Re: LF: Re: RE: Morse code lifeline

[g4gvw@aol.com]

What is even worse is the demoralising effect on educated jobseekers on discovering that their beautifully-crafted CV and application is being pre-screened by an agency recruiter who cannot use the language! This is especially galling if the position being applied for requires a candidate to demonstrate a good standard of education. Example - a well-known national agency regularly publishes advertisements for executive positions in which the word there is used in place of their. These are not newspaper "typos"! These appear on the agency's own website which, on enquiry, they assured me was maintained by "there own personle". Or, how about "Thanks for replying to are questions. You cv is now been sent to are client."  Add to those the almost constant misuse, abuse and omission of  the apostrophe and one despairs for the future. One of the worst I have seen came from an establishment of "higher education.

(I do assure you that the quotes in bold are verbatim and the misspelling is as received.)

73 de Pat G4GVW   

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Talbot <andy.g4jnt@googlemail.com>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:32
Subject: Re: LF: Re: RE: Morse code lifeline

Oh dear, I have to agree with Mal for once.

I'm fully with you there on grammar and punctuation in modern usage.



I know of one teacher who refuses and returns any written work that

makes use of Text-ese.   It has made her unpopular with kids and some

other staff.



Andy  G4JNT

www.g4jnt.com







2009/1/23 mal hamilton <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>:

> Gary

> A shining example of what can be achieved especially by a disabled person .

> It shows some radio amateurs up in a bad light!!!!!! on MF/LF some class A

> operators dont know a DIT from a DAH and I assume they are able bodied. It

> used to be that a class A amateur had an advantage over the general public

> by being able to converse in morse code, just like another language except

> it was totally international.

> Even a worse senario, a lot of persons today cannot write, the norm is to

> use a keypad and send text messages using some abbreviated gibbirish,

> grammar is not required, sort of pigeon english.

> G3KEV

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> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Gary - G4WGT

> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org

> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:21 PM

> Subject: LF: RE: Morse code lifeline

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> Hi All,

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> Here is a video on the above subject at this link :-

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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7843705.stm

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> Cheers,

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> Gary – G4WGT.

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> From: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org

> [mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] On Behalf Of Michael Probert

> Sent: 22 January 2009 19:21

> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org

> Subject: LF: Morse code lifeline

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> Extract from British national newspaper dated 22nd January 2009

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> The Daily Telegraph   A British national newspaper.----22nd January 2009

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> Quote—" A Pensioner who is almost completely paralysed has learned to

> communicate with her son by knocking out Morse code with her thumb.

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> Alan Jones, a former BBC technician, has devised a system to allow his 79

> year-old mother to communicate using her knowledge of the code."

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>  End of quote.

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> 73  Mike GW4HXO

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