On Sep 23, 2007, at 6:10 AM, Terry Charles wrote:

> We clicked on this at youtube:
>   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJdoiQkB3rk
>   It shows the console of the U S Naval Accademy
>   with the following information provided.
>   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Damian Lucifer Howie on
> The mighty dastrovich pipe organ
>
> dastrovich pipe organ is a one of a kind it is owned by Mr Andrew 
> maxamillion mcneil
> It is one of the most complicated and
> High-tech pipe organs in the world it is 5 story tall it has over 
> 15,000 pipes it blowers are the size of 2 double Decker bus engines
>

I hate to say it, but in recent years I have see examples of writing 
from college students that were just about this bad.  And these were 
often students for whom English was their first language.

A friend of mine who chaired the English Department said that a major 
reason why students can't write today is because they read so little.

What a tragedy on many levels.

Del W. Case
Professor Emeritus

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