Re: gunar marcks

Lighten up!  I think that students and scholars of world-system theory or
anything else, for that matter, have a responsibility to spell words and
names correctly.  So, yes, I was kidding, but the point made is serious.
One of the most obnoxious by-products of internet communication is a
growing indifference to orthography, grammar, punctuation, and the like,
all of which are necessary for clarity and effectiveness of communication.

Warren Wagar

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, UPF wrote:

> wwagar@binghamton.edu wrote:
> 
> > Hay evryboddy, speling is an elitest cappitalst plott.  All that
> > maters is if you're hart is in the rihgt plaice.
> >
> >         Warran Wager
> 
>         I do hope that you are kidding. If someone is unaware of a
> misspelling, then that is acceptable. But if someone purposefully 
>misspells
> and thinks it is alright to do so, then I do not believe that they deserve
> mine nor any ones else's respect.
> 
> 
> > On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, g kohler wrote:
> >
> > > this may seem overly picky and unworthy of theoreticians, but could 
>you
> > > please spell Professor Frank's name correctly?
> > >
> > > gert kohler
> 
>         I agree. Misspellings of other kinds, perhaps, can be tolerated 
>more
> so than a purposeful misspelling of someone's name.
> 
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