tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post5956000882872144077..comments2024-02-11T09:55:50.468-08:00Comments on The Eastside View: LocalinguistsCharles Sherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-85820575923201754372012-03-12T01:05:40.829-07:002012-03-12T01:05:40.829-07:00Hi there
What a wonderful trip you are having...be...Hi there<br />What a wonderful trip you are having...best to you both. I found this post saddening and intriguing. In the past couple of years, I've noticed a gap I'm experiencing with most of the younger non-profit folks I am working with - on the one hand they seem to appreciate the depth of field I can offer; on the other they are amazingly (to me) snobbish about technology. I also think it is practically NEVER that I am on the phone with one of this age group and they aren't also texting or on their computer while trying to talk with me. I'm not sure the intent of your quote from the New Yorker article..it seemed to resonate with what I'm saying above, but the comments about what banks/financial institutions do seemed a little simplistic - am I missing your point? I also found the linguistic observation very meaningful - the PC world of access around language misses so much of the subtlety and complexity of the use of language - stand-up comedy often repairs the more rigid positions around bi- and poli-lingual life vs the white, American "we speak English" thing.<br />Thanks much.<br />By the way, getting through by proving I'm not a robot seems in some way consistent with the bigger changes you are describing...and also a pain in the butt!<br />Lou Annlouannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16967764775123042458noreply@blogger.com