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From: abbajay@oracle.UUCP (Dave Abbajay)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: literacy
Message-ID: <117@oracle.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 19:28:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: oracle.117
Posted: Fri Oct 18 19:28:56 1985
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References: <747@cyb-eng.UUCP>
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Summary: Spelling guru's

In article <747@cyb-eng.UUCP>, bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews) writes:
> Postings to the net routinely contain typographical errors.  Most of my
> postings are done via vi, but sometimes it is direct, and it is hard to
> correct something typed "up there".  Reading these typos is integral to
> reading net news.
> 
> However, many of the misspellings are repeated consistently, and seem to
> be actual misspellings, however surprising that may be, given the average
> education level of net posters.  This is not to flame, but to inform the
> net of the spelling of some words commonly misspelled on the net.
> 
> 	Wrong			Right
> 
> 	compatable		compatible
> 	psuedo-			pseudo-
> 	seperate		separate
> 	wierd			weird
> 	recieve			receive
> 
[OMITTED TEXT]
> 	- bc -
> 

If Bill could use all 5 words in a single sentence, we'd all be much
happier.

Hey, I CAN'T spell, that's why I became a 'C' programmer!

Dave Abbajay
Senior Technical Staff
ORACLE Corporation
(415)854-7350