“I don’t get no respect!” That was Rodney Dangerfield’s catchphrase. I say this is terribly true today in the universe of electronic communications where, I point out, it is we that don’t give any respect. In our typing and our composition we are lazy, slovenly, careless, thoughtless, nonchalant — in short, downright disrespectful — and [...]
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We need to start using some new improved superlatives in our marketing copy. “Great!” you say. Yes, that’s the one. Great really grates on me. Great is so overused that it may as well be blank space. Great carries all the impact of a cotton puff. Now, there was a time when great really meant [...]
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I try not to get too upset by the texting-based trend of contracting perfectly good words to a rebus of sometimes indecipherable characters. But mostly I just shrug it off because I don’t use those gadgets and tools that specialize in reducing communication clarity. But sometimes I get a chuckle or good laugh out of [...]
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With the plethora of instant text communciations it is easy for us to become sloppy in our spelling, and when using texting, reducing words to rebuses and abbreviations is near-mandatory. Still, when you are involved in any form of business writing, especially where you have an outside audience, an audience that has some control over [...]
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I regularly post on this blog about the importance of accurate spelling and correct grammar. It is an ongoing issue for everyone who works with the written word; in education, in any publishing media, in all facets of business, etc. But don’t think for a minute that I’m preaching from some high seat of perfection. [...]
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Spell checking should be an automatic task in all our business writing. I don’t mean simply using the built-in spell checkers in software applications. I mean we should be constantly working at improving our own spelling skills. Of course, many of us have the painful memories of school spelling quizzes and spelling bees. It is [...]
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I found the following story on several Internet sites. At New York’s Kennedy airport today, an individual, later discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, and a calculator. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security [...]
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This article titled Lolcat site hiring; spelling skillz optional appeared in Yahoo! News today. “I can haz dream Job? My rezumez! let me showz u thm” That’s the subject line of a cover letter sent by a job applicant to I Can Has Cheezburger, one of the premier sites for so-called Lolcat pictures. “I got [...]
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