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Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:54:07 -0400
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Re: [idm] On Topic----Lingo
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Kelly, you pain me. On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:49:43 -0500 "?? ???t" <Oways@msn.com> writes:
quoted 73 lines if humans ought not be segregated, then why should> >>if humans ought not be segregated, then why should > words be? > > Perhaps because Mr. Kirkley and others dont hold the same > sentiments as you and I. (I am gonna turn this into a > musically related issue--watch)........ They typically > think that there needs to be concise, neat, clearly > identifiable things in the world that they can explain, > makes em look intelligent like, like, like Mr. Pointek. > Same goes for the music, my buddy tells me, and I remember > as well that when techno first hit, it was mixed in with > rap music and the likes.....Imagine if you will, Grand Master > Flash being mixed with Tour De France........yawzers!..... > Nonetheless, there was no techno or house scene, it was > all one scene, and now, now its segregated.......Just like > our words should be...... > > (so if your Italian dont you dare speak German, why > that's barbaric............Sarcasm heavily emphasized) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jean paul l'asthme > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 6:53 PM > To: idm@hyperreal.org > Cc: ben.kirkley@displaypost.co.uk > Subject: [idm] On Topic----Lingo > > i think language should be continually evolving, > remixed by whoever chooses to say whatever, there > are many ways to appropriate many words in new > contexts that still manage to convey their meanings, > and using words in new ways may often manage to imbue > a phrase with an more effective descriptive purpose. > if i were just slightly more daft i'd suggest that > e.e. cummings had the dopest flow of the first half > of the 20th century. > if humans ought not be segregated, then why should > words be? > > gregory, > characteristically nonplussed (and unfinished with) > about: http://jeanpaulasthma.com > > > --- > Ben Kirkley <ben.kirkley@displaypost.co.uk> wrote: > > on 8/9/01 1:25 PM, ?? ???t at Oways@msn.com wrote: > > > > > Pardon me list members, > > > > > > Now I have got this complaint before.... > > > > > > If I use Chap, Bloke, mate.....dodgy or > > whatever... > > > SO WHAT.......I hear every American and his/her > > in-laws > > > trying, real hard, to use African American slang > > > in a "cool" way, but I dont never send them > > > a message saying, "why are using this term?"..... > etc. etc. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! > Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
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