tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post2180624496282453547..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: About punctuation and masksTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-6408679730811338912020-08-21T14:12:55.393+01:002020-08-21T14:12:55.393+01:00BB: Exactly. In the absence of a linguistic dictat...BB: Exactly. In the absence of a linguistic dictator (cf the Académie Française) all change is gradual, push-and-pull stuff.<br /><br />Roger: Still the case in some languages, e.g. Thai.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-40165742186008255132020-08-20T18:34:25.453+01:002020-08-20T18:34:25.453+01:00INEARLYWRITINGPUNCTUATIONANDSPACESBETWEENWORDSDIDN...INEARLYWRITINGPUNCTUATIONANDSPACESBETWEENWORDSDIDNTEXISTPERHAPSWEAREREVERTINGTOANTIQUITYRoger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-39547107503481066612020-08-19T09:09:57.988+01:002020-08-19T09:09:57.988+01:00Gosh, I didn't know this. You just inspired me...Gosh, I didn't know this. You just inspired me to blog about this too! <br /><br />As languages evolve, I suppose realistically it is always 'younger people' who are the ones who instigate the changes. We old codgers don't suddenly say... 'I've been ending my sentences with a full stop for fifty years and I’m sick of it!' <br /><br />I fear for the apostrophe.. broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.com