Speaking of TxtSpeak [modified]
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Ah, but:
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
I wonder how people might have felt during the times when "thou art" became "You are".
Was a progression, whereas:
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
"u r"
is a regression (and if it continues, language will disappear and we'll be back to ape like grunting). On the Radio 4 a few weeks back there was some "professor" spouting nonsense that spelling, grammar and punctuation don't matter. He was an arse, but also a hypocrite - you don't get to be a professor of anything other than broom handling if your spelling, grammar and punctuation aren't up to scratch. I blame the current state of the language, in Britain at least, on the television. Programming appears to be aimed at the lowest common denominator, the most moronic of audience, the most base of human instinct. I haven't seen any challenging, intelligent, uncomfortable or engaging TV in years. I don't think quality TV programs exist any more as everything has been dumbed down to appeal to the most basic human instincts: eating, sleeping and shagging. But that's just me, and I'm rapidly turning into an old git :-D
martin_hughes wrote:
I'm rapidly turning into an old git
Ah, but are you becoming an insufferable old git? That's where the joy lies, I can tell you :-D.
Software Zen:
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Joe Woodbury wrote:
"you are" was the formal form of address, not the informal as is commonly presumed.
Methinks thou dost not yet, forsooth, limn this quibble as 'twas for the nonce, but, verily, mayhaps a bit o' book-larning would sate thy mind. Prince : "Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of old sack, and unbuttoning thee after supper, and sleeping upon benches after noon, that thou hast forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldest truly know. What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day?" Falstaff : "Indeed, you come near me now, Hal … And, I prithee, sweet wag, when thou art a king, as God save thy Grace – Majesty, I should say; for grace thou wilt have none." In the above Shakespeare is hinting how besotted/whacko Falstaff is when uses the familiar "you" to his King, who, in this case, is also his superior officer. best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
Boy, he shore do talk purdy, now don't he?
Software Zen:
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I don't understand why people still use txtspk? It's harder for me to type 'u' than it is to type 'you' with predictive text.
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Boy, he shore do talk purdy, now don't he?
Software Zen:
delete this;Well sir, I surely do know I had me some good larnin' whupped into me, but a lot of the things they stuck in my brain didn't stick around too long 'cause I's a wild one. But now, these here aliens done fixed me up with an implant takes care a all that. I get more channels now than most people get on cable, yes-siree-bob. best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
modified on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:45 PM
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Well sir, I surely do know I had me some good larnin' whupped into me, but a lot of the things they stuck in my brain didn't stick around too long 'cause I's a wild one. But now, these here aliens done fixed me up with an implant takes care a all that. I get more channels now than most people get on cable, yes-siree-bob. best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
modified on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:45 PM
Meself, I married me an English major.
Software Zen:
delete this;