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Darwin, I didn't think there were any like you down there. God bless America -----Original Message----- From: Hawkins, Darwin <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 1:45 PM Subject: Re: NON PD, Spell Checkers >Gina, > >I'm an Engineer, and we (especially me) are notorious for our bad >spelling and writing. I find that since the computer age came in (I'm >from the old school of sliderules, manual typewriters, mimeograph >machines, etc.), my spelling has improved (and hopefully my >grammar-which my machine checks also if I request it). I attribute this >to seeing very quickly and easily the errors, and learning from them. I >believe "Spell Checkers" can teach, but we have to be willing to learn. >One thing though, it hasn't done a thing for my Arkansas (hate to admit >that's where I'm from) accent. By the way, we don't want him back when >Washington is through with him. > >Darwin > >> ---------- >> From: Gina Cass.[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 3:02 PM >> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >> Subject: Re: NON PD, Spell Checkers >> >> Barb: >> >> Only in North America can these things happen. Oh, please help us if >> our >> children are being educated only on "Spell Checkers". I live in fear >> for >> this the signature of our babies will spell out Momm on our Mother's >> Day Card. >> Gina >> 47/8 mos >> >