(sp?): The Phantom Menace

[Rimbaud]

Rimbaud's Annoying Habitometer is beeping incessantly, telling him a new foible has arisen and he must address it immediately.

Rimbaud the Merciless does not condone lazy posting. When writing a long word or name, such as Marileangorifurnimaluim or others of great length and/or capacity to confuse, writing the odious _(sp?)_ afterwards does not excuse your mistake (if indeed you have made one).

It is that last qualifier that irks me especially. To make an unseen error in a post is understandable, typos are common and in a medium of this nature, almost unavoidable...but to notice that you may have made a mistake and not to correct it seems like apathy of the highest order.

Look the word up, and spell it correctly, if you are not sure. Then you will have learned something, as well as having imparted your knowledge correctly.

The next person to scribe (sp?) shall be destroyed by a barrage of flaming trout. This I vow.

[ October 11, 2002: Message edited by: Rimbaud ]