Comments on: Writing With Culture - The Insidious Pull of Pop Language http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/09/writing-with-culture-the-insidious-pull-of-pop-language/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:24:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Supaproofread’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Language of Pop Culture - Should You Use Proper English Only? http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/09/writing-with-culture-the-insidious-pull-of-pop-language/#comment-803590 Supaproofread’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Language of Pop Culture - Should You Use Proper English Only? Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:13:52 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/writing-with-culture-the-insidious-pull-of-pop-language/#comment-803590 [...] is a comment reproduced from JTony on Lorelle Van Fossen’s Wordpress blogging blog: “The tyrrany of language academicians [...] [...] is a comment reproduced from JTony on Lorelle Van Fossen’s WordPress blogging blog: “The tyrrany of language academicians [...]

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]]> By: Forest http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/09/writing-with-culture-the-insidious-pull-of-pop-language/#comment-990 Forest Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:41:32 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/writing-with-culture-the-insidious-pull-of-pop-language/#comment-990 If you want that you understood more people, you should write understandable If you want that you understood more people, you should write understandable

]]> By: JTony http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/09/writing-with-culture-the-insidious-pull-of-pop-language/#comment-974 JTony Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:00:57 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/07/writing-with-culture-the-insidious-pull-of-pop-language/#comment-974 The tyrrany of language academicians is a constant thorn in the side of those who wish to communicate. Language is fluid, changing and evolving faster than any virus. Trying to keep language still is like trying to hold on to a single spot on a river... it cannot be done. The rule should be that if your intended audience can understand what you are writing, then you have accomplished what you need to. The only time you should avoid any form of "everyday speech" or "jargon" or anything else is if it is something your intended audience will not understand. It is all about the context of your readers, and nothing else applies. As far as writing intended for a "general audience" how can it be that a general audience won't understand "everyday speech". It seems to me that the language that speaks to people is the language that they speak. The tyrrany of language academicians is a constant thorn in the side of those who wish to communicate. Language is fluid, changing and evolving faster than any virus. Trying to keep language still is like trying to hold on to a single spot on a river… it cannot be done.

The rule should be that if your intended audience can understand what you are writing, then you have accomplished what you need to. The only time you should avoid any form of “everyday speech” or “jargon” or anything else is if it is something your intended audience will not understand. It is all about the context of your readers, and nothing else applies.

As far as writing intended for a “general audience” how can it be that a general audience won’t understand “everyday speech”. It seems to me that the language that speaks to people is the language that they speak.

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