Seriously? No wonder he has to make himself feel good by picking on a paramedic with questionable spelling. Sad

I believe th OP is Dutch.

Whilst Breadvan72 is more than capable of defending himself, as previously pointed out by 10PenceShort, I'm sorry, but apart from the initial bit of grumpiness this whole debate has been continued by people coming here again and again to have a pop.

It is these people who are the asses by maintaining a never ending barrage of abuse at a poster who simply had the nerve to point the finger at a post that was well below an acceptable standard in many areas, unfortunately choosing to do so in a manner that would have registered an acidity of pH = 1, the equivalent of that shown by gastric acid.

People seem to have focused on pathetic attempts at point scoring over the minutiae around punctuation and alleged over use of commas, seemingly quite happy to accept the abysmal spelling and random use of capitals in the OP, not to mention strange grammatical constructions that would have had my old English master turning in his grave.

I would be the first person to say that I do not exhibit perfect command of written English, but frankly am rather appalled at just how many people seem quite accepting of something that stood out as being significantly below the normal standards accepted in PH.

As for the post partially written in what I believe is colloquially referred to as "text speak" (shudder) that poster should be binned immediately.

Pistonheads: Standards apparently used to Matter.

Grow up gentlemen and move on.

Comedic context is noted and appreciated.

Perhaps someone more erudite than I could arbitrate in the matter of which term would be more correct in reference to temporarily placing someone in the sin-bin, even if only in the context of a joke.

Minor mistakes?



Clearly educational standards have dropped further than we feared. Indeed it is pathetic.

In our area up here we can sometimes "agree evidence" prior to the court case. Usually this can be done through the Procurator Fiscal service (CPS?) if it is just procedural stuff that has no bearing on an outcome, the op said he was called as a back up and all the "doing" was done, in that case up here where there was little chance of his evidence being of any great importance it would be "agreed" by both sides and he would not be called. I have on occasion had to go to court but then been told at lunchtime that they had agreed our evidence and we were free to go, this of course is Scottish law so no doubt there are differences, and on the spelling and grammar thing, have you seen what they are letting school kids away with these days, it's only gonna get worse, live with it!
Gary

On the subject of the thread, I've been called to give evidence a number of times as a witness, and it always manages to be at the most inconvenient times.

I think that when you turn up to court, see the relatives, and the giant circus of performers assembled, you will realise that chaos is about the only option open to them. The amount of distress on display will hopefully make you think a one day delay on your wife’s celebrations appropriate.

As for Breadvan. He is a victim of his own profession, which is rigid, dependant on the written word, and fairly conservative.

He actually believes that poor English and intelligence are synonymous because that is his range of experience.

I think what is bugging the OP is that having made a statement, supplied the requested 2 months availability and then in January this year being informed that he will not be required to give evidence, he has quite sensibly got on with his life.

To then be told not only now have you to attend but the holiday you've booked is no longer on gives him the right to be well and truly cheesed off.

Couldn't of put it better myself.

Bit harsh as the OP obviously is EAL - nothing wrong with that. My (dutch at a guess?) other languages are a bit crap.