I do not agree. Correct spelling in a public forum *is* the appropriate thing to do and I think it is OK to correct people for it. I'd bet that most of the spelling errors Scobie has corrected are due to laziness or inappropriate attention paid during one's education more than due to learning disabilities.
For those of you who think spelling is hard (and I am not pointing to those who, like Dr. Dan, have a learning disability) and think it unimportant, I like to pull out the following from Mark Twain: Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spikingwerld. -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Danny C Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 10:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] RE: Subject: if anyone cares You know to those of us with leaning disability's it is actually rather insulting and demeaning at the same time, because it is a handicap that makes life rather hard at times in dealing with just such a problem. So I think it would be better to keep things like this to yourself and off a public list. Dr. Dan Williams Someone with Dyslexia. -------SNIP------------- From: "Scobie Puchtler" about improving their spelling, perhaps the most widespread error I see on the RCSE list, even among folks who spell pretty damned well, is the substitution of LOOSE for LOSE. LOOSE = NOT TIGHT LOSE = OPPOSITE OF FIND RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
