RE: Something a little more useful than: RE: Pet Peeves

["Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

You are putting words in my mouth. I was not expressing
the "sentiment...that we do not want to be required to
write in a limited language". I actually think that Simplified
English (or something like it) is entirely appropriate and
necessary in the industry where it is used because when
you're dealing with aircraft, lives depend on clear and
unambiguous communication.

Steve's original posting about Simplified English urged us all
to "where possible, use it". Being aware that Simplified English
is a very specific subset of English for a specific industry (namely
the aerospace industry), this seemed like an over-broad
recommendation. My only point was that it is *not* a general
purpose standard and that there will be many situations
where it is not appropriate or simply impossible to adhere to
its vocabulary and rules. The principles are good, but the
details are too specific.

Fred Ridder