Computer names, BBEFB, question for Amanda

Kelley SKTHOMPSON_1 at msn.com
Thu Apr 5 07:02:36 UTC 2001


Hello all--

Joanne, would that be Ziggy from "Roseanne"?  That was the first 
thing that came to mind for me...

Regarding the underwear-flavored bean, I noticed that back when the 
site first opened (is that the term I'm looking for?), and I must say 
that I never, ever got the immoral connotation as did some of the 
group.  I'm with Amanda; seems nothing more than an attempt at kid-
humor, the 'ewww!' gross-out kind.  It blows my mind that that seemed 
offensive to some...

And, speaking of Amanda, I have a general question for her regarding 
editing:  In your experience, what seem to be the most common 
mistakes people make with grammar, syntax, spelling, and so forth?  I 
often notice the same few words misspelled (usually in the same way) 
over and over (I seem to find 'definite' spelled 'definate' more than 
any other, but perhaps that's just one I always notice), and lots of 
misuse with 'there, they're, and their', 'your' and 'you're', 'to' 
and 'too' (less so with 'two'), etc.  This is just for my own 
curiosity, as I'm one of those people with dictionaries next to the 
computer for almost daily use, and I'm always going back and forth 
over punctuation, sentence structure, etc.

Thanks,

Kelley      





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