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Article #2730If we can't read it we can't answer it
From: Michael A. Covington
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 14:18
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 14:18
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It's traditional not to criticize spelling errors in net postings,
because most people are typing fast, and some of them are using
editors where it's hard to make a correction.
HOWEVER, we've recently had some messages that went far beyond ordinary
typing errors, and became real puzzles for the reader. Spellings that
I recall recently are...
"droor" (turned out to mean "drawer")
"wala" (I think this was supposed to be "voila")
"to" meaning "2" (resulting in a very confusing sentence,
because in that context, "to" also almost made sense)
Please, folks, make sure you're writing in English or some other human
language. If we can't read it, we can't answer it.
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Michael A. Covington, Ph.D. | mcovingt@uga.cc.uga.edu | ham radio N4TMI
Artificial Intelligence Programs | U of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602 U.S.A.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: If we can't read it we can't answer it Summary: Spelling matters, to a degree Message-ID: <1992Apr11.141832.14759@athena.cs.uga.edu> Date: 11 Apr 92 14:18:32 GMT Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 24