LL-L "Orthography" 2003.02.19 (10) [E]

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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2003.02.19 (06) [E]
Ian wrote:

"There *are* options in British English (as there are
in American English, but I am not qualified really to
discuss them). You may feel this *shouldn't* be the
case, but with respect it *is* currently the case,
whether you like it or not!"

I understand what you mean, Ian, but what I am saying is this: "judgment" is
*not* an option or alternative in Non US-English for "judgement" - it is an
Americanism or vulgarism that would be automatically corrected by editors,
teachers, lecturers or even on Countdown, regardless of whether it is in
dictionaries or not. "Magick" is also in most dictionaries - and so an
"option" in your parlance - but any pupil or student who habitually
attempted it as a replacement for "magic" would have a swift and rude
awakening. Likewise "shew" is a theoretical "alternative" for "show" but it
would be laughed out of any text these days as you're well aware.

Perhaps "judgment", "queuing", "magick", etc. *were* alternatives or options
in Non-US English *once*, but they certainly aren't nowadays. They are too
associated with *perceived* Americanisms or vulgarisms or - simply -
mis-spellings.

And that, as bizarre as it may be, is *also* a fact.

Go raibh mile maith agat

Criostóir.

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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2003.02.19 (06) [E]

Ian wrote:

"Yes, but you can't 'disagree' with *fact*, Criostóir!"

Without wanting to sound facetious or philosophical, yes you can. For two
reasons:

1) If someone disagrees with an assertion you have made, Ian, they are
obviously not disagreeing with "fact", they are merely disagreeing with your
stated interpretation of the facts.

2) Of course you can disagree with facts. That's what they're there for. If
we didn't disagree with so-called "fact" ("fact" is really a useless
rhetorical device), we wouldn't have made half as many scientific advances
as we have done in the past five centuries, as science is the art of
challenging established facts - look at Copernicus and Galileo who refuted
the "fact" that the Sun revolved around the Earth.

As a language community we will be well aware that so-called "facts"
(usually the "facts" of the inevitability of "minority language death" or
the fact that we have to alter our behaviour to suit the "linguistic
majority") are often used to bludgeon us into submission and assimilation.

Go raibh maith agat mo chara

Criostóir.

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