Re: [ADS-L] English Mania

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

There is no excuse for this sort of rudeness. Could whoever is in charge of 
the listserv give this person a warning and then ban him if he persists in 
his nasty responses?

In a message dated 6/9/09 12:16:58 PM, truespel at HOTMAIL.COM writes:


> Don't tell us what to read Herb.  If you've got a point make it.
> 
> 
> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> see truespel.com
> 
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> > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:42:48 -0400
> > From: hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM
> > Subject: Re: English Mania
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> > Sender: American Dialect Society
> > Poster: Herb Stahlke
> > Subject: Re: English Mania
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> >
> > Tom,
> >
> > You need to read the Wired article at the link Neal provided.
> >
> > Herb
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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> >> Sender: American Dialect Society
> >> Poster: Tom Zurinskas
> >> Subject: Re: English Mania
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> >> We better get to them before the British do, or they'll all be 
> r-droppers. :-) But it's good to know English has a future. Right now 70% of the 
> native English speakers are in the USA. But that would still be true if 
> English is a second language to the Chinese.
> >>
> >> In the future everyone should have a common language of communication. 
> Looks like it will be English.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> >> see truespel.com
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >>> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:51:11 -0400
> >>> From: hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM
> >>> Subject: Re: English Mania
> >>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >>>
> >>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header 
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> >>> Sender: American Dialect Society
> >>> Poster: Herb Stahlke
> >>> Subject: Re: English Mania
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> >>> Since they will then represent the majority of the world's educated
> >>> English speakers, will their pronunciation then become standard?
> >>>
> >>> Herb
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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> >>>> Sender: American Dialect Society
> >>>> Poster: Tom Zurinskas
> >>>> Subject: English Mania
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> >>>>
> >>>> English mania.
> >>>>
> >>>> All Chinese 3rd graders must learn English by law. China will become 
> the largest English speaking nation.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> >>>> see truespel.com
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