EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[mlm Mike]

Time to go see my sister, BIL, and nephew who are in town, and by in town I mean an hour and a half north, and by see them I mean I get to buy them lunch.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

 

[BantyChooks]

By that time, man is liable to have reverted to grunts & gestures, while grasping the then-prevailing technology

Nah. Language is a cyclical, ever-changing art and I believe that people will re-discover correct English. It could rather be compared to raising chickens: at one point it was considered a sign of being poor, now even Martha Stewart has them.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

The way it's going in a hundred years language will be reduced to dashes and emoticons.

 

[BantyChooks]

The way it's going in a hundred years language will be reduced to dashes and emoticons.

No, actually, it will be hyphens used as em dashes. Actual dashes (either type) are getting more rare by the hour. En dashes are especially endangered because they seem to only be used as an em dash when in fact they have their own distinct use.

 

[duluthralphie]

A hundred years from now, you think anyone's gonna care one way or the other?

I will!

 

[BantyChooks]

I will!

The day you are the main advocate of correct English is the day the world ends.

 

[duluthralphie]

And proper spelling!

How long have you and Banty been married now????

Sorry, I grabbed the wrong their.

 

[Christinecam]

I bet she is a zombie now,!!!

Yes I am! Warning don’t play with the spider monkeys.

 

[BantyChooks]

How long have you and Banty been married now????

Sorry, I grabbed the wrong their.

About 54 years.

You get a free pass this time.