Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] misspelled words
From: Kent Jon Peters <KPETERS@huntel.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:35:29 -0700

allan jay silver wrote:
> 
>         Criticizing someone's misspelled words is a puerile attempt at massaging
> one's ego.  Many reasons are responsible for misspelled words.  Those
> unfamiliar with english, especially those living in Europe may misspell
> words.   Typing errors or even thinking phonetically while typing, can do
> this.  It is a fact that most misspelled words are those of proper names.
> Some names are fancified such as Alyce instead of Alice; or Quayle instead
> of Quail.  Mistakes are common and, unless the purpose for the correction
> is instructive, the error should be ignored. The message being conveyed is
> all important.
> 
> Allan
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someone has posted that content is more important than style!  at
last!!!  Kent