Um, so B i l, when did you change your name? On 11:21 AM, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123 wrote: > Hi, > > Old Bil? I remind you again that I'm three whole months younger than > you are. <great big grin> > > I'm not such a stickler for spelling, but as chuck points out, the > synth is > much more pleasant to listen to when there aren't spellos in the text. > Creative misspelling can be lots of fun such as when you refer to a > machine > with two operating systems as "d u e l" boot, or when more than a few of > us call that other OS "w i n d o z e". > > I have an Audapter. It can even tell that a certain bloke from > down-under writes the letter U instead of spelling out the word "y o u". > I'm not advocating that folks learn to spell, heck, I never did. But > modern mailers make it so easy to fix the errors almost automatically. I > can second what Chuck says about how running the spelchecker often makes > it run faster. <grin> > > > > 73. > Bill > > > On Sat, 4 May 2002, Ann Parsons wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Now, old Bill, I fully admit that these isn't spelled like cheese, > > even though it sounds like it ought to be. However, unless there's an > > extreme blooper like the poster who assured a budding concern that > > their registry personnel must be on "autopilate", I think we can > > interpret pretty well. I do agree that folks should use spell > > checkers, but since I don't myself, at least not within email msgs, I > > can't throw any stones. The walls of my house are made of glass. > > > > Ann P. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
