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Subject:Re: break vs. brake
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Sun, 17 Sep 2023 15:21:46 -0600

A POI when it comes to Brakes on anything that can move is that it may very

well be misspelled since they are a device or devices that cause the slowing down

or interruption of motion > Break = an interruption of continuity <https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=566125202&q=continuity&si=ALGXSlbxwhdHKc0fpoiOcM6OGd452Vrb_vHt3ULEN7mEqFcSpXpA93kPTVixBAEOqfcT_OfqyRZssrvbyyBzUgNT5ZkgbxLD3w%3D%3D&expnd=1> or uniformity <https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=566125202&q=uniformity&si=ALGXSlbxwhdHKc0fpoiOcM6OGd45SSGuHw_CJu1hzAwGH739v0wte6zKzc4GvajmCuFEDh-3_QP3bNWHVXdpow-jXJ0vUgGhaA%3D%3D&expnd=1>. So

in Your car when You attempt to slow down by applying the Brakes You are Breaking

the motion of Your car & therefore maybe could say You are applying Breaks ~

> On 17 Sep , 2023, at 12:41 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
>        Just for you, I will spell Break as Brake for now on. That won’t Brake my heart.  I think the bigger issue is the silliness of our English language spelling, There, I mean Their, I mean They’re so many examples.  I’m never going to get them all correct. 
> 
> I learn from sound not from seeing words. Example.  I’m now an intermediate French language speaker.  But, I almost gave up learning as I just about failed my High school classes due, I mean do, I mean, Due, to not being able to spell.  Later, I used audio only French lessons with success. 
> 
> I don’t see the warning colors on word processors.  So, you are going to see lots of errors in my writing.
> 
> Sew, rather then, than, worry about your sensibilities, I’m going to just keep writing as I do and put my energies into content rather then spelling.
> 
> I also tend to use a when I should use an.  Something I’ve worked on for years.
> 
> 
> I just last weak fixed my Break email folder to brakes, so I understand the spelling.  I really just don’t feel like worrying about how this affects others.
> 
> Please spell words any way you like as long as they sound like the word you mean and your valuable positive contributions continue.
> 
> Lastly, Years ago, in college in 1984, I started using a spell check for the first time.  I used it when mailing letters home to my mother.  My mom wrote back and said, pleas stop using the spell checker, your letters are not nearly as fun to read.
> 
> So, I won’t be worrying too, I mean Two, I mean to, much about my spelling as though it may be upsetting you others may miss the unusual effects being blind and only a audio learner has on correspondence. 
> 
> Have a gneiss day.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 
>> On Sep 17, 2023, at 1:19 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Eric, I don't mean to be rude or insulting.  For years I have seen your misspelling of "brake" as "break" on the list.  Perhaps you could spell this word correctly.  😏  Dave McNeely