Quote Originally Posted by asplundii View Post
And misspell is seems (sorry, just playing there.)
Yeah, the misspelling was on purpose. DutchHerp called me on "hemiphene" on some other thread. That guy at age 17 can write great English as well. I could be wrong but I think English is not his first language either.

Quote Originally Posted by asplundii View Post
I see what you are getting at but I tend to take a stand that things written, especially on the net, have no other context and so potentially loaded words, like "ignorant", usually get the worst connotation attached to them. So while I am sure you did not mean or intend to call Sen. Nelson ignorant it is possible that just by using a "volatile" word the wrong context could transfer over. I have been guilty of this myself and I am sure I will be again.
But see, this letter was not on a forum, nor a public informal venue, nor a text message where you can say LOL. This was a formal letter written to a United States Senator, who couldn't have gotten to the senate seat without knowing the difference between insolence and criticism.

But, that's beside the point. Discussing linguistics is veering us off the dire matter at hand.