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Obie Spell it Right 06-10-2010, 01:53 PM
welshwizard That is how it is written on... 06-10-2010, 02:11 PM
JimmyHAD :roflmao:roflmao:roflmao ... 06-10-2010, 02:12 PM
Stubear +1, I always try to spell... 06-10-2010, 02:20 PM
JimmyHAD Were it not for spell check... 06-10-2010, 02:23 PM
LX_Emergency No it isn't!!!:rant: 06-10-2010, 02:54 PM
JimmyHAD Well if it ain't it oughta be... 06-10-2010, 02:57 PM
gugi Spelling is easy, the... 06-10-2010, 03:24 PM
fpessanha No, it isn't! :) Mine is... 06-10-2010, 06:48 PM
Obie Spell It Right 06-10-2010, 07:11 PM
ndw76 The people who post on this... 06-11-2010, 02:05 PM
deighaingeal I must say thank you to... 06-11-2010, 04:56 PM
leadduck This is true. If you look at... 06-12-2010, 04:33 AM
JBHoren Sadly, folks here seem to pay... 06-12-2010, 05:21 AM
JMS They actually spell it both... 06-12-2010, 05:08 PM
deighaingeal Very interesting I'd want to... 06-12-2010, 05:27 AM
DwarvenChef I only know poor english and... 06-12-2010, 07:36 AM
leadduck I saw the letter in the book,... 06-13-2010, 03:12 AM
Sailor I think my English and... 06-12-2010, 04:10 PM
Lazarus I go back and forth on the... 06-10-2010, 03:24 PM
Obie Spell It Right 06-10-2010, 03:57 PM
MARKHOLLADAY I am glad I have things in my... 06-10-2010, 04:10 PM
AxelH For the record the correct... 06-10-2010, 05:26 PM
welshwizard You can get by in English... 06-10-2010, 05:47 PM
Lazarus Well said Obie. Focusing on... 06-10-2010, 06:08 PM
Pops! i too am a stickler for... 06-10-2010, 07:08 PM
Obie Spell it Right 06-12-2010, 05:53 PM
Desdinova Next order of business.... ... 06-13-2010, 01:47 AM
BeBerlin Like "et al."? 06-13-2010, 03:23 PM
jhenry I've been wondering for quite... 06-13-2010, 03:26 AM
ndw76 While we all seem to be... 06-13-2010, 04:32 AM
AnarchoPhil CamelCase - Wikipedia, the... 06-13-2010, 05:33 AM
kevint I find spelling to be of no... 06-13-2010, 03:01 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by deighaingeal View Post
    I must say thank you to fpessanha for using the term 'proper' english. As Obie used the term 'good' it made me cringe slightly. Grammar and spelling, in most cases cannot be good or bad. Being that currently I do not wish to prove cases for bad spelling right now I won't.
    I, usually, do not care about proper spelling. Up until fairly recent times in the history of language proper spelling was not only unnecessary, but uncommon even among the educated.
    This is true. If you look at the original writings of our founding fathers, in paricular Jefferson, who took great pride in education, their spelling was atrocious (did I spell that correctly?) by our standards It just wasn't important then. On the other hand, I've seen hand-written letter by a 19th century ranch hand by the name of Henry McCardy (aka Billy the Kid) and noted that the spelling, grammar and even the handwriting were impeccable.
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