[nabs-l] Beef with Misspelling

Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net
Sat Oct 2 22:14:35 UTC 2010


The way I remember that one, or used to before it got engrained in my
head is: weird is a weird word.
-- 
They say god has always been. Linux and I will now disprove that:
$ ar m God
ar: creating God
There you have it. God was created by the ar program. Good news is, God
really does exist!
Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
On 10/2/2010 4:03 PM, Beth wrote:
> 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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