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Old 15-11-2007, 08:21 PM
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I always want to ask, is the purpose of language to communicate or to prove social status? I am always uneasy about the use of language as Shibboleth.
That tells me a lot about your social standing that you know the meaning of the word "Shibboleth."

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Ahh Steven Pinker of The Blank Slate fame.....umm vair interesting. I shall have to take a look at some of his other books.
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IMHO, The Language Instinct is his most interesting. It's one of those books that I'd make all teachers read if I were the Emperor of the World.
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He said students were expected to use "good, solid, traditional English".
And he doesn't think proper spelling is part of good solid traditional English? For scholarships?
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