Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!flairvax!ellis From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: net.spell - (nf) Message-ID: <171@flairvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 16-Jul-83 07:15:32 EDT Article-I.D.: flairvax.171 Posted: Sat Jul 16 07:15:32 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jul-83 20:18:14 EDT References: ucbcad.265 Lines: 36 Net.spell -- great idea! You don't *know* how hard it is for some of us* pedants to stifle the *intense* urge to blast every instance of such misspellings as: existance practicly exitting occured(& all Goslingisms) programer parralel do'nt (& its relatives) sacreligious thourough proffessor sabbaticle kludge We pedants *deserve* a place in the sun, just as the flamers received. Think of it -- some grotesquely unthought article goes by -- shot down under the fire of a lilliputian army of flamers and *spellers* challenging the unlucky soul to a duel in their [sic**] chosen parking lot. It's a mission... "...whose GOD CHOSEN DUTY it is to fulfill a lifelong ambition of giving detailed explanations of the intricacies of 1st century vulgar Latin palatization of velars followed by front vowels, or the preponderance of English roots derived from stems in 'capere', not to mention the unfortunate, yet all too real, effect of the Norman affectation 'ou' as seen in words such as 'wound'. I can go into greater detail here, but why belabor the point?" Rev. Polonius Esterhazy (1784) We need "net.spell". I vote yes. Michael Ellis - Fairchild AI Lab - Palo Alto CA - (415) 321-0990 *Correct in spite of the Tareyton commercial. (cf. Jaspersen "English Grammar", pp. 19874-19875) **"he / his / him" has been banished in this context. "s/he or they / their / them" is, for lack of a better alternative (see net.women, Mar-May '83), taking its place.