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Re: [sharechat] I dunno nuthin either question for cristeen by macdunk

From:	robin benson <rob@hammerheadmedia.co.uk>
Date:	Sun, 1 Feb 2004 09:31:27 +0000

On 1 Feb 2004, at 02:24, Duncan MacGregor wrote:

> perhaps I have been wrong In thinking that words and language ought to 
> be made simple, so that It reached out to a wider audience.

No thank you. This is what is referred to as "dumbing down".

There is, of course, a difference between using appropriately accurate 
language and, for example, the utilisation of anachronistic and 
context-dependent means of communication.

Robin

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