11.67, Disc: Written Creole: Genuine or Hoax?/Last Posting

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-11-67. Sun Jan 16 2000. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 11.67, Disc: Written Creole: Genuine or Hoax?/Last Posting

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Date:  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:44:29 -0500
From:  Christopher Bader <cbader at MIT.EDU>
Subject:  Re: 11.27, Disc: Written Creole: Genuine or Hoax?

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Date:  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:44:29 -0500
From:  Christopher Bader <cbader at MIT.EDU>
Subject:  Re: 11.27, Disc: Written Creole: Genuine or Hoax?

The idea that computerization somehow legitimates a language
reminds me of the old joke about the difference between a
language and a dialect: a language is a dialect with an army.

Today, a language is a dialect with a spelling checker AND
an army.


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