With todays technology is the national spelling bee more or less

RB TexLa

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Thu Jun-01-06 12:52 AM
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Poll question: With todays technology is the national spelling bee more or less

important than the national slide ruler contest?

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proud2BlibKansan

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Thu Jun-01-06 12:53 AM
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1. Spell check is still not perfect

but a calcualtor is always dead on.

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RB TexLa

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Thu Jun-01-06 12:54 AM
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2. But what if space monkeys steal all the calculators?

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Ladyhawk

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:16 AM
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5. Yes, "calcualtors" are always dead on. :D

Edited on Thu Jun-01-06 01:17 AM by Ladyhawk

And it's obvious from your reply that spell-check isn't always used. :silly:

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RB TexLa

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:17 AM
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6. LOL I was waiting for that

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Ladyhawk

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:22 AM
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8. You're bad. :)

:spank:

Thank you for letting me say it first. :D

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proud2BlibKansan

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Thu Jun-01-06 11:00 AM
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11. LOL I need to stop typing late at night

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wtmusic

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:01 AM
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3. They're called "Slide Rules"

and yes, being correct is still important. :eyes:

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Yollam

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:06 AM
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4. It never was "important", but neither are school sports...

...but people still invest a lot of time, money and emotion in them. Spelling bees, like science fairs, are one of few chances for brainy, geeky kids to get the spotlight for a little while.

I know, because I won my 5th grade spelling bee at my school, but then lost at the citywide bee. But for a moment, it was pretty great getting all the attaboys.

So here's to the spelling bee.

:toast:

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Ladyhawk

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:21 AM
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7. Microsoft Word is wrong half the time about grammatical errors.

And spell-check doesn't always take into account grammatical usage. Since I'm generally very good at spelling, I don't tend to use spell-check. My confidence saves time, but I've probably blundered on occasion.

It's a damn good thing calculators are accurate because I am much less confident in my mathematical abilities.

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longship

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Thu Jun-01-06 01:26 AM
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9. If you cannot spell, you cannot write.

That's it in a nutshell.

Ask any moran. ;-)

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TexasProgresive

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Thu Jun-01-06 06:39 AM
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10. That's a hugh point! n/t

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grace0418

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Thu Jun-01-06 11:10 AM
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12. Today's technology doesn't appear to help many people

based on some of the emails I've had to decipher in my time. And spell-check doesn't catch when incorrect (but correctly spelled) words are used. Besides, just because modern conveniences exist doesn't mean we should use them as crutches.

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One_Life_To_Give

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Thu Jun-01-06 11:14 AM
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13. A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something

to stick in his mouth.

Much the same with spell checkers and calculators. In the hands of a wise user they are good tools. But the fool will be more of one for relying on them.

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