I don't know what your Ph.D. is in, but I hope it's not poetry. Chas.
johnnie wrote: > On May 17, 5:28 pm, Timothy Perrett <[email protected]> wrote: >> Johnie, >> >> What on earth are you going on about? You qoute me there from a >> convesation on-list with Heiko about OSGi... out of context it makes >> no sense of course... >> > ... > Yes, Funky makes no sense if it means "very good" to one person and > "very bad" to another person. So why not just say very good or very > bad if that is what you mean? I see no reason for Geeks to make > things more confusing by using local slang instead of simple > language. > > I have notices as I lived in several countries where various > languages > were spoken that the two groups of people who misuse language most > are Geeks and lowest class such as druggies and criminals. The > people > of ancient Ashdod were condemned for making Babel even worse. Only > twice since then has the world enjoyed a near lingua franka. I would > hate to see simple English die like koine Greek because certain > classes > want to communicate in ways that are confusing. > > A group of linguists were eating together at the University of > Michigan > years ago. I started a conversation by inviting everyone to proclaim > why their language should be adopted by the rest of us. One person > proposed that Arabic should be preferred because it was one of the > most difficult. My vote went for koine Greek because the affixes > make > it so easy to understand. In fact it is still so easy that most new > pharmacituals are a combination of Greek roots because the meaning > of new words can be ascertained the combination of simple roots. > So why would anybody who wants other people with other native > languages and cultures use words which mean very good in one > context and very bad in another context? Do you want to play the > difficult game of writing a computer program which explains > context? I believe I can write that program for a lot of koine Greek. > I do not believe you or anyone else can write it for the class of > modern English which includes funky. > Johnnie > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
