Re: Define animation...

In article <PtydnemMc8hzUE_bnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ken from
Chicago <kwicker1b_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <1188158294.202487.274290@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Chris Sobieniak <Sobieniak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The excuse given by more than one person of my acquaintance is that
English, being a living language, is constantly changing. The
trouble as I see it is that while this much is true, this is an
excuse used by more than one person to excuse their own laziness.
Like, go fig, dude...

It is. I hate those guys who think that way.

Me too.

English IS a living language. Try going to Britain for comparison and
you'll see how much the English has grown here in America since
travelling across the Pond.

Hmm... me going to Britain? Novel idea, is that! ;)

Actually, there's more to it than that, considering that English is spoken
in a lot more places than just England, or America if you insist, and each
has its dialect. Sadly, some English dialects are dying out but there are
still plenty around in England, and that's before you even consider
Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, America
and so forth.

That said, language is for COMMUNICATION and that's a two-way deal of
transmitting ideas to others and getting feedback confirming that said
ideas were received. That typically requires a CONSENSUS as to HOW to
communicate.

True, but it is then a question of how you reach that "CONSENSUS".

When you break from the consensus view, then you have to choose either
to adapt your own communication style, change the consensus to match
your style or simply accept that your ideas might not be distributed as
widely as it might be otherwise.

Sounds a little like an argument I had on raam recently about the use of
Flash as a website tool. ;)

P.S. "America: We didn't make the English language; we made it better."

You may very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment. :þ

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// \// "Word to the wise guy; be nice or be dog food!"

.... Me, indecisive? I don't think I am, do you?
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