Thursday, Jun 09, 2011 at 21:10
No, no, no Royce, I really did understand your post and where you are coming from. I saw your shudder. My post and comments were not directed at you or what you had said. I included your name in my address because you and the others were part of the sub conversation. And I agree absolutely with your sentiments.
It was just that I have so often winced at the indifferent spelling appearing in our society and reflected on the reaction to criticism. Jomahk's and your expressions provided me with opportunity to comment on that.
I appreciate that dyslexia etc can be a problem but my observations are that so much of poor spelling is because persons have learned phonetically. The thing that really gets me though is that even when confronted with the correct spelling, 'their' for example they do not seem to say to themselves "hullo, what is that word?" and learn. Even worse is the deliberate debasement such as using '2' instead of 'to'. As I read and encounter '2', as a technical person I see a numerical quantity and it throws me off the subject with irritation.
Why then is tact appropriate here when it is not called for when a person makes what may be considered an 'error' in expression or opinion? There seems no hesitation in voiced correction then.
And what may I ask is wrong with using ect or "electroconvulsive therapy"?
But enough, I may be hijacking the thread. Although to start a fresh one may be moderated as being Off Topic.
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