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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Brooks, Mark</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us">mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span class="gI"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.04 (01) [EN]</span><br></span><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CRon%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><style>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hi Ron:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br>
You highlighted some Latinate words that you felt most known by all English
speakers. You mentioned “use.” So, let me quickly climb up on my soap
box. Okay, I’ve got my balance up here. </span></p>
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Why oh why do so many folks insist on saying “utilize” instead of “use?” It
seems like a needless further Latinization of an already Latin word. I know you
probably don’t have an answer for me, because I know I asked a rhetorical
question. But, oy vey!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br>
Mark Brooks</span></p>
<br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="ik"></span><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">jmtait</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:jmtait@wirhoose.co.uk">jmtait@wirhoose.co.uk</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.04 (01) [EN]</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Ron wrote:<br>
<br>
I wonder if it can be said that this has its roots in a social class
system in which people with a lot of school learning, or those that
wanted to seem like that, tried to keep out the "riff-ruff." A similar
thing has been going on among German speakers that have been to
universities: many of them needlessly use a lot of foreign-rooted words
and also long sentences full of twists and turns.<br>
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<br>
There's a curious inversion of this attitude that occurs when talking
about Scots. It's quite common for 'learned' Shetlanders to claim that
Shetland, since it is 'dialect' is incapable of expressing 'abstract
concepts.' When you point out that all the 'abstract' words that
'dialect' is supposed to be incapable of expressing are actually
derived from Latin words with concrete meanings (eg: 'comprehend' with
the root meaning 'grasp') you are greeted by a resounding silence. This
is an example of where 'a lot of school learning' does not produce
education, but rather an additional layer of ignorance which serves to
uphold ingrained linguistic prejudices.<br></div>
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
John M. Tait.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="cgSelectable" title="View all emails from this sender "><span class="fontDarkGray">dealangeam</span> <<a href="mailto:atdelange@iburst.co.za">atdelange@iburst.co.za</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span class="cgSelectable" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" title="View all emails with this subject">LL_L "Lexicon" [EN]<br>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Dear Lowlanders,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">I rather would have written this reply in Afrikaans so that readers get
the opportunity to read Afrikaans, the youngest Germanic language!</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Ron wrote</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">“....Germanic-rooted English words, on the other hand, sound less
"intimidating" and the meaning of many of them is etymologically more
transparent to the average person. I wonder if it can be stated that this
has its roots in a social class system in which formally educated people or
those that wanted to appear thus <span class="spelle">endeavored</span> to keep
out the "riff-ruff." ....”</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Trying to teach learners (pupils en students) chemistry en the physics
that goes with it, is an ordeal. In 1974 I made the following discovery. I
first give a brief survey of a new topic in “<span class="spelle">Boere</span>
Afrikaans”. It is Afrikaans in which I use only words of Germanic origin. Then
I do it again using “<span class="spelle">Wetenskap</span> Afrikaans” with all
the technical Romanic words needed. The learners always loved the first survey
and hated the second survey. Most of them easily understood the first survey
and even with that, found the second survey difficult to grasp. I used this
strategy for more than twenty years and it always worked.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Best wishes</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">At de Lange</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Pretoria</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">South Africa<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">.</span><br></p><span class="gI"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></span></span><br>
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