Yes, English is not entirely logical because it incorporates so many words from other languages. That also serves to make it the most expressive language in the world. I would never, ever, belittle a non-English speaker for poor phrasing or other English faux pas. Believe me, their English is much, much better than my French, Italian, Spanish, or any other foreign language. but writing messages all in lower case and without proper punctuation in the style of e.e. cummings' archie the cockroach is an affectation that expresses how kwel the author is in the modern style of instant communication how with it they are in communicating with other peeps over the internet, how busy and multitasking they are 'cause they don't even have time to hit the shift key or hunt for the period or comma key and i for one don't like it especially when they are asking for my help --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <vw4x4@fyi.net> To: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 4:43 AM Subject: Re: OO TT
> Tom, > "why make readers struggle to read what you're trying to say?" > > I'm sure this is not intentional. There are a lot of good people > here that have a ton of skills with Vanagons. To bad we all > have to have english skills also, to communicate in this fashion. > I'm probably one of the biggest offenders. Why? Not because > I'm trying to make people struggle. It's because I want others > to see that without good english, you should not let it stop > your entire life. I know to many good people that will not > participate in many things because they are embarrassed > about there reading and english skills. This is just sad. > I also have a BIG objection with english. I have used logic > in every way to learn about, and study most anything. You > can always learn some rule or find out about the history of > something to figure out why things are the way we have it > today. But engish? Does any one have a rule to follow > that can tell me when and why the word "thought" has a G H T > on the end. I spell it "thru" .....screw english |
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