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Re: digital media
- To: BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: digital media
- From: "J.S.FARLEY" <J.S.Farley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 15:41:39 +0100
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On Thu, 15 May 1997, Luis Nadeau wrote:
> Actually even the Queen's English has gone politically correct with
> "beautiful enhancements" such as "he or she, he/she, she/he, chairperson",
> etc.
>
> There is already at least one English version of the Bible that is said to
> be politically correct and I even heard that Shakespeare's works are also
> being revised.
>
Well there you go! English is being copied over to a new language format
from its original language format after 380 odd years. So the format still
beats the hell out of digital formats :)
Regards
Jon