Archive for November, 2006
Language, truth and logic by Peter Hitchens
Sunday, November 26th, 2006Article written by Peter Hitchens, and posted on his blog at the Mail on Sunday.
My thoughts about the slow death of the English language received a far bigger response than anything else on this blog last week.
May I give a few reactions, and add a few thoughts? One, I’m also increasingly irritated by the use [...]
A small complaint about language by Peter Hitchens
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006The following article was written by Peter Hitchens of the Mail on Sunday.
There’s a large industry now of people complaining (quite rightly) about the way the English language is being massacred by modern usage. They are on to something important, since language has a great effect on thought and behaviour. I’m sure that millions of [...]