================================================ Subject: Re: Multi-lingual signs... Multilanguages From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Thu 9 Aug 2001 02:53:54 -0400 ================================================ The changing language is an interesting concept to add to the proper English debate. I understand that these language deviations are a part of peoples desires to set thierselves apart from the others. sort of a language among thier peers and seperation from things that they rebel against. It is funny to have debates about proper language usage and then talk about bias towards the slang languages. Anyway, I used plenty of slang language in the past. I also violate a lot of English language rules. In regard to language, I guess we need to take these two factors into account. Do we want to speak a language that is in compliance to the grammatical rules that were set up for the language? Or do we want to accept the language as being a reflection of our culture? Jim -------------------- Keith P. Mears wrote: >>If anyone ever watched Airplane (the movie). They would understand where >>that remark came from. >>I can't speak any of our cultural sublanguages. So racism is not an >>issue there. " Slippin to the crib" or whatever the vocabulary and word >>replacements are way beyond my scope of expertise. >> > > I have seen Airplane, though it has been years beyond number, and I really > don't remember much (if ANY) of it. > But it would seem that basically you're just stating that you're not hip to > the constantly shifting trends in everyday speech, which is perfectly > understandable (personally, I'm kinda stuck on the 60's...you know, > "groovy", "diggin' it", etc.). > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > -- "His great aim was to escape from civilization, and, as soon as he had money, he went to Southern California." To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp