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Article #120The Computer and the Message
From: George L Sicherman
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 1990 22:35
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 1990 22:35
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krweiss@ucdavis.edu writes: > I have no problem with the proposition that computer literacy is a > predictor of literacy in general. I can't believe that a GUI makes > people less inclined to run a spelling checker. In the 16th century nobody ever spelled a word wrong. Print created the demand for uniform spelling, by accelerating people's consumption of information. Before silent reading, it didn't matter how you spelled a word, so long as it was intelligible to the reader. And before print, you wrote for one, not for many. In the age of print, language must be streamlined! Replace print by another medium and you destroy the motive for uniform spelling, to say nothing of uniform typography. Col. G. L. Sicherman gls@odyssey.att.COM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!limbo!taylor From: gls@odyssey.att.com (George L Sicherman) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: The Computer and the Message Message-ID: <1009@limbo.Intuitive.Com> Date: 18 Jul 90 22:35:16 GMT Sender: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com Organization: DALEK Reproducing Equipment, Inc. Lines: 18 Approved: taylor@Limbo.Intuitive.Com