Date:         Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:10:25 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Subject:      Re: No more spelling error lists PLEASE!
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 07:51 AM 10/26/98 -0800, davidson wrote:

>I think this spelling stuff is just cluttering up the list.

>And worse it may intimidate some people from posting if they think
some

>teacher type spelling Gestapo is looking over their shoulder to
humiliate

>them.


No one has EVER suggested that the "spelling hall of shame" was anything
other than Friday Fun!!


However, that being said, it would behoove us all to spell things
correctly as it makes searching our valuable archives somewhat useful.


I'll give you an example: try searching on "guage" vs. "gauge" in the
archives -- if this were an important keyword for your search, fully half
of the valuable information would be essentially lost when one does such
a search. This is not an isolated case either. Think of "Synchro",
"Westphalia", etc. -- it is actually rather sad that this archive is
being slowly poisoned by such simple and innocent word usage.


So you can't have it both ways -- we want this list to be informational
(the archive) but we also want to be lazy (or ignorant) enough that our
own posts are unretrievable in the future!


That being said, I intend on continuing the post, only the <bold>gestapo
whiners</bold> have convinced me that once a month is enuf!


Cheers (with a very big smile!)





<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

Open Market, Inc.

</italic>

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