Editorial Notes On Mispellings on Blog

Many people have said to me, "Mark, your spelling stinks."

I can assure you, my spelling is not nearly as bad I write. I like to think of it as "creatively rearranging the letters in a given word to create an understood, but completely unique piece of language for the enjoyment of my blog readers."

People have noticed, for instance, that the music group "Arrowsmith" actually tends to spell their group name as "Aerosmith." I would contend that they only spell their band name as "Aerosmith" when they are under the influence of alcohol or some illegal substance and that if completely sober, their group name would in fact be "Arrowsmith." But I digress. I realize that the mainstream spelling of the band name is not in sync with the creative writings of this blog.

I also realized that I butchered kwanzah, probably hannukah, and several other words that seem deserving of mauling. The purpose of writing is communication. Maybe, in fact, my creative spelling is a way of telling my readers that I do not think that the word being mispelled is worthy of me taking the time to get what "the world" calls "right." Then again, maybe it's just because I'm a rebel and like to be at odds with the world.

Be as it may, I'd like to point out that the worst spelling in widely read literature is in the King James Bible. KJ just doesn't jive with modern spelling. I am sure that the analogies between this blog and the KJ are apparent and do not even need to be mentioned.