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

[Steven Smith]

And when they sang 100 bottles of beer on the wall, they had to stop at 1.

Steve

Tod Estes wrote:
> 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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