John Bokma harassment

[Mumia W.]

David Squire wrote:
> Max M wrote:
>> John Bokma wrote:
>>> ilitzroth at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Your first question should be: Is it alright that Xah harasses 5 
>>> newsgroups? Or maybe work on your spelling, harass is with one r, but 
>>> maybe you didn't read the subject, which wouldn't amaze me, since you 
>>> sound like you should be spending time on MySpace OMG!.
>>
>>
>> I assume that the single l in alright is the courteous misspelling 
>> that should allways be in a posting, when correcting other peoples 
>> speling?
> 
> Nope. Oxford English Dictionary has:
> 
>     alright
> 
>     a frequent spelling of all right.
> 
> And Merriam-Webster has:
> 
> alright
> Pronunciation: (")ol-'rIt, 'ol-"
> Function: adverb or adjective
> : ALL RIGHT
> usage The one-word spelling alright appeared some 75 years after all 
> right itself had reappeared from a 400-year-long absence. Since the 
> early 20th century some critics have insisted alright is wrong, but it 
> has its defenders and its users. It is less frequent than all right but 
> remains in common use especially in journalistic and business 
> publications. It is quite common in fictional dialogue, and is used 
> occasionally in other writing <the first two years of medical school 
> were alright -- Gertrude Stein>.    
> 
> DS

American Heritage Dictionary:
Usage Note: [...] one who uses alright, especially in formal writing, 
runs the risk that readers may view it as an error or as the willing 
breaking of convention.

That's sounds kinda like what Xah does, and that's why I flag it as 
hypocrisy.