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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 23:02:31 GMT
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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 02:44:08 GMT, root <tob AT world DOT std DOT com> wrote:


>I was actually going to let your spelling flame pass without comment.
>I guess you didn't realize I had cut you some slack, because you came
>back to insult me again in a second message.  When you grow up, 
>you'll realize how gauche that is.


>If you were a little briter, you mite have noticed the word "bright"
>quoted in the text I answered and realized: "Aha! Obviously he could
>have simply copied the spelling, but he did not.  Ergo he spells it
>\"brite\" deliberately."  The fact that this did not occur to you is
>quite telling.  Young people are supposed to be quick and perceptive,
>but I guess you're the exception.
>
>For your information, I happen to use ugh-free spelling.
>Deliberately.  I have been using ugh-free spelling for, oh, six months
>now.
>
>In those months, there have been only three people who were so
>pathetic as to try to use my ugh-free spelling to try to score some
>sort of cheap points.  And of those three, you took the cheapest shot
>by a good margin.  
>
>I will cut you some slack because of your age,



> but the fact is, you're
>demonstrating exactly one thing, and it has nothing to do with my
>spelling and everything to do with your own immaturity.  Regardless
>what you think, you obviously have a lot of growing up to do.

you MUST be a teacher..