Re: Misspelling (Was: Employment Oppotunity in Hong Kong)

I find it intriguing that the other misspelling in the emails about the spelling in the job offer (except the original) has not been noticed. In UK English (and Unix spell with the American option or the British option), "mispell" is shown as erroneous. After all, the word is spell, the prefix is "mis", so the compound with a hyphen would be "mis-spell", and the hyphen is unnecessary, hence "misspell" and "misspelling" and "misspelled", etc. The spell program doesn't recognise "spelt", let alone "misspelt", even though Webster's New World Dictionary does recognize "spelt" as an alternative to "spelled"... Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> }From: cressey@rzdisk.enet.qntm.com (David Cressey) }Date: 31 Jul 1995 14:04:54 GMT }X-Informix-List-Id: <news.15871> } }In article <3veohc$h4q@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>, woodwabo@ix.netcom.com (Bob Woodward) writes: }> }><Standing up and appluading VERY LOUDLY> }>Way to go PETER!!! I don't think I could agree with you more! }>Besides, I can't spell, either. Guess that means that "other guy" }>doesn't think I'm really posting this response. <smile> }> }>Let's see.... How did that proverb go.... "Many times it's best to }>keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove }>all doubt!" } }I also agree! <more applause> } }I wonder if everyone who has mispelled the word "lose" as "loose" }in electronic fora over the last twenty years qualifies as "lame" }in the view of our language critic? } }I think not. I say that even though that mispelling is a pet peeve of }mine.