--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > > > At 15:43 2003-06-05 -0500, Julia wrote: > > >"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > > > > > > > At 09:20 AM 6/5/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > >--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://news.com.com/2009-1088-984352.html?tag=fd_rndm#38 > > > > > > > > > > > > China raises the red tag > > > > > > > > > > > > RFID tags aren't just for tracking consumer goods any more. > > > > > > The Chinese Communist Party is experimenting with tagging and > tracking > > > > > > people.
How is this any different than on StarTrek? > > > > > > > > > >Computer can you tell me the location of Gordy LaForge? > > > > > > > > <breep> > He�is�a�fictional�character�and�besides�you�misspelled�his�name. > > > > <breep> > > > > > >But he'd have been *saying* it to the computer, and as long as he > > >pronounced it right, the computer wouldn't give a hoot as to how he > > >mentally spelled it. :) > > > > "Geordie" is not pronounced the same as "Gordy", either. How so? > Jan is dyslexic. This has been gone over ages ago. Hence my comment > about the *pronunciation*. I've seen worse misspellings by him, and > been able to figure out most of them from context. > > And for someone picky about the spelling, your house isn't exactly > stoneproof. It's "Geordi", no "e" at the end, so there, :P (pronounced > "nyeah" in this context). [Ref.: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0092455] Hay, No one finds misspelling more humorous than me, I love puns. It does get annoying sometimes though when more attention is paid to something that to me is frivolous than the actual information I was trying to impart. When spelling does not affect ones reading it is hard to imagine why anyone else would focus on it. People who don�t read phonetically seemed awfully lazy to me when I was younger. No offence mind you, just trying to provide the other perspective. Just to clarify, I don't "mentally" spell things. I am somewhat incapable of connecting spellings to meanings, but I can connect sounds to meanings. Since English has no consistent system (logical rules) of spelling I have no way of knowing the difference between an abundance of possible spellings. When confronted with an unknown word in a known context I can work it out based on root words etc. (Just like everyone else, except based on the sound of the root rather than the spelling.) But if it's close enough, but improperly spelled I don't even notice. Being confronted with many different accents during development exacerbated my condition. For a dyslexic I have always been a very functional reader. I learned to character read from a very early age. Going the other direction is difficult. You would think that I would spell everything phonetically but I don�t because I do remember some of the oddities, only not always correctly. I spell check everything -on list- but spellcheckers are notorious for not having Proper nouns. Sorry. The topic on this list is a big rerun, but if you want to learn more about dyslexia or discuss dyslexia, ausbergers, ADD, any other learning disabilities, eccentricities, or �pariah� conditions, (all of which are now mostly protected under civil liberities laws) feel free to e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now without spellchecking: Hay, No one finds mispelling more humerous than me, I love puns. It does get annoying sometimes though when more attention is paid to something that to me is frivolous than the actual information I was trying to impart. When spelling does not effect ones reading it is hard to imagine why anyone else would focus on it. People who don�t read phoneticaly seemd aufuly lazy to me when I was younger. No offence mind you, just trying to provide the other perspective. Just to clarify, I don't "mentaly" spell things. I am somewhat incapable of connecting spellings to meanings, but I can connect sounds to meanings. Since english has no consistant system (logical rules) of spelling I have no way of knowing the differance between an abundence of possibl spellings. When confronted with an unkown word in a known context I can work it out based on root words etc. (Just like everyone else, except based on the sound of the root rather than the spelling.) But if it's close enough, but improperly spelled I don't even notice. Being confronted with many different accents during development exaserbated my condition. For a dyslexic I have always been a very functional reader. I learnd to character read from a very early age. Going the other direction is diffacult. You would think that I would spell everything phoneticaly but I don�t becaose I do remember some of the audities, only not allways correctly. I spell check everything -on list- but spellcheckers are notorious for not having Proper nouns. Sorry. The topic on this list is a big rerun, but if you want to leran more about dyslexia or discuss dyslexia, ausbergers, ADD, any other learning disabilities, excentricities, or �paria� conditions, (all of which are now mostly protected under civil liberities laws) feel free to e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hay, No one finds humor in misspelling more humorous than me. But just to clarify, I don't "mentally" spell things. I am somewhat incapable of connecting spellings to meanings, but I can connect sounds to meanings. Since English has no consistent system (logical rules) of spelling I have no way of knowing the difference between an abundance of possible spellings. When confronted with an unknown word in a known context I can work it out based on root words etc. (Just like everyone else, except based on the sound of the root rather than the spelling.) But if it's close enough, but improperly spelled I don't even notice. Being confronted with many different accents during development exacerbated my condition. For a dyslexic I have always been a very functional reader. I learned to character read from a very early age. Going the other direction is difficult. You would think that I would spell everything phonetically but I don�t because I do remember some of the oddities, only not always correctly. I spell check everything -on list- but spellcheckers are notorious for not having Proper nouns. Sorry. The topic on this list is a big rerun, but if you want to learn more about dyslexia or discuss dyslexia, ausbergers, ADD, or any other learning disabilities, eccentricities, or �pariah� conditions, (all of which are now protected under civil liberities laws) feel free to e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] And now without spellchecking: Hay, No one finds humor in mispelling more humerous than me. But just to clarify, I don't "mentaly" spell things. I am somewhat incapable of connecting spellings to meanings, but I can connect sounds to meanings. Since english has no consistant system (logical rules) of spelling I have no way of knowing the differance between an abundence of possibl spellings. When confronted with an unkown word in a known context I can work it out based on root words etc. (Just like everyone else, except based on the sound of the root rather than the spelling.) But if it's close enough, but improperly spelled I don't even notice. Being confronted with many different accents during development exaserbated my condition. For a dyslexic I have always been a very functional reader. I learnd to character read from a very early age. Going the other direction is diffacult. You would think that I would spell everything phoneticaly but I don�t becaose I do remember some of the audities, only not allways correctly. I spell check everything -on list- but spellcheckers are notorious for not having Proper nouns. Sorry. The topic on this list is a big rerun, but if you want to leran more about dyslexia or discuss dyslexia, ausbergers, ADD, or any other learning disabilities, excentricities, or �paria� conditions, (all of which are now protected under civil liberities laws) feel free to e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== _________________________________________________ Jan William Coffey _________________________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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