Helen, that's fascinating. 25 years ago I was aware of computers but they weren't part of my life (we had to file our stories by Telex!). Anyway, interesting you should mention it. Scientific American has a new piece on language, reviving the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (always dear to my heart, even after decades of misconstruing and PC-overreaction)

Here's the article. I'll be back later to comment on it.

http://www.sciam.com/explorations/2002/032502language/index.html



Those who are having a long weekend, enjoy it.