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Okay, I accept that on the basis that my knowledge (of German/y) is limited to the business/IT/a few months.

That said. I find much of the nomenclature used on the "english" Wikipedia pages to be utterly foreign to me. And I've been reading English theses and dissertations on a daily basis for over 30 years.

The trouble is, there is a school of english that thinks -- and I think, truly believes -- that complicated, sophisticated, intellectualated confers stat-us. (Contendo:sta-tus), It doesn't. Only pointless confusion and off-hand dismissal as: 'lack of understanding'; 'unsophistication'.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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Re^10: OSCON Perl Unicode Slides
by jdporter (Paladin) on Jul 26, 2011 at 02:50 UTC
    there is a school of english that thinks ... believes -- that complicated, sophisticated, intellectualated confers stat-us.

    You are mistaken. If that were really the reason some of us argue that proper English requires more characters than are in ASCII, I think you'd be right to fight it. But it's not.

    Maybe all those years of reading hyper-abstruse papers has addled your brain in some peculiar way.

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      I disagree with your assessment of proper english, therefore I must be suffering some mental dysfunction. Now that's proper.

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        Wow. Could you have missed the point any wider? (I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and not assume that you did so intentionally.)

        It's not that you disagree with my "assessment of proper english", it's that you completely misunderstand why some people argue for the importance of adhering to certain standards in writing English — irrespective of what those standards are. Hint: It has nothing to do with "status" or any illusions thereof.

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