FW: [lg policy] The great language change hoax

[Joel S. Berson]

I missed the Lamarck/Lysenko bit.  And for when Dennis posted his
article, I refer all to "Big Nate" of March 31 [sic]:
http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2013/03/31

(Although the Society for Pure English seems real -- and even has
published some tracts by Henry Watson Fowler.)

Joel

At 4/1/2013 10:10 AM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>The item appeared in Dennis's "Web of Language" yesterday.
>
>--Charlie
>
>________________________________________
>From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of
>Joel S. Berson [Berson at ATT.NET]
>Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:02 AM
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>
>If their criterion that an achievement must "first make people laugh"
>can include derisive laughter, someone should nominate the report for
>an Ig Nobel prize.  The next First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony is
>Sept. 12.  Plenty of time.  For instructions,
>read  http://www.improbable.com/ig/miscellaneous/nominate.html  The
>nomination will probably be strengthened if a copy of the report can
>be enclosed.
>
>On the other hand, considering today's date, is Dennis Baron funning us?
>
>Joel
>
>At 4/1/2013 04:51 AM, David Barnhart wrote:
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: David Barnhart [mailto:dbarnhart at highlands.com]
> >Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 4:47 AM
> >To: 'Dave Sayers'
> >Subject: RE: [lg policy] The great language change hoax
> >
> >Now, at age 71, I've discovered, thanks to Dennis, what I am!  I'm a
> >lying, deluded, AND a godless liberal.  Bless you Dennis; I am so grateful.
> >
> >DKB
> >
> >Barnhart at highlands.com
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Variationist List [mailto:VAR-L at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of
> Dave Sayers
> >Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 4:10 AM
> >To: VAR-L at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >Subject: Fwd: [lg policy] The great language change hoax
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 2
> >Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:54:45 +0000
> >From: "Baron, Dennis E" <debaron at illinois.edu>
> >Subject: [lg policy] The great language change hoax
> >To: wpa <wpa-l at asu.edu>, language language policy
> >         <lgpolicy-list at groups.sas.upenn.edu>, "Baron, Dennis E"
> >         <debaron at illinois.edu>
> >Message-ID:
> >         <6029C0C77D634943B435615FCE63B6CD605F13E2 at CHIMBX5.ad.uillinois.edu>
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> >
> >There's a new post on the Web of Language:
> >
> >The great language change hoax
> >
> >Deniers of global warming, the big bang, and evolution have a new
> >target: language change. Arguing that language change is just a
> >theory, not a fact, they're launching efforts to remove it from the
> >school curriculum. To support their efforts, they're citing a new
> >report, "The Myth of Language Change," presented last month at the
> >annual conference of the Society for Pure
> >English<http://www.pure-english.com/society-pure-english-early-20th
> -century-england>
> >in Toronto.
> >
> >Read the complete post at the Web of Language:  http://bit.ly/weblan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Dennis Baron
> >Professor of English and Linguistics
> >Department of English
> >University of Illinois
> >608 S. Wright St.
> >Urbana, IL 61801
> >
> >office: 217-305-0067
> >fax: 217-333-4321
> >
> >http://www.illinois.edu/goto/debaron<http://illinois.edu/goto/debaron>
> >
> >read the Web of Language:
> >http://www.illinois.edu/goto/weboflanguage<http://illinois.edu/goto
> /weboflanguage>
> >
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