Hans Pizka wrote: <snip>
The grammatical expertise displayed by Hans is often a source of amusement. How ironic that he so cruelly lambasts another list member about his spelling errors! It's almost as if he is unfairly distracted by nitpicking, fussing about something that is not "the essence of the problem or the question".May-be it was your spelling teacher (sorry, but I had to point to that), who might give you a very bad score for all the spelling errors you committed including the "smple meanig" or "solfegio" (correct: solfeggio). If you were that careless playing the horn, you would be fired anyway. Sorry.
We are so glad that the Professor is not careless in his horn playing, his horn production, and his website construction. <chuckling>
It must be admitted that English is a terribly constructed language, with an almost infinite number of rules, and, were it possible, and even greater number of exceptions to those rules. I tip my hat to anyone able to master English as a second language!
and in another e-mail he complained:
Oh, what fascinating opportunities for discussion we create by wandering away from the essence of the problem or the question! Does it really seem unfair that readers feel free to comment on the detours and meanderings of one's e-mails? It is certainly justifiable to encourage another writer to focus on a question or problem. However, if one succumbs to the temptation to become long-winded, adding even three deviating sentences, laced with accusations of laziness and suspicions of inadequate training, then one can expect people to respond to whatever one writes!And again, dear Graeme, you just picked out just three sentences from my letter, but you did NOT comment to the essence of the problem or the question, which was about "Si # alto" or "C # alto" or "G # alto".
That is the usual "unfair" use of the list. Picking just one thing, but avoiding the right answer or statement, so not to provide anything another member could response in a negative way.
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