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From: stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Why Engineers spell so bad [sic]
Message-ID: <4079@videovax.Tek.COM>
Date: Wed, 3-Dec-86 16:09:51 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  3 16:09:51 1986
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Reply-To: stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.)
Organization: Tektronix Television Systems, Beaverton, Oregon
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In article <3710@vax4.tc.fluke.COM>, David Whitlock (star@tc.fluke.COM)
plants his tongue firmly in his cheek and adds to the noise being
broadcast about how well (or poorly) engineers spell.  Where did this
nonsense come from?

My experience has been quite the opposite -- that engineers have a
tendency to pay attention to details, including spelling.  After all, if
a person can learn and retain the myriad details that characterize the
operation of a semiconductor device, he should be able to learn and
retain the relatively simple rules of English, along with a reasonable
knowledge of when an exception applies!  Of course, there are some
individuals that have dyslexia or another learning disability that
makes such learning difficult, but surely we aren't all brain-damaged!
(On second thought, we *did* decide to become engineers. . .)

					Steve Rice

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