have been published by both Canadian and American publishers. :b

Looks like Milan could use a German one too.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch, Milan? ;-)

OK, Shannon, quit showin' off! I suppose you type in French and Spanish too, huh? LOL

Mais, oui....hee hee hee

Tsk

BTW I have a cute email regarding English/American spelling written by Basil Fawlty. Too political to post it here but if you would like to see it send me your email address and I'll forward it to you.

check your DG mail again Shannon.

Please send it to me too Pam?? Thanks!

heading your way Christine.

Good one, Pam...thanks again!

You're welcome.......glad you enjoyed it! ;)

That's very good Pam. I just scanned it, as I'm at work, and said work is piling up. But the part that I did read is excellent! Thanks. Time to get off DG now .... lol.

ROFLOL. That was a good one, Pam! I couldn't help but read the entire thing in an English accent. It just fit somehow. Wouldn't that be hilarious if such a thing could happen. :D Thanks for sharing.

I sent it again to you Donna.......the first one didn't space very well. Glad it gave you a chuckle too! ;)

Me too please, Pam

I'd like it too.

Jeanne I sent one to you and Liz (forgot which email was whose for a minute). Echoes I've sent you a DG email.

Thanks Pam. The Americans on the brug forum got Liz and I mixed up for years. I guess it was cause we were the only Canadians around.

Pam could you please send it my way too. I always like a good laugh.

I noticed this on a thread on the brug forum. I was thinking of trying it out myself. You can choose the Canadian version so it would probably have colour, etc. Thought I'd pass it along here in case anyone wants to try it. [www.iespell.com] The person who posted it said it's a free utility for home users and installs itself right into your IE browser in the tools. They also said it was non invasive.

Sandy (I hope I have your name right) it would be better if you clicked on my name and sent me a private email listing your email address. It's a rather long email and it breaks up somewhat when I send it through Daves.

Thanks Pam. a good chuckle.

Thought so too. Check your email Linda and Lynn.

Hey Pam, can you send it to me too???? I love Basil Fawlty!

Glenda

Got it Pam, thanks, it's hilarious. I'm going to print it for my parents. They'll love it.

Sandy

Your welcome Sandy and Glenda (good to see you posting again) please send me your home email addy again....it spaces better if I don't send it through Daves.

Finally sent Linda her's........if I missed anyone please let me know.