america online no longer...
america online officially changes name to aol
that just strikes me as odd. granted, no-one's called it "america online" in ages, but.. hmm. also interesting was their reasoning why - admitedly, they're right, scary as it is, they were my first connection to the internet as well. (apart from grandpa's.. goodness I don't even know what it was, I think some version of telnet run through at&t, all I remember was being utterly confused that I couldn't find any games. *g*)
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...and read the third comment on that article while you're at it. hmm.
that just strikes me as odd. granted, no-one's called it "america online" in ages, but.. hmm. also interesting was their reasoning why - admitedly, they're right, scary as it is, they were my first connection to the internet as well. (apart from grandpa's.. goodness I don't even know what it was, I think some version of telnet run through at&t, all I remember was being utterly confused that I couldn't find any games. *g*)
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...and read the third comment on that article while you're at it. hmm.
posted by Melissa | 2:10 PM
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Hey again Melissa,
Yea, the dude who gave the third comment does have a point about the way in which language *needs* to evolve - it is, after all, a dynamic system. English is also a cosmopolitan language that did come about / that has been derived via an integration of many different languages, mostly but not all European.
Yet though language should evolve, and I do support a popular, 'worldwide language' being well integrated with the cultures that use it, I personally would still say that there should be a distinction made between making a language dynamic and integrated.. and merely 'dumbing it down'.
I remember what you said in an earlier post about your Systems Languages and Protocols class - okay, so I'm not a University student yet (I'm 18) but I did get an idea as to what that class would've been about. A similar type of sentence diagramming system is planned to be introduced in Australian High schools over the next few years apparently though at this stage it seems to be a bit controversial.
Back to what I was saying, language is not merely a blurting out of words that are left to interpretation but is a process of logical articulation and, like art, is an expression. Articulation needs to follow a clear, comprehensive and logical structure. There is reason and logic in the very structure of language and like you said and G.K. (third comment) about adjectives, such are part of the logic of language and shouldn't be lost. Langauge logic is something that has long been linked with not only writing and art but also philosophy - if we start loosing out on that, who knows what'll happen? Philosophy is not only important to culture and progress, but also the expression of one's self and spirituality. Reason is undeniably important.
And of course, I need not state the obvious that losing clear language could cause disastrous miscommunication - which is even worse in the communication age, where there'll be a lot of communication, but less and less meaning.
I guess the above point about reason and communication kinda applies to the rather irrational statement by AOL too in an interesting way :9
Anyway.. since I'm not American I'm not sure as much about the AOL thing, I do remember the company 'tm-net' that got Malaysia online back when I was still living there and drawing dinasours in MS paint :P
anyhoo.. g'dnite from Aussieland,
- Manraj
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