Klarinet Archive - Posting 000233.txt from 2005/11

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Dan's unique spelling conventions
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:50:17 -0500

I agree Rien, but I don't recall you ever having once suggested you
are an authority on something which after a little closer inspection
it turns out that you know very little, or that you are so sloppy
that the point you wish to make becomes irrelevant. That, in my
opinion, is the difference. Doing that turns a person into an easy
target for ridicule.

It is true that sometimes the opportunity for ridicule becomes so
pronounced that it takes on a different form -- one of loving
amusement, as in the case of the first page of the Guardian, or, I
believe, in the case of Florence Foster Jenkins,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins

who was evidently such a bad singer that she had a large following of
adoring fans who bought her records and were faithful devotees of her
concerts. That's a bizarre twist on human nature.

Oliver

At 02:59 PM 11/10/2005, you wrote:
>Oliver
>
>everybody makes mistakes. Maybe you feel happy about "Dan's unique
>spelling conventions", but I note many mistakes in many postings on
>this list. Actually I often feel ashamed of my own mistakes, when I
>read back what I posted on this list.
>
>But I think it is inherent to this medium, that at the same time is
>fluently and fast: you type down some text nd send it. In the case
>of "really important" letters I reread them twice, after having read
>them by my spelling checker, but most mails I send I do not reread.
>
>Rien

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