[WikiEN-l] Misspellings and non-native speakers

Sun Apr 17 19:48:34 UTC 2005

--- Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
> Rick wrote:
> > --- Theo Clarke <wiki at tignosis.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>5. Mis-spelling by geni (they particularly enjoyed
> >>'vanderlism'); I imagine that this would be no
> >>problem were they not already enraged.
> > 
> > Not too sensitive to non-native speakers, are
> they? 
> > Talk about arrogance!
> 
> What is this thing about non-native speakers all the
> time? Native 
> speakers misspell their words thousands of times
> more often than 
> learners, *especially* in English; and a misspelling
> like "vanderlism" 
> is thousands of times more likely to come from a
> native speaker than a 
> learner.
> 	
> Timwi

Um, are you attacking me for daring to stand up for
Geni?

RickK

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