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Re: OT: In the 'ignorance on parade' file

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, August 13, 2001, 13:03
Thomas R. Wier scripsit:
> My friend sent me this, with the warning that it may cause > righteous indignation. You are so warned. > > <http://www.vocabula.com/VRJULY01Halpern.htm>
Critics (and I suspect most of us will be critics) should also read Halpern's General Reply at http://members.boardhost.com/Vocabula/msg/153.html and the messages below it. Ken Miner (a fine fellow, and inventor (?) of Moundsbar, world's most unpronounceable conlang) makes an excellent distinction which I have not seen elsewhere, between "inorganic" (conscious, cultural) language change, the kind Halpern is talking about, and "organic" (unconscious, natural) change, which he is not talking about. Halpern's other problem is that he doesn't distinguish formal written Standard English from English-as-a-whole. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter

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