atw: Re: Pronounseeashun
- From: Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 15:40:33 +1100
... he said that his mother told him about 'people like me' :)
We are the people our parents warned us about. LOL
On 6 January 2012 20:40, Rebecca Caldwell <beckyakasha@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ugh, I've arrived at this one a little late; however I think we
> 'discussed' the use of 'youse' a year or two ago.
>
> I remember that many pointed to the Macquarie, as 'youse' has been
> included for many years as an accepted multiple tense of 'you' (As opposed
> to y'all or all of you). I stand by my distaste for the word, but I do
> agree that language is in constant evolution. I will stick with what I was
> taught, regardless. If that dates my speech, then so be it.
>
> I did just get into a mini-fight with my partner; He pronounces H as
> 'haitch' whereas I do not; he said that his mother told him about 'people
> like me' :)
>
> Rebecca
>
> ------------------------------
> From: geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Pronounseeashun
> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 11:41:08 +1100
>
>
> Christine, we’ve been truncating English words since time immemorial.
> There’s not much new in texters writing “U” instead of “you”. We travel in
> a bus these days, not an omnibus. We take kids out for a spin in a pram,
> not a perambulator. We use “phone” more often than “telephone”. And texters
> create acronyms and initialisms, just as we have done for centuries. Just
> as “bus”, “pram” and “phone” have become accepted usage, there is no
> logical reason why “U” could not come to be conventional usage in, say,
> 2112.
>
>
>
>
>
> Geoffrey Marnell
>
> Principal Consultant
>
> Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
>
> P: 03 9596 3456
>
> M: 0419 574 668
>
> F: 03 9596 3625
>
> W: www.abelard.com.au
>
>
>
> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Christine Kent
> *Sent:* Friday, 6 January 2012 11:00 AM
> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: Re: Pronounseeashun
>
>
>
> So Geoff, if your audience is almost completely people who text, can
> written language also be reduced to texted language?
>
>
>
> I must confess that I tend to ignore twitter feeds which use texting
> language, but it is becoming more and more the norm in order to say more in
> less space. Why would we not abbreviate you to U, given there is no
> competing word in English so its meaning is abundantly clear? Similarly,
> as it’s and its are quite different in context, why not miss the apostrophe
> given the meaning is abundantly clear. I haven’t worked it through with
> there and their, but I would also guess that context is all we need to know
> which is which, so let’s simplify life and make them both “there”. At the
> same time let’s make let’s lets as its meaning is also abundantly clear in
> context.
>
>
>
>
>
--
Bob Trussler
Other related posts:
