Re: I had say it because I was afraid no one else would.

Subject: Re: I had say it because I was afraid no one else would.
From: "Jerry Kindall" <j -dot- kindall -at- tecplot -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 10:12:05 -0800

Quoth Sarah Steagall:

> He does not have the right to re-configure this language.

When children grow up speaking a pidgin, they often spontaneously impose
a grammar on it, and it becomes a creole. The language goes from "baby
talk" to a small and young but otherwise full-fledged language in a
single generation.

Where do these children, often poor and unschooled, acquire the right to
reconfigure their language in such a radical way? From being born, of
course. Linguistic invention is every human being's birthright.

That obviously doesn't mean that everyone will be good at it. But I
dare to suggest that even marketing directors are born human. :-)

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Jerry Kindall, SDK Technical Writer
Tecplot, Inc. | Enjoy the View
Bellevue, Washington, USA
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