Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, if we're talking about Time after it stopped publishing Luce-speak. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli di Giorgio Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 2:11 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: While it is happening (B. D. Colen) On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 06:43, B. D. Colen wrote: > You're absolutely correct, Mark; there are different standards. The > problem, however, is that the formal standard has weakened enormously > in the past 40 years, and having the second standard weakens it > further, as the sloppy Email writing carries over into more formal > communication. At least that's how I see it. > Pick up a copy of Time or Newsweek from the late 70s or even early 80s and compare it what we get today. The difference in the sophistication of writing is quite apparent. Feli _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information