Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Like my secretary. Roland Smith wrote: > I was amazed at how my spelling improved when I began using dictating > equipment. > > Roland Smith > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Byron Rakitzis" <leica@rakitzis.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 9:47 PM > Subject: [Leica] Re: Pet Peave (OT) > > > That's all the LUG needs now -- a spelling flame discussion. Flaming > > spelling has to be the oldest game on the internet and it will surely > > take up our time nicely now that politics is verboten. > > > > Spelling flamesters, beware: a spelling flame is rarely free of its own > > mistakes. This tendency also becomes a frustrating self-perpetuating > > mechanism for spelling flames: "A: see! You cant spell" -- "B: you cant > > spel either!" > > > > AS FOR SENTENCES WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS, any type designer will tell you that > > the human eyes read words more comfortably by grasping their shape (via > > the ascenders and descenders of d, p, k, l, g, j, y, etc.) rather than > > their spelling. All caps (or all lower case) defeats this shortcut we use. > > > > It would be wonderful to wave a magic wand to fix all the bad spelling and > > grammar on the net. In the meantime, could I advise "live and let live"? > > > > Byron. > >