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There may be actual content later. Or not. We'll see how we go.

In the meantime, some links that came up this morning and I thought you might like:

Asus and Intel invite people to design their ideal computer

Clive James has some news on the next Bond film (remember to bring your pinch of salt to this article ;))

Councils try to ban the use of Latin. I have mixed feelings about this one. Some phrases *are* confusing, although you can normally work out what they mean from context. But "e.g." and "etc" shouldn't be, I wouldn't have thought. It's trickier than it sounds from the headline, shockingly [/sarcasm]

Secrets of Great Characters according to 6 sci-fi authors. Great, great advice on building characters and worlds for them, applicable to all writing, not just science-fiction. Including contributions from Elizabeth Bear and Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Date: 2008-11-03 10:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jadesfire2808.livejournal.com
I think it's one of those 50/50 things. Sometimes people writing documents *do* use Latin just to show off, but often it's because the Latin says it more succinctly. And there's a strong argument for saying that if you only aim the reading level at age 12, people will never progress beyond that. But things *should* be written in plain English where possible. I tend to go for the "use it, explain it the first time, then go on using it" approach, but I can understand councils with high numbers of non-English speakers wanting to cut back. The problem comes in drawing the line between 'cutting back' and 'eliminating', which I think is where these things tend to go wrong.

*climbs off soapbox*

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