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alexpeterson(at)earthlink
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

Ok, when you have something, and then you don't have it anymore, it is

called "losing", or "lose", or "lost".



When something is not tight, it is called "loose".



Now, if something loses its ability to stay tight, i.e., it becomes loose,

it is not called "loosing".



Got it?



There must be some pathologic reason RV builders can't get this right, and I

hope we build airplanes better.



Grin.



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Alex P.

Mark Phillips in TN

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 431
Location: Columbia, TN

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

In a message dated 04/27/2006 5:09:44 PM Central Daylight Time, 

alexpeterson(at)earthlink.net writes:

There must be some pathologic reason RV builders can't get this right, and I

hope we build airplanes better.

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		  >>>


	


Thank GAWD I'm not the only one to notice this- & NOT and Englitch majer 

either!  Thanks!

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Mark

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Location: New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

Interestingly, I  have noticed the "loose" problem on other aviation  

websites that are totally unrelated to homebuilt/experimental  

airplanes. hmmmm.................!!



David

On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:15 PM, Fiveonepw(at)aol.com wrote:



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 In a message dated 04/27/2006 5:09:44 PM Central Daylight Time,

 alexpeterson(at)earthlink.net writes:

 There must be some pathologic reason RV builders can't get this  

 right, and I

 hope we build airplanes better.

>>>>



 Thank GAWD I'm not the only one to notice this- & NOT and Englitch  

 majer

 either!  Thanks!

 do not archive



 Mark

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David Maib
RV-10 #40559
New Smyrna Beach, FL

3edcft6(at)cox.net
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

Alex Peterson wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		  There must be some pathologic reason RV builders can't get this right, and I

hope we build airplanes better.

  



I know this was meant in good humor so please don't take this too 
	


seriously. 



Those who think the ability to spell correctly is an indication of 

intelligence, are morons.  Equating the ability to spell well, with the 

ability to build an airplane well, is beyond ludicrous!  The mental 

abilities required to build an airplane well are logical thinking and 

the ability to make rational decisions, there is little logical or 

rational about the English language.  Those who see a word that is not 

spelled right or the wrong word on a page, and instantly think, "the 

writer can't spell", are also a morons.  There is such a thing as a 

typo.  I often inadvertently type too when I mean to, I also often type 

how when I mean who.  It's not because I don't know how to spell the 

words or what the difference between them is.  Here are some thoughts on 

the subject from those more knowledgeable about it than I.  The last one 

is extraordinarily well put.



"I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way." -- 

Mark Twain

"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the 

letters get in the wrong places." -- A. A. Milne



That often happens to my typing, and I am sure many others as well.



"Correct spelling, indeed, is one of the arts that are far more esteemed 

by schoolma'ams than by practical men, neck-deep in the heat and agony 

of the world."  ~Henry Louis Mencken, The American Language



"As I have said before, I never had any large respect for good spelling. 

That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary 

forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters, and also 

added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their 

spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a 

doubtful benevolence to us."  -- Mark Twain



"What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme 

function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? 

Certainly. Then if we can do it with words of fonetic brevity and 

compactness, why keep the present cumbersome forms?" -- Mark Twain



The best for last.



"I have had an aversion to good spelling for sixty years and more, 

merely for the reason that when I was a boy there was not a thing I 

could do creditably except spell according to the book. It was a poor 

and mean distinction, and I early learned to disenjoy it. I suppose that 

this is because the ability to spell correctly is a talent, not an 

acquirement. There is some dignity about an acquirement, because it is a 

product of your own labor. It is wages earned, whereas to be able to do 

a thing merely by the grace of God, and not by your own effort, 

transfers the distinction to our heavenly home - where possibly it is a 

matter of pride and satisfaction, but it leaves you naked and 

bankrupt."  -- Mark Twain



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Chris W

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rv8ch

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 250
Location: Switzerland

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:39 am Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

 	  Quote: 	
		  > There must be some pathologic reason RV builders can't get this right, and I

> hope we build airplanes better.

>  

>

 I know this was meant in good humor so please don't take this too 

 seriously. 

 

 Those who think the ability to spell correctly is an indication of 

 intelligence, are morons.  Equating the ability to spell well, with the 

 ability to build an airplane well, is beyond ludicrous!  


	


Great Twain quotes.  I wish everyone would read all his

works, and keep them in heart.



Another thing to keep in mind that our list welcomes people

from other countries who may not have English as their

native language.  They are bound to make plenty of mistakes,

just as I do when I post to the Van's Club de France list

in French.  Never a complaint about my bad French.



