(urth) A silly digression on nits and how to pick them.

[Kieran Mullen]

On Wednesday night I read:


> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:57 -0400 (EDT)
> From: brunians at brunians.org
> Subject: Re: (urth) A second dream team: Mucor, Oreb, and Pike
>
>
> Why is it important to you that other people should conform to your
> standards of correctness, Mark? If you understand what they are  
> saying, is
> it really necessary that you point out to them that they are wrong?  
> Why do
> you do this, if it is not necessary?


And  I immediately thought:

    "Eye suppoze  ewer rite.  If  ewe can sea watt peephole are saying  
itz  knot raleigh kneaded two poynt out tooth em that they are rung."

    Mr. Millman may have been a bit exasperated in his corrections,  
but they were short and to the point.  I learned something from them.   
We should aspire to use these unfamiliar words correctly.

Kieran "Should anal-retentive be hyphenated?"  Mullen


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