Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!kaufman From: kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Minor Catharsis - (nf) Message-ID: <36200155@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 12:40:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.36200155 Posted: Fri Sep 28 12:40:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 00:55:28 EDT References: <319@ihu1e.UUCP> Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:ihu1e:-31900:uiucdcs:36200155:000:1080 Nf-From: uiucdcs!kaufman Sep 28 11:40:00 1984 #R:ihu1e:-31900:uiucdcs:36200155:000:1080 uiucdcs!kaufman Sep 28 11:40:00 1984 [Gee, Milo,line-eater" spelled backwards is "retae-enil"!] OK, look at it this way - there are two reasons why people unintentionally misspell things or use lousy grammar: [1] They don't know better. Not everybody got As in spelling in 3rd grade. In most cases, these people know they're not the world's greatest experts on the English language, and they don't need to be obnoxiously reminded every time they screw up. Maybe some constructive instruction from ONE of you experts who are really bothered by the matter would be worthwhile, but not a whole lot more. [2] It was an accident. (An accident!) Everybody makes typos on these %*&@# keyboards, and sometimes system noise does some dirty work. I've seen a couple of recent articles where "the" was mistakenly typed "yhe". BFD! I knew what it meant. I try to proofread my submissions, but pobody's nerfect. In short, why flame spelling when there are so many better things to flame? Sanity - what a concept! By the way, I always thought "shithead" was one word. Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman)