Truespel Spam?

[Mark Mandel]

I second John's urgings. And I will do my best to continue to ignore the
truespel posts and related rants, rather than contributing any more of the
latter.

m a m

On Feb 5, 2008 2:07 PM, Baker, John <JMB at stradley.com> wrote:

>        I strongly urge Arnold, and anyone else who posts a blog link
> that is relevant to an ADS-L discussion, to continue to do so,
> particularly if it cites discussion that was originally on ADS-L.  This
> is not spam or in any way spamlike.  It is a valued contribution and,
> where ADS-L is cited, a fundamental courtesy.
>
>        While there is a theoretical possibility of abuse where the blog
> link is not related to an ADS-L discussion, in practice I don't think
> there has been abuse.  I, at least, rather enjoy Dennis Baron's links.
> And it would be a strange linguistics list that did not recognize the
> important roles of the OED, HDAS, and other leading dictionaries.
>
>        Personally, I find the truespel posts valueless, as are the
> complaints about them.  I don't find them offensive, though, so I simply
> delete both without further thought.
>
>
> John Baker
>
>

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