[Test-Equipment] Simpson 269

[Ken Kaplan]

Actually I was just trying to be funny by nit-picking his nite-picking.

But I agree that studying the history of words can be fascinating. Think 
I'll check the colour of my test equipment...

73 Ken kb7rgg

Richard Knoppow wrote:
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> From: "J ALLEN CALL" <w7ksg at q.com>
> To: <test-equipment at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Simpson 269
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>>
>> HI Ken:  Thanks for the remarks.  I appreciate it.  He 
>> didn't bother me.  I will be more specific next time. 
>> Okay on the nit-picking.  I didn't think it looked good 
>> when I seen the spelling but my spell checker didn't pick 
>> it up.
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>> J
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>> W7KSG
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>     The problem is that spell checkers can't tell if you 
> write one word for another as long as the word is in its 
> dictionary, i.e. knight, night, even nite, are all "correct" 
> words as far as the spell checker is concerned. Nite 
> probably comes from some attempt to simplify English 
> spelling, like through for through or that wonderful one 
> found in decades of military handbooks "alignment" for 
> alignment.
>     The history of nearly arbitrary changes in English 
> spelling is fascinating. For instance the British spelling 
> "colour" is not a hold-over from ancient spelling but rather 
> a change made about the late 17th century (I've forgotten 
> the details). Actually American spelling is closer to the 
> old English spelling than current British spelling.
>     In checking this message I find my spell checker wants 
> to change nite to nit and doesn't like the other examples of 
> British or simplified spelling.
> 
> 
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com 
>