What struck me was the incongruity (and therefore the humor) of touting someone as your favorite artist and then misspelling both the name and the genre. I know I've made errors in E-Bay listings but when I read it over, I usually catch them.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Boruff Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:28 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Bad English on the Bay It's too bad that everyone isn't as perfect as some of us! When I joined Phono-L I thought the purpose of the group was to share phonograph information - not to beat up on others for what they don't know. Bill B On Jun 24, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Rich wrote: > Probably a benefit of the PC Public Education system. There is a > spell > check built into the eBay listing routine but they are still > working on > the grammar checking module. > > john robles wrote: >> How can someone with such moronic English usage spell almost >> everything correctly?? And ththe description was like one long run- >> on sentence... >> >> Ron L <lherault at bu.edu> wrote: This seller touts his/her favorite >> oprah singer Elma Gluck. See: >> Item # 370061668586 >> >> Ron L >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
