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Old December 13th 08, 04:22 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Dave Cornwell Dave Cornwell is offline
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Default Meteorologists & spelling


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On 27 Mar, 17:39, "Peter" wrote:
There appears to be a statistically significant correlation between
qualified meteorologists and poor spelling; at least by users of this
newsgroup
:-)


Bit harsh that. It is the easiest thing in the world to make a typo
which might well look like bod spelling. And now that e-mail and
groups such as this are increasingly used as a medium for
communication, those unfortunates who are dyslexic find it difficult
to hide their minor problem.

Richard Branson is dyslexic. Most people would agree that "the boy
done good".

Jack

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Most people have the odd word that they are "blind" to when it comes to
spelling. I seem to remember passing "The Oxford and Cambridge Use of
English" entrance examination as it was then, but know I have made a few
typos and ocassional(sic) howlers on here in the past. In fact I tend to
proof read my posts but have groaned sometimes when I've realised an error
too late after sending.
I suspect as many people are irritated and put off by the elitism and
snobbery that sometimes surfaces on here ;-)
Dave