Chicago, eh? "Be put in a cauldron of lead and usurer's grease, amongst a whole million of cutpurses, and there boil like a gammon of bacon that will never be enough." The Earl of Oxford was a Celtics fan. Your turn. http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html :-b Reid
________________________________ From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Martinek, Carla Sent: Fri 4/24/2009 11:31 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Forsooth, and if thy language dost ne'er evolv'd, henceforth thee wouldst speaketh as the ancient Bard. Verily, the words of man must changeth and groweth as the seasons change -- looketh upon all the wordings which the Bard hast introduc'd into our speech. Woulds't thou changeth all that? -Carla (with apologies, but since yesterday was "Talk Like Shakespeare Day" in Chicago...) -----Original Message----- From: techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra....@lists.techwr-l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra....@lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of Handy, David Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:02 AM To: Gene Kim-Eng; techw...@lists.techwr-l.com Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English Buck it, Gene - buck it! This isn't just a matter of a new word gatecrashing the dictionary. This is key grammar. The number of people who think that legalized bad grammar is a portent of a crumbling civilization is kinda small, but it includes me; and if we writers don't jump up and down about this, nobody will. Grammar = expressivity. Replace sensible grammar rules with "ok, whatever" and you limit people's ability to say *exactly* what they mean. By the way, I'm not jumping on Gene here, or whoever wrote the original sentence - gramnmar is tough, time is short, and jargon happens. But remember Gandhi - be the lexical change you want to see in the world! - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rg...@interactivesupercomputing.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rgray%40interactivesupercomputing.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
