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I thought you might appreciate the following.
"I have a spelling checker
It came with my PC;
It plainly marks four my revue
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I've run this poem threw it,
I'm sure your pleased too no,
Its letter perfect in it's weigh,
My checker tolled me sew."
-Janet Minor
My personal favorite on the subject is...
"Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination." - Mark Twain
I think that people are more careless with their spelling in this medium than they typically are in other written communication.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gait, Christopher [mailto:cgait_at_condor.nrl.navy.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 6:10 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: OFF-TOPIC Loose and lose
> "If you use RAID5 remember that you loose the disk capacity of
> one disk for the RAID configuration algorithim storage ie:
> four 10 gig drives equates to 30 gig storage RAID5. If you
> use RAID5 you can loose one disk and still be able to recover
> the data that you have storred in the configuration and the
> disks are prefferably "hot swaps"..."
I've noticed that on the Internet as a whole, and particularly among engineers of various flavors, very few people spell the word lose with one 'o'. Okay, this is a really trivial, old technical editor (like me) thing, but I'm starting to wonder if other people notice this. In the above authoritative and informative piece of technical text the word 'lose' is consistently misspelled as 'loose'. The way I see it, if disk capacity is loosed, it must be loosed somewhere, i.e. the disks must be turned loose to spin off across the computer room floor, spitting out bits as they go and preferably producing rodeo sound effects. If one loses a disk on the other hand that is a serious and troubling event.
Maybe someone can come up with an association between certain characteristic spelling errors and personality trends.
Chris Gait
-- Author: Gait, Christopher INET: cgait_at_condor.nrl.navy.mil Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFF1BC.0DCA8EAC Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2650.12"> <TITLE>RE: OFF-TOPIC Loose and lose</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I thought you might appreciate the following.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>"I have a spelling checker</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>It came with my PC;</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>It plainly marks four my revue</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mistakes I cannot sea.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I've run this poem threw it,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I'm sure your pleased too no,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Its letter perfect in it's weigh,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>My checker tolled me sew."</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-Janet Minor</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>My personal favorite on the subject is...</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>"Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a = word obviously lacks imagination." - Mark Twain</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I think that people are more careless with their = spelling in this medium than they typically are in other written = communication. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Gait, Christopher [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:cgait_at_condor.nrl.navy.mil">mailto:cgait_at_condor.nrl.navy.m= il</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 6:10 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: OFF-TOPIC Loose and lose</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> "If you use RAID5 remember that you loose = the disk capacity of </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> one disk for the RAID configuration algorithim = storage ie: </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> four 10 gig drives equates to 30 gig storage = RAID5. If you </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> use RAID5 you can loose one disk and still be = able to recover </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> the data that you have storred in the = configuration and the </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> disks are prefferably "hot = swaps"..."</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I've noticed that on the Internet as a whole, and = particularly among</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>engineers of various flavors, very few people spell = the word lose with one</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>'o'. Okay, this is a really trivial, old technical = editor (like me) thing,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>but I'm starting to wonder if other people notice = this. In the above</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>authoritative and informative piece of technical = text the word 'lose' is</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>consistently misspelled as 'loose'. The way I see = it, if disk capacity is</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>loosed, it must be loosed somewhere, i.e. the disks = must be turned loose to</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>spin off across the computer room floor, spitting = out bits as they go and</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>preferably producing rodeo sound effects. If one = loses a disk on the other</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>hand that is a serious and troubling event.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Maybe someone can come up with an association between = certain characteristic</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>spelling errors and personality trends. </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Chris Gait</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-- </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Author: Gait, Christopher</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> INET: cgait_at_condor.nrl.navy.mil</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Fat City Network Services -- (858) = 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>San Diego, = California -- Public Internet = access / Mailing Lists</FONT> <BR><FONT = SIZE=3D2>---------------------------------------------------------------= -----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an = E-Mail message</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of = 'ListGuru') and in</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB = ORACLE-L</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed = from). You may</FONT>Received on Wed Jul 19 2000 - 14:48:46 CDT
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