Comments on: SEO is fostering illiteracy http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/ Business in General Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Martin Lindeskog http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Martin Lindeskog Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:50:04 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1536 Steve, Have you read Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation by David Price? (Click on "Comment by Martin Lindeskog" if you want to read my post, Jamestown.) I look forward to visit the birthplace of America! Steve,

Have you read Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation by David Price? (Click on “Comment by Martin Lindeskog” if you want to read my post, Jamestown.)

I look forward to visit the birthplace of America!

]]> By: Steve Lange http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Steve Lange Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:21:15 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1528 Perhaps a winnowing and simplifying of English spelling would be a good thing. But, who would be the arbiter and guardian of the new 'standards'? And would anyone (besides editors and educators) pay them any more attention and respect than they do now? I doubt it. You have only to look at the diaries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the western American Continent in the early 19th Century or the letters of the Jamestown Colony in the early 17th Century to see how native English speakers spelled everything every which way. We haven't really improved much, have we? hahahaha :-D Even the venerable Bard, is reputed to have spelled his name variously as Shakespeare, Shaksper, Shagspere, etc. Perhaps a winnowing and simplifying of English spelling would be a good thing. But, who would be the arbiter and guardian of the new ’standards’? And would anyone (besides editors and educators) pay them any more attention and respect than they do now? I doubt it.

You have only to look at the diaries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the western American Continent in the early 19th Century or the letters of the Jamestown Colony in the early 17th Century to see how native English speakers spelled everything every which way. We haven’t really improved much, have we? hahahaha :-D

Even the venerable Bard, is reputed to have spelled his name variously as Shakespeare, Shaksper, Shagspere, etc.

]]> By: Business Writing http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 Business Writing Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:59:36 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1523 I teach writing in the corporate world and I'm torn between two positions. First, we are enabling people to spell any old way (such as your examples show). By accepting poor spelling we are lowering our standards. (Shame! Shame!) Second, however, language is in perpetual flux and perhaps it's time that we get rid of all the silly spelling in English and simplify the spelling so all of us can live happily ever after. Personally, I think the second is happening because English has stripped away so much to make itself simple. I teach writing in the corporate world and I’m torn between two positions. First, we are enabling people to spell any old way (such as your examples show). By accepting poor spelling we are lowering our standards. (Shame! Shame!) Second, however, language is in perpetual flux and perhaps it’s time that we get rid of all the silly spelling in English and simplify the spelling so all of us can live happily ever after. Personally, I think the second is happening because English has stripped away so much to make itself simple.

]]> By: Tatyana http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 Tatyana Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:01:57 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1517 Great point Steve! The webmasters really must do their best to addapt to the changes and new conditions. The misspelling in SEO will always take place as people are comming from different countries and tell thank you, that they are looking for our pruducts in English! <b><a href="http://www.online-rich.com" rel="nofollow">Making Money on the Web</a></b> Great point Steve! The webmasters really must do their best to addapt to the changes and new conditions. The misspelling in SEO will always take place as people are comming from different countries and tell thank you, that they are looking for our pruducts in English!
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]]> By: Martin Lindeskog http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Martin Lindeskog Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:15:49 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1509 Steve, Could you listen to John Ciardi's recordings online? I think that the English language is a very rich and colorful (colour in British English). I learned from my international project management (coordinator) studies that about every third word is coming from Latin. I am an American in spirit and an "Anglophile" (a French word from Latin!;), so I am a big supporter of using English. It will always be my second language due to the fact that I was born in Sweden. Luckily, we learned English from third grade. I have read German for some years, and I have no problem to read a text in German and understand it. The problem is to speak it and get it right, grammatically speaking. I had Spanish for one year, so I have only remembered a few phrases. I will try to learn Interlingua sometime in the future. http://www.answers.com/topic/interlingua Yes, Marina of Hot For Words knows how to use technology and how create a personal brand with a twist. By the way: Are you a fan of P.G. Wodehouse's writings? As an end note, I recommend you to check out Babylon translation program. Cheerio! :) Steve,

