Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Time To Kiss “Dear John” Goodbye In Business Emails? – “Dear’ does seem a bit intimate. Many of my emails, where they require a salutation, start with “Howdy,” or, with a name, “Hi, John.” I rarely have a sign-off in e-mail except for “Thanks!”
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Would you start a letter “Hi Steve” to a stranger. How is Dear.. MORE intimate
No, of course you wouldn’t.
Email -More fucking up the English language by fuckwits. I am pissed off by people telling me that the modern world doesn’t require ‘spelling’ or ‘grammer’ because Language evolves with out understanding what that means, or how it has worked in the past – certainly not ‘Leet’ fuckwits making up words to prove how “kewl” they are.
I regularly read writing by teens/early 20’s who don’t write standard English spelling or grammer. It is painful. You have to read it out loud because it is phonetic – and that depends on what they think it sounds like, so it’s not as if you can get used to it from person to person – and pick your way through a mine field of double and triple negatives.
I’m tired of being told its ok to be inaccurate with language, because that is what some goatee bearded 24 year old is doing.
Think it doesn’t matter? Check how those who hold power speak.
Orthography is important. And, yes, you can tell from the way those in power speak and write.
I wonder how much is due to the overall increase in how much folks are demanded to type/write now, vs a generation or two ago.
I also wonder how much is due to changes in educational standards. I know for my daughter, her elementary school has only begun to stress spelling. That’s in order to promote expression, but I have to wonder if it leads, down the line, to less emphasis on good spelling, grammar, etc.