[pchelpers] Re: Language

Hi Ekhart,

Friday, September 30, 2005, 5:47:20 AM, you wrote:

EGlnl> In the meantime, more and more people will be incapable of
EGlnl> handling the "official", old spelling system. Most people even
EGlnl> now can't handle basic words like separate, receive,
EGlnl> definitely, weird, independent, you/your/you're, to/too,
EGlnl> there/their/they're, etc. As a result, large portions of the
EGlnl> population in English speaking-countries will be increasingly
EGlnl> unable to exercise basic democratic rights, and this will
EGlnl> seriously hamper economic development too. Even now, large
EGlnl> segments of the population cannot read or write in a way that
EGlnl> they would be taken seriously or that they would dare to
EGlnl> express their opinions publicly or to seek legal redress.

Many science fiction stories are set in a world where most people
can't read or write, and have little need to, since computers do
everything.

-- 
Scott.




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