[AJD] Being really tacky today

[Duane Ledford]

Hukt on fonikx werkd fur me!!!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
To: "AT JD" <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:03 PM
Subject: [AJD] Being really tacky today


> I'll apologize for being tacky up front on this one. But here goes! I know
> that I misspell words here on ATIS occasionally (maybe often) but 
> sometimes
> it is due to my poor typing skills.  And I don't worry about it a whole 
> lot
> due to a bit of feeling that an occasionally misspelled word isn't going 
> to
> offend too many list members. But I just read an eBay listing for a JD 40 
> T
> that really struck me as being indicative of what we are graduating from
> high school these days. The person originating the listing admits to
> attending college at the present time. I counted at least 10 obvious
> spelling errors in the listing. He is from Ohio, it appears, but is
> attending college in NY supposedly.
>
> I guess maybe I noticed this more due to an experience we had with our
> oldest daughter when she was in junior high school. She just had a heck of 
> a
> time with spelling and after much extra work she ended up in the high 
> school
> honors program and did off-campus accelerated school work. But it took 
> some
> extra focus to get her there. She attended college at the University of
> Washington and graduated with honors with a degree in Education with a
> business minor (Dad caused that minor :-)). She has taught school for over
> 18 years and now is a High School English teacher, has also picked up a
> Masters degree and has enough credits that would qualify her for a 
> Doctorate
> degree but hasn't pursued it. But it just shows that spelling issues don't
> have to be a lifetime handicap.
>
> BTW, my daughter, to this day, blames Max Raferty who was the head guy in
> the California State School system at the time my daughter was in 
> Elementary
> school. She had a year or two of elementary instruction where the only 
> thing
> that was taught was the phonetic way of spelling. She says it handicapped
> her for life!  :-)
>
> But anyway, this particular eBay listing just struck me as being a bit 
> over
> the edge. I'm sure it was triggered by the fact the seller mentions he is 
> in
> college but... what really set me off was he spelled it as "colledge". 
> :-)
>
> See eBay auction #  7581656930
>
> Ok, how many spelling errors did I make in this message?  :-) I know, I 
> have
> it coming. Do it to me! And yes, I know my sentences are too long!  :-)
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
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