Is this because they're up north?

[MaryMotherOfCheeses]

were the countryside meets the coast

Ouch! But no, it would say 'Were t'Countryside...'

But were/where confusion seems to be so common now. Almost as much as you're/your, they're/their, etc.

It's amazing that whoever set up the website didn't read it a million times for errors. I would of.

No, don't be 'regionalist'!

Seriously?

Oh dear. The upside is that they will now get lots of visitors to their site (or should that be 'there sight').

Oh how depressing :(

lol.

I was expecting it to be near 'ull.

Bless them.

It actually looks quite nice though!!

Do you can spell.
But you are also prone to sweeping generalizations.

That's the prioblem with spell check. It doesn't 'intent' check sadly.

I don't think Mary is being offensive and saying they can't spell because they are northern. I am sure that is not what she means.

I think it is because the way 'were' is pronounced sounds like you are saying 'where' in a yorkshire accent.

Nope, it's not an 'oop north' thing. It's bigger than that (she says darkly). It's everywhere along with your/you're, it's/its, could of/could have, their/there/they're, and who's/whose.

Miranda said all that first, o see. Sorry for the repetition!

I see, not o see. Obviously.

Oh for heaven's sake, it's not they're northern so they can't spell, it's a pronunciation thing. I thought it was funny.

"Where" would be pronounced "were"

Don't worry, Mary. The rest of us appreciated it.

some people don't know the PC Rules