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Bruce Beford-2

OT: signature lines

Recently seen on an Elecraft e-list post:

"Tiny iPhone 5 keypad, typos are inevitable"

Incorrect. Typos are entirely "evitable"... It's a telephone. use a real
keyboard. ;-)
73,
Bruce N1RXX

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Rick WA6NHC

Re: OT: signature lines

Typos or improper spelling or the incorrect words are always inevitable. Proper grammar errors are yet more likely.

You're, your, yore; wear, where, we're, weir ...

Get over it. ;-)

Rick wa6nhc

Tiny iPhone 5 keypad, typos are inevitable

On Sep 12, 2013, at 7:10 PM, "Bruce Beford" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Recently seen on an Elecraft e-list post:
>
> "Tiny iPhone 5 keypad, typos are inevitable"
>
> Incorrect. Typos are entirely "evitable"... It's a telephone. use a real
> keyboard. ;-)
> 73,
> Bruce N1RXX
>
>
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Nicklas Johnson

Re: OT: signature lines

These don't rank even in the top 100 in terms of "things that keep me up at
night."

It's pretty annoying when an email or text or IM contains *so much*
malformed spew that I have to struggle and re-read several times to
transform it into something I can understand, but if I can apply quick
mental error correction with a minimum of effort, it's way easier to 'let
it go' than it is to gripe about it. I'm sure occasionally people even
transmit typos in CW. Forgiveness and tolerance are pretty nice things.

(Personally I find ordinary, everyday verbal abuse of the language (where
phones aren't even involved) FAR more obnoxious, like using the word "ask"
as a noun. But that's my pet peeve :-) )

Nick

On 12 September 2013 19:32, Rick Bates <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Typos or improper spelling or the incorrect words are always inevitable.
> Proper grammar errors are yet more likely.
>
>
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: OT: signature lines

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While I can be forgiving for most of those kind of errors, it saddens me
when I run across a communication from someone who is supposed to be
teaching my grandchildren filled with incorrect usage of the language,
including spelling errors, errors in sentence structure or syntax errors.

I have noticed that in newspaper quotes, emails, and 'official' school
communications. If those educators are either so sloppy to create such
errors (or really do not understand the rules of the language), I get a
negative impression of the level of communications skills that are being
taught to our children.

That has nothing to do with the typos that are caused by 'keyboards'
that are too small for fingers.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/12/2013 10:47 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> With the advent of messaging such as e-mail, "conversation" has moved from
> the spoken to the written word, along with all of the mistakes one hears
> daily in conversations.
>
> I am careful when I write a formal letter. Here I'm talking and I often
> notice, with a chuckle, how I sometimes mangle the English (or is it
> "American"?) language.
>
> 73 Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rick Bates
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 7:33 PM
> To: Bruce Beford
> Cc: <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: signature lines
>
> Typos or improper spelling or the incorrect words are always inevitable.
> Proper grammar errors are yet more likely.
>
> You're, your, yore; wear, where, we're, weir ...
>
> Get over it. ;-)
>
> Rick wa6nhc
>
> Tiny iPhone 5 keypad, typos are inevitable
>
> On Sep 12, 2013, at 7:10 PM, "Bruce Beford" <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> Recently seen on an Elecraft e-list post:
>>
>> "Tiny iPhone 5 keypad, typos are inevitable"
>>
>> Incorrect. Typos are entirely "evitable"... It's a telephone. use a
>> real keyboard. ;-) 73, Bruce N1RXX
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Milt -- N5IA

Re: OT: signature lines

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Wilhelm
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:23 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: signature lines

While I can be forgiving for most of those kind of errors, it saddens me
when I run across a communication from someone who is supposed to be
teaching my grandchildren filled with incorrect usage of the language,
including spelling errors, errors in sentence structure or syntax errors.

I have noticed that in newspaper quotes, emails, and 'official' school
communications. If those educators are either so sloppy to create such
errors (or really do not understand the rules of the language), I get a
negative impression of the level of communications skills that are being
taught to our children.

That has nothing to do with the typos that are caused by 'keyboards'
that are too small for fingers.

73,
Don W3FPR

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73 de Milt, N5IA

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Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ

Re: OT: signature lines

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Folks - Way OT. Let's end this thread for now.

Please try to keep posts here Ham Radio and Elecraft related.

73,

Eric
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Re: OT: signature lines

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