Why spelling is important...

**Chuck** · 20 January 2016, 08:16

His parents are moaning that the police got involved. Everyone else would be moaning if the police hadn't got involved.

What a bloody mess we're in.

**barrydidit** · 20 January 2016, 08:29

Waste of police time. Social services would be more appropriate for a child being forced to live in a terraced house.

**SueEllen** · 20 January 2016, 08:31

It is an overreaction if they didn't bother to speak to the boy and a couple of others about their "interesting" stories before calling the police. I bet if they had the boy would have said terraced.

It's like with abuse claims - teachers check with the child before speaking to the head.

**administrator** · 20 January 2016, 08:46

Mrs Admin has gone back to teaching after a ten year hiatus and she mentioned this terrorist act snooping they have to do. On the one hand it seems a bit big brother. On the other hand the security forces are jumpy and need intel. Collateral damage unfortunately. At least he didn't try to escape from them down to the tube station. We know how dangerous that can be.

**jmo21** · 20 January 2016, 09:11

It's like a joke from a Carry On film.

"wot did 'ee write?? Terrorist??! He lives in a 'terrorist house', call the coppers luv"

**MrMarkyMark** · 20 January 2016, 09:15

Originally posted by barrydidit View Post

Waste of police time. Social services would be more appropriate for a child being forced to live in a terraced house.

The boy, who lives in Accrington in Lancashire

You would have thought living in Accrington would be punishment enough.

IMO, they should have locked him up, therefore, preventing any possibility of anything happening in future.

**VectraMan** · 20 January 2016, 09:18

It's not really a spelling error. A spelling error would be terracced or teracced house. It's a using completely the wrong word error; it seems a lot more likely he did it deliberately as a joke.

**NickFitz** · 20 January 2016, 09:24

Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

It's not really a spelling error. A spelling error would be terracced or teracced house. It's a using completely the wrong word error; it seems a lot more likely he did it deliberately as a joke.

He's 10. It's not unusual for kids that age to come up with such malapropisms.

**mudskipper** · 20 January 2016, 09:30

Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

It's not really a spelling error. A spelling error would be terracced or teracced house. It's a using completely the wrong word error; it seems a lot more likely he did it deliberately as a joke.

One does wonder what he actually wrote - terrorist, or something like terrist?

Why spelling is important...