Curmudgeon: What a sturdy word. You're right, it's not in the spell checker. You need to put it in there, and make it a word.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: bob mates <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 09:40:37 -0400 (EDT) >Subject: [Braillenote] The discussion on spelling >Hi, folks: >Well, here I am, wearing my curmudgeon hat again. (That word is not in the >BN's spell-checker.) I think that this discussion about spelling is, while, >perhaps, interesting, not very profitable, and, certainly, not BN-RELATED. >I've read a lot of writing in my day, and I've found that there's no such >thing as a perfect speller. Why, you can look on the Internet, and find some >outrageous spellings on some otherwise interesting web sites. >I do not believe that people are "lazy" about spelling. They genuinely >believe that they're spelling the word correctly. They shouldn't be called >out, on the list, for errors in spelling. >I should like to propose that PDI adopt the following rule of conduct for the >list; to whit: If anyone has an issue with another person, regarding a post, >that person is not to be mentioned by name, and the correction should be done >in a civil, kind manner. Anything else should be regarded as "flaming" and >that person should be warned. >This is a wonderful list. It should, however, be what it's supposed to be: a >forum for questions and answers about the PDI family of products. It >shouldn't be Grammar 101. If you want to correct people's punctuation or >spelling, become a teacher, and correct away! >Sorry, folks; don't mean to spout off, but this isn't right. >Well, thanks for reading this. God bless. Bob and Maxy-wax >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
