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From: bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: literacy
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Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 23:39:17 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 20 23:39:17 1985
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> 	I think think that what 'bc' says makes a lot of sense!
> 
> 	BUT, you have to remember that many (most?) people on
> 	the net, does not have english as their everyday language.
> 
> Bjorn Sjoholm, Computer Science, University of Uppsala, Sweden

1.	I think the major perpetrators (sp?) of these acts are good ol'
	Americans.

2.	Spelling is a nit, but it is easy to point out and, thus, to correct,
	and it is simply basic literacy -- not anything that should really
	be a significant issue.

3.	Other language abuses are just as frequent and confusing, if not
	bothersome, but I didn't want my "hit" on the net to be too big.

4.	I would hope English-as-a-second-language types spell better in their
	native languages than do Americans in theirs.

5.	My primary point was to point out that a lot of people read this
	stuff, and people have a tendency to model their writings and speech
	after (get this) that to which they are used.  So it is a minor, but
	present, duty to provide a correct presentation to the net.

I wish the literacy of the average American were as high as that of the
average European.  It may be, but I doubt it.
-- 
	- bc -

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