Jeez dude I gotta laugh when I see talk of the correct use of the English
language from any 'mercan:-)
Just kidding! Honest!
I haven't been picking up my emails for a few days but I must say that the
moderator is wise to stamp on this, I have seen a most interesting side to
some of the 'posters' of recent emails. When we talk of amplifiers I am
thankfully, blissfully ignorant of the social chasms that exist between
generations and nationalities. That's what I like about this group normally.
73
Conrad G0RUZ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John T. M. Lyles
> Sent: 29 March 2006 19:28
> To: dezrat@copper.net; amps@contesting.com
> Subject: [Amps] correctness? who decides?
>
> I am not judging a guy/girl for their use of less than
> perfect english on the AMPS@contesting.com list. As a matter
> of fact, we have foreign participants (gads, people from
> outside of the USA!) who don't have total control of the
> English langage, but they, too, participate in the technical
> discussion, and they don't get corrected by an English major
> or even a ham. A lot of people don't capitalize in their
> emails, and don't even complete sentences. So what? Is it too
> much to ask that if someones email to a group bothers you,
> just delete it, you don't have to enforce your own subjective
> guidelines on the whole group. Thank goodness for free speech, eh?
>
> I suspect that the adminstrator is going to get upset by this
> topic running off from RF amplifiers, so I better QRT.
>
> 73,
> John
> K5PRO
>
>
>
> >Is one of those "core values" the use of sub-standard English?
> >"Seen" instead of "saw"?
> >
> >The only sad thing I've seen in this discussion is the
> apologists for
> >people who can't be bothered to learn the basics of our language and
> >who are actually proud of their ignorance. That's beyond sad, it's
> >pathetic.
> >
> >How much better it would have been for Will to say "You're right, my
> >English needs some work. Thanks for pointing it out".
> >
> >Bill, W6WRT
> >
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