[TheForge] PC-ness Grammatical Pet Peeve Rant - Way OT

[Tod Estes]

I wonder if the Romans did'nt have simular conversations. "What is this? Lower
case letters? Puncuation, and spaces, what are they doing to Latin?" Well I
guess it was more like
"WHATISTHISLOWERCASELETTERSPUNCUATIONANDSPACESWHATARETHEYDOINGTOLATIN"
Not all change is bad. However, I am not certian that I like most of the
changes. Fo Schizzle!
Toungue firmly in cheek...Tod

Quoting Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>:

> Purity is not the issue.
> English's strengths lie in it impurity.
> But, to paraphrase Mark Twain, use the word you mean, not it's second cousin.
>  If you mean "sex," say "sex," not "gender."  Surely, none of you have a
> problem saying "sex," do you?
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> >>> jeff.polaski at rgs.uci.edu 5/29/2007 8:23 PM >>>
> I'm not sure who wrote this, but it applies:
>
> "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
> English is as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words;
> on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways, beat
> them
> unconscious and rifled their pockets."
>
>
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Tod Estes

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