--- Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Rick wrote:
--- Theo Clarke wiki@tignosis.com wrote:
- 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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Um, are you attacking me for daring to stand up for Geni?
RickK
I'm a native speaker. Problem is that I'm dyslexic. I will run article contibutions through a spell checker but I don't normaly bother for anything else.
Rick wrote:
--- Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
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.
Um, are you attacking me for daring to stand up for Geni?
No, I'm not. I'm only debunking a common myth. I don't how what I said could be seen as an attack, but I apologise if it somehow came across as such.