Non-words

[Farrell]

Ba hum bug!

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Hall" <keyboard@cysource.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: Non-words


> 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
>
>