FW: [lg policy] The great language change hoax

[Charles C Doyle]

The item appeared in Dennis's "Web of Language" yesterday.

--Charlie

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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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>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
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>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
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>Barnhart at highlands.com
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>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
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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
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>
>
>
>Dennis Baron
>Professor of English and Linguistics
>Department of English
>University of Illinois
>608 S. Wright St.
>Urbana, IL 61801
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>office: 217-305-0067
>fax: 217-333-4321
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>http://www.illinois.edu/goto/debaron<http://illinois.edu/goto/debaron>
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>read the Web of Language:
>http://www.illinois.edu/goto/weboflanguage<http://illinois.edu/goto/weboflanguage>
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