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L O W L A N D S - L - 07 April 2011 - Volume 01<br>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color:#5B1094">Pat Barrett</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:pbarrett@cox.net">pbarrett@cox.net</a>></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L
"Language varieties" 2011.04.06 (01) [EN]</span><br>
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I'm ordering the newly published book by Lane Greene "You Are What You
Speak", which goes into issues like "between you and I" (which
goes back at least to Shakespeare's time) and other shibboleths, pet peeves,
and raging monsters of the grammar police. A lot of our upset over usages can
be deflated by a few linguistic facts. I am posting soon to my blog a review of
older books on this topic (and one recent one by David Crystal) and will let
this list know when I do. I will let you all know how I find the Greene book
when I read it. The New York Times review found it quite good. </p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">I agree, however, with about
everything Heather says here; I am simply asking that non-standard English be
given the same consideration as the many non-standard and non-national
linguistic varieties celebrated on this list. We might want to consider the
ill-advised proscribing of certain features by school marms leading to
over-corrections as just part of the process.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Pat Barrett</p>
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