Comments on: Academic wants us all to talk like an AOL chatroom

By: Sachi

Sachi — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:55:00 +0000

I don't know. This reminds me too much of 1984. I like the current pace of language evolution as well, I don't think there's a need to speed up.

By: Sachi

Sachi — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:55:00 +0000

I don’t know. This reminds me too much of 1984. I like the current pace of language evolution as well, I don’t think there’s a need to speed up.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:46:00 +0000

It isn't about catering to the "lowest common denominator".

The "lowest common denominator" in this case would be keeping an inefficient and costly writing system because it's 'traditional' and you're too lazy to learn a new (easier) way to write.

Think of the money and time that schools could save if they didn't have to teach spelling for so many years.

Why not return Latin to it's place as the language of the educated if you thnk an attempt like this to streamline language is "regression"?

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:46:00 +0000

It isn’t about catering to the “lowest common denominator”.

The “lowest common denominator” in this case would be keeping an inefficient and costly writing system because it’s ‘traditional’ and you’re too lazy to learn a new (easier) way to write.

Think of the money and time that schools could save if they didn’t have to teach spelling for so many years.

Why not return Latin to it’s place as the language of the educated if you thnk an attempt like this to streamline language is “regression”?

By: Cad

Cad — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:44:00 +0000

So he wants us to adopt american english?

By: Cad

Cad — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:44:00 +0000

So he wants us to adopt american english?

By: Phillip

Phillip — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Yeah, gotta love that.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Yeah, gotta love that.

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Quota based systems? My experience with teachers is that most of them are doing a great job on limited resources. Quota systems merely artificially reshape the curriculum to make more students pass whatever test the quotas are based on, rather than increasing real learning. I have yet to see the standardized test that can tell the difference between someone who knows the subject and someone who knows how to take the test. In fact, they favor the latter.

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:29:00 +0000

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:24:00 +0000

I agree with you, Phillip.

BTW, I had to laugh at your spelling of "cyrrent". Our letter "y" came from the Greek upsilon, which many scholars think was once pronounced like our letter "u". Coincidental typo.

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:24:00 +0000

I agree with you, Phillip.

BTW, I had to laugh at your spelling of “cyrrent”. Our letter “y” came from the Greek upsilon, which many scholars think was once pronounced like our letter “u”. Coincidental typo.