rebecca's pocket

» In his survey of the history of Modern English, Rutgers University English professor Jack Lynch argues that the English language is in great shape - Exhibit A: SMS shorthand. To break the rules, you have to know the rules! And this intriguing idea: "All the signs point to a fundamentally reconfigured world in which what we now think of as the English-speaking world will eventually lose its effective control of the English language." His book is The Lexicographer's Dilemma, and it sounds just fabulous to me. (via mamr)