Klarinet Archive - Posting 000899.txt from 1997/08

From: "C Henderson" <chenderson@-----.au>
Subj: Spelling
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 15:13:38 -0400

Roger wrote:
> I thought the spell check was for MY spelling of the word Choreograph!
> I actually found the comment about my spelling to be humorous and in =
good
> fun....didn't take it personally at all!
>
Thanks, Roger, you took the message exactly the way it was meant. In fac=
t, for those others who got upset, it was *not* a correction, but merely =
a message on how the (rather unusual) word was spelt. If I was inclined =
to correct spelling, as someone pointed out I could have corrected "toung=
e". I assume, though, that everyone knows that word, and if you choose =
to spell it wrongly, that's up to you. I have to admit I'm stunned by =
how a simple message about the spelling of a word can turn into such a =
long-winded discussion. I put a joke and a smile into a two-sentence mes=
sage - isn't that enough to tell you it wasn't a rebuke?? :-)

Oh, and please understand - this isn't a rebuke either. (Curse these mod=
ern inventions that don't transmit intonation)

(Crushed) Clare
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Clare Pascoe Henderson
variously clarinetist, writer/lecturer, herbalist
chook fanatic and menagerie manager
<chenderson@-----.au>
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