Spelling Errors (Re: heart moving)
Tyler Nally (tnally@iquest.net)
Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:43:47 -0500
At 12:48 PM 2/23/98 -0800, Bro Mike wrote:
>Why not give it a rest! it was a typ-O, did you get his message? I was
>blasted yesterday because I mis-spelled a word and my spell checker
>missed it. (Sole=soul) Big deal! People understood what I said.
I wouldn't say *blasted*. Blasted would be highly unrelenting, unforgiving,
yelling, screaming, and pounding of the fist about something. Hitting it
with everything you've got. That's blasting.
When I pointed out the sole -ne soul error this is what happen:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >I am blessed beyound mesure, Does the Paster desurve less? |
| >He watches for my sole! |
| |
| Heh, heh, heh.... he watches for your shoe bottom's eh (sole - |
| bottom of footwear :: soul - the eternal part of a human). |
| Just kidding... ahem. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
I knew that some would take offense by it, and because it didn't make
for a hill of beans. That's why I put the "heh, heh, heh" before it
and the "just kidding" at the end of it. What I could have done to
compound the other spelling error before "sole" in the the current exchange.
Other infractions were beyound (beyond), mesure (measure), Paster (Pastor),
and desurve (deserve). I chose to ignore those and go for the humorous
slip of a "Pastor looking our for my shoe bottoms!" I didn't write solely
for embarassment, bashing, or ridicule ... I went for the humor.
Now the humor of it (and it really is absurd when you think about it
in conjunction with the precise thought you're trying to convey) was such
that your Pastor watches out for your eternal destination. Something
that pastors should do. But, because of the typo, it changed the whole
meaning of what you were trying to get across to something that's absolutely
ridiculous. A Pastor watching out for someone's shoes. That's why there's
a "heh, heh, heh" and a "just kidding" at the end of it to show that *I*
knew what you meant and that this isn't to be taken too seriously.
>this is an informal apostolic forum for Bro. and Sisters to talk about
>the things of God not an english class,
Yes and no ......... kinda. Realize that this is also archived on the
WWW for all to see within a few minutes (mmmmmmmmmm..... half an hour)
after the message approval. Yes that it's informal for the brethren
and sistren to talk amongst themselves. And no in that there may be many
folks not in this forum that read the archives for some spiritual meat
to chew on. There are probably some highly-learned folk out there that
do scan through the archives for such. And when they reach the spelling
and grammar errors of a poster, that just might be too much of a stumbling
block for them to hurdle preventing them from reading the deeper truths
farther down.
So ... which is better? To try and post a more excellent post out of
personal inconvenience because a poster might have to read- and re-read-
a post several times before it's ready to be sent off. Or just be a little
sloppy and let the errors go through that can give someone the very reason
they need to skip the post? That's not a decision I want to make for
anybody.
>I agree that we should run spell check, and try to talk with proper
>english. but to make a big deal out of a spelling error or typ-O? come
>on! (Spiritual Wisdom and understanding and educational knowledge are
>not always the same thing. some folks can have one without the other.)
I don't think it's made a *big deal* until it (the errors) become the
subject of the post ... which is what your post did. I'm replying (with
a new subject line) more as the keeper of the archives and an objective
voice. And an explanation of what's been happening today.
Generally, today, has been some good general sillyness. Think of it,
who else, but some geek on an apostolic mailing list would go the extra
distance of putting "prolly" in a WWW based form and check for a definition.
Then, and I imagine he knew he wouldn't get a definition to begin with,
when it did turn up the error, he *cut-n-pasted* it to the list! The humor
in that isn't the non-word "prolly" that was used, but the extra measure
that he went to prove it wasn't a word. And I think Bro Clifton (I think
that was the original author of "prolly") took it as a good spirited jab
at things and not a comming down on the knuckles with a yard stick while
you're typing......
Also, something else that I thought was cute. Was Bro Bunch's post about
his church. But when he typed it, his fingers slipped and spelled it
"chirch". Well, that same geeky apostolic replied to that one as well
using the word "chirch" in his reply. All in a good spirit.
I think, if anything, what's been seen here lately hasn't been so much of
a nitpicking of typos, but really super onry apostolic pentecostalism.
We've gotta be the onry-est bunch of folks anywhere the way that apostolics
go to great lengths to tease each other and to show a lighter side to non-
salvation type issues. I was born last in a family of five kids. I was
teased all of the time ... and by everybody. When I left the RCC church to
be oneness apostolic, my developed skills of teasing merged perfectly into
the body of Christians that brought me the truth.
But, alas, it's good to have these kinds of correctional posts every once
in a while so that people can be just a leeeetle more careful 'bout what
they are saying and how they say it.
Bro Tyler
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