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Oops, I should have said, I'm like Dana in splitting the difference. Sorry Stephen!
Our Shrinking Language
by Pari Am I Cassandra? I wonder. I find myself worrying in broad strokes about our culture. The questions I ask are big. Even the ones that appear trite feel huge to me. None have easy answers. For example: What impact do thesauri in word processing programs have on contemporary language? Yeah...
I'm like Stephen, I kind of split the difference as well.
But don't feel alone, Pari. I've thought about the very same thing. I remember being so excited about having a thesaurus at my fingertips, just pressing a button and, voila, synonyms magically cascade across my screen! Then I began using it in earnest, and let me just say, I've never fully recovered from the letdown.
I haven't tried any of the store-bought computer thesaurus programs yet. I'm very spoiled. I want Roget or Rodale at my fingertips, not Pee-Wee Herman.
Our Shrinking Language
by Pari Am I Cassandra? I wonder. I find myself worrying in broad strokes about our culture. The questions I ask are big. Even the ones that appear trite feel huge to me. None have easy answers. For example: What impact do thesauri in word processing programs have on contemporary language? Yeah...
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