Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/23

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Subject: [Leica] RE: While it is happening (B. D. Colen)
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Jun 23 12:51:47 2004

Yes, if we're talking about Time after it stopped publishing Luce-speak.
;-)

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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


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