Will their bee a pop quiz one these?
-----Original Message-----
From: John Caldeira <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, June 29, 1998 9:21 PM
Subject: Spelling Guide for Conch-L Authors
 
 
>Howdy folks,
>
>Conch-Lers are generally good spellers, but a few mistakes keep showing up
>in Conch-L notes.  I'm not a spelling-bee champion or anything but, for
>those who care, here we go:
>
>
>SHELLER'S SPELLING GUIDE
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>
>You're:  You are ("You're gonna break that shell if ya don't pack it
>better, Ardeth!")
>Your:    Possessive pronoun ("Anne, your wallet is gonna suffer at the
>auction.")
>
>Loose:  Not tied down ("Boy, I'm hoping the COA convention has a lot of
>loose babes!")
>Lose:  Opposite of find ("You'll lose that cute little operculum if ya
>don't glue it to something")
>
>They're:  They are ("They're gonna inspect your bags at the airport,
Sharon")
>Their:  Belonging to them ("Their panties must be in a wad if they don't
>award Gene first place!")
>There:  Not here ("The best sand trails are way over there, stranger.")
>
>Where:  Question word: ("Where's that ol' trespassing sign, Judy?")
>Were:  Past tense of "are": ("I thought we were on the right side of the
>boundary; now please put down that shotgun!")
>
>It's:  It is ("It's gonna be a negative low tide in half an hour, so let's
>get moving!")
>Its:  Possessive ("Ooooh, I didn't realize its proboscis was so big!")
>
>Then:  Not now  ("Then Wayne put the shell inside his dive belt, where the
>eco-dive master couldn't see it")
>Than:  Comparative ("The water is colder than a witch's behind!")
>
>Which:  Comparative  ("Which of you ol' whores is bidding against me in the
>silent auction?")
>Witch:  Flies on a broom ("That little witch out-bid me!")
>
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Cheers,
>John
>
>P.s.: I've been really satisfied with Horatio Buck's cabinets.  They give
>an illusion that a shell collection is really organized.
>
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>John Caldeira
>Dallas, Texas       [log in to unmask]
>http://home.earthlink.net/~jcaldeira/beekeeping/
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