Re: Something a little more useful than: RE: Pet Peeves

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

Susan Hogarth wrote:
> On 3/13/07, Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>   
>> Interestingly, our discussions here seem to have
>> covered most of it. The term "simplified" scared me at
>> first, but it might mean "de-obfuscated." I think no
>> one likes "dumbing down."
>>     
>
> I'm reading Vernor Vinge's latest novel, and he postulates a sort of
> business-social 'net creole called GoodEnufEnglish. Kinda
> cringeworthy, but the examples in the novel aren't too bad

And who better than the man who teaches CSci to college students to 
observe what can pass for GoodEnufEnglish .


Ned "big fan of both Vinges"
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