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Re: the risk of un-meaning

BranShea #206089 06/18/12 06:36 PM

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Faldage

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Faldage

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Quote:
"The present order of things is not likely to keep the written word readable for another five centuries."

Readable to whom? If Barzun is saying that something written in 2612 would be unreadable to someone of today, I would say, "Duh." Imagine, if you will, William Shakespeare reading Neal Stephenson. Do you suppose he would find it readable?

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No hollow phrases BranShea 06/12/12 09:49 PM

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Re: No hollow phrases BranShea 06/13/12 07:52 AM

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Re: peeve my sole zmjezhd 06/13/12 07:18 PM

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Re: glas de la grammaire zmjezhd 06/14/12 02:38 PM

Re: foo tian Faldage 06/14/12 10:20 AM

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Re: apres moi le grimoire zmjezhd 06/14/12 02:49 PM

Re: apres moi le grimoire BranShea 06/14/12 06:58 PM

Re: apres moi le grimoire zmjezhd 06/14/12 08:20 PM

Re: apres moi le grimoire gooofy 06/16/12 01:54 PM

Re: apres moi le grimoire BranShea 06/16/12 11:18 PM

Re: apres moi le grimoire gooofy 06/17/12 02:13 PM

Re: no reason to get exited BranShea 06/17/12 06:41 PM

Re: no reason to get exited gooofy 06/17/12 08:30 PM

Re: no reason to get exited BranShea 06/18/12 01:15 PM

Re: no reason to get exited gooofy 06/18/12 01:55 PM

Re: no reason to get exited BranShea 06/18/12 02:29 PM

Re: no reason to get exited zmjezhd 06/18/12 03:01 PM

Re: no reason to get exited BranShea 06/18/12 03:58 PM

Re: the risk of un-meaning zmjezhd 06/18/12 04:09 PM

Re: the risk of un-meaning BranShea 06/18/12 08:44 PM

Re: the risk of un-meaning Faldage 06/18/12 10:59 PM

Re: the risk of un-meaning BranShea 06/19/12 08:42 PM

Re: the risk of un-meaning BranShea 06/20/12 07:36 AM

Re: the risk of un-meaning zmjezhd 06/20/12 10:37 AM

Re: the risk of un-meaning BranShea 06/20/12 06:40 PM

Re: the risk of un-meaning Faldage 06/20/12 10:53 AM

Re: the risk of un-meaning gooofy 06/20/12 01:28 PM

Re: the migration of tongues zmjezhd 06/20/12 02:05 PM

Re: the migration of tongues tsuwm 06/20/12 06:01 PM

Re: the migration of tongues zmjezhd 06/20/12 10:17 PM

Re: the migration of tongues BranShea 06/21/12 08:55 AM

Re: the migration of tongues Faldage 06/21/12 11:15 AM

Re: the migration of tongues gooofy 06/21/12 12:31 PM

Re: the migration of tongues BranShea 06/21/12 07:05 PM

Re: the migration of tongues gooofy 06/21/12 08:21 PM

Re: the migration of tongues BranShea 06/22/12 09:32 AM

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Re: the migration of tongues BranShea 06/22/12 01:08 PM

Re: P.S. BranShea 06/23/12 10:01 PM

Re: no homo universalis BranShea 06/22/12 10:25 AM

Re: the migration of tongues zmjezhd 06/21/12 02:23 PM

Re: the migration of tongues tsuwm 06/20/12 06:39 PM

Re: the migration of tongues BranShea 06/20/12 06:54 PM

Re: draw me a sentence as a flying nun zmjezhd 06/20/12 10:31 PM

Re: draw me a sentence as a flying nun tsuwm 06/21/12 02:28 AM

Re: no reason to get exited Faldage 06/18/12 12:48 AM

Re: the risk of un-meaning Faldage 06/18/12 06:36 PM

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