RE: Origin of Old Hickory

["Eppinger.Michael" <Eppinger.Michael@domain.elided>]

No special meanings.  I am just a horrible speller (that is why I became an
engineer, I would have never survived English)  I heard this quote on the
radio this morning, and I immediately thought of myself (thank goodness for
spell checker) and Dan Nees.  Why do you think I go by Epp, instead of my
whole last name<vbg>.

Epp
The Scout Ranch



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joseph M. Shaw, II [SMTP:MikeIIDC@domain.elided]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 22, 1998 11:07 AM
> To:	Eppinger.Michael
> Cc:	'Darrel'; IHC DIGEST
> Subject:	Re: Scout and T'all oil pumps and pans
> 
> > Epp
> > "I pity the man who can only spell a word one way"
> > Andrew Jackson
> 
> Epp-
> 
> Well, I guess "Old Hickory" would have loved us!!!  With all of our
> creative ways to spell!
> Is there any deeper meaning to this, or is it as simple-and cool-as
> saying that Jackson was a bad speller?
> 
> Michael