Why can't we all just eschew obfuscation? Bill Fairchild
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: SRBEPA >You may prefer 'dispatch' to 'despatch', but they are equally >legitimate alternative spellings. They may be legitimate, but NOT equally. The purpose of communication is to communicate. NOT to show off your erudition by picking obscure spellings/usage and confusing people. Schmuel was probably out of line in his phrasing; the sentiment is not. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
