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What a dumb move. I'm really interested to know who the recipient was. This isn't about watching what you write more so than just being judicious about what inf

What a dumb move. I'm really interested to know who the recipient was. This isn't about watching what you write more so than just being judicious about what information you choose to share and with whom you share it. That segment of email made the email's author sound condescending and made the business itself look shady. I personally don't see any problem with that business model at all but there will be people who read it in a condescending tone. One last thing, the spelling. How in the world does anyone who wants to be taken seriously get away with that sort of spelling? Especially if you're running a business. Slang and shorthand are for teenage texts, not emails from high level execs. I'm a high level executive myself. I'm the CEO/Founder/President of my $20k/yr business that has its office based in my living room and even I wouldn't let that happen in an email from me or anyone representing the work I do. The way you speak and write reflects on you in more ways than people realize. It can make a Nobel Prize winner look like a hillbilly.

ricardobeat 15y ago
I'm usually one to wince upon these mistakes, but for all I know a Nobel Prize winner could be a hillbilly. Some people like to use their time to get things done instead of worrying about grammar. It takes some time to accept that.
darklajid 15y ago
Spelling: I for one couldn't parse it. I stumbled a handful of times and just stopped reading, looked at the comments here instead. Looked like a kid texting to me.
- billpatrianakos 15y ago
  Thank you. I think people are dissecting my comment a bit much like they have an axe to grind. Someone mentioned getting things done over checking spelling. Please. Does it take that long to type an extra character or two. That's a bullshit argument. Then dyslexia? Well that's fine but dyslexia doesn't cause you to spell "because" as "cuz" so while I feel for dyslexics, that too is just not good enough. The remark about "oh what if the Nobel Prize winner was a Russiin chemist?"... Oh, come on with that. It's obvious what I mean. The point is that this type of spelling can make the smartest of us and those of us worthy of a lot of respect look like fools. People will write you off for it. Suppose this were written by Steve Forbes or Bill Gates or PG himself but we didn't know it. I'm willing to bet that if the recipient wasn't a close friend and didn't recognize the sender's address that they wouldn't be taken seriously. That's my point. I think you get it darklajid. When someone writes this way it just reflects poorly on the person. My point was that people don't take you seriously even if you really are a genius that can help them if you write and speak in a manner like we see in this email. It it's a close friend then maybe it's fine but my overall point still stands despite the nit picking.
DanBC 15y ago
> The way you speak and write reflects on you in more ways than people realize. It can make a Nobel Prize winner look like a hillbilly. Dyslexia can make spelling errors such as "quite" instead of "quiet" tricky to spot. I'm not aware of any software that's targets this type of heterograph / homophone errors. Some software autocorrect is notoriously annoying. People emailing close friends, where there's no expectation of wider distribution, are often less formal than they would be in other situations. And why would a Nobel prize winner be any good at English spelling and grammar? I expect Russian chemists to be great at chemistry, and let the editors worry about the stylistic stuff.

ricardobeat 15y ago

I'm usually one to wince upon these mistakes, but for all I know a Nobel Prize winner could be a hillbilly. Some people like to use their time to get things done instead of worrying about grammar. It takes some time to accept that.

darklajid 15y ago

Spelling: I for one couldn't parse it. I stumbled a handful of times and just stopped reading, looked at the comments here instead. Looked like a kid texting to me.

billpatrianakos 15y ago
Thank you. I think people are dissecting my comment a bit much like they have an axe to grind. Someone mentioned getting things done over checking spelling. Please. Does it take that long to type an extra character or two. That's a bullshit argument. Then dyslexia? Well that's fine but dyslexia doesn't cause you to spell "because" as "cuz" so while I feel for dyslexics, that too is just not good enough. The remark about "oh what if the Nobel Prize winner was a Russiin chemist?"... Oh, come on with that. It's obvious what I mean. The point is that this type of spelling can make the smartest of us and those of us worthy of a lot of respect look like fools. People will write you off for it. Suppose this were written by Steve Forbes or Bill Gates or PG himself but we didn't know it. I'm willing to bet that if the recipient wasn't a close friend and didn't recognize the sender's address that they wouldn't be taken seriously. That's my point. I think you get it darklajid. When someone writes this way it just reflects poorly on the person. My point was that people don't take you seriously even if you really are a genius that can help them if you write and speak in a manner like we see in this email. It it's a close friend then maybe it's fine but my overall point still stands despite the nit picking.

DanBC 15y ago

> The way you speak and write reflects on you in more ways than people realize. It can make a Nobel Prize winner look like a hillbilly. Dyslexia can make spelling errors such as "quite" instead of "quiet" tricky to spot. I'm not aware of any software that's targets this type of heterograph / homophone errors. Some software autocorrect is notoriously annoying. People emailing close friends, where there's no expectation of wider distribution, are often less formal than they would be in other situations. And why would a Nobel prize winner be any good at English spelling and grammar? I expect Russian chemists to be great at chemistry, and let the editors worry about the stylistic stuff.