tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997191.post9091671224733937708..comments2023-05-30T10:37:22.702-04:00Comments on Mary Stella's Postcards from Paradise: C-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-nMary Stellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997191.post-90768344774002094122009-05-29T10:18:19.740-04:002009-05-29T10:18:19.740-04:00Intimidation through better spelling. *vbg*Intimidation through better spelling. *vbg*Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997191.post-73919074833506213022009-05-29T01:04:55.152-04:002009-05-29T01:04:55.152-04:00I wandered into the break room at work, and someon...I wandered into the break room at work, and someone asked me "How do you spell 'grenache'?" I shrugged, rattled off the letters, and then turned my attention to the screen, where one of the competitors was wrestling with that word.<br /><br />And, as it turns out, losing. The viewers looked at me with a combination of wary respect and sheer fear: "Dear God, what else might he know?"<br /><br />Okay, it's a stretch. But not much of one.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997191.post-41124917920865142772009-05-28T21:54:47.657-04:002009-05-28T21:54:47.657-04:00Oh Mary, I work with a group of non-spelling peopl...Oh Mary, I work with a group of non-spelling people. Sometimes I just have to shake my head at the things they come up with. Other times I am so embarrassed for them I can hardly stand it.<br />Sometimes they just use the wrong version of the word, such as" The patient had a soar in his mouth." Seriously? Come on.<br />One of the geniuses spelled Rhode Island...yep, you guessed it...Road Island. Like a said--you just gotta shake your head and wonder how they ever graduated high school?<br /><br />BarbHislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050492006290310643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997191.post-87300097138985078772009-05-28T21:53:42.792-04:002009-05-28T21:53:42.792-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050492006290310643noreply@blogger.com