Could you listen to John Ciardi’s recordings online? I think that the English language is a very rich and colorful (colour in British English). I learned from my international project management (coordinator) studies that about every third word is coming from Latin. I am an American in spirit and an “Anglophile” (a French word from Latin!;), so I am a big supporter of using English. It will always be my second language due to the fact that I was born in Sweden. Luckily, we learned English from third grade. I have read German for some years, and I have no problem to read a text in German and understand it. The problem is to speak it and get it right, grammatically speaking. I had Spanish for one year, so I have only remembered a few phrases.

I will try to learn Interlingua sometime in the future. http://www.answers.com/topic/interlingua

Yes, Marina of Hot For Words knows how to use technology and how create a personal brand with a twist.

By the way: Are you a fan of P.G. Wodehouse’s writings?

As an end note, I recommend you to check out Babylon translation program.

Cheerio! :)

]]> By: Steve Lange http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Steve Lange Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:14:12 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1508 Ha! I meant to say, "Thanks for your comment Martin." There's my pet daemon, Hubris, coming back to bite me in the butt again. Steve Ha! I meant to say, “Thanks for your comment Martin.”
There’s my pet daemon, Hubris, coming back to bite me in the butt again.
Steve

]]> By: Steve Lange http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Steve Lange Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:12:16 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1507 Thanks for you comment Martin. English is such a Heinz57 polyglot language, having absorbed words from just about every other language family, as well as being a profligate creator of new words, that spelling these borrowed words correctly becomes all the more important. I know that other countries, France for instance, has an organization devoted to keeping the French language pure, and expurging all those nuisance American colloquialisms. Still, if we were to try to restore English, how far back in history would we go? The English colonial expansion of the 16th century? The Norman Conquest? The Saxon invasion? The Danelaw? The Roman colonialization? Definitely food for thought, and some fun speculations. Thanks also for the tip about Marina and her Hot for Words blog and YouTube posts :-D. I have to say that as an old geezer, (hence my railings against language abuse in the business environment) my taste runs to the older series of wordsmithing recordings on National Public Radio by the late John Ciardi, Poet Laureate of the US. And, I have to commend Marina for knowing how to market to her target niche, with the right tools, and relevant technology. Steve Thanks for you comment Martin.
English is such a Heinz57 polyglot language, having absorbed words from just about every other language family, as well as being a profligate creator of new words, that spelling these borrowed words correctly becomes all the more important.

I know that other countries, France for instance, has an organization devoted to keeping the French language pure, and expurging all those nuisance American colloquialisms. Still, if we were to try to restore English, how far back in history would we go? The English colonial expansion of the 16th century? The Norman Conquest? The Saxon invasion? The Danelaw? The Roman colonialization? Definitely food for thought, and some fun speculations.

Thanks also for the tip about Marina and her Hot for Words blog and YouTube posts :-D . I have to say that as an old geezer, (hence my railings against language abuse in the business environment) my taste runs to the older series of wordsmithing recordings on National Public Radio by the late John Ciardi, Poet Laureate of the US.

And, I have to commend Marina for knowing how to market to her target niche, with the right tools, and relevant technology.

Steve

]]> By: Martin Lindeskog http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Martin Lindeskog Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:43:00 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1503 Steve Lange, Could it be that it is hard to spell the word due to the fact that is coming from the French language?! ;) It is time to "restore" the language! Have you heard about Marina of Hot For Words? Steve Lange,

Could it be that it is hard to spell the word due to the fact that is coming from the French language?! ;) It is time to “restore” the language! Have you heard about Marina of Hot For Words?

]]> By: JaySnider http://blog.bplans.com/2009/06/18/seo-is-fostering-illiteracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 JaySnider Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:13:59 +0000 http://blog.bplans.com/?p=1455#comment-1501 Yer post makes me crie. Whats the werld comming two? Yer post makes me crie. Whats the werld comming two?

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