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Kyle Harris

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Spelling
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:50:14 AM »
A bit surly, but also sort of an attempt to point out what should be respectful of the people involved.


Let's please sort out the common misspellings of architect's names.


It's Ron Prichard, not Ron Pritchard.
It's Andrew Green, not Andrew Greene.
It's Gil Hanse (like Hanseatic League) not Gil Hans.

And perhaps most importantly:


It's Tom Bendelow, not Donald Ross.


 ;D
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Constantly blamed by 8-handicaps for their 7 missed 12-footers each round.

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Tim Martin

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2019, 09:25:43 AM »
It’s Devereux Emmet and not Devereaux Emmett. There is a club in my area that gets both wrong on their website and promotional materials while trying to use the architect’s name for marketing.
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Jeff Schley

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2019, 10:06:09 AM »
David Kahn not David Khan
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MCirba

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2019, 10:26:38 AM »
Quote from: Jeff Schley on October 29, 2019, 10:06:09 AM
David Kahn not David Khan


The Wrath of...


Kyle,


I hate when I see misspelling of Herman Yadacufski and Xenophon Hassenplug.
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Bruce Katona

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2019, 01:18:18 PM »
My better half, Mr. K, is the grammar and spelling pundit in Casa Katona.  No spelling or punctuation errors sneak past her, though actual content and meaning will flummox her.
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Thomas Dai

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2019, 01:37:40 PM »
MacKenzie
Mackenzie
McKenzie
Etc etc
Atb


PS - Alexander/Alister

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Daryl David

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2019, 02:32:42 PM »
In the course category, it’s:


St. Enodoc not St. Enedoc


Aldarra not Alderra


Royal Porthcawl not Royal Porthcrawl


Portmarnock not Portmarnoch



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Kalen Braley

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2019, 02:44:53 PM »
And paragraph spacing, can we please get that right!!




No one wants to see this.






Followed by this!  ;D
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Ted Sturges

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2019, 02:50:08 PM »
It's Fritz Morrissett, not Ran Morrissett. 
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Anthony_Nysse

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2019, 04:57:40 AM »
Considering the “love” on this site for him, I’m not surprised, but it’s REES Jones, not Reece’s Res, Ress.


It’s also CHAMPION bermudagrass. No “S.” I’ve never seen “CHAMPIONS” bermudagrass.
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Ben Stephens

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2019, 05:09:33 AM »
Always felt that the Americans spell wrong when it comes to English following the lines of Jacob Rees-Mogg  ;D ;D ;D


'Color' should be 'Colour' as one example.


Here is a link to Rees-Mogg's rules - https://www.writing-skills.com/is-jacob-rees-mogg-right-about-writing




Your sincerely


Ben Stephens Esq.  :P
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Mike Sweeney

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2019, 06:20:31 AM »
Quote from: Ben Stephens on October 30, 2019, 05:09:33 AM
Always felt that the Americans spell wrong when it comes to English following the lines of Jacob Rees-Mogg  ;D ;D ;D


'Color' should be 'Colour' as one example.


Here is a link to Rees-Mogg's rules - https://www.writing-skills.com/is-jacob-rees-mogg-right-about-writing




Your sincerely


Ben Stephens Esq.  :P


Nice post!

It took my wife years to convince me that my eight years of Jesuit education was a waste. Yes, the Oxford comma is needed:




I have corrected my original "Harris Spell", and to be fair Green, Greene, and Green Chairman is a soupy mess for a GCA poster in the era of sometimes-Safari-spell-check.  :D ;)
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archie_struthers

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2019, 08:03:14 AM »
 8) ;)


  All you guys are Mensa members in my book.  :-* [size=78%] Anytime you need a sycophant count me in ![/size]
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Mike Hendren

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2019, 10:12:19 AM »
It's Patsy Cline, not Kline.

Bogey
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Jeff_Brauer

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2019, 11:18:29 AM »
The first time I got my name mentioned in a national magazine, they called me "Keffie Bauer."  How does that happen with spell checkers and such an unusual name.  Keffie?
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2019, 11:35:19 AM »
It pays to be vigilant on spelling.  Many years ago a paper I was publishing in a chemistry journal was at the very last stage before it went to publication, called the proof stage.  All looked good with a cursory glance.  Then upon further review one the very first sentences included the phrase "NMR chemical shifts".  Well, you can probably guess which letter was omitted.  Whew!  Glad I caught that one.
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Jim Hoak

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2019, 11:59:19 AM »
After past inquiries on the subject, I learned that Alister (not Alistair) Mackenzie/MacKenzie used both spellings of his last name at various times in his life.  Anyone know--or can speculate--why the spelling varied?
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jeffwarne

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2019, 12:05:54 PM »
Quote from: Jeff_Brauer on October 30, 2019, 11:18:29 AM
The first time I got my name mentioned in a national magazine, they called me "Keffie Bauer."  How does that happen with spell checkers and such an unusual name.  Keffie?


The only place I don't have to spell Warne(at least 3 times), or have it pronounced Warney...
is the UK or Down under (Shane Warne)


Most recently I came really close in a letter to the secretary of Brokenhurst (caught my Brockenhurst version in a final review)
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #18 on: October 30, 2019, 01:26:47 PM »
Quote from: jeffwarne on October 30, 2019, 12:05:54 PM
Quote from: Jeff_Brauer on October 30, 2019, 11:18:29 AM
The first time I got my name mentioned in a national magazine, they called me "Keffie Bauer."  How does that happen with spell checkers and such an unusual name.  Keffie?


The only place I don't have to spell Warne(at least 3 times), or have it pronounced Warney...
is the UK or Down under (Shane Warne)


Most recently I came really close in a letter to the secretary of Brokenhurst (caught my Brockenhurst version in a final review)


If I didn't listen to your XMRadio golf show, I would probably still be wondering how your last name is pronounced.   ;D
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Jeff_Brauer

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2019, 01:54:58 PM »
Marginally related, but spell check can hurt as much as it helps.  I once had a secretary who typed our specs, which should have read "free from defects" to calling for "free form defects" in the contractor's work.  She never read for sense, just shrugged her shoulders and said, "I used spell check."  Only one bidder over the years ever caught it and asked how exactly did i propose that they do that.
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MCirba

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2019, 02:22:25 PM »
Jeff Brauer,


Wasn't it Edward Lawrence Packard who pioneered "free form defects"?   ;)
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Colin Macqueen

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2019, 02:25:40 PM »
Jeff, Joe,


A famous Thomas Hobbes quote describes how the majority of the populace had " ...a life that was .... hard, brutish and short."


Political/economy student friends of mine, in years gone by, use to chuckle about the fact that a one letter substitution of "w" for the "l" in this para-phrased quote made one 'ell of a difference. No spell check was gonna catch that.  Nowadays your examiner might give you a fail for political incorrectness!


Cheers Col
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Jeff_Brauer

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2019, 03:18:11 PM »
Quote from: MCirba on October 30, 2019, 02:22:25 PM
Jeff Brauer,


Wasn't it Edward Lawrence Packard who pioneered "free form defects"?   ;)



Only tees.  Wonder if he called them defect-tees?  Sounds too political.
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MCirba

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2019, 04:01:40 PM »
Quote from: Jeff_Brauer on October 30, 2019, 03:18:11 PM
Quote from: MCirba on October 30, 2019, 02:22:25 PM
Jeff Brauer,


Wasn't it Edward Lawrence Packard who pioneered "free form defects"?   ;)



Only tees.  Wonder if he called them defect-tees?  Sounds too political.


 ;D
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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Spelling
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2019, 06:10:16 PM »

It's Donald Ross, Jr., for those who are true aficionados of the master. Check the bust outside of the Pine Crest Inn.



Quote from: Kyle Harris on October 29, 2019, 08:50:14 AM
It's Tom Bendelow, not Donald Ross.
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