Trudgill in Vocabula

[Matthew Gordon]

Of course, to read it we'd have to subscribe.
If the following statement, which I've copied (without permission) from
the site, reflects accurately the orientation of the Review, I think
Dennis and others familiar with the prescriptivist tradition have a
prettty good idea what we'd find there.

    Even today -- subjected as we are to the apotheosis of popular
    culture -- using the English language respectfully helps us maintain
    a sense of ourselves and our values. To do otherwise, to disregard
    the ways of our words, is to forsake our humanity and, perhaps, even
    forfeit our future. A society is generally as lax as its language.
    And in a society of this sort, easiness and mediocrity are much
    esteemed.



Robert Hartwell Fiske wrote:

>If you were to read The Vocabula Review you might more effectively present
>your case against (or perhaps even for) what I seek to achieve. As it is, and as
>you say, "you do not know of what I speak."
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>It's terribly interesting to me how many people damn Vocabula who know
>nothing much of it.
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>Why not submit that article?
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