Who would win a test series between England and West Indies if play started tomorrow?

[Lillian Thomson]

after reading your last few post i dont no whether ill bother reading ur posts

Boo hoo.

 

[Stumped]

Boo hoo.

run out of things to say have we

 

[Prince EWS]

its much quicker....thats the ive just learned to type when chatting to friends, i can type in watever form i choose just as u can

It's fine while chatting.. about 90% of people do it while chatting. However, it's really an accepted practice on forums.

If you noticed, all of the most respected members here use proper English with proper sentence structure and proper punctuation. You can type however you want, but your posts will appear to be of less "value" if you continue to post in the manner you currently are - even if you are making valid points.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

run out of things to say have we

I see you read that one.

 

[Fiery]

It's not racist, it's just a commonly used slang term in England. If someone else hadn't jumped in where it didn't concern him he wouldn't have got it back.

I think you're just lucky there are not a lot of Italians, Spaniards or Portuguese people who follow cricket. You should probably stop now before you offend any other races.

 

[Prince EWS]

im 100% sure is racist

It is only racist if he intends it to be racist. I always thought it was a racist term as such, but he doesn't appear to be using it that way - so he shouldn't be thought of as racist for doing so.

I suggest though, Lillian, that you look up that word on a dictionary site or something similar before using it again.

 

[Stumped]

It's fine while chatting.. about 90% of people do it while chatting. However, it's really an accepted practice on forums.

If you noticed, all of the most respected members here use proper English with proper sentence structure and proper punctuation. You can type however you want, but your posts will appear to be of less "value" if you continue to post in the manner you currently are - even if you are making valid points.

i understand that....im not going to change end of discussion

 

[Stumped]

It is only racist if he intends it to be racist. I always thought it was a racist term as such, but he doesn't appear to be using it that way - so he shouldn't be thought of as racist for doing so.

I suggest though, Lillian, that you look up that word on a dictionary site or something similar before using it again.

although he didnt intend for it be racist he needs to be more careful, alot of people will find it racist..

 

[Lillian Thomson]

It is only racist if he intends it to be racist. I always thought it was a racist term as such, but he doesn't appear to be using it that way - so he shouldn't be thought of as racist for doing so.

I suggest though, Lillian, that you look up that word on a dictionary site or something similar before using it again.

I know what it means. Anyone with any degree of common sense wouldn't take it as racist, but on this board they all cry "racist" at every opportunity. That's one of the reasons why many former members can't be bothered to post anymore.

 

[Prince EWS]

i understand that....im not going to change end of discussion

If you truly understood that, I'd have thought you would indeed think of changing a tad. Either you don't understand, or you are just a fool.

 

[Stumped]

If you truly understood that, I'd have thought you would indeed think of changing a tad. Either you don't understand, or you are just a fool.

so that means if u understand something then u change it?

 

[Prince EWS]

so that means if u understand something then u change it?

If you understand that you are doing something wrong, then the typical response is indeed to change it.

 

[Stumped]

If you understand that you are doing something wrong, then the typical response is indeed to change it.

how is it wrong!?! sure its wrong grammr but its a forum not bloody school!!

 

[Fiery]

If you understand that you are doing something wrong, then the typical response is indeed to change it.

Stop being so anal about it! Who gives a toss if he uses txt speak. If that's what he's comfortable with that let him do it. I can't see anything in the forum rules about it.

 

[Prince EWS]

how is it wrong!?! sure its wrong grammr but its a forum not bloody school!!

I've already explained how it's wrong.

 

[Prince EWS]

Stop being so anal about it! Who gives a toss if he uses txt speak. If that's what he's comfortable with that let him do it. I can't see anything in the forum rules about it.

The day I stop being anal about anything is the day Jacob Oram averages over 35 in ODIs with the bat.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

There was one close test match, that's it. You can't call that a 'fairly tight series' based on that, England never had a chance of winning the 2nd or 3rd.

That's like saying India lost to Australia in 2004 in a 'fairly tight series' because they won one test, and almost won another. They got hammered in the two others though which they never looked like winning.

I think the 2004 series between India and Australia was "fairly tight". As you said, India won one test and nearly won another, and lost two. Not as close as the 2005 Ashes say, but it wasn't a flogging by any means. In the Pakistan vs England series, England obviously got massacred in the final test, but it was very close up until then. The first test could have gone either way, and the second test was fairly even most of the way through. Pakistan were the better side, but it was fairly close IMO. Not quite the same as saying that England could easily have won the series, which I think might have been how you interpreted what I said.

Anyway, it's a moot point. Even if they lost every test by an innings in Pakistan, they've still beaten all the major contenders in the last couple of years, which means they're the number two side. Until the India series, at least.

 

[Fiery]

The day I stop being anal about anything is the day Jacob Oram averages over 35 in ODIs with the bat.

He's well on his way to that, it's already risen nearly 4 runs from just 3 games, but it might take a few years...which unfortunately means a few more years of listening to you being anal
I said 30 anyway. I've told you a million times to stop exaggerating

 

[GIMH]

Stop being so anal about it! Who gives a toss if he uses txt speak. If that's what he's comfortable with that let him do it. I can't see anything in the forum rules about it.

Ah but the forum rules say that posts should be in English

 

[Prince EWS]

I said 30 anyway. I've told you a million times to stop exaggerating

I didn't say anything about what you said though... I was simply giving the day of which I would stop being so anal. 35 is so out of reach for him that it isn't funny - very similar to the thought of me discontinuing my anal ways...