atw: Re: Query: Deliberate misspellings

Hi Steve and Warren,

I had misgivings about sending my email because I suspected it might provoke
a personal and nasty response. I'm afraid that, as a techwriter, I don't see
anything so terrible about pointing out a misspelling in the same email
where others' misspellings are referred to. By pointing out the irony of
misspelling "misspelling" I'm not implying that Warren sends out work with
misspellings (not that I think that it is a great crime to do so anyway
because people can be good techwriters without having good spelling and a
spell-checker does not pick up everything) and I'm aware that when you're
writing on a list you don't check everything carefully. I've learnt my
lesson and I will avoid posting anything that I suspect might antagonise
like this because I don't like being addressed in a nasty and personal way.

Regards,
Petra

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Lewington" <wjlewington@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 9:43 AM
Subject: atw: Re: Query: Deliberate misspellings


> Correct at the misspelling, my Oxford and Macquarie are both specific.
> I also don't' send out work to clients at 10:00 PM at night without
thorough
> editing.
>
> Nor have you been personally involved (very fortunately to) with the
> politics within Sydney's ASTC community.
>
> Warren.
> Merry Christmas to everyone.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LIVERANI Petra
> Sent: Friday, 17 December 2004 10:41 AM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Query: Deliberate misspellings
>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I assume your reference to "CONSTRUCTIVE advice ... a rare commodity ..."=
> =20implies that you feel Brian's pointing out your misspelling of depende=
> nt is not constructive. Surely, on a list where accuracy is constantly di=
> scussed and debated pointing out an error is always constructive. Further=
> more, I really don't know how you would expect another techwriter not to =
> draw attention to the irony of talking about others' misspellings in an e=
> mail where you've misspelled a word yourself. It's simply an occupational=
> =20hazard. Noone has perfect knowledge of our language and we are bound t=
o
> make mistakes sometimes even when we're most trying to avoid them - tha=
t's
> why even with all the copy editors, proofreaders and subeditors and s= o
on
> mistakes still get through in so many publications. Of course, I can= not
> resist pointing out the irony of Warren saying he doesn't send out wo= rk
> with "miss-spellings"!
>
> (I originally put "misspelt" but I wasn't sure if that was correct so I d=
> id a google - misspelt (49,600 returns) and misspelled (1,070,000 returns=
> )).
>
> Regards,
> Petra
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 17 December 2004 09:20 AM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Query: Deliberate misspellings
>
>
> Thanks for the CONSTRUCTIVE advice there Wazza. A rare commodity in today=
> 's world as was evidenced.=20
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