Klarinet Archive - Posting 000758.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Zonda Reeds
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:32:42 -0400

From: Sarah B. Horney <benevolent1@-----.com>
>On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:25:59 -0700 "Kevin Fay (LCA)"
><kevinfay@-----.com> writes:
>>I second the emotion!! Give me Zondas!!
>
>I am sorry to add such a post off topic, but this really is something
>that I am passionate about.
>
>PLEASE, it would be "I second the MOTION," not emotion. As President of
>a national debating society and Parliamentarian of several clubs there is
>little that irks me more than this common misuse. This is not meant to
>offend, just meant to give me a chance to pry my fingernails of my
>forearm.
>
>Robert's Rules of Order forever!

And from the rules of netiquette:
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Every few months a plague descends on mailing lists called the spelling
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spelling
or grammar in some article. The immediate result seems to be for everyone
on the net to turn into a 6th grade English teacher and pick apart each
other's postings for a few weeks. This is not productive and tends to
cause
people who used to be friends to get angry with each other.

It is important to remember that we all make mistakes, and that
there are many users on the net who use English as a second
language. There are also a number of people who suffer from
dyslexia and who have difficulty noticing their spelling mistakes.
If you feel that you must make a comment on the quality of a
posting, please do so by mail, not on the network.
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