14 Dec
2009
14 Dec
'09
11:31 a.m.
Brent Hilpert wrote:
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I appreciate your point about reducing distraction for those in the know, and
I agree these things matter but my position is one of reasoned dissension,
not an arbitrary personal preference. The point is that the rule is unnecessary.
There are lots of rules in English grammar/spelling that are
"unnecessary." That doesn't mean I don't cringe when I get a text
message that reads "hey u, wat r u up 2??" Nor does it mean I'm not
going to try to preserve some of these rules... Sure, I know what the
sender means, that doesn't mean I have to like the way it was said.
(Flash forward 50 years to when the English alphabet only has 12 letters...)
- Josh
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