[nabs-l] Beef with Misspelling
Beth
thebluesisloose at gmail.com
Sat Oct 2 22:03:46 UTC 2010
I agree. I have some beef with misspelling people's names, like I saw
the word "weird" misspelled. Someone spelled it "wierd." Well, even
if the rule "I before E except after c." applies here, it has an
exception in the word weird.
Beth
On 10/2/10, Joe Orozco <jsorozco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, so forgive the jerk nature of this post, but the recent thread on
> Helen Keller has given rise to one of my largest pet peeves on the list. If
> you're not going to use spell-check to double check your writing, at least
> try to spell people's names correctly. I find it rude when people do not
> bother to at least make sure they're spelling people's names accurately. It
> may sound like a small thing. This is not the most formal of public forums,
> but when so many of the subscribers are students on the verge of employment,
> it just makes sense to try to practice good habits in all our written
> communication. It's Helen Keller, not Hellen Killer, and it's Annie or Anne
> Sullivan, not Any Seliven. I mean, gees. You wouldn't like it if people
> got your name all wrong. I'm just saying, practice like it's the real deal!
>
> Joe
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
>
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