Peter Beckman wrote: > What have we done to our languages? Our ancestors are rolling in their > graves, unable to prevent us from such linguistic destruction.
Actually, I suspect that language is becoming more standardised/standardized[1] over time due to global business and global media, and our ancestors had many more quirks than we do today. Certainly, you can see in Shakespeare that there are numerous quirks. The "correct" spelling of a word and structure of a sentence was a concept that didn't really exist until mass printing of dictionaries in the mid 19th century. [1] We're not there yet! Alistair Cunningham +1 888 468 3111 +44 20 799 39 799 http://integrics.com/ *** I'm presenting at Astricon in October. Let me *** know if you'll be there and would like to meet. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
