[etni] Computer Yiddish by Chaim Bermant
- From: Barry Silverbeg <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 00:56:01 +0300
Dear Everybody,
Every day the E mail brings me dozens of items to delete. There are classic
pages of jokes and funny clips
that bounce back and forth for years, and sometimes there is even somthing new,
exciting and worth a peek.
Sometimes eager eyed, but very 'out of it ' types send me something they're
sure I'll like, and it hurts to tell them that
it was old when Windows was still for workgroups and the internet took 5 minuts
to connnect, making a noise like "a duck
choking to death on a Kazoo. "(Dave Barry).
But here is one funny column that I have never seen before. I picked it up
while googling to see who Chaim Bermant ( the Jewish/ British humourist in
whose name a prize for writing is being offered) was.
In this piece, he develops an idea I've toyed with but never carried it full
length: how the Spell Checker creates it's own meaning:
After all, it wrylychanges 'Diaspora" to "Disappear, " and plays hell with
the names of local politicians. Bermant's piece rises to brilliance here and
there, and I only wish I had written it first. For some reason, Bermant's fans
did not care to post his pieces on the Etni list or fling them hither and yawn
into hyperspace, so here goes: Enjoy.
Barry
http://www.bermant.com/chaim/articles/computeryiddish.php
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