I'm reminded of the CEO of ABB that when asked what the

official language of their large, multinational company

was, he responded "bad English".  This is the right way

to open doors to communication.



I also know that poking fun at spelling errors is all

done in jest.



-- 

Mickey Coggins

http://www.rv8.ch/

#82007 finishing

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Mickey Coggins
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:43 am Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

Mark Twain, posthumous apologist for the gummint skoo syssem...

 

 

 

-Stormy

 

Y'all have a good day.

 

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rv7(at)b4.ca
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:28 am Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

On 23:44:13 2006-04-27 Chris W <3edcft6(at)cox.net> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   Here

 are some thoughts on the subject from those more knowledgeable about

 it than I.  The last one is extraordinarily well put.


	


Ironically, your message and all of its attached quotes from learned folk

were spelled perfectly... Even though neither you nor those learned folk

seem to care about spelling!



-Rob

jsflyrv(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

 	  Quote: 	
		  >Here

>are some thoughts on the subject from those more knowledgeable about

>it than I.  The last one is extraordinarily well put.

>    

>



Ironically, your message and all of its attached quotes from learned folk

were spelled perfectly... Even though neither you nor those learned folk

seem to care about spelling!



  



Even more irritating than the spelling issue is people that do not use the
	


DO NOT ARCHIVE.  This nonsense goes into the RV-LIST archive

for ever for all future builders and readers to have to muck through to

find any  RV construction information.



I guess I am illiterate enough that I have never had a problem reading

and understanding what the writer was trying to say even with

word that were spelled wrong.

khorton01(at)rogers.com
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:04 am Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

On 28 Apr 2006, at 12:11, Jerry Springer wrote:



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>

 Even more irritating than the spelling issue is people that do not  

 use the

 DO NOT ARCHIVE.  This nonsense goes into the RV-LIST archive

 for ever for all future builders and readers to have to muck  

 through to

 find any  RV construction information.



 I guess I am illiterate enough that I have never had a problem reading

 and understanding what the writer was trying to say even with

 word that were spelled wrong.




	


If we believe the archive should be useful, we should try to at least  

ensure that any key words are spelled correctly.  The archive can  

hold an e-mail with the most wonderful stuff about "guages", but  

someone searching for info on gauges will never find it.



Kevin Horton         RV-8 (finishing kit)

Ottawa, Canada

http://www.kilohotel.com/rv8

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3edcft6(at)cox.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

Kevin Horton wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		  If we believe the archive should be useful, we should try to at least  

ensure that any key words are spelled correctly.  The archive can  

hold an e-mail with the most wonderful stuff about "guages", but  

someone searching for info on gauges will never find it.

  



That is why the soundex algorithm was invented.  Unfortunately, outside 
	


of genealogy research, few searches take advantage of it.



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Chris W

KE5GIX



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give the gifts they want

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Jerry Cochran

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 111
Location: Wilsonville, OR

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

For further semantic confusion, why do race car drivers call it "loose"  when 

the back end wants to go to the outside on a turn???

 

Do not archive, please!!!

 

Jerry C.

 

 

In a message dated 4/28/2006 12:07:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  

rv-list-digest(at)matronics.com writes:



From:  David Maib <dmaib(at)mac.com>

Subject: Re: Spelling lesson,  entertainment only






Interestingly, I  have noticed the "loose"  problem on other aviation  

websites that are totally unrelated to  homebuilt/experimental  

airplanes.  hmmmm.................!!



David

tedd(at)vansairforce.org
Guest

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

 	  Quote: 	
		   For further semantic confusion, why do race car drivers call it "loose"  when

 the back end wants to go to the outside on a turn???


	


Perhaps because they're about to "lose" it?



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Tedd McHenry

Surrey, BC, Canada

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jhstarn(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject: Spelling lesson, entertainment only

One would think that driving on snow/ice would give the best explanation of 

"loose". In a turn the rear could never be called "tight", "secure", 

"attached" when it drifts out. It kinda wiggles first then lets "loose" and 

ya'll better have counter steered (toward the wall, trees etc), have a very 

WIDE track and/or enough reserve power & traction to push the car around the 

turn. OH DANG.......I used the word "push".....but that a whole nother 

problem.   KABONG  N561FS  8*)

Didn't stay at Holiday Express last night but have driven WAY over a hundred 

in a Corvette at the old Riverside (NASCAR) Raceway many years ago.



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