sehr geehrter Herr Furman, #1. You do not know what I "believe." You are very presumptive and, well, you know what the first three letters of the word "assume" spell, I hope.
#2. There's no doubt that a human language degree in the United States is considered a "liberal arts" degree. This is a fact. # 3. I never stated or implied that "whatever" spellings are "valid." You should look up "context" at OED, if you know what that is. # 4. Your "creative" composition is funny, you are not. On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Eric Furman <ericfur...@fastmail.net>wrote: > Let me try to explain why this is important. > Let's say that I believed as Daniel does. > That language is an art and therefore open > to my interpretation. Whatever spellings > I prefer should be valid. Then I go ahead > and write my resume. > > I went to a skool bi the oshun. > I studeed Compooter Siense. > I have 10 yeers expeeriance worckin with UNIX > > OK, now tell me how many job offers do I get? > If you spelled like that, and could actually function as a systems administrator and took regular showers, I"d talk to you. Oh yeah, you'd have to show more creativity than that. Throw in a sense of humor and you'd be on the list for an interview. If you showed these "johnny five" tendencies, well, you figure it out. Daniel, you would have a point if the word under > discussion was colour or color, but it isn't. > > The point in question was "privilege." I already conceded that OpenBSD should use this spelling. Now you're just trying to bully me. > Oh, and examples from Scotsmen are a non sequitur. > Those people take pride in mangling the language. > > "Those people" indeed. At least "those people" aren't telling me what I should believe in or how I should spell. Or think. Or expecting me to... etc., etc. If OpenBSD is about correctness and the operating system and it's code are the standard, what linguistic standard do you propose we go by ? Name an authority, go ahead, if you can. Then let me know if you're willing to abide by that standard of human language "purity." Otherwise, you're talking out your, ahem, posterior. Sincerely, Daniel Villarreal
