In article <5jnvm8Fh6qcU1@mid.individual.net>,
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article <6RSAi.14878$B25.59@news01.roc.ny>,
> > "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>> Get used to modern slang. It's far more fun!
> >>
> >> No. It's lame. There may be children watching. Children learn by
> >> example. Your writing contains things children should not see. They
> >> need to be employable in the future. If you cannot read, write and
> >> speak well, you are as valuable to an employer as a melted ice cream
> >> cone on the sidewalk.
> >
> > Good. Let's see you go after "Krispy Kream" donuts and "Kwik wash"
> > laundromats.
> >
> > Must suck to be so anal.
> >
> > I used to be too. I'm a far happier person now that I got over it. ;-)
>
> Sorry, but I have to agree with him on this one. I've mentioned before the
> text message mentality and kiddy email mentality should NOT carry over to
> the workplace. No one I know in the business world wants to get an email
> that says "kewl". (Not that any business email should say "cool" unless
> they are referring to the air conditioning system.) I'd prefer anyone who
> claims to be a business professional to know how to spell things and that
> doesn't include "How R U?" and "Kewl". We aren't teaching the next
> generation anything in the way of speaking (whatever their native language
> is) by encouraging this crappy text-messaging lingo to go forward into their
> professional lives. Try writing "kewl" into a legal brief. Or a mortgage
> contract. Or your tax return. Sorry, it won't fly.
>
> Jill

I did not use "kewl" and have not in a long time.

I submit that Clu', which was the _original_ criticism is spelled
correctly so long as one uses the apostrophe.

It's no different than using "It's" instead of "It is" or "Aren't" in
place of "Are not" or "Isn't" in place if "Is not".

The ' (apostrophe) takes the place of the vowel.

If I had left that off, THEN he could have accused me of a misspell!

I'm not one to substitute K for C. I find it to be rather crass most of
the time, but confess to having used it in the past.

I make an effort to no longer do so.
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