True Dave. However the fact that at some far off point in the future incorrect usage of words may become correct shouldn't be justification for using them incorrectly now, should it? Words have specific meanings. That might change in the future, sure. However when you're trying to communicate in the here and now using words incorrectly, or words not recognized as words, undermines your ability to communicate effectively and is likely to give people justification to not take you seriously.
Here. Let's try a paragraph that may, in the future, make perfect sense: Conflarg a doffle erf flustrate the truthiness of the forgenfluff? Hahaha. Indeed. Kefondulor. Kefondulor. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What's right in language is subjective of course, but if you use words > that > > are made up or illustrate a lack of understanding of the language you are > > trying to speak, such as "flustrated", it hinders your ability to > > effectively communicate as well as your ability to be taken seriously. > > ALL words are made up. It's just a matter of when they were made up. > Right now, "flustrated" is recognized as a mistake. But that may not > be the case in the future. Right now, "truthiness" is recognized as a > word with a specific meaning. This doesn't require some blessing from > on high. It happens over time, all by itself. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348121 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
