At 08:23 AM 1/11/02, you wrote: >I work around an english speaking Mexican born fellow who was denied a >chance to advance to a better job because he didnt spell very well. >Crap, >his spelling was atrocious. He was fairly well spoken, albeit with an >accent >and some poor grammer, but his writing skills were poor because he spoke >spanish mostly when not on the job. >*I* know for a fact he was the best choice for the job. I work with his >department all the time. But when he wrote a departmental memo he made >terrible and obvious mistakes and this made him appear to be >................. hmmm.....unqualified, if I may be kind.
I didn't see where it specified what kind of job this was, but I used to work with a programmer whose spelling was atrocious, even if he was a native of the US. Apparently the people in marketing took his word for the spelling of technical terms rather than looking it up or asking anyone, as they produced a fancy full-color brochure with the word "mnemonics" spelled as "pneumonics," which is the way this particular programmer tended to spell it in program comments. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
