Subj : Erratum...  2.
To   : Paul Quinn
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Thu Feb 15 2018 12:46:11

Hi again, Paul!  This is a continuation of my previous message to you:

 AH>  My mistake was in adding a remark at the last moment
 AH>  which I hadn't proofread umpteen times & let sit
 AH>  overnight.

 PQ>  Ah-huh.  I have the t-shirt.  My excuse is solitude
 PQ>  with infrequent adult conversation, bordering on 'old
 PQ>  folks disease'.


          IMHO we are entitled to be forgetful at our age.  I'm certainly not 
discounting your concerns... but I understand that human beings start to lose 
brain cells around the mid-twenties & don't notice until later.

          As we grow older the mental filing cabinet fills up with stuff too, 
and then it becomes more difficult to retrieve the stuff.  I experienced that 
many years ago when I played Scrabble for the first time.  I was a university 
student majoring in English, whereas my opponent was a high school student in 
the "low & slow" class.  She won by a considerable margin... at least in part 
because with a more limited vocabulary she could retrieve words more quickly.

          If it takes you awhile to answer because you stopped to look up the 
spelling of "faux pas", so what?  I'll wait.  Chances are you'll have to wait 
while I look up a bunch of half-forgotten stuff nobody has asked me about for 
umpteen years... and have a wonderful time doing it!  Students can definitely 
help keep your mind in good shape as long as you do your homework.

          Old EdBiz saying:  "If you want to learn something, teach it".  :-)



 PQ>  I'd have said 'curb'.  Did I pass?  :-D


          AFAIC, you did.  North Americans spell it the same way.  I was just 
curious because when I was growing up the British spelled it "kerb"....  :-))




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