To the several listers who seem to have taken CARADOC to task PLEASE, PLEASE take your criticism OFF LIST. There is NO NEED to subject a lister to even the slightest public humiliation by raking their spelling or grammar over the coals. Or raking any deficiency over the coals. Yes I also find it offensive when I see an e-mail with repeated misspellings or simple grammatical errors. Yes, it makes me think or feel that the writer doesn't care. However after a number of years on this list and about 10 others I have found that some people are very excited when communicating on the list or feel an urgency to get their message or question out to the public or even hit the send button before proof reading the e-mail. In an imperfect world mistakes happen. Give the person the benefit of the doubt, and if you are interested in the material presented in the posting, but spelling and grammatical construction mask the message, for God sake, have the common decency to contact the individual off line. The program assists on the operating system do not always work properly, hence so8uth (south) will get through my spell check. I know its annoying to get messages with errors, but be charitable, recognize that the sender may be having difficulties, and deal directly with that person and save his/her dignity. They are human. Bill Golden, Green Harbor Mass. _________________________________________________________________ Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! http://youroffers.msn.com

Roland & Rosemary Golden wrote: > > To the several listers who seem to have taken CARADOC to task PLEASE, PLEASE > take your criticism OFF LIST. There is NO NEED to subject a lister to even > the slightest public humiliation by raking their spelling or grammar over > the coals. Or raking any deficiency over the coals. Yes I also find it > offensive when I see an e-mail with repeated misspellings or simple > grammatical errors. Yes, it makes me think or feel that the writer doesn't > care. However after a number of years on this list and about 10 others I > have found that some people are very excited when communicating on the list > or feel an urgency to get their message or question out to the public or > even hit the send button before proof reading the e-mail. In an imperfect > world mistakes happen. Give the person the benefit of the doubt, and if you > are interested in the material presented in the posting, but spelling and > grammatical construction mask the message, for God sake, have the common > decency to contact the individual off line. The program assists on the > operating system do not always work properly, hence so8uth (south) will get > through my spell check. I know its annoying to get messages with errors, but > be charitable, recognize that the sender may be having difficulties, and > deal directly with that person and save his/her dignity. They are human. > > Bill Golden, Green Harbor Mass. > > _________________________________________________________________ > AMen to that Bill..... Bill Grimes Round Rock, TX

Well put, Mr. & Mrs. Golden. I agree completely with your statements. I might add though, if it is worth one's time to write, it is certainly worth a little extra time to proof read one's work and not rely entirely on spell check. It would be doubly worthwhile having another person proof the email prior to submitting to the internet. Al Nickerson betalnick@comcast.net Dearborn, Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland & Rosemary Golden" <margold56@hotmail.com> To: <IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:51 AM Subject: [IRL-CAVAN] Re: Off Topic - Re: Common Civility To the several listers who seem to have taken CARADOC to task PLEASE, PLEASE take your criticism OFF LIST. There is NO NEED to subject a lister to even the slightest public humiliation by raking their spelling or grammar over the coals. Or raking any deficiency over the coals. Yes I also find it offensive when I see an e-mail with repeated misspellings or simple grammatical errors. Yes, it makes me think or feel that the writer doesn't care. However after a number of years on this list and about 10 others I have found that some people are very excited when communicating on the list or feel an urgency to get their message or question out to the public or even hit the send button before proof reading the e-mail. In an imperfect world mistakes happen. Give the person the benefit of the doubt, and if you are interested in the material presented in the posting, but spelling and grammatical construction mask the message, for God sake, have the common decency to contact the individual off line. The program assists on the operating system do not always work properly, hence so8uth (south) will get through my spell check. I know its annoying to get messages with errors, but be charitable, recognize that the sender may be having difficulties, and deal directly with that person and save his/her dignity. They are human. Bill Golden, Green Harbor Mass. _________________________________________________________________ Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! http://youroffers.msn.com ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== For the IRL-CAVAN-L archives, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/IRL-CAVAN