Re: Why is 'Acasuso' so difficult to spell correctly?
StephenJ 28 May 2005 02:09:21
point is, there's no point in bothering to get them right until they win a slam. in his case, just string together about 9 a's, c's, u's, and o's and be done with it quickly.........
-- "if federal judges have the final word over its meaning, the Constitution would be a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please".
- Thomas Jefferson
"Roberts" <artsmark10@mail.com> wrote in message
news:1117229319.811142.277650@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> Some of these attempts are seriously mangled: Ancusos (Jaros), Acusoso> (bob and Jaros), Acususo (Jaros), Acusio (Whispa), Acusia (Whispa).>
I don't usually care about this, but the number and variety of> incorrect spellings of Acasuso's name is really quite stunning.>
"Roberts" <artsmark10@mail.com> wrote in message news:1117229319.811142.277650@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> Some of these attempts are seriously mangled: Ancusos (Jaros), Acusoso> (bob and Jaros), Acususo (Jaros), Acusio (Whispa), Acusia (Whispa).>
I don't usually care about this, but the number and variety of> incorrect spellings of Acasuso's name is really quite stunning.>
Is it harder to get right than 'Ljubicic'?>
Do you really don't get the fact that it's a deliberate, and casually jingoistic, dismissal on the part of these fine upstanding citizens on RST?
Some of these attempts are seriously mangled: Ancusos (Jaros), Acusoso> (bob and Jaros), Acususo (Jaros), Acusio (Whispa), Acusia (Whispa).>
I don't usually care about this, but the number and variety of> incorrect spellings of Acasuso's name is really quite stunning.>
Is it harder to get right than 'Ljubicic'?>
You're underestimating the human brain - often all you need is the 1st letter, + 1 or 2 in the middle & the brain 'auto-corrects'. Alternative is to wait for them to win a slam & get validated, or go look up the proper spelling. It's a non-issue.
"Whisper" <beaver999@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message newsTOle.647$ii7.7537@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...> Roberts wrote:>
Some of these attempts are seriously mangled: Ancusos (Jaros), Acusoso> > (bob and Jaros), Acususo (Jaros), Acusio (Whispa), Acusia (Whispa).> >
I don't usually care about this, but the number and variety of> > incorrect spellings of Acasuso's name is really quite stunning.> >
Is it harder to get right than 'Ljubicic'?>
You're underestimating the human brain - often all you need is the 1st> letter, + 1 or 2 in the middle & the brain 'auto-corrects'. Alternative> is to wait for them to win a slam & get validated, or go look up the> proper spelling. It's a non-issue.
I'd be more comfortable with the whole thing if you occasionally had a problem spelling an English name. What with the whole thing being intentional and all.
spelling weird names takes thought so why bother? With a name like "lubijjic", i save time by just stringing together a random sequence of 7 or so L's, J's, and U's.
and it doesn't affect our communication, because mispelled or not, you know who i'm talking about. of course once he wins a slam, he merits my effort to get the name right.
the fact that it annoys people who come from countries where people have weird names is a bonus.
"drew" <drew@technologist.com> wrote in message news:1117302314.431712.325700@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...>
Pedro Dias wrote:> > "Whisper" <beaver999@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message> > newsTOle.647$ii7.7537@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...> > >
You're underestimating the human brain - often all you need is the 1st> > > letter, + 1 or 2 in the middle & the brain 'auto-corrects'.
Alternative> > > is to wait for them to win a slam & get validated, or go look up the> > > proper spelling. It's a non-issue.> >
I'd be more comfortable with the whole thing if you occasionally had a> > problem spelling an English name. What with the whole thing being> > intentional and all.>
I am reminded by my father-in-law of how deliberately ignorant anglos> are of anything outside of our culture. Even if I get the spelling> right I always manage to pronounce names like Ljubicic and Stepanek> incorrectly.
That's different: most of us have never heard some of these names uttered in their native language, and with some languages theres an actual phonetic problem if the sounds do not exist in English (I cannot for the life of me deal with Chinese inflected words). With writen names, there they are, you just need to replicate them.
Your larger point, that US citizens are woefully and willfully underexposed to other cultures is spot on.
And what evidence are you going to use to *prove* that Iran is> developing nuclear weapons- evidence from the same intelligence> agencies that said that Iraq possessed WMD?
i'm not american.
and i totally do not care about that. honestly, i doubt they are developing it, but if they do, they won't nuke my country. they'll nuke stephen in texas, because gas and oil make pretty explosions!
