RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] free computer

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> You of all people I expected to see it differently.  Its much like our
> discussion over me making my own DTD for my resume.  If everyone makes up
> their own dialect of XML, it needlessly hinders communication.  The same
> holds true of 'local dialects'.  Jargon has two categories, one of which is
> another low dialect, the other is merely "big words" that people outside of
> a given profession don't often use.  I'm no fan of people who abuse "big
> words", but I'm also against those who dislike "big words" because they are
> big.  It is the result of these various low dialects that one can hardly
> have a conversation without some unintended offense.

To some extent it helps iof languages have common features that allow
everyone to communicate clearly. However human languages are a far cry
from computer languages. We are much more adaptive and there is no reason
not to let our languages be expressive. There is no reason not to be
expressive. If you offend someone then all the better (I love offending
people!) but if really needed you should be able to move over to more
boring dialects for cleaner communication as the case calls for. You speak
French and I speak Thai but since we both know English we can converse in
English. That sort of thing.

> Thats just another region and another dialect.

A virtual region. It'd be interesting to see a language study done
comparing how the Internet modifies regional dialects. :)

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