Klarinet Archive - Posting 001152.txt from 2002/06

From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Illiteratates - And question
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 21:51:55 -0400

Callahan -

Touché on the misspelling. What it proves is that my language knowledge
exceeds my typing ability.

I know that this isn't a language List but when I see you American
youngsters disregarding the rules of the written English language, it upsets
me because I know how important the art of writing is to ones success in
life. In my business career I discarded many resumes after reading only
about half of the cover letter because the poor writing immediately told me
that they were not educated enough to qualify for the job opening that we
had.

The ability to write well and communicate well is very important for success
in life. When someone reads what you have written, they learn a great deal
about you. Write well and you create a good impression. Write poorly and
you create a poor impression. It is that simple.

Regards,

Gene Nibbelin

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Callahan [mailto:kionon@-----.com]
Subject: [kl] Illiteratates - And question

<snip>

>
> And finally: you moronically misspelled "illiterates" in the subject line
of
> your pitiful e-mail.
>
> Without any respect,
>

Bravo, Mr. Berwald. I wasn't planning on giving this post the decency of a
response, but you summed up my thoughts nicely. I can assure you, most of us
do not agree with Mr. Nibbelin. English is my first language and my major
(music is my minor) and I still make mistakes. It happens. If Mr. Nibbelin
plays clarinet the way he converses with people, perhaps he should keep his
day job.

Now, as for my question, did you study clarinet in Germany or France? If so,
where, and what system clarinet did you use?

Kevin Callahan

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