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Subject: Re: Literacy was: smail pronounciation
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Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 14:47:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  2 14:47:22 1987
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Reply-To: trb@ima.UUCP (Andrew Tannenbaum)
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In article <1528@whuts.UUCP> tes@whuts.UUCP (STERKEL) writes:
> one of my pet peeves is the perversion of standard English by
> computer hackers too lazy to look in the dictionary.
...
> Of course, I do not expect to reform 100K+ 
> recalcitrant hackers who defiantly wear illiteracy
> like a rebozo.  However, some worthwhile 
> discussion may be engendered.

I am amused that a person would follow the first sentence above with
the others which I have quoted.  Terry, you are entitled to your opinion,
and hackers are entitled to be recalcitrant, but if you are going to accuse
others of perverting the English language, the least you can do is to avoid
the phrase "some worthwhile discussion may be engendered."

	time flies defiantly wear illiteracy like a rebozo.
	Andrew Tannenbaum   Interactive   Boston, MA   +1 617 247 1155