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From: presnik@bbn.com (Philip Resnik)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?)
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Date: 12 May 89 13:00:54 GMT
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In article <4412@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com writes:
>In article <8068@thorin.cs.unc.edu> barkley@unc.cs.unc.edu writes:
>}In article <1982@trantor.harris-atd.com>, chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com writes:
>}> [stuff about how spelling might be determined]
>
>All very interesting, and I don't want to put a damper on this discussion.
>However, I'd like to get back to its root for a moment.  This all began
>with a spelling flame at someone's posted article, as I recall.

I'm afraid you're going to have to dig a little deeper!  Although there's
a regular cycle of flames and responses concerning spelling (it seems to
be a cultural phenomenon on the net), the discussion you're referring to
began not with a flame about spelling, but with a query from me:  I was
seeking studies concerning the extent to which the spelling, grammar, etc.
in advertisements and presentations influences personal choice.  I'd love
to show people (e.g. advertisers) that poor English is losing them business;
it might give them a financial motivation to clean up their act.  (Certainly
nothing but a financial motivation will convince them to so!)

Unfortunately, aside from one suggestion to look in Psychological Abstracts,
no responses to my query have been forthcoming.  If I find anything interesting,I'll let you know!

  Philip
  presnik@bbn.com