From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-10-24T10:25:20+09:00
Subject: Re: A Comparison Of Dynamic and Static Languiges

Bil Kleb wrote:
> Paul Lutus wrote:
> 
>>
>> What you should be doing is learning basic literacy.
> 
> 
> Sad this response I am.
> 
> I thought we were Rubyists not judgmental grammar police.
> 

Can't we be both??

Seriously, though, I don't mind when a non-native speaker
of English can't handle it. I'm sure it's difficult.

What irritates me is when an alleged native speaker butchers
the language almost beyond recognition. I was talking with
Mauricio once about another person (whom I won't name in
this xmission), and I mentioned that he was a native speaker.

And Mauricio, who speaks excellent English, said: "*He* is a
native speaker??"

I think it speaks volumes about the US educational system when
people speak English better as a second language than some of
us do as a first.


Hal