I think he had a point in writing like that.

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I think he had a point in writing like that.

Lee — 2/25/2007 2:33:57 AM (archived)

He was trying to convey how the character spoke. Chaucer didn't have recording equipment, so he had to spell according to the way it was pronounced by a character. There's nothing wrong with that. My original argument concerned several stories from a news agency. I do see a difference in that.

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Illiteracy as pop culture. - Lee - 2/23/2007 12:23:40 AM
- The same bad people are no doubt responsible for Bush's inability... - alcaray - 2/23/2007 8:54:11 PM
  - No, that is just a Texas thing. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:06:25 PM
    - Texas is in on the conspiracy, then. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/23/2007 9:19:46 PM
      - No, its in our DNA. We just can't help talking that way. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:50:19 PM
- re: Illiteracy as pop culture. - Robert - 2/23/2007 5:56:31 PM
  - Renaissance fans of Latin killed it as a spoken language. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 3:32:10 AM
    - So we should embrace illiteracy and bad grammer? - Lee - 2/24/2007 5:29:21 AM
      - You have no understanding of the history of language. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 9:21:16 PM
        
        I think he had a point in writing like that. - Lee - 2/25/2007 2:33:57 AM
        
        Of course he had a point in writing like that. - Mary Anne - 2/25/2007 4:42:37 AM
      - Bad grammAr? What about bad speling? (n/t) - LS - 2/24/2007 6:33:31 PM
        
        Yes, it was bad spelLing on my part. ;) - Lee - 2/24/2007 9:18:08 PM
        
        Let he who has never typoed, cast the first stone. - Lee - 2/24/2007 9:12:49 PM
        
        re: Let he who has never typoed, cast the first stone. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 9:43:23 PM
        
        And another dumb bigot bites the dust - R.L. - 2/24/2007 6:55:52 PM
  - re: Illiteracy as pop culture. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:05:15 PM
    - It wasn't a kid that wrote the piece for MSNBC - Lee - 2/23/2007 9:20:46 PM
      - Wasn't the person in question a college kid, or just out of college? - REB - 2/23/2007 9:38:53 PM
        
        I did. - Lee - 2/23/2007 10:00:45 PM
        
        re: I did. - REB - 2/23/2007 10:14:04 PM
    - Slight edit. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:11:08 PM
  - Bringing it on! (In a small way) - McFly - 2/23/2007 7:04:06 PM
  - re: Illiteracy as pop culture. - TB - 2/23/2007 6:36:17 PM
- "too disturbing and sickening to be funny" - Buck Galaxy - 2/23/2007 8:43:20 AM
- The examples of ignorance that you point to are far less dangerous than the ignorance you exemplify - Yeti - 2/23/2007 5:57:08 AM
- How does this bigot survive in todays world? - R.L. - 2/23/2007 5:56:09 AM
  - That should be today's world. - Lee - 2/24/2007 9:16:46 PM
  - The dynamic duo rears it's ugly head. - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:22:49 AM
    - Lee... - REB - 2/23/2007 8:50:18 PM
      - And why is that? - Lee - 2/23/2007 9:28:23 PM
        
        Because he asked that it not be used any more. - REB - 2/23/2007 9:34:54 PM
    - This is the best you can do? - Yeti - 2/23/2007 6:34:53 AM
      - The best I can do??? - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:50:54 AM
        
        Oh, if you were not a base bigot, I'd say: 'awww, how cute' - Yeti - 2/23/2007 8:09:27 PM
        
        Yes you can tell who's winning and losing an argument... - Lee - 2/23/2007 9:33:08 PM
        
        You mean names like the 'N' word? - Yeti - 2/23/2007 10:22:06 PM
        
        It's what they use to describe themselves. - Lee - 2/23/2007 10:47:44 PM
        
        If you want to talk about English, talk about English. - Mary Anne - 2/23/2007 4:15:46 PM
    - And yes, I know...It should be its, not it's. (n/t) - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:30:29 AM
- ER's right, Lee - McFly - 2/23/2007 2:50:52 AM
  - BTW, Maybe you should've said "ER right, Lee" - Lee - 2/23/2007 3:06:07 AM
  - So illiteracy as the norm is fine by you? - Lee - 2/23/2007 3:03:13 AM
    - No, of course not - McFly - 2/23/2007 3:38:52 PM
    - Lee... - Martha - 2/23/2007 4:37:04 AM
      - That's always been Lee's problem... - alcaray - 2/23/2007 5:11:49 PM
        
        LOL! (n/t) - R.L. - 2/23/2007 5:13:08 PM
      - Must be the George Carlin in me - Lee - 2/23/2007 4:59:22 AM
        
        Carlin is brilliant and funny - R.L. - 2/23/2007 4:56:43 PM
        
        His role on Thomas the Train is probably your favorite. - Lee - 2/23/2007 5:39:35 PM
        
        Okay Lee, why do you know about that? - REB - 2/23/2007 5:44:08 PM
        
        Too much channel surfing. - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:10:52 PM
        
        Alec Baldwin was the magic conductor - REB - 2/23/2007 6:17:50 PM
        
        Carlin played the Magic Conductor as well. - Lee - 2/23/2007 6:20:37 PM
        
        So did Ringo Starr. (n/t) - TB - 2/23/2007 7:45:11 PM
        
        Atouk zugzug Thomas. (n/t) - Lee - 2/23/2007 7:56:18 PM
        
        Okay Tom, how do you know about that? - REB - 2/23/2007 7:49:54 PM
        
        I have kids. - TB - 2/23/2007 8:15:06 PM
        
        Just admit it, you like watching the show. - REB - 2/23/2007 8:20:25 PM
- What kind of pop culture do you prefer? - ER - 2/23/2007 1:33:00 AM
  - Just as bad - Lee - 2/23/2007 2:36:18 AM
    - The cultural problems you bring up - TB - 2/23/2007 3:04:56 AM
      - re: The cultural problems you bring up - REB - 2/23/2007 3:15:25 PM
        
        Please note the word he used to define the problems in his opening post: - Mary Anne - 2/23/2007 3:58:18 PM
        
        Where do you think the reporter in question got that phrase? - Lee - 2/23/2007 5:54:57 PM
        
        Sometimes headlines are abbreviated for the sake of space. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 1:30:01 AM
        
        Two different stories concerning the same subject. - Lee - 2/24/2007 2:39:54 AM
        
        Two different stories. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 4:27:27 AM
        
        You got me on several points... - Lee - 2/24/2007 5:38:22 AM
        
        I am not mistaken on any of them. - Mary Anne - 2/24/2007 9:35:56 PM
        
        You were mistaken - Lee - 2/25/2007 2:37:32 AM
        
        The song has virtually nothing to do with the Smith case. - Mary Anne - 2/25/2007 5:15:52 AM
        
        Guess we see it differently. - Lee - 2/25/2007 7:35:27 AM
        
        "...being written *as* they were." - Mary Anne - 2/25/2007 3:36:22 PM
        
        re: Please note the word he used to define the problems in his opening post: - REB - 2/23/2007 4:19:28 PM
      - To be more specific - Lee - 2/23/2007 3:16:38 AM

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