carnes@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Richard Carnes) (11/29/84)
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Some of you misspell "Sandinistas" as "Sandanistas", thus revealing that:
1. Television is your sole source of news.
2. You either don't know who Sandino was or don't know that the
Sandinistas take their name from him; hence you don't know the
first thing about them. Or do you think their hero's name was
"Sandano"?
Some of you have also had trouble spelling Somoza and Nicaragwa---
Nicaraugua---oh well, it's one of those banana republics, they're all the
same anyway.
Recently we have been treated on the net to the "Contradora" agreement.
No doubt this refers to the contras' plan for peace in Central America.
Paging Henry Kissinger....
A mild suggestion:
1. Become a regular reader of a good newspaper or newsmagazine.
2. Find Nicaragua on the map. (Hint: It's very close to
Washington, D.C.)
3. Amaze your friends with your newly acquired knowledge of Central
America.
Richard Carnes
ihnp4!gargoyle!carnesdavid@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) (11/30/84)
So debate has degenerated to this: You misspelled, ergo you are ignorant, ergo I am right. Priggishness deluxe! David Rubin
emks@uokvax.UUCP (12/01/84)
/***** uokvax:net.politics / gargoyle!carnes / 5:19 pm Nov 29, 1984 */ Some of you misspell "Sandinistas" as "Sandanistas", thus revealing that: ... Some of you have also had trouble spelling Somoza and Nicaragwa--- Nicaraugua ... Recently we have been treated on the net to the "Contradora" agreement. ... /* ---------- */ I think it's about every 6 months or so that we seem to get this spelling thing on the net. Why don't we take it to net.spell or something. [I'm not arguing with Richard's idea, just that we're not trying to construct legal documents here...] kurt
myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeff Myers) (12/03/84)
> So debate has degenerated to this: > > You misspelled, ergo you are ignorant, ergo I am right. > > Priggishness deluxe! > > David Rubin I sincerely doubt that "Contra peace plan" was a misspelling. Also, there is probably a high correlation between correct spelling of foreign names and knowledge of foreign relations (typos excluded, of course). -- Jeff Myers The views above may or may not University of Wisconsin-Madison reflect the views of my employers. Madison Academic Computing Center ARPA: uwmacc!myers@wisc-rsch.arpa uucp: ..!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,uwm-evax}!uwvax!myers