

| Subject: | Re: photo of vanagon fire: illiteracy |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:10:01 -0700 |
Its not just spelling Jeff, but the complete lack of structure in peoples' emails. There are a couple of Listees here whose posts I simply skip because of the lack of rhythm and structure. I'm sure I'm missing out on some good information but ...... On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:45 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote: > > >>> > > Great caption: "your`e fired" > > Let us take a moment to pray for our education system. > > > > > > It's not just the US. Proper spelling and grammar are not taught anywhere > > these days. No wonder so many on this list (for instance) are illiterate. > > > > Uhhh, you'd be amazed at how many CEO's and other "highly educated" folks > can't spell worth a damn. Or figure out how to use their telephone. I once > worked for a company that had a VP who flew the SR-71 Blackbird cross > country, yet he couldn't figure out the feature buttons on his telephone. I > think a lot of it has to do with most of us "older" folks never really > learned to type. When I was in high school (70's) only girls took typing-now > ALL kids take it, but it's now called "keyboarding". My old ISP (Earthlink) > the email program did an automatic spell check before sending. Not so with > Comcast. Jeff > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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