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Subject: Re: Literacy was: smail pronounciation
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Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 17:59:45 EST
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In article <25361@rochester.ARPA> ken@rochester.UUCP (SKY) writes:
>|one of my pet peeves is the perversion of standard English by
>|computer hackers too lazy to look in the dictionary.  Please
>|print the following and post on your terminal:
>
>There are far worse spelling errors in posted articles.  It seems the
>fashion these days to spell words the way they sound.
         ^^^^^^^^^^

The next time you're cruising through an archive of antique documents
(or perhaps a collection of reprints), notice the treatment of
spelling in letters, diary entries, &c.  In 18th and 19th century
documents I've noticed a great deal of variability in the spelling
of common words; indeed, I've often seen the same word spelled
two different ways in the same paragraph!  It would seem that
His Excellency General Washington was among the greatest offenders
in this regard.  Be pleased to construe this as my personal
opinion, and not as support for misspelling (or is it mispelling?).
	Steve Frysinger, Matrosse
	Capt. John Lamb's Co'y of Art'y
	The New York Reg't of the Continental Line