Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Rachel said:
> > Geeks take pride in their use of the language and syntax and
> > so on. Don't forget Larry Wall is a Linguist more than he is a
> > Programmer. A true geek will be almost anally retentive about the
> > correct use of language. Where do you think net.cops come from?
>
> Yeah! Were are your english?
ooh goody are we going to have a spelling flamefest?
Suppose I must be a geek then!
People get me to spell check documents/resumes/etc cos
all the typos, mis-spellings, bad use of tense and so
on just stand out to me like they're highlighted.
About the only one that doesn't get up my nose is
starting sentences with prepositions (and in email I
take the odd shortcut like "cos" instead of "because").
Dave.
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