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Re: Need Your Opinions re Simplified English (Can I quote you?)
Subject:Re: Need Your Opinions re Simplified English (Can I quote you?) From:"Martin Soderstrom" <scribbler1382 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 31 May 2002 13:26:50 -0400
"Gary Clark" <Gary -at- wtw -dot- org> wrote in message news:156267 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
> Eric L. Dunn wrote:
>
> >
> > >>Glad you got the message Keith. Now if all those others would get the
> > >>message things would be better.
> > >>
> > >>Gary Clark
> > >>Las Vegas, Nevada
> >
> > I think we all know Keith was being sarcastic. I hope Gary was too.
> >
> > If my users speak Pidgin English I'll write in Pidgin. Protecting the
> langauge
> > be damned.
> >
> > Eric L. Dunn
>
>
> Then you're one of those people who should be dragged from their beds in
> the middle of the night, whipped until the flesh hangs peeling from their
> bodies and then burned alive at the stake (figuratively, at least).
>
> Gary Clark
> Las Vegas, Nevada
>
Sheesh. This reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode where the guy's
language changes and things like "dinosaur" actually means "sofa", etc.
You can be as true to your language (whatever it may be) as you want, but if
no one understands you, what's the f**king point? You might as well scrawl
messages to your Mom on the toilet paper in her basement during Star Trek
commercials.
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