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Tele - AIBU?

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CorryAndwes · 26/09/2023 17:29

This spelling of 'telly' gives me the rage.

AIBU? Grin

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CorryAndwes · 26/09/2023 17:45

@dcsp - ah I didn't realise this!! Every day's a school day!!

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Sux2buthen · 26/09/2023 17:44

Tele is so irritating.

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CorryAndwes · 26/09/2023 17:44

@TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth*
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Ale and the ale emoji have me howling !! Grin

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dcsp · 26/09/2023 17:43

You're not being at all unreaaonable.

"Tele" is a prefix which means far away. "I was watching the far away" makes no sense whatsoever.

"Telly" is an abbreviation of "Television". "I was watching the television" makes perfect sense.

smallshinybutton · 26/09/2023 17:43

Tellyvision

tennine · 26/09/2023 17:43

TeleVISION.

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CorryAndwes · 26/09/2023 17:42

@merryhouse*
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As an aside - the Grin emoji is wonderful!!

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TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth · 26/09/2023 17:42

YANBU.
"Tele" gives me the rage. My mum used to spell it like this, with the logic that that's how the letters appear in "television".
By the same 'logic' she spelt the diminiative of my DD's name "Ale" instead of Ali, as it was short for Alexandra.

Ale!! 🍺

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CorryAndwes · 26/09/2023 17:41

@*PinkSkiesAtNight
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I agree - I prefer TV

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CorryAndwes · 26/09/2023 17:40

@*FourEyesGood
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Yes I agree with you!! Sorry if my post was misleading but that's exactly what I mean!! 'Tele' is HORRIBLE!!

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merryhouse · 26/09/2023 17:39

Is Grin not considered lighthearted any more?

merryhouse · 26/09/2023 17:38

You are so right OP. Tele is a suffix. It doesn't work on its own: it needs something afterwards.

Telly makes clear that this is the end of the word.

HollieHobbie · 26/09/2023 17:32

You must live a charmed life if that's all you've got to worry about.

If you meant it lightheartedly then you should have said so.

PinkSkiesAtNight · 26/09/2023 17:31

I think it makes more sense linguistically than telly.

I'm going to say YABU, but only because I don't like the word telly (or tele!). It's TV for me.

FourEyesGood · 26/09/2023 17:31

YABU. ‘Tele’ looks ridiculous.