Well i stand corrected and appolgize considering the truth of your statement and based on the integrity of your occupation. i understand your meaningg of our language and culture being swallowed up in the deep abyss of ignorance and self will. Sincerely gary
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Lena Guyot <[email protected]> wrote: > What can I say? Before Lyme nibbled at my brain I was a book editor! > (still am, so this edit was a freebie.) > Face it: the language is getting frayed around the edges. You'd be > surprised how hard I work on my posts to catch my own faux pas and typos: > it's a mark of respect for the reader, especially when there's the > possibility that 'N-Acetyl carnitine' was really meant to be N-Acetyl > carnosine. I've seen some scary spelling errors in some groups. > > Reading less, we tend to spell phonetically these days, and heaven forfend > we could use google to check on the spelling of a heard but unread word > (something I try to do) Sometimes, this is funny, like when someone > referred to the 'duck vile', meaning bile ducts. Between the 'ducks' and > the 'gulls' we turn from health to ornithology. The trouble is, it makes > it harder for us to be taken seriously by docs and others who might be > trying to help us. Personally, I always appreciate when someone corrects my > spelling, though not quite so appreciative to be called 'anal'. > > Be well, > Léna > On Jul 25, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Gary Hilt wrote: > > Sorry for my faux pas but it does seen a little anal. :O) > > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Lena Guyot <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The thread started here, I think. It's spelled 'arthritis'. Hate to see >> errors repeated over and over again, because the more they're repeated, the >> more they look right and then we're all stuck thinking we've been >> misspelling when we haven't. In one group, the doomed word was 'gull' >> bladder. For myself, it took me almost two years to finally get >> 'ophthalmologist' right. :-) Léna >> On Jul 25, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Gary Hilt wrote: >> >> Hi to all: im back again to find some wisdom. >> i have 2 bad shoulders both worked on rotator etc. and both hips. i try >> to walk with the aid of a rolling walker and i ride a bike. >> im using Capsaisin which affords some relief and i have used DMSO little >> help. i also use Capsaison capsules and ginger. Any ideas for Arthritic >> pain and soreness. im 65 >> Thank You >> gary >> >> >> -- >> Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the >> Lord Jesus Christ. >> Gary & Lennie >> >> >> > > > -- > Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the > Lord Jesus Christ. > Gary & Lennie > > > -- Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Gary & Lennie
