Comments on: Don’t Blame the Americans for this One! http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Malcolm R. Campbell http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-53816 Malcolm R. Campbell Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:41:18 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1146#comment-53816 My goodness, not everyone knows a lot of the other languages that have words that have been pulled into English. Are we to throw it all out and begin anew, I wonder? My goodness, not everyone knows a lot of the other languages that have words that have been pulled into English. Are we to throw it all out and begin anew, I wonder?

]]> By: PreciseEdit http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-53791 PreciseEdit Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:48:33 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1146#comment-53791 Fiat Lux, i.e., let the light shine on simple minds, weak intellects, misguided leaders, etc. Fiat Lux, i.e., let the light shine on simple minds, weak intellects, misguided leaders, etc.

]]> By: Bill Womack http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dont-blame-the-americans-for-this-one/comment-page-1/#comment-53615 Bill Womack Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:42:12 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1146#comment-53615 It's sad to see so many productive, useful words being laid off in the great cultural restructuring. Those that are left are invariably saddled with greater responsibility, leading to a language whose words stumble home at the end of each day, too exhausted to play with their children. The fewer words we use, the more meaning that must be crammed into each one, until finally they collapse under the weight of confusion, and obfuscation becomes the status quo. Oops, I was accidentally elitist. C'est la vie. It’s sad to see so many productive, useful words being laid off in the great cultural restructuring. Those that are left are invariably saddled with greater responsibility, leading to a language whose words stumble home at the end of each day, too exhausted to play with their children. The fewer words we use, the more meaning that must be crammed into each one, until finally they collapse under the weight of confusion, and obfuscation becomes the status quo.

Oops, I was accidentally elitist. C’est la vie.

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