Spelling does count in life!

[iceyshiver21]

That doesn't mean you should leave...I don't get this. How does everyone else get them selves into such "horrible" fits and so dramaically talk about leaving. I've been in many a fight...and how is it that I always seem better friends after the fight is over? Probley because I give in when I know that they have proven a point. How superior we are...

[carole]

Mary , Mary, you should not leave.
You have a contribution to make to Pet-talk, it may not be to everyone's liking , but still you have spirit, so don't let a few who bother you destroy that.

[Vio&Juni]

Originally posted by Kfamr
I just wish the American Language wasn't so difficult. There's so many words that are spelt similar or sound the same.

You should try and learn Romanian or Russian Actually, even if Romanian is my first language, I still think it's difficult. Well, not for me, but... And, I also spell Russian 1000 times better than my Russian co-workers. As to English, the spelling is not so difficult for me, because in words like affect or effect I look for the root in Romanian, and we pronounce afecta or efectua, so, no way I will ever make such a mistake. I am sure, I can make 1000 of other kind of mistakes. And I still spell French very well, although I must have and awful accent already.

I remember my colleague, our other translator, being an University teacher for years, made a mistake once, she wrote in a report to our boss instead of the word mail the word male. Our boss kept teasing her with this

I agree with Mary that we became a bunch of hostile people, but we should look at the roots of the problem, sometimes the ones that feel offended are the ones that interpret it wrong. As someone else has said, there are three ways to take cristicism. I learned to accept it and learn from it. This only makes me better. I know SAS didn't mean to offend anyone.

And, by the way, Sallyanne, I love reading your posts, just because your sentences are so well structured and I can really understand your words. Sometimes, when I read some posts, I have to pronounce the words, so I can understand what the meaning is

[Randi]

Viorica, I agree that it's a pleasure to read people's posts which are well structured, and we can learn so much from it.

I too tend to skip the badly written posts, I just don't have the time.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Once I had a guy working for me who was very smart -- he had his Phd. etc. He knew ancient Greek and Latin. His memos however, were HORRIBLE. Long, long sentences, complex paragraphs that went on for a page. Just looking at his memos no one wanted to read them. AND... he thought it amusing to make up new words using Greek and Latin root words.

I tried and tried to explain to him that communications is ONLY successful if it is read and the reader understands the thoughts, feelings, or ideas you are trying to convey. If the reader doesn't read it or understand...it doesn't matter how clever you are....you failed!

Good writing is a joy....bad writing...well it's agony!

[Kfamr]

Mary, I had thought you left once or twice... Did you make more names on here?



As for Pet Talk being hostile, no one seemed a bit hostile when I met them all at the meeting.