JonS Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: But that's not 'lumber', that's 'timber'. Please try to use proper nomenclature. Wood grog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Michael emrys wrote: Why, thank you, Bruno. I didn't know you cared. I...I'm deeply touched. [sniff] Aw ya big sod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianc Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Apparently it is rude to point out peoples spelling mistakes, but perfectly acceptable to make those mistakes in the first place. I acknowledge it is a matter of degree - one mistake in a post is phine, two is okah, etc. But surely somewhere along the way it becomes a matter of rudeness on the original posters part?I agree JonS. 9 times out of ten when you read these mangled posts, the author is seeking help or assistance of some kind. I am not limiting myself to commenting on just this board by any means either. It seems to me that if I were seeking some kind of advice or aid from people and asking them to take their time to point me in the right direction out of the kindness of their heart, the least I could do would be state my problem clearly and include all relevant information. People with disabilities have my sincerest sympathies, but it is not exceedingly difficult (and indeed courteous), in my mind, to run a spell checker over your work if you find that a simple proofread will not suffice... ianc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwazydog Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Locking this one up guys...the origional question has been answered and this is now way off topic. Guys although not the case here we need to keep in mind that many of our posters dont speak english as their first language and their computers may not be set up with an English spell checker, so we do need to give some people a little slack. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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