On Sat, 04 Mar 2000 17:50:39 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Mar 2000 13:37:35 +0000, Charles Boisvert and Catherine Clinton
> wrote:
>> The word is of latin origin - it is definitely known in French and Spanish,
>> and probably other languages of that family as well. But the point about
>> non-native speakers is a good one. Thank you.
> Except that it is hard to know in advance just which words, phrases
> and idioms would be hard for a non-native speaker of English to
> understand. And of course, many of us native English speakers are
> poor spellers and lousy typists.
> If something is unclear, please ask for an explanation and we will
> all do our best to understand each other.
Hello:
I am very surprised that we have let ourselves carry on a discussion
on the list concerning the proper spelling of a word. I frequently
find many words misspelled here. Everybody including myself makes
mistakes. Sometimes the "peculiar" way we may spell some words is
merely a reflection of the ways of our own respective ethnic groups.
I think that discussions on the various spellings of words, although
educational and enlightening, are way off-topic. For that reason I
feel that such matters should be discussed off-list, IMHO.
Sam Heywood
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