The original posting represents no linguistic disability, just laziness. It displays the very sad tendency of US-based youth to skip the usage of the shift key.
I have studied linguistics a university level, English was my sixth language (is the second today), I can read about 12 languages, I can tell the mother-language of non-native English speaking correspondents/list members on basis of their style of writing English, I (like HP) write English on a basis of German and Latin grammar (only my English is far superior to HansÂ’ English, which only can be understood truly by people in full command of German), and I am a dyslectic in the sense, that it extremely hard for me to control the proper sequencing of letters. A fact aggravated by my unstable eyesight. But then my knowledge of the problems made me a very good teacher. My students scored highly in reading and spelling tests. Some of my postings may come out oddly on my bad-eye days, but I am always offended on my linguistic professionalism by sloppiness as displayed in the original posting. I considered sending a protest posting myself, but I was too LAZY. However Hans shall not be denigrated on basis of his protesting posting. There are so many other items upon which to protest Hans, who highly gifted and educated as he is, still lives in a mental conch with a limited understanding of the real world. His reply to me on the Handel opera is way off. I will respond to that, when my eyes allow me to read the score. But then Hans is worth fighting with, as he represents a trove of knowledge. The original posting represents the opposite. Please be forgiving towards my English as today happens to be a bad-eye day for me. Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre --- Christine Ranson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a strong dislike for bad spelling, punctuation etc. myself. But what > you do not know is whether the person is in fact being 'lazy' as you said, > or whether they truly have problems (sorry, I do not mean to offend, but I > have many dyslexic friends). How incredibly wrong of you to presume that > they are being 'lazy' on a public forum! > > Then again, yes, they may well be 'lazy'. > > > >From: "Walter E. Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Very nice, Hans. > > > > > >A bit of advice to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >I have a hard time believing that any college student can write on a public > >forum and NOT be bothered to use either capital letters, periods, and > >decent sentence construction. Just a word of advice from a retired public > >school teacher that taught both Instrumental music and academic subjects. > >You're no longer in High School where one can get away with being lazy when > >it comes to grammar usage. Many of the people on this list are adults, > >educated, and know how to use proper mechanics when writing. Develop good > >writing habits now, since you're in college, you will have to write > >concisely, or you'll eventually fail your classes. College instructors will > >not tolerate poor writing habits. > > > >Walt Lewis > > > > > >At 01:37 AM 5/13/2006, you wrote: > > > >>Sorry, are you simplifying your horn playing the same way > >>you are simplifying your writing style ???? > >>Just a question. > >>============================================================ > >>===================================== > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 3:05 AM > >>To: horn@music.memphis.edu > >>Subject: [Hornlist] horn advice > >> > >>ok so here is my problem im a college student majoring on > >>the horn and ive been playing on a conn 8d and a yamaha 668 > >>for the past three years now....i knew that i would have to > >>get a new horn eventualy and now is that time... so my > >>problem is that the yamaha horns ive tried , 668-ii, have a > >>great grip for my hand size , they fit me perfect, on the > >>other hand they dont have a very good tone for what im > >>looking for...now the conn 8d has a great tone but the grip > >>is horribly small and constricts my playing... i was looking > >>into the hons hoyer heritage model horn,7801, but im still > >>not sure yet on what kind of horn i want and need..... so if > >>anyone has any advice that would be great.... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
