<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19328"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>    Another two that wrankles me are those who say "I could care less," when they really mean they COULD'NT care less.  And waitresses who ask me and my wife, "What will youse have?"  </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=lclgcnp@yahoo.com href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">Euphonious Thumpe</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 06, 2012 4:41 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] OT: Grammar</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <DIV>Oops! That should have read "Grady College of Journalism", whence from the Peabody Awards arise.<BR><BR>(As it's 4:30 A.M., I hope that I may be forgiven.)<BR><BR>Thumpe<BR><BR>P.S. The late, great, Harvey N. Roehl ( publisher of Reblitz's books, and piano historian) had a hobby late in life of photographing misspelled signs and such. He compiled them (some of which were quite funny!) into a book. (That's ONE way of dealing with the stress of seeing your fellow Americans --- and possible future nursing home attendants --- becoming less literate.)</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV id=_origMsg_> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif:font-size:10pt"><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma> <HR SIZE=1> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN> </B>Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>; <BR><B><SPAN>To:</SPAN> </B><pianotech@ptg.org>; <BR><B><SPAN>Subject:</SPAN> </B>Re: [pianotech] OT: Grammar <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN> </B>Thu, Dec 6, 2012 9:15:49 AM <BR></FONT><BR> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <DIV>Oh, yes, I did....... but HE didn't! He actually spelled it "acedemic" on the press release!<BR><BR>I am frequently calling up the student newspaper to point out "peaked his curiosity" (instead of "piqued") and other such errors, too. (Pretty pathetic for a bunch of grads from the vaunted Peabody School of Journalism!) <BR>Yes, language is always "evolving"; but misuses are misuses,* and with them dies the subtlety of meaning which makes a language articulate. The disdain for precise speaking which we encounter among so many souls today is a symptom of a wider disdain of precision, IMHO, and with that goes a society's collapse. (So, yes, it DOES matter!)<BR><BR>Thumpe<BR><BR><BR>* I suspect that the crowd that condones sloppy word usage the same bunch encouraging everyone to quit bathing, so that we will all "develop our immune systems"!</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV id=_origMsg_> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica,"><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma> <HR SIZE=1> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN> </B>Rob McCall <rob@mccallpiano.com>; <BR><B><SPAN>To:</SPAN> </B><pianotech@ptg.org>; <BR><B><SPAN>Subject:</SPAN> </B>Re: [pianotech] OT: Grammar <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN> </B>Thu, Dec 6, 2012 5:48:03 AM <BR></FONT><BR> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top>I know you meant to say "academic", too...  :-) <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Regards,</DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Rob McCall</DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><BR></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">McCall Piano Service, LLC<BR><A href="http://www.mccallpiano.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.mccallpiano.com</A></DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Murrieta, CA</DIV> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">951-698-1875<BR></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Dec 05, 2012, at 20:50 , Euphonious Thumpe <<A rel=nofollow>lclgcnp@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <TABLE style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Optima; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top>A few years ago, the head of the entire University of Georgia system, in response to criticism claiming that the system put more emphasis on sports than learning, sent a memo out reading: "Though we at the University of Georgia love our athletic program, we will never allow it to stand in the way of acedemic excellence."<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>(Or something to that affect!)*<BR><BR>Thumpe<BR><BR>*Yes, I know that should have read "effect". ( Just joshing you!)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>