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

[Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

My apologies for putting words into your mouth, then.
The original usage wasn't clear.

--- Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> >From: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> >To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >Subject: RE: Something a little more useful than:
> RE: Pet Peeves
> >Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:36:40 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >
> >Good point. It shouldn't replace all English. But
> >spoken English is a subset of Standard English, and
> >breaks down into different dialects by region and
> >nation and function. Plain Language and/or
> Simplified
> >English is one standard.
> >
> >Your sentiment is one that many here will share,
> which
> >is that we do not want to be required to write in a
> >limited language. That's why the original poster
> >recommended it as a resource, not a standard. I
> think.
> >
> >--- Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > > One sentence stands out in that Wikipedia
> article
> > > you cite:
> > >
> > > "It [Simplified English] is not intended for use
> as
> > > a general
> > > writing standard."
> 
>
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