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#SoCS Apr. 22/17 – Spell

22 Apr 2017 68 Comments

by Ritu in Socs, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s #SoCS Prompt for today…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “spell.” Use the word “spell” any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use it in the first sentence. Enjoy!

Can you spell?

It’s not an easy thing, especially the English language!

We teach a phonetic scheme of reading and writing in school called Read Write Inc, where the emphasis is on learning the basic phonics first, and acquiring the skills to blend and read CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words like cat and dog etc.

Then you get on to the more complex two letter sounds (ng, nk, th, ch, sh etc) ,then the voewls (ay, ee, igh, ow, oo ) and then the split diagraphs (the ay sound in cake for example) and then the ones that almost seem pointless when you can write the same sound severalw ays.. equally, you can say what looks like the same sound in different ways.

Like I read that yesterday. I will read it again tomorrow.

Why spell height with an igh when mite is the same sound yet easier to write? Actually, simpler than that would be myt but that is not even a word!!

Even the word word isn’t easy to grasp! Phonetically it should be wurd…

And the sious and tion endings? Why not shus and shun, like lushus (luscious) or attenshun (attention).

Whoever decided to be the God of spelling in English must have been on something, that’s what I think!

The grammar and punctuation is hard enough, without the spellings that bear no resemblance to the words we say!

No wonder they say English is one of the hardest languages to grasp!

Oh, I could go on and on, but I shall leave you with this phonetically correct haiku!

The Inglish languwij
Purmunent confushun
Lor untoo itself

*-*-*

The English language
Pernament confusion
Law unto itself

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#SoCS Apr. 15/17 – Moo

15 Apr 2017 25 Comments

by Ritu in Socs, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cars, Cow, Linda G Hill, Moo, Names, Socs, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

Linda’s #SoCS prompt for today…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “moo.” Base your post on the word “moo” or a word that rhymes with it. Bonus points if you actually use the word “moo” in your post. Have fun!

Do you give names to your cars?

I have a habit of giving inanimate objects names, and my cars have never escaped. From my first brum brum, Bink, to Vikky. Bebe to my newest, Lippy, or Timmy, depending on my mood. Usually the name has come from the registration plate and the letters have conjured up a suitable moniker for the vehicle.

But one was named for a different reason. After being involved in a multi car pile up, and coming out unscathed, thank God, Hubby Dearest wrote off my Ford Focus Saloon, Vikky. (reg. had VKK in it, hence the name!) I was stuck. About to start back to work after my year of maternity leave ended, I needed a car to get about.

Finances were a little tight, and at around the same time my brother had gone gallivanting around the world, (Dubai!) for a then undisclosed amount of time. His car sat at home and wasn’t being used so my Pops said we could have it. ( It had been bought by my Pops and mum for my brother as a first car, Pops wasn’t giving away something that wasn’t his!)

So this was how I came to have my third car.

What to call it?

I turned to the kids and the end result was Daisy.

Why? Nothing do to with the registration plate this time.

Apparently when the central locking button was pressed on the remote, the mechanism made this slow noise, rather like a “Moooooo!” Lil Man thought it sounded like a cow and so Daisy was christened!

#SoCS Apr. 8/17 – Give/Given/Giving

08 Apr 2017 12 Comments

by Ritu in Socs, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Charity, Giving, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s #SoCS Prompt this week

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “give/given/giving.” Begin your post with one of those words. Bonus points if you end your post with one as well. Enjoy!

Giving, the greatest feeling ever.

Don’t you think?

It is so easy to take, and to receive. Of course you could buy if you had the money too, but to give, now that is something special.

Yes we all give, in our own ways, presents for birthdays, Christmas, that sort of thing. It doesn’t have to be expensive, it’s the thought that counts.

We often give our hearts too, trusting others with that precious organ of ours.

But to give, unconditionally, be it an object, or time, money or blood, that is a big thing.

Giving to charity, to help those in need, what a noble deed.

I think deep down we all feel that we are charitable. We put the £1 in the pots and contribute towards fundraising days at work or school. But is it enough?

I think the answer to that is a given…

#SoCS Apr. 1/17 – Any

01 Apr 2017 25 Comments

by Ritu in Socs, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Any, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s #SoCS prompt today.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “any.” Begin your post with the word “any.” Bonus points if you theme your post on another word that starts with “A.” Have fun!

Any rest is good rest…

I’m a mum. A working mum.

We all know mums don’t get weekends, or lie ins!

We have just started our Easter holidays and today, on my first day of vacations…I was up. At six o’clock!

For a change there was no cat nor kid waking me, it was just my natural body clock saying “Wake up lazy bones!”

I mean… seriously?!

It’s not like I could have snuck off to the computer and started to read blogs or write… Hubby thinks I obsess over my blog too much as it is!

I tossed and turned for a while before at the more decent time of 7 am, I picked up my Kindle and started to read.

Then they began to rouse from slumbers.

The miaows for food began, the Lil Princess crept into our room with a grin, “Hungry, mummy!” Lil Man was on his phone (Quelle surprise!).

So anyway, here I am. It’s not even 9 am and I am on the PC, quickly typing up my #SoCS post as Lil Princess is desperate to get on here to watch cute cat videos, obviously!

So much to do yet, grocery shopping, packing for my visit to my parents, with the kids, amongst other things.

At least I am awake to do them, I suppose!

Awake!

#SoCS Mar. 25/17 – March

25 Mar 2017 18 Comments

by Ritu in Socs, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, march, Socs, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

Linda’s #SoCS prompt this Saturday is…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “march.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!

March is coming to an end. It’s been a strange month.

Blogging wise, I kept busy with my #musicalmarch posts, injecting a little music into the lives of my followers, and being reminded of more amazing songs by those who decided to join me on my musical journey.

I spent the beginning of the month on sick leave after my accident.

We have experienced another terrorist attack, this time in London.

The UK was busy raising money for Comic Relief.

And there is still a week to go.

I have the fun of my best friend’s baby shower tonight, but that also means sitting in the driver’s seat for my first long distance drive, alone, since the crash.

Then we have Mother’s Day this Sunday too.

It’s the last week of term, so there are plenty of loose ends to tie up at school before our two week Easter Break.

During that week, I will be attending a leaving do for two colleagues who will be sorely missed.

This month has also seen my Lil Man start Food Technology at school, and he has totally embraced it! We have been sampling cakes a few times so far! (Yesterday’s Victoria Sponge being the latest!

Yes, a busy month in many ways… Roll On April!