Have the savers not learned nothing

neil324

chopperharris wrote: »

Given that the "meltdown" of the icelandic banks are still in our memory then why are savers still doing the same thing that NEARLY got them burned , ie chasing a higher rate of interest with foreign owned banks?

The eu is telling us to break up our banks that we taxpayers bailed out to prevent a repeat of banks failing , to make them more competitve they say , yet the iceland banks were considerably smaller and the most competitive and went down faster than a crack hooker on pay day.

Will we ever learn?

Whats the problem, if the banks are covered by the FSCS scheme.

Jake'sGran

I would change your signature line too! A lot of people who post to these forums use "YOUR" instead of "you are".
And this "Grammar nazis , mean "anything to me" is incomprehensible. I was determined never to criticise grammar but you must agree that we need to know what you mean.

chopperharris wrote: »

I have enough grammar to be mortgage/debt free and almost retired before the age 40 , and no not in mums room.:beer:

Grammar nazis , mean "anything" to me.;) but i could be worse I cld hv txtd .:eek:

Its an internet forum , i dumb down so i can type and watch soaps at the same time innit , i do correct the kids when they are writing on my walls though.

jem16

Jake'sGran wrote: »

I would change your signature line too! A lot of people who post to these forums use "YOUR" instead of "you are".

Really shoud be "you're".

However it seems the correct use of the apostrophe is a dying art.

And this "Grammar nazis , mean "anything to me" is incomprehensible.

Having been corrected by Jonbvn for using a double negative, i.e. not and nothing instead of not and anything, the OP thought he would "try to be clever" and misuse "anything" in place of "nothing".

Didn't really work though did it?

The phrase of course should have read "Grammar nazis mean nothing to me."

Ifts

Thanks jem16 & Jake'sGran for the advice on changing my signature line! If only I had a Grammar Check button next to the Spell Check.

Really shoud be "you're".

shoud or should

Just for the record, when I said:

I'm sorry but I don't understand what your getting at? Maybe the title of your thread should have been Have the FSCS not learned anything instead of Have the savers not learned nothing.

I was not criticising the OP,s grammar. What I meant was at first the OP was asking Have the savers not learned anything and then the OP turned to the FSCS for having to bail out the savers, I was a little confused as what the OP was trying to say as others were.

jem16

Ifts wrote: »

shoud or should

True - touche (need a French accent here but it won't let me)

That'll teach me to check my spelling!

By the way Jake'sGran and I were referring to the OP not you. Check his signature and you'll see.

Ifts

jem16 wrote: »

By the way Jake'sGran and I were referring to the OP not you. Check his signature and you'll see.

Oops , I see what you mean. Although I think the same applies to my signature also.

jem16

Ifts wrote: »

Oops , I see what you mean. Although I think the same applies to my signature also.

Yes it would but the you're in your signature is correct, although I have no idea if you just corrected it or not.

D1zzy

Where's the spelling, grammar and use of apostrophes forum?;)

Ifts

jem16 wrote: »

Yes it would but the you're in your signature is correct, although I have no idea if you just corrected it or not.

It was "you are" before but I have now corrected it to "you're", hence the reason I thought you and JakesGran were referring to me in your earlier posts.

Merci beaucoup!

Joe_Bloggs

The Icelandic Parliament also use English to publish their press releases here.
Althingi sounds like they are responsible for all things.
J_B.