Remco-English is one of the most convoluted languages around-it even borrows from other languages to make matters worse. We’re being picky here just in fun-I feel that you do a great job communicating in English.
Remco-that’s what the english dictionary says too but matt is a common USA spelling and matte seems to be used in the UK. However-the more common adjective in the USA for non-shiny paint is flat. Go figure.
now, etcetera is actually written et cetera. i believe it comes from one of the romantic languages, if not Latin itself. i always thought matt came from the german spelling of the word.
one of the things i always chuckle about is how whenever anyone tries to speel ‘and’ and they get ‘ans’ instead. just one more terd to add to the pile…
Not because it really matters (did I say that???), but just because it’s fun, I’m contributing the following from the Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary. MAT (2) is a variant spelling of MATT, which is defined as “adj: (of a colour, surface, etc.) dull, without lustre.” and also “n: (in full matt paint) paint formulated to give a dull flat finish.” The other meaning of MAT (a piece of coarse material for wiping shoes on…) is the one from Old English meatte, originally from West Germanic and Latin matta.
Meanwhile, the two definitions of MATTE (both from French) are “an Impure product of the smelting of sulphide ores, esp. those of copper or nickel” and “Cinematography A mask to obscure part of an image and allow another image to be superimposed, giving a combined effect.”
So, MAT and MATT seem to be more accurate than MATTE, at least as far as the Queen’s English is concerned.
Frankly, I’m more incensed by the postings that say “Wed Sits for Armor” when what was really meant was “Web Sites for Armor”, since there is no real way to figure out what was meant by the original version.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled web browsing…
Ralph-a lot of people don’t read before they post-I’m one of them. I’m also a ‘hunt and peck’ typer and often miss the keys. But the two biggest casualties of the Internet are spelling and grammar-sometimes I cannot discern what folks are trying to say.
Be honest Dan, you sometimes miss the keyboard, let alone the key your after! lol
I think before you all start to blame the internet for the demise of culture and life on earth!
Take a moment to think how dull a forum would be if people we’re([:D][;)]) to type everything in the Queens english? what a dull place to be, it would take so long to read and respond to posts.
Ok so spelling and grammer go to ****** but you grasp the content and idea of what is going on.
This text has done the rounds many many times on the net. Some of you may have seen it, all of you will be able to read it! it contains no word spelled corectly, yet makes sense, have a read.
“Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.”