Internet exists because it lets us communicate. We communicate using language. How could we escape the discussion? Jarek
From: Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org To: aoir list <air-l@aoir.org> Subject: [Air-l] English as a journal language Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:14:26 -0500
FWIW, I offer the following ongoing story:
I've been invited to a Latin language country to spend 2 days this June teaching how to write "international" journal articles.
I was surprised at first.
I was told that the scholars in this country have basically been writing reports for the government and NGOs, or for their own journals -- not much refereeing.
So it appears that it is not the language I am teaching, but how to write for journals in the North American traditions. (Note "s" at the end of the word).
And while I have the floor, an apology to the guy whose name I spelled wrongly the other day. It wasn't that I was putting him down, as he too-quickly charged, it is that when I respond to the digest, other names are not easily visible to me. I did want to respond to misleading information that was being put out about AOIR in Toronto, but I also had "Connected Lives" page proofs due that day (all 50 pp!), the phone was ringing (archaic instrument that I keep around), and I was fighting the clock. Time stress is the explanation, and not an effort to put down by sloppy spelling. When I put some one down, I do it up front.
BTW, while I find the linguistic discussion interesting, is it really an AoIR issue?
Barry _____________________________________________________________________
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