Non-words

[robert goodale]

noW leme sea if i g0ts it all rite.  iF we's all techNishions then we g0ts ta
talk rite cuZ peeple'l think we's is duM.  i havTa argU with ya on thAt poynt.
wheN never i woRk on soMe buddies muzic thIngee they's is alWays like'n ta talk
wiTh me.  whY justa other dAy i wus fixin' a muzic thIngee witha broken
whAtsits.  i had tHe doohicky disa cymbled all oVer da floor.  tHe owner chick
waNted ta no if i ever d0ne doneit before.  i tolder tHat i done lotsa dem and
tHat all ya needs is a little stUff ta fixer up.  in a b0ut an our i hAd it done
and she sAid i was vary smaRt.

of coaRse when we is riten and stUff its importanT ta make shure tHat we is
sPel'in korectly two.  as yA done saId gramer hasta bee riTe al the tyme.  if
peePle be reedin'  whAt we All done wrote thEy be saYin we is dumb.  i pr0miss
that fur noW on i's gunna be sPell'in  and right'in reel g0Od ta mAke shure dAt
peeple will aLwees no that i is sMart.  at leest y'all 0n the liSt will no thaT
i no thAt im a reel geeNius.

by fur nOw but reemEmber that yUr takin' ta proFeshuNals heer anD this is wOn
cornur oF da wurld tHats gunna doit riTe!

bu-by

robb gUdel,  pTr
los veGus, nivaDa



Dave Hall wrote:

> I must get this said before I die.
>
> Vocabulary is very important in this world, not just to me, to everyone.  We
> all tend to take more seriously someone who says (for example) "haven't got
> any" than we do someone who says "ain't got no".
>
> The use of non-words like "thingee" in an otherwise technical discussion
> totally destroys the credibility of anything else the writer has to say.
> Spelling and grammar mistakes are far more acceptable than attempts to
> describe a complex part of a complex machine as a "thingee".
>
> Dave