In a message dated 01-11-21 10:29:25 EST, you write:

<< Wow, the world really is changing. When I went to school way back when we
 had to worry about grammar. Grammer was my cousin's grandmother. It's also
 a town in Indiana. Y' might take care to know that of which ye speak. Or
 were you funnin' us? Don't go leadin' the wee graddies astray.
 Anne >>

Anne, I'm afraid you're too late.  Diane G. had already caught and
acknowledged her mistake before you sent the above.  I too was tempted to
gloat over the irony of such a misspelling in a note urging folks to write
correctly, but restrained myself when I saw that she was aware of the error
and joked about it.  In any case, we need to be tolerant of mistakes.  I
think it's better to offer critiques and corrections off-list than to make
direct references on the list, which sometimes leads to hostilities and
withering exhortations to lighten up.  Remember the "vitae" debacle?

As one who has been all too prone to pointing out gaffes, I want to take this
opportunity to congratulate list members for great improvement in handling
the English language over the last several years.  When I first joined
Museum-L, the grammar, spelling, and syntax frequently were terrible, but the
level is much higher now for some reason.  However, recent misspellings which
I've enjoyed include "definatly".  In the haste of typing e-mails, it's easy
for anyone to make an error, so I always review my own stuff before I hit the
send button, and usually find some goofs, such as exxtra lettters.  My
favorites are Archie Bunkerisms (Archie often referred to his hero, Richard
"E." Nixon) in which the writers apparently don't know the difference between
similar words: the usual "its" vs. "it's" and "their" vs. "there" probably
will always be with us.  But others which I've noted include:

perimeter & parameter
personal & personnel
pedal, petal, & peddle
tenet & tenant
your & you're
thin & thine
lose & loose
area & aria
effect & affect
whether & weather
in to & into
to & too

David Haberstich
(Who has been known to mistype his own name, but hey, Shakespeare couldn't
decide how to spell his name either)

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