[sdiy] OT: grammar, spelling and communication

[Rude 66]

heh heh.. guilty in all cases.. but in times like this, i can always throw
in the joker that english is not my first language..;-)

and believe me, english is not the only language being slaughtered. i hear
and see things in my native dutch that almost make me cry sometimes....;-)

r./



----- Original Message -----
From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
To: "Rude 66" <rude66 at xs4all.nl>
Cc: "Tim Parkhurst" <tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com>;
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] OT: grammar, spelling and communication


> Quothe Rude 66, from writings of Sat, May 28, 2005 at 12:38:59AM +0200:
> > ha ha! you've hit on one of my pet subjects.. just like ic's, decent
> > spelling skills seem to have gone out of the window.. you won't believe
how
> > many press releases i see with the stupidest spelling mistakes in it..
from
>                                                                     ^^
> Cents someone done gone n started a thread about pickin' nits, here
> are a few helpful hints:  4 example, that "it" should be "them."
> Also, "most foolish" would sound better than "stupidest" which aint
> done sound quite right to me ears.
>
> Hay, u also appear to have forgotten 2 capitalize the right wordz d00d!
>
> > major companies and labels, in their native languages. not typing
errors,
> > but pure spelling/ grammar.. i don't mind if some guy runs a small label
and
> > does everything himself and is not the world's best speller, but if big
> > labels can't even bother, i find it hard to take them seriously..
> > the only thing i sin against in mail is the capitals, but that's because
i'm
> > too lazy to hit the shift key every time..;-)
>
> Oops, I see that you're aware of the capitalization, but what going on
> with all of those double periods? :-)
>
> Let's get back to discussing SDIY... I think we all understand what
> everyone is saying in their messages, even when there exist a few
> mistakes.  Still, I do agree that the English language is the
> recipient of far too much abuse, and is often slaughtered by people
> who should know better; politicians, journalists and newscasters, for
> example.
>
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