Today's exercise in misunderstanding English

[Martinek, Carla]

Sigh...  Selected the wrong list email when I sent this!!!  Sorry,
everyone.  

(FWIW, this was all about someone finding the word "updation" in some
outsourced programming files. And the fact that the word has been around
and in use for the past decade or so... )

TGIF is all I can say. 

-Carla

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Martinek,
Carla
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:31 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English

Forsooth, and if thy language dost ne'er evolv'd, henceforth thee
wouldst speaketh as the ancient Bard. Verily, the words of man must
changeth and groweth as the seasons change -- looketh upon all the
wordings which the Bard hast introduc'd into our speech. Woulds't thou
changeth all that?

-Carla
(with apologies, but since yesterday was "Talk Like Shakespeare Day" in
Chicago...)



-----Original Message-----
From: techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra.com at lists.techwr-l.com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+cmartinek=zebra.com at lists.techwr-l.com] On
Behalf Of Handy, David
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:02 AM
To: Gene Kim-Eng; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: RE: Today's exercise in misunderstanding English

Buck it, Gene - buck it! 

This isn't just a matter of a new word gatecrashing the dictionary. This
is key grammar. 

The number of people who think that legalized bad grammar is a portent
of a crumbling civilization is kinda small, but it includes me; and if
we writers don't jump up and down about this, nobody will. Grammar =
expressivity. Replace sensible grammar rules with "ok, whatever" and you
limit people's ability to say *exactly* what they mean. 

By the way, I'm not jumping on Gene here, or whoever wrote the original
sentence - gramnmar is tough, time is short, and jargon happens. But
remember Gandhi - be the lexical change you want to see in the world!
 
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