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Friday, March 16, 2012

What is it with Nick Fisch and speling?

The other day that, now this:


Comments (23)

1. That's the feminine form.
2. Anyway, as President Andrew Jackson is alleged to have said, "It is a poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word."

Good observation. Dude misspells his last name, too.

Is Mr. Nguyen one of the countless flacks sucking from the COP teat? A real pro.

Most incompetent Governor of Oregon in the 20th century visiting the most incompetent city councilor. Dumb and dumber.

Actually, you misspelled his last name in your post, Jack. Way to go.

In addition to the spelling issues, the grammar is terrible.

How much does this job pay?

Let's go Fisching!

Governer (twice), "She" (capitalized), missing a comma after "only".

DG,

Jacque's misspelling was intentional.

That's called "irony" round these parts.

He's a tax-law professor, an astute political commentator, and a journalist. He can spell Fish.

"Most incompetent Governor of Oregon in the 20th century ..."

And won against probably the best Republican since then that Oregon might (and better) have elected.

Sally, you got to be kidding, Frohnmayer? Much better than Roberts, but nothing to shout about.

John, who was shouting? I just said we should have elected Frohnmayer. I think Roberts is an embarrassment and a hack. She makes me groan. I can't believe I voted for her. Probably my worst vote ever.

Now I vote for Republicans worse than Frohnmayer for that seat.

New park in the Pearl.
Master Plan for Washington Park?
Always money for planning in our area.
Plans for 2040,
yes let us continue to have people engaged in future plans,
does that make it easier to avoid dealing with current problems?

A feel good thing, again like all the current buzz words.
Reality - restrooms in parks closed, no garbage pickup.

How much do Master Plans cost?

Governer (Barbara) Roberts x 1
Governer Roberts x 3
Governor of Oregon x 1

All of the above are correct.

The former Governor just changed her first name to Governer, and added a middle name (Barbara).

Who knew?

Obviously, David Nguyen knew!!!

"Spellingate" reminds me of Senator Moynihan's admission, while serving as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, that he was "innumerate."

And, yes, I checked the spelling.

Nguyen's a Vietnamese surname; perhaps English is not David's first language. But then someone with copyediting skills should have looked it over before it was posted.

My thoughts too Eric. But what about spell check?
Even my iPhone corrects my spelling as I thumb type!
How pathetic! and another waste of taxpayer money!

"Nguyen's a Vietnamese surname; perhaps English is not David's first language. But then someone with copyediting (sic) skills should have looked it over before it was posted."

So now C.O.P. employees get to play the "English isn't my first language" card? I noticed in the press release that Governor of Oregon was spelled both correctly and incorrectly. Hiring people to edit the work of P.R. personnel doesn't strike me as a wise use of our tax dollars. Regulars on this blog can vouch for the fact that I'm not the greatest speller or grammarian on the planet, but at least I'm consistent when I screw up!

tankfixer learned long ago that the F7 key was his friend.

Orthography does not appear to be the strong suit of the governmentally employed:

"'Not much I can say about the mistake you discovered other than follow a very sound theory: "mess up, fess up and clean up,"' [US Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance] Gainer told Yahoo News. 'The error is being corrected.'"
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/federal-government-typo-day-205417924.html

Nick Fish,
How much do Master Plans cost?
How much did the Lents Park Master Plan cost?
How much will the Washington Parks Master Plan cost?

You're nitpicking. Haven't you ever had a typo slip through on a published piece?

Petty.

"Governer" four times is not a typo.

These are not typos. These are blatant misspellings.

Necessities

Governor

Those are sixth grade words at most.

There is also something called spell check.




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