Better than Chesty Drawers: http://www.artofstone.com/chestydrawers.htmlLambchop wrote:Hah! Would you prefer what we have here? Chester draws?
Actually, I thought Chesty Drawers was an exotic dancer.
Better than Chesty Drawers: http://www.artofstone.com/chestydrawers.htmlLambchop wrote:Hah! Would you prefer what we have here? Chester draws?
It matters because English is a wonderfully complex tongue that is capable of quite exceptional nuance. We got there after centuries of amazing scholarship and the greatest poetry and prose ever written. We should celebrate that by refusing to let any of its beautiful twists and turns, no matter how obstinately intransigent they may be to the dull, fall by the wayside. Getting it right is a challenge to many, but that is no reason to allow degradation to set in. That is a depressingly defeatist attitude. Good English is as beautiful as good mathematics or good science.dubhlinn wrote:Language is a living, breathing active part of our lives. It is often written, as it is spoke..or maybe spoken.
Communication is the point of it all, so does it matter if an errant apostrophe falls by the wayside?
Does it matter that the elegance of Hardy, Milton ..blah..blah.. is not commonplace in everyday conversation. Does it matter that people communicate on cell phones in a language that bears no relation to the same words spoken in the vernacular of the day? Does it matter that a simple thought, uttered in a few short words, can become an issue on an internet message board?
Yeah..it does to me but fcuk it..I know my neighbours names, I know the guys I work with, I know the problems that my bar buddies have and I also know that not one of them could spell apostrophe..never mind what it means.
Time to pour a decent measure of Jamesons and say hello to Molly Bloom....a bit of Madam George alongside her and hope I don't get a text(sms) message along the way.
Slan,
D.
Yup! Gooder, even!SteveShaw wrote:Good English is as beautiful as good mathematics or good science.
Yes but not every breath is conducive to good living.dubhlinn wrote:Language is a living, breathing active part of our lives.
No, smarty pants. Gooder English is not as good as good maths. Gooder English doesn't count.djm wrote:Yup! Gooder, even!SteveShaw wrote:Good English is as beautiful as good mathematics or good science.
djm
The greatest poetry and prose ever written depends on how many languages we speak and read, apart from English.SteveShaw wrote: It matters because English is a wonderfully complex tongue that is capable of quite exceptional nuance. We got there after centuries of amazing scholarship and the greatest poetry and prose ever written. We should celebrate that by refusing to let any of its beautiful twists and turns, no matter how obstinately intransigent they may be to the dull, fall by the wayside. Getting it right is a challenge to many, but that is no reason to allow degradation to set in. That is a depressingly defeatist attitude. Good English is as beautiful as good mathematics or good science.
Yep...Denny wrote:
We're talking about ENGLISH! damnit! Not that Cervantes fella.Lambchop wrote:He's implying that the argument is tilting at windmills.