Safeguarding Spanish in the Age of the Internet (fwd)

[phil cash cash]

Safeguarding Spanish in the Age of the Internet
Maricel Drazer
http://www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=26380

ROSARIO, Argentina, Nov 22 (IPS) - Does the fact that cyberspace is full
of ignorant people mean that ignorance should be accepted as the new
norm? If millions of people speak their own language poorly, and their
writing is even worse, should we simply sit back and witness the
”downward democratisation” of a ”dumbing down” of society?

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note: the above article might have parallels in a cyberspace future for
indigenous languages.