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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (2587)	5/23/1999 10:13:00 AM
From: JB2	Read Replies (4) of 4711

Your point about spelling was reinforced by a recent segment broadcast on the tv program C-Net Central. It seems e-mail has become one of the new rituals of dating among even the very young. The girls interviewed described it as a major turn-off when a boy sent them poorly written messages! Pity the poor dyslexic boys... But the questionable authority, Marilyn Vos Savant, claims she did a survey, albeit non-scientific, that concluded that people with superior spelling skills possessed no greater i.q.'s than poor spellers. Spelling is just a function of longterm memory that some have and some don't. According to her study, success at spelling bees does not correlate with later success in life. Now---Where can I get some o'them rattle snacks? I hear they taste like chicken...

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