Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:23:45 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: photo of vanagon fire: illiteracy
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I'm not looking for E.B. White, just the occasional full stop and rest
space.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree it's spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.
> However, we also have to consider each of us has our own strengths.
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Jake de Villiers <
> crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Its not just spelling Jeff, but the complete lack of structure in peoples'
>> emails.
>>
>> There are a couple of Listees here whose posts I simply skip because of
>> the
>> lack of rhythm and structure.
>>
>> I'm sure I'm missing out on some good information but ......
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:45 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > Great caption: "your`e fired"
>> > > Let us take a moment to pray for our education system.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > It's not just the US. Proper spelling and grammar are not taught
>> anywhere
>> > > these days. No wonder so many on this list (for instance) are
>> illiterate.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Uhhh, you'd be amazed at how many CEO's and other "highly educated"
>> folks
>> > can't spell worth a damn. Or figure out how to use their telephone. I
>> once
>> > worked for a company that had a VP who flew the SR-71 Blackbird cross
>> > country, yet he couldn't figure out the feature buttons on his
>> telephone. I
>> > think a lot of it has to do with most of us "older" folks never really
>> > learned to type. When I was in high school (70's) only girls took
>> typing-now
>> > ALL kids take it, but it's now called "keyboarding". My old ISP
>> (Earthlink)
>> > the email program did an automatic spell check before sending. Not so
>> with
>> > Comcast. Jeff
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jake
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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