tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post4737990970195794869..comments2023-10-17T10:29:57.984-04:00Comments on The Screaming Pope: What’s Good About Bad English?Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-47439224286428796082013-12-03T07:05:01.759-05:002013-12-03T07:05:01.759-05:00I’m working on my pig latin subjunctives, but will...I’m working on my pig latin subjunctives, but will get back to you asap Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-55509622692636694002013-12-02T12:07:33.178-05:002013-12-02T12:07:33.178-05:00Love this. Language is a tool, not an ideology (...Love this. Language is a tool, not an ideology (at least, to most of us), and I'd love to see someone do a correlation between the push toward diversity in idiom and spellings and the pushback from social conformity which applies increasing pressure as society becomes more complicated. You could almost create an algorithm based on Newtonian principles of the force applied toward conformity and the reaction toward manifesting individuality. Is it coincidence that Webster codified the English language at the same time that industrialization needed people to behave 'properly', i.e., follow orders, show up to work on time, etc, to keep the factories running? <br />A friend of mine suspects that language is devolving, thanks to technology, and that soon we will once again be communicating in avatars rather than names, and ideograms rather than words. <br />BTW, jst fr fn I ftn wrt wtht vwls. jylle benson-gaussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-45880112130659302102013-11-30T12:25:36.956-05:002013-11-30T12:25:36.956-05:00OK, I’ve been ticketed again by the language polic...OK, I’ve been ticketed again by the language police, but it’s only a misdemeanor. Right?Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981546907877838890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3493101396674767317.post-43790373608701514402013-11-29T20:53:29.494-05:002013-11-29T20:53:29.494-05:00You mean "Poor" English, I assume. Is he...You mean "Poor" English, I assume. Is he joking... ?The Third Partierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891036301947412236noreply@blogger